Total knee replacement is one of the most successful procedures in all of medicine. In the vast majority of cases, it enables people to live richer, more active lives free of chronic knee pain. Over time, however, a knee replacement may fail for a variety of reasons.
Resistance movement. A resistance movement is an organized effort by some portion of the civil population of a country to resist the legally established government or an occupying power and to disrupt civil order and stability.
Dictionary entry overview: What does resistance mean? â¢ RESISTANCE (noun) The noun RESISTANCE has 10 senses: 1. the action of opposing something that you disapprove or disagree with 2. any mechanical force that tends to retard or oppose motion 3. a material's opposition to the flow of electric current; measured in ohms