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re⋅frac⋅to⋅ry

  [ri-frak-tuh-ree] adjective, noun, plural -ries.
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–adjective
1. hard or impossible to manage; stubbornly disobedient: a refractory child.
2. resisting ordinary methods of treatment.
3. difficult to fuse, reduce, or work, as an ore or metal.
–noun
4. a material having the ability to retain its physical shape and chemical identity when subjected to high temperatures.
5. refractories, bricks of various shapes used in lining furnaces.
Origin:
1600–10; var. of refractary (by analogy with adjectives in -ory 1 ) < L refrāctārius stubborn, obstinate, equiv. to refrāct(us) (see refract ) + -ārius -ary

Related forms:
re⋅frac⋅to⋅ri⋅ly, adverb
re⋅frac⋅to⋅ri⋅ness, noun

Synonyms:
1. obstinate, perverse, mulish, headstrong, intractable, disobedient, recalcitrant, ungovernable. See unruly.

Antonyms:
1. obedient, tractable.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: re·frac·to·ry
Pronunciation: ri-'frak-t(&-)rE
Function: adjective
1 : resistant to treatment or cure refractory fulminating lesion>refractory to multiple intensive therapies —Michelle L. Bennett et al>
2 : unresponsive to stimulus refractory period of a muscle fiber>
3 : resistant or not responding to an infectious agent : IMMUNE refractory to reinfection>
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refractory re·frac·to·ry (rĭ-frāk'tə-rē)
adj.

  1. Resistant to treatment, as a disease.

  2. Unresponsive to stimuli, as a muscle or nerve fiber.

re·frac'to·ri·ness n.

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refractory   (rĭ-frāk'tə-rē)  Pronunciation Key 

  1. Having a high melting point. Ceramics that are made from clay and minerals are often refractory, as are metal oxides and carbides. Refractory materials are often used as liners in furnaces.

  2. Resistant to heat.

  3. Of or relating to a refractory period.


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