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Definizione monolingua


refractory


Noun

refractory (plural refractories)


  1. A material or piece of material, such as a brick, that has a very high melting point.
Adjective

refractory (comparative more refractory, superlative most refractory)


  1. Obstinate and unruly; strongly opposed to something.
    • 1787, Alexander Hamilton, “No. 16”, in The Federalist, published 1863, page 103:
      […] in most instances attempts to coerce the refractory and disobedient have been the signals of bloody wars, […]
    • 1836, Charles Dickens, The Pickwick Papers, Chapter 26,
      Mr. Weller knocked at the door, and after a pretty long interval—occupied by the party without, in whistling a tune, and by the party within, in persuading a refractory flat candle to allow itself to be lighted […]
  2. Not affected by great heat.
    • 1855, Frederick Overman, A Treatise on Metallurgy[1], page 315:
      Pure lime is extremely refractory, but readily fusible if any silex is brought in contact with it; […]
  3. (medicine) Difficult to treat.
    • 1949, Albert Fields and John Hoesley, ""Neck and Shoulder Pain"", Calif. Med., 70(6):478–482.,
      Many of the vague and refractory cases of neck and shoulder pain and of migraine may be due to cervical disc disease.
    • 1990, H. A. Ring et al, ""Vigabatrin: rational treatment for chronic epilepsy"", J. Neurol. Neurosurg.Psychiatry, 53(12):1051–1055,
      In 33 adult patients with long standing refractory epilepsy on treatment with one or two standard anti-convulsant drugs,
  4. (biology) Incapable of registering a reaction or stimulus.
    • 1959, Nobusada Ishiko and Werner R. Loewenstein, ""Electrical output of a receptor membrane"", Science, 1959, 130:1405-6,
      The production of a generator potential leaves a refractory state in the receptor membrane […]
    • 1970, S.S. Barold et al, ""Chest wall stimulation in evaluation of patients with implanted ventricular-inhibited demand pacemakers"", Br. Heart J., 32(6):783–789,
      The […] delivery of external stimuli […] delineates the pacemaker refractory period after the emission of a pacing stimulus and after the sensing of a spontaneous beat.

Definizione dizionario refractory


refrattario
  not affected by great heat
  material with a high melting point
ostinato
renitente
resistente

Altri significati:
  Obstinate; strongly opposed
  Not responding to treatment.
  A material or piece of material, such as a brick, that has a very high melting point.
  (medicine) Difficult to treat.
  Obstinate and unruly.
  Obstinate and unruly; strongly opposed to something.
  medicine: difficult to heal
  Not affected by great heat.
  (biology) Incapable of registering a reaction or stimulus.

Traduzione refractory


refrattario ,ostinato ,renitente ,resistente

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