[rĭ-frăḱtə-rē]
(adj.)Obstinately resistant to authority or control. See synonyms at unruly
(adj.)Difficult to melt or work; resistant to heat: a refractory material…
(n.)One that is refractory.
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A refractory material is one that retains its strength at high temperatures. ASTM C71 defines refractories as "non-metallic materials having those chemical and physical properties that made them app...
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Refractory period (physiology), the amount of time it takes for an excitable membrane to be ready for a second stimulus once it returns to its resting state following excitation in the areas of biol...
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Definition from the Phoenix5 Prostate cancer glossary dictionary. ... refractory; Definition: (rih-FRAK-tuh-ree) Not yielding or responding to therapy; e.g.,hormone refractory prostate cancer (HRPC) is a prostate cancer resistant to forms of hormone therapy.
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Definition of refractory in the Online Dictionary. Meaning of refractory. Pronunciation of refractory. Translations of refractory. refractory synonyms, refractory antonyms. Information about refractory in the free online English dictionary and encyclopedia. ... 3. Resistant to treatment: a refractory case of acne.
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3. medicine not responsive to treatment: unresponsive to medical treatment a refractory infection; ... 5. physiology unresponsive to stimulus: not able to respond to a stimulus a refractory nerve;
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, symbol Mo, metallic element with chemical properties similar to those of chromium. Molybdenum is one of the transition elements of the periodic table. The atomic number of molybdenum is 42. ... Molybdenum was discovered in 1778 by the Swedish chemist Carl Wilhelm Scheele. ... Molybdenum does not occur free in nature,
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