re·frac·to·ry
adj 1 : resistant to treatment or cure <a fulminating lesion> <the disease has become more or less to roentgen therapy -Jour. Amer. Med. Assoc.> 2 : unresponsive to stimulus <the period of a muscle fiber> 3 : resistant or not responding to an infectious agent : IMMUNE <after recovery the animals were completely to reinfection> .
Similar sounding terms: re·frac·ture
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