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Resisting ordinary treatment; difficult of fusion, reduction, or the like; -- said especially of metals and the like, which do not readily yield to heat, or to the hammer; as, a refractory ore.
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A tumour that does not respond to treatment.
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A disease that does not respond to a certain form of therapy.
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Referring to a disease that does not readily respond to treatment.
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Condition referring to a disease that can no longer be controlled by the treatment program in effect. When a prostate cancer is said to be refractory, there is a need for some form of additional treatment.
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Cancer that has not responded to treatment.
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disease no longer responds to treatment; resistant
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A cancer that does not respond to particular treatment
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Not yielding or improving with treatment or therapy, such as otitis refractory to penicillin.
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Not readily yielding to treatment.
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Not yielding (at least not yielding readily) to treatment.
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When a disease is said to be refractory, it means that it is unaffected by treatment.
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A medical term referring to a patient who is unresponsive to a certain medicine or treatment.
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Not yielding, as in a condition that resists treatment or a nerve or muscle that resists stimulation.
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Not responding to treatment.
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No longer responsive to a certain therapy.
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Not yielding or responding to therapy, e.g. anti- arrhythmic drugs becoming ineffective over time.
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In medicine, describes a disease or condition that does not respond to treatment.
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not responsive to treatment
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(1) Inability of tissue to respond to a stimulus. (2) Inability of a pacemaker to respond to an incoming signal .
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A term commonly used to describe a situation where the disease is no longer controlled by current therapy.
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