Posted by HenryO on September 15, 2003, at 23:36:30
In reply to Re: Prozac or a Benzo(Klonopin or Xanax) Please ad » HenryO, posted by Hanks on September 15, 2003, at 23:10:56
This may be one source of our misunderstanding.
refractory:
1. Obstinate in disobedience; contumacious; stubborn; unmanageable; as, a refractory child; a refractory beast.
2. 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.
adj 1: resistant to authority or control; "as refractory as a mule" 2: (med) not responding to treatment; "a stubborn infection"; "a refractory case of acne" [syn: stubborn] 3: marked by stubborn resistance to and defiant of authority or guidance; "a recalcitrant teenager"
Syn: Perverse; contumacious; unruly; stubborn; obstinate; unyielding; ungovernable; unmanageable.
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