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Meanings of fractious in English
Synonyms
Examples for "refractory"
Examples for "refractory"
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Nevertheless, EBD was still the treatment option for refractory cases of stenosis.
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Background: The use of rituximab for refractory autoimmune blistering diseases is increasing.
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However, treatment options for advanced hormone-refractory prostate cancers are still relatively inefficient.
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Cingulotomy remains a viable treatment option for patients with severe treatment-refractory OCD.
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Conclusion: SLE patients with delayed treatment and refractory disease have poorer prognosis.
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Only once had he taken any direct action against a recalcitrant government.
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He says he was forced to accept the amendment by recalcitrant lawmakers.
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But the mere threat of resignation brought the most recalcitrant to reason.
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If Professor Bew were describing recalcitrant loyalism he would have it right.
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He asked me to sup with him and admire the fair recalcitrant.
Usage of fractious in English
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Such talk usually generates fractious debate between privacy hawks and security hounds.
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It's a kind of utopian oasis in the fractious post-civil war days.
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The public mood is now more fractious and hostile to established politics.
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The fractious atmosphere of British society is always lurking in the background.
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The incident adds another complication to fractious ties between the two countries.
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Ethiopia is withdrawing troops because of its frustrations with Somalia's fractious politics.
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He muttered an oath as he fought to calm the fractious animal.
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In the process, they opened a fascinating window into their fractious world.
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The Squire had been like a fractious child over the compulsory rations.
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It already seems like that fractious atmosphere will be present once more.
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Males with blue throats are smaller, less fractious, and hold smaller territories.
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The baby, suffering from unavoidable neglect, developed the fractious temper of semi-illness.
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His intellect, his spirituality and prayerfulness have held a fractious communion together.
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They are not thrust into the beyond by their own fractious bodies.
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Everyone wants a baby, not a cranky toddler or a fractious six-year-old.
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They think it makes them fractious, and not so easy to manage.
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Fractious through the time
Fractious across language varieties
Ireland
Common
United States of America
Less common
United Kingdom
Less common