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Definitions of intractable
  1. adjective
    not tractable; difficult to manage or mold
    "an intractable disposition" "intractable pain" "the most intractable issue of our era" "intractable metal"
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Definition that contains intractable
  • psychosurgery brain surgery on human patients intended to relieve severe and otherwise intractable mental or behavioral problems
  • callosectomy severing the corpus callosum so that communication between the cerebral hemispheres is interrupted (in cases of severe intractable epilepsy)
  • callosotomy severing the corpus callosum so that communication between the cerebral hemispheres is interrupted (in cases of severe intractable epilepsy)
  • intractably in an intractable manner
  • rhizotomy surgical procedure in which spinal nerve roots are cut; done (anterior roots) to relieve intractable pain or (posterior roots) to stop severe muscle spasms
  • zollinger-ellison syndrome syndrome consisting of intractable peptic ulceration with gastric hypersecretion and hyperacidity
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