Medical Dictionary

tenacious

adj te·na·cious \tə-ˈnā-shəs\

Medical Definition of TENACIOUS

:  tending to adhere or cling especially to another substance :  viscous <coughed up 150 cc. of thick tenacious sputum—Journal of the American Medical Association>

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