PERTINACITY
\pˌɜːtɪnˈasɪti], \pˌɜːtɪnˈasɪti], \p_ˌɜː_t_ɪ_n_ˈa_s_ɪ_t_i]\
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By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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n. State or quality of being pertinacious; obstinacy;—resolution; constancy:—also pertinaciousness.
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Idiopathic Hypercatabolic Hypoproteinemias
- series of gastrointestinal disorders which share in common excessive loss protein, mainly albumin, across gut wall. occur stomach (Menetrier disease), as well the small bowel (intestinal lymphangiectases, assorted inflammatory states). They are also occasionally associated with congestive heart failure (again a bowel protein loss).