See Also: Persistent(medicine)
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chronic persistent hepatitis(medicine)
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Persistent Vegetative State(health)

persistent (iou)



persistent adjective. E19.
[from PERSISTENCE or PERSIST: see -ENT.]
Zoology & Botany. Of a part of an animal or plant (as a horn, a leaf, a calyx, etc.): remaining attached; not falling off. Opp. DECIDUOUS, CADUCOUS. E19.
Persisting in an action etc.; having or characterized by persistency. M19.
H. James The good lady continued, with a persistent candour. Rosemary Manning She succumbed to his persistent wooing. W. Raeper A tireless and persistent campaigner for women's education.
Enduring. M19.
A. C. Boult A persistent cough refused to yield to treatment. A. Sillitoe The persistent rain of one autumn.
Of an action: continuous; constantly repeated. M19.
I. Murdoch There were the persistent rumours about German arms. Rachel Anderson My dog, keeping up her persistent whine by the door.
Geology. Of a stratum: extending continuously over the whole area occupied by the formation. M19.
Ecology. Of a chemical, or (occas.) radioactivity: remaining within the environment for a long time after its introduction. M20.
persistently adverb M19.