(n.) A state of being absent or withdrawn from a place or from companionship; -- opposed to presence.
(n.) Want; destitution; withdrawal.
(n.) Inattention to things present; abstraction (of mind); as, absence of mind.
Example Sentences:
(1) These data suggest that the hybrid is formed by the same mechanism in the absence and presence of the urea step.
(2) In the absence of atrial dilatation there was minimal stimulus for ANF secretion.
(3) This diagnosis was obscured by the absence of cutaneous, oropharyngeal, and respiratory involvement.
(4) Despite their absence, photoreceptors maintained a normal rate of OS assembly.
(5) It is likely that trunk mobility is necessary to maintain integrity of SI joint and that absence of such mobility compromises SI joint structure in many paraplegics.
(6) It was concluded that the significant factors affecting outcome are tumor cell type and presence or absence or mitoses.
(7) PMN were found to be nonpermissive for HSV replication and were unable to bind virus in the absence of antibody.
(8) Issues such as healthcare and the NHS, food banks, energy and the general cost of living were conspicuous by their absence.
(9) The results indicate that OA-bearing macrophages primed T cells and generated helper T cells, whereas the culture of normal lymphocytes with soluble OA in the absence of macrophages generated suppressor T cells.
(10) In the absence of an authentic target for the MASH proteins, we examined their DNA binding and transcriptional regulatory activity by using a binding site (the E box) from the muscle creatine kinase (MCK) gene, a target of MyoD.
(11) The patients were classified into two groups according to the presence (n = 166) or absence (n = 176) of documented episodes of atrial fibrillation preoperatively.
(12) Because of the short detachment interval, and the absence of underlying pathology or trauma, the recovery process described here probably represents an example of optimum recovery after retinal reattachment.
(13) Names, and the absence of them, could be important Facebook Twitter Pinterest Don’t look back … Daisy Ridley’s Rey and John Boyega’s stormtrooper Finn.
(14) This observation not only provides definitive evidence for the photogeneration of O2-, but also indicates that only a fraction of this species is transformed into H2O2 in the absence of SOD.
(15) The relative strength of the progressions varies with excitation wavelength and this, together with the absence of a common origin, indicates the existence of two independent emitting states with 0-0' levels separated by either 300 or 1000 cm-1.
(16) Peptide:N-glycosidase F removed both the asparagine-linked oligosaccharide chains of ricin B-chain in the absence of lactose.
(17) When labelled long-chain fatty acids or glycerol were infused into the lactating goat, there was extensive transfer of radioactivity into milk in spite of the absence of net uptake of substrate by the mammary gland.
(18) On the other hand, if we correct for the population of HMM with degraded light chain 2, the difference in the binding constants in the presence and absence of Ca2+ may be as great as 5-fold.
(19) In fact, the distribution of [3H]oleate between plasma membranes and unilamellar vesicles of lipids extracted from these membranes was in favor of the lipids, indicating the absence of a detectable amount of binding to a putative fatty acid binding protein in plasma membranes.
(20) Patients were selected for the severity of their malnutrition and for absence of other diseases.
Powerlessness
Definition:
Example Sentences:
(1) Hypnosis might be looked upon as a method by which an unscrupulous person could sustain such a state of powerlessness in a victim.
(2) Twenty drug-free patients (12 women and 8 men) meeting DSM-III criteria for major depressive disorder were given the Kobasa Hardiness Questionnaire, which contains subscales measuring feelings of powerlessness, security, and alientation.
(3) The Dane was powerless, however, when Sturridge returned the favour and Mané doubled Liverpool’s lead in thrilling fashion.
(4) Worst of all they are a sop to those who think censorship is the answer to powerlessness.
(5) It was predicted that social anomie could be translated into behavioral (attempted suicide) and attitudinal (normlessness and powerlessness) determinants when viewed with regard to its impact upon the family.
(6) Two groups, one institutionalized and the other noninstitutionalized but without formal activities, were described as being disengaged: e.g., withdrawn socially, self-absorbed, as well as powerless, pessimistic, and depressed.
(7) And it should not be at the cost of local powerless people.
(8) Yet despite this, the mantra is that there is significant waste to cut – a mantra not just coming from policymakers remote from action, but from staff within the NHS who can see it for themselves every day yet feel powerless to do anything.
(9) It was hypothesized that incarcerated adolescents would have significantly higher levels of isolation, normlessness, powerlessness, and total alienation than would nonincarcerated adolescents.
(10) Stories poured in, full of anger, guilt, powerlessness and loss, ones of encouragement, optimism and advice, and they are still coming.
(11) The one-cell mouse embryo bioassay was utilized to test the embryotoxicity of three brands of powerless surgical gloves; Pristine, Ansell, and BioGel.
(12) Physical and psychological barriers left them significantly disadvantaged, politically powerless, and without legal recourse in matters of discrimination.
(13) The training program, therefore, included both educational and structural solutions for the problems of powerlessness experienced by nurses in the hospital setting.
(14) "We would like to propose to the Russian side that before issuing ultimatums to a sovereign and independent state, it turn its attention to the disastrous conditions and complete powerlessness of its own national minorities, including the Ukrainian one," read the statement.
(15) Thus, the same tribunal that regularly consigns ordinary, powerless Americans to prison for decades for even trivial offenses yet again acts to protect the most powerful actors from any consequences for serious crimes: that is the US justice system in a nutshell.
(16) Attention is drawn to the difficulties for students of fitting into new settings and trying out change, to the detrimental effect on learning of rigid practice routines and to the powerlessness of community practice teachers to exert a major influence on the learning environment.
(17) But Cameron was so powerless he could not launch missiles against Syria as he had been planning to do.
(18) This might include experiences of abuse, trauma, inequality, powerlessness and so on, but it can also include the immediate reactions of the people around you.
(19) And yet I have also seen the sense of powerlessness and frustration that comes when people have to deal with services which are unresponsive or which let them down."
(20) The purpose of this study was to describe the frequency and characteristics of the nursing diagnosis, powerlessness, in an acute spinal cord injury (SCI) population.