(n.) One who administers affairs; one who directs, manages, executes, or dispenses, whether in civil, judicial, political, or ecclesiastical affairs; a manager.
(n.) A man who manages or settles the estate of an intestate, or of a testator when there is no competent executor; one to whom the right of administration has been committed by competent authority.
Example Sentences:
(1) We conclude that chronic emphysema produced in dogs by aerosol administration of papain results in elevated pulmonary artery pressure, which is characterized pathologically by medial hypertrophy of small pulmonary arteries.
(2) Intravesical BCG is clearly superior to oral BCG, and controlled studies have demonstrated that percutaneous administration is not necessary.
(3) Morphological alterations in the lungs of pheasants after prolonged high-dosage administration of bleomycin sulfate were studied by light and electron microscopy.
(4) The LD50 of the following metal-binding chelating drugs, EDTA, diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid (DTPA), hydroxyethylenediaminetriacetic acid (HEDTA), cyclohexanediaminotetraacetic acid (CDTA) and triethylenetetraminehexaacetic acid (TTHA) was evaluated in terms of mortality in rats after intraperitoneal administration and was found to be in the order: CDTA greater than EDTA greater than DTPA greater than TTHA greater than HEDTA.
(5) administration of the potent short-acting opioid, fentanyl, elicited inhibition of rhythmic spontaneous reflex increases in vesical pressure (VP) evoked by urinary bladder distension.
(6) Meanwhile the efficiency of muscarinic antagonists in inhibition of tremor reaction induced by arecoline administration is associated with interaction between the drugs and the M2-subtype.
(7) In a climate in which medical staffs are being sued as a result of their decisions in peer review activities, hospitals' administrative and medical staffs are becoming more cautious in their approach to medical staff privileging.
(8) Hepatic lymph flow increased only after ethacrynic acid and mannitol administration.
(9) Mannose receptor mediated uptake by the reticuloendothelial system has been suggested as an explanation for the rapid removal of ricin A chain antibody conjugates from the circulation after their administration.
(10) The statistical T value calculated for the LP-TAE group showed that the administration of LP, the tumor size, intrahepatic metastasis, portal vein infiltration, and serum total bilirubin and alpha-fetoprotein levels significantly (P < 0.01) affected the patients' survival.
(11) The program met with continued support and enthusiasm from nurse administrators, nursing unit managers, clinical educators, ward staff and course participants.
(12) We evaluated the circadian pattern of gastric acidity by prolonged intraluminal pHmetry in 15 "responder" and 10 "nonresponder" duodenal ulcer patients after nocturnal administration of placebo, ranitidine, and famotidine.
(13) Oral administration in domestic cats causes malignant hepatomas and tumors of the esophagus and kidney.
(14) Determination of plasma luteinizing hormone (LH) levels in the peripubertal female rats revealed that plasma LH was increased transiently immediately after NPY administration.
(15) The effects of in vivo administration of native prostaglandin E2 (PGE) on the cycling status of the granulocyte-monocyte progenitor cell (CFU-GM) were examined in a mouse model.
(16) However, there was no consistent protocol for the method or duration of drug administration.
(17) The secretion of GH as measured by increased plasma level, in response to oral administration of 500 mg L-dopa or 30 min-infusion of arginine, was not modified by prior intravenous administration of 200 micrograms GH-releasing hormone (GHRH).
(18) Exogenous administration of estrogen alone or combined with progesterone have been associated with increased plasma cortisol levels.
(19) The simultaneous administration of the yellow fever vaccine did not influence the titre of agglutinins induced by the classic cholera vaccine.
(20) "This was very strategic and it was in line of the ideology of the Bush administration which has been to put in place a free market and conservative agenda."
Deactivate
Definition:
Example Sentences:
(1) The deactivated columns had the residual silanols on the silica gel chemically inactivated to reduce the interaction with basic groups or analytes.
(2) The 'intermediate' (tau 1) and 'slow' (tau 2) components were seen by curve fitting M-current deactivation currents.
(3) The cytotoxicity was complement independent, as demonstrated by studies with heat-deactivated serum devoid of extrinsic complement.
(4) The testosterone-binding antibody that was produced using either the copolymer or FCA had considerable sensitivity to deactivation by mercaptoethanol.
(5) Exposure of neutrophils to AS resulted in deactivation to AS but not to Escherichial coli or Staphylococcus epidermis culture filtrate.
(6) The latencies to first opening and reopening, which reflect activation and deactivation, influenced the waveform most strikingly.
(7) Low pO2 appeared to slow down the activation time course of the K current but deactivation kinetics seemed to be unaltered.
(8) The intact molecule of CaM appears to be required to deactivate PFK, because neither half of the CaM molecule has an effect on PFK activity.
(9) Initial management consisted of IV verapamil for rate control followed by deactivation of the AICD.
(10) The highly significant increase of 5-HIAA (5-hydroxyindole-3-acetic acid) in Transcendental Meditation technique suggests systemic serotonin as "rest and fulfillment hormone" of deactivation-relaxation.
(11) The S6 kinases purified from liver of cycloheximide-treated rat and H4 hepatoma insulin-stimulated enzyme are each completely deactivated by incubation with protein phosphatase type 2A in both autophosphorylating and 40S S6 phosphorylating activities.
(12) This growth cycle proved to be a useful tool to investigate the activation and deactivation of ornithine decarboxylase ODC1 in Tetrahymena: In late logarithmic phase the cells contained a very low specific activity of ODC of about 3 nmol CO2.h-1.mg-1 in the soluble protein fraction.
(13) Cholera toxin, which blocks the deactivation of the stimulatory protein (Gs), does not influence the effects of spermine either in vivo or in vitro.
(14) Aim of the study was to evaluate the effect of cardiopulmonary receptors activation and deactivation on antidiuretic hormone (ADH) and atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP) incretion in hypertensive and normotensive subjects.
(15) With a tenth of the normal chloride conductance calculated responses show maintained firing following a constant current if the deactivating rate of the sodium channels (betam) is reduced by 25%.
(16) The slow component of the tails may represent the activity of a small population of slowly deactivating calcium channels, although other possibilities are considered.
(17) The reversible deactivation of protein kinase-activated enzyme is presumed to reflect the action of a lipase phosphatase.
(18) In all in vitro test systems used to date, coffee and coffee aroma or their reactive compounds were metabolically deactivated in the presence of S-9.
(19) Deactivation was described by the sum of two voltage-dependent exponential components.
(20) Deactivation was inhibited by dilution of the retinal suspension or by removal of soluble components.