(a.) Acting against, or in a contrary direction; opposed; contrary; opposite; conflicting; as, adverse winds; an adverse party; a spirit adverse to distinctions of caste.
(a.) Opposite.
(a.) In hostile opposition to; unfavorable; unpropitious; contrary to one's wishes; unfortunate; calamitous; afflictive; hurtful; as, adverse fates, adverse circumstances, things adverse.
(v. t.) To oppose; to resist.
Example Sentences:
(1) There fore, the adverse effects may be induced by such quartz or silicon compounds.
(2) The following is a brief review of the history, mechanism of action, and potential adverse effects of neuromuscular blockers.
(3) This modified endocrine activity in brook trout may reflect adjustment to adverse external ionic conditions.
(4) The AL plus EA produced significantly greater adverse effects than with SFO plus EA.
(5) Mild, significant improvement was noted in one of the hearing components, "attenuation," and an adverse effect was shown on "distortion," owing to noise.
(6) Spontaneous reports of suspected adverse reactions may be the only way of revealing very rare events but they present great difficulties of rational interpretation.
(7) Adverse outcomes were reported more frequently by consultant physicians, by those who 'titrated' the intravenous sedative, and by those who used an additional intravenous agent, but were reported equally frequently by endoscopists using midazolam and endoscopists using diazepam.
(8) Only an extensive knowledge of the various mechanisms and pharmacologic agents that can be used to prevent or treat these adverse reactions will allow the physician to approach the problem scientifically and come to a reasonable solution for the patient.
(9) The prognosis was adversely affected by obesity, preoperative flexion contracture of 30 degrees or more, wound-healing problems, wound infection, and postoperative manipulation under general anesthesia.
(10) One thousand singleton low-risk pregnancies were cross-sectionally studied at 36-40 weeks gestation with continuous-wave Doppler ultrasonography in order to assess its usefulness as an antepartum monitoring technique for the identification of fetuses at risk of developing an adverse outcome.
(11) The relatively high concentrations of desethylchloroquine and bisdesethylchloroquine found during chronic treatment show the need for more information about the therapeutic value and adverse effects of the metabolites.
(12) Urinary incontinence present between 7 and 10 days after stroke was the most important adverse prognostic factor both for survival and for recovery of function.
(13) Long-term treatment with agents that stimulate the beta-receptor (prenalterol and pirbuterol) has not proved to be useful in the treatment of chronic heart failure; moreover, prolonged treatment with beta-agonists (dobutamine and pirbuterol) may adversely affect survival.
(14) Since ASA has a greater potential for adverse effects, paracetamol is increasingly preferred to ASA, particularly in children.
(15) When a product is selected for a patient, consideration should be given to necessity, efficacy, adverse effects, and cost-effectiveness.
(16) The presence of prostatic invasion either into the stroma or involving prostatic ducts and acini only had no adverse effect on outcome.
(17) Oocytes obtained by laparoscopy were compared with those obtained under ultrasonic guidance to determine whether CO2 exposure had any adverse effect.
(18) It is mentioned that the lack of a valuable status for industrial physicians may adversely affect the evolution of training programs in Switzerland.
(19) Alternatively, the data presented herein strongly suggest that diets containing conventional quantities of fat, in which saturated fat is replaced by unsaturated fat and dietary cholesterol reduced, would result in the desired reductions to total and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol concentrations without the adverse effects of increased postprandial glucose and insulin concentrations, increased fasting and postprandial total and very-low-density lipoprotein triglyceride concentrations, and decreased fasting high-density lipoprotein cholesterol concentrations.
(20) "I have to say that it is my expectation that they probably can be, because the data that we have to date is unlikely to show an adverse impact."
Inclement
Definition:
(a.) Not clement; destitute of a mild and kind temper; void of tenderness; unmerciful; severe; harsh.
(a.) Physically severe or harsh (generally restricted to the elements or weather); rough; boisterous; stormy; rigorously cold, etc.; as, inclement weather.
Example Sentences:
(1) The freezing New Year rain drove into the dug-outs in such torrential fashion that he initially sheltered in the tunnel but such inclement weather quickly proved the least of his problems.
(2) Signs of enteric disease appeared in lambs born during inclement weather in a significantly (P less than 0.001) shorter period than in those born during mild weather conditions.
(3) The recent rainy weather has also forced the government and Olympic organisers to draw up contingency plans to deal with the inclement British summer , following a series of meetings to predict the extent to which London 2012 could be adversely affected by the dismal conditions.
(4) Bike sharing bikes are heavy, with a very low center of gravity, wide tires, drum brakes that keep the braking system dry even in inclement weather,” she told me.
(5) The government and Olympic organisers are drawing up contingency plans to deal with the inclement British summer, following a series of meetings to predict the extent to which London 2012 could be adversely affected by the dismal weather.
(6) As if the crisis in economics and in our economy were really no more than an inability to spy inclement weather.
(7) I was fined $1,500 and got 10 lashes on the bottom of my feet “I had to walk to my house though the distance was long in inclement weather.
(8) Evidence suggests that a complex of stresses such as inclement weather, lambing and concomitant ectoparasitism render sheep more susceptible to tularemia.
(9) Nick, a man of unwavering determination, was never going to let such minor details as inclement weather and a lack of natural hot springs get in the way of his vision: a wellbeing retreat combining his passions for yoga, Japanese-style bathing, and sustainability in his favourite place, Scotland.
(10) In 59 per cent of the osteoarthritic and 58 per cent of the rheumatoid patients, complete relief of pain was evident when they were evaluated twenty-four months after surgery, while another 35 per cent of each group had only mild pain related to inclement weather.
(11) Traditional workshops are time-intensive, and expensive to deliver, and are out of the reach of many nurses in rural settings because of great distances, inclement weather, expense, and lack of work coverage.
(12) As scientists predict climate change will make the Altiplano’s weather even more inclement and unpredictable, today’s farmers are reviving an ancestral system of cultivation and irrigation using what looks like an intricate piece of land sculpture.
(13) He then went on to explain that potential threats during national guard operations could include “inclement weather, heat, failing levees, etc”.
(14) Most of these provide little more than a bed (or a chair) to sleep on, a hot meal and refuge from inclement weather.
(15) Clearly struck by the "strength of fellowship and friendship" shown by wellwishers, particularly those who braved inclement weather during the Thames diamond jubilee river pageant, she paid tribute to the hundreds of thousands who lined the banks "undaunted by the rain".
(16) He points out that Alaska, like 70% of Russia's own territory, is very far north, and says it isn't necessarily a good idea to feel enthusiastic about acquiring the region, because workers would have to be paid extra, because of the inclement climate there.
(17) Radiotelescopes can see through inclement weather, operate in daylight hours and are less troubled by cosmic dust.
(18) It is, perversely, also the most unpredictable, as changeable as an inclement day at the seaside.
(19) Inclement weather was associated with 42% of all fatal accidents, and SD was a cause or factor in 35.6% of these.
(20) When inclement weather confines bees to the hive during the spring and summer they become weak and easy prey for the parasitic varroa mite to spread viruses that kill off its host.