What's the difference between agent and underagent?
Agent
Definition:
(a.) Acting; -- opposed to patient, or sustaining, action.
(n.) One who exerts power, or has the power to act; an actor.
(n.) One who acts for, or in the place of, another, by authority from him; one intrusted with the business of another; a substitute; a deputy; a factor.
(n.) An active power or cause; that which has the power to produce an effect; as, a physical, chemical, or medicinal agent; as, heat is a powerful agent.
Example Sentences:
(1) Combinations of maximum amounts of glucagon and the cyclic nucleotide did not produce a greater effect than either agent alone.
(2) Assessment of the likelihood of replication in humans has included in vitro exposure of human cells to the potential pesticidal agent.
(3) In addition, intravenous injection of complexes into rabbits showed optimal myocardial images with agents of intermediate lipophilicity.
(4) This study examined the [3H]5-HT-releasing properties of 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) and related agents, all of which cause significant release of [3H]5-HT from rat brain synaptosomes.
(5) The quaternary structure of ribonucleotide reductase of Escherichia coli was investigated, with the use of purified B1 and B2 proteins and bifunctional cross-linking agents.
(6) Rapid overgrowth of all cultures with the E. coli necessitated the use of selective media containing antimicrobial agents to which the E. coli was sensitive.
(7) These membrane perturbation effects not observed with bleomycin-iron in the presence of a hydroxyl radical scavenger, dimethyl thiourea, or a chelating agent, desferrioxamine, were correlated with the ability of the complex to generate highly reactive oxygen species.
(8) of PLA2 caused marked degranulation of mast cells in the rat mesentery which was facilitated by addition of calcium ion (10 mM) but antagonized by pretreating with three antiinflammatory agents.
(9) We report a series of experiments designed to determine if agents and conditions that have been reported to alter sodium reabsorption, Na-K-ATPase activity or cellular structure in the rat distal nephron might also regulate the density or affinity of binding of 3H-metolazone to the putative thiazide receptor in the distal nephron.
(10) Acquired drug resistance to INH, RMP, and EMB can be demonstrated in M. kansasii, and SMX in combination with other agents chosen on the basis of MIC determinations are effective in the treatment of disease caused by RMP-resistant M. kansasii.
(11) The secondary leukemia that occurred in these patients could be distinguished from the secondary leukemia that occurs after treatment with alkylating agents by the following: a shorter latency period; a predominance of monocytic or myelomonocytic features; and frequent cytogenetic abnormalities involving 11q23.
(12) The agent present in the serum which causes dissolution of the fibrin clot was isolated and identified as pepsinogen.
(13) The active agents modestly improved treadmill exercise duration time until 1 mm ST segment depression (3%), and only propranolol and diltiazem had significant effects.
(14) Maximal covalent binding of [4,5-14C]ronidazole to DNA also required four-electron reduction, consistent with previous studies of the covalent binding of this agent to immobilized sulfhydryl groups [Kedderis et al.
(15) Since interferon alfa-2b (Intron A) is useful as a single agent, it is important to determine if interferon can be combined with standard chemotherapy to improve both response and survival in patients with cancer.
(16) Median effect analysis was applied for the evaluation of in vitro effect by the growth inhibition, and the in vivo effect by comparison of the increase of life span (ILS) in a combined group with the sum of ILS's in 2 single agent groups.
(17) Noradrenaline (NA) was released from sympathetic nerve endings in the tissue by electrical stimulation of the mesenteric nerves or by the indirect sympathomimetic agent tyramine.
(18) Helsby, who joined the estate agent in 1980, saw his basic salary unchanged at £225,000, but gains a £610,000 windfall in shares, available from May, as well as a £363,000 increase in cash and shares under the company profits-sharing scheme.
(19) Combining maximally effective concentrations of each of these stimulating agents produces an additive increase in both the level of 32P incorporation into tyrosine hydroxylase and the degree of activation of the enzyme.
(20) The review provides an update of drug-induced pulmonary disorders, focusing on newer agents whose effects on the lung have been studied recently.
Underagent
Definition:
(n.) A subordinate agent.
Example Sentences:
(1) A mother is facing prosecution for procuring abortion pills for her then underage daughter.
(2) The palace initially stated that “any suggestion of impropriety with underage minors” by the duke was “categorically untrue”.
(3) He did so, the judges asserted, because he was facing related charges in another case involving accusations that he paid for sex with an underage prostitute who was also a "bunga bunga" guest.
(4) "We haven't got a mechanism for eradicating the problem [of underage users]," Milner said.
(5) It is understood that after she procured the medication for her underage daughter the mother took her to hospital for post-termination treatment.
(6) Being "jailbait" was a bit controversial, but, hey, it wasn't like anyone actually ended up in jail for having sex with an underage girl.
(7) Berlusconi is facing a year of social work following his conviction for tax fraud and is appealing against a sentence for paying an underage prostitute while fighting to keep his party from splitting amid internal disputes.
(8) In January that year, Pelly featured in a story alleging Prince Harry had been drinking while underage and had smoked cannabis.
(9) Yields on Italian government bonds meanwhile stayed above 6% as markets continued to view Italy as the next weak link in Europe thanks to its massive €1.9tn public debt and crumbling coalition government led by a premier who faces three trials for fraud and paying an underage prostitute for sex.
(10) Daniel Hannan, Conservative MEP: ‘We can’t let people who break the law jump the queue’ I’ve spent the past five days in southern Italy, on a social action project doing up a hostel for underage migrants.
(11) In Northern Ireland, a mother is being prosecuted for obtaining abortion pills for her pregnant underage daughter ; she was charged with procuring “poison or other noxious substance” in the knowledge that they were to be used to cause a miscarriage.
(12) Underage purchases were attempted at a sample of stores in Washington, D.C.; Westchester County, New York: and Albany and Schenectady counties, New York.
(13) Roman Polanski has been denied bail from a Swiss prison where he is being held for possible extradition to the United States on an underage sex charge.
(14) A teacher would normally tell a classroom that underage sex was illegal.
(15) But Newsnight's key interviewee, Ward, had told Newsnight in November 2011 that she'd also seen Gary Glitter having sex with an underage girl in Savile's BBC dressing room.
(16) The PDP has alleged widespread irregularities at the polls, including the opposition’s use of underage voters.
(17) The unwillingness to pursue child-centred priorities when complaints involving underage victims came to light was a persistent aspect of the Savile case and of that of the jailed child abuser Rolf Harris, who was stripped of his CBE on Tuesday.
(18) The report was based on information gathered through interviews with the workers of a Natural Fruit pineapple processing factory and exposed violence against employees, forced overtime, the use of underage labour and the confiscation of passports of Burmese migrant workers.
(19) The television network TLC on Friday took the reality show 19 Kids and Counting off the air, a day after one of its stars, Josh Duggar, resigned from his job over allegations that he molested underage girls when he was a teenager.
(20) Sjoberg, who was already in her early 20s and has said she was surprised at allegations involving Epstein and underage girls, later visited his New York mansion.