(v. t.) To make heavy or heavier; to add to; to increase.
(v. t.) To make worse, or more severe; to render less tolerable or less excusable; to make more offensive; to enhance; to intensify.
(v. t.) To give coloring to in description; to exaggerate; as, to aggravate circumstances.
(v. t.) To exasperate; to provoke; to irritate.
Example Sentences:
(1) The major acute postoperative finding was aggravation of preexisting pharyngeal dysfunction.
(2) The use of functional test with the ACTH administration demonstrated organic affection of the CNS to sharply aggravate the weakening and even the exhaustion of the functional reserves of the glomerular and the reticular zones of the adrenal cortex developing during thyrotoxicosis, and also the reserve possibilities of the sympathico-adrenal system.
(3) This experimental study shows that vitamin A in high doses has an adjuvant effect, that is aggravating considerably the immunologic arthritis induced in the Wistar rat.
(4) Nine factors have been isolated whose varying combinations were most contributory to the risk of the development of CS in the studied population: cardiac diseases, transient disorder of the cerebral circulation, arterial hypertension, atherosclerosis, aggravated heredity for cardiovascular diseases, intermittent claudication, diabetes mellitus, systematic alcohol abuse, and hypodynamia.
(5) A 63-year-old man, with a Waldenström's disease discovered by cryoglobulinemia (ischemic lesions of fingers) was quickly aggravating (hyperviscosity syndrome) under treatment by chlorambucil in a dosage of 8 mg daily.
(6) Existing visual field defects in three patients were slightly aggravated and in four patients, with a pathological optic disc, visual field loss developed.
(7) High blood pressure is itself an independent risk factor for vascular disease, in proportion to its height, for all ages and sexes, whether systolic or diastolic, labile or fixed, and the threat is further aggravated by surges in blood pressure throughout the person's daily activities.
(8) As a result of a psychopathological total systems analysis of the debut of exogenously aggravated and nonaggravated paranoid schizophrenia the authors have revealed a significant interrelationship allowing the characterization of both general regularities of the "background" effect and individual characteristics secondary to a concrete nature of exogenous impact.
(9) Prophylactic administration of ionol which prevented a post-stress aggravation of the primary influenza infection failed to produce a favourable effect on the immunity in case of reinfection.
(10) Uncontrolled diabetes mellitus can aggravate the hyperlipidaemia associated with this disorder, presumably by increasing triglyceride synthesis and reducing very low density lipoprotein catabolism by lipoprotein lipase.
(11) In both, objective aggravation occurred in three or more steps over four days, progressing from minor finger clumsiness to total paralysis of the arm.
(12) A definite correlation was established between the disease and the character of work and specificity of the working postures: a long stay in a bent position aggravated by the pressure of the apron strap weighing 8-10 kg on the lumbar part of the spine.
(13) Empirical studies suggest the following main conclusions: functional somatic symptoms are extremely common; a large proportion appear to be caused by physiologic activity and tend to be aggravated by emotion.
(14) This dilemma is aggravated by the loss from the work force of graduate nurses who fail the registered nurse licensure examination.
(15) This situation can lead to an aggravation of degenerative complications.
(16) He believes there are several factors that could aggravate extremists, other than the videos.
(17) Direct relationship between the increase of blood fibrinolytic activity and the aggravation of the vascular degeneration could not be observed in this experiment.
(18) Wash-out experiments show that the sugars prevent the aggravation of mediator release by a binding of sugar to the basophil cell membrane, thereby causing a blockade of binding sites responsible for the potentiating effect of virus.
(19) We have shown that heme, a hydrophobic iron chelate, is rapidly incorporated into endothelial cells where, after as little as 1 h, it markedly aggravates cytotoxicity engendered by polymorphonuclear leukocyte oxidants or hydrogen peroxide (H2O2).
(20) However according to the authors' experience physical tiredness can legitimately be suspected to have produced this aggravation in 47.06 % of cases of a secondarily aggravated hepatitis.
Heighten
Definition:
(v. t.) To make high; to raise higher; to elevate.
(v. t.) To carry forward; to advance; to increase; to augment; to aggravate; to intensify; to render more conspicuous; -- used of things, good or bad; as, to heighten beauty; to heighten a flavor or a tint.
Example Sentences:
(1) Bereaved individuals were significantly more likely to report heightened dysphoria, dissatisfaction, and somatic disturbances typical of depression, even when variations in age, sex, number of years married, and educational and occupational status were taken into account.
(2) Panic disorder subjects showed a negative relationship between pulmonary function and hyperventilation symptoms, suggesting a heightened sensitivity to, and discomfort with, sensations associated with normal pulmonary function.
(3) These results suggest that DA and NA, when injected into the MSN, heighten the functional level of the hippocampus.
(4) Tension heightened last week after Davis continued to refuse licenses to couples; on Friday, she filed a request to the supreme court to stay the lower court’s decision.
(5) The tonic influences were expressed in an increase in the amplitude parameters of the responses of the visual cortex in conditions of the formation in the posterolateral nucleus of the thalamus of a focus of heightened excitability (anode polarization), and their perceptible diminution with potassium depression in this nucleus.
(6) This increased cell flow down the early stages of the red cell pathway in CML suggests that heightened proliferation and differentiation of primitive hemopoietic cells may be a more general phenomenon than previously suspected in this disease.
(7) Measures of effect of the training found the following: a significant increase in knowledge scores, although the trainees came into the program with relatively high scores; a heightened awareness and increased positive attitudes toward aging; high ratings of performance on a functionally oriented comprehensive health assessment; and augmented geriatric curriculum and clinical training in their home PA programs.
(8) The extra enforcement produced increases in the use of seat belts by drivers during the four months of the heightened enforcement.
(9) The data support the hypothesis that the learning decrement found among older men is not simply a manifestation of structural change in the central nervous system but is, at least in part, associated with the heightened arousal of the autonomic nervous system that accompanies the learning task.
(10) A huge security operation is under way across the country, with 90,000 police, army and security staff responding to the heightened threat level.
(11) Serial measurements of fibroblast proliferation-stimulating-activity in samples of BAL fluid obtained from serial examinations in two patients exhibited heightened pretreatment activity that returned to the normal range following corticosteroid therapy.
(12) The presence of cardiovascular hyperreactivity together with the absence of noncardiovascular hyperreactivity in HT indicates heightened SNS-activity specific to the cardiovascular system and not part of generalized SNS-arousal.
(13) There may also be modest positive effects of such new awards in the form of heightened popular esteem for science and interest in it.
(14) The aggression-heightening effects of alcohol were seen during the high-rate interactions in the initial phase of the confrontation and particularly during the lower level of fighting later on.
(15) Earlier, the deputy prime minister, Nick Clegg , said the heightened security measures could remain in place on a permanent basis as he warned of the dangers posed by a "medieval, violent, revolting ideology".
(16) We conclude that if the role of physicians is to aid and protect patients against disease or experimentation on humans, then he or she must maintain heightened political awareness in order to deal with social crises before they overwhelm any response.
(17) The heightened autoimmune reactivity being detectable during the preclinical period, lasting months to years, has been proved by antibodies directed against cytoplasmic islet cell antigens (ICA), beta cell surface antigens (ICSA), insulin (IAA), and with a lower frequency against non-islet cell antigens.
(18) The rising survival rate is due to heightened awareness of this injury, which should be suspected in all patients who have sustained high-energy trauma.
(19) With a major new attack on American soil falling in the last week which the FBI is investigating as an act of terrorism , however, the president will speak on Sunday night in a climate of heightened fear and in the face of growing pressure to demonstrate results.
(20) The finding may imply a non-endocrine hormonal process leading to heightened local TNF responses.