(n.) That which nourishes; food; nutriment; anything which feeds or adds to a substance in natural growth. Hence: The necessaries of life generally: sustenance; means of support.
(n.) An allowance for maintenance.
(v. t.) To nourish; to support.
(v. t.) To provide for the maintenance of.
Example Sentences:
(1) No differences in intestinal microsomal cytochrome P-450 content or meperidine demethylase activity were seen among the various alimentation groups.
(2) Hospitalisation time was short and satisfactory alimentation was achieved.
(3) Nutritional restoration using enteral or intravenous alimentation requires a delay of 10 to 14 days and is frequently not practical.
(4) Within 2 weeks of starting intravenous alimentation, it would appear highly desirable to be able to start at least small enteral feedings to interrupt the physiology of fasting.
(5) This is a report of the short- and long-term complications in a premature infant with tracheoesophageal fistula, including those related to central venous alimentation, seizures, chylothorax, bronchopulmonary dysplasia, dental erosions, gastroesophageal reflux, pulmonary problems, and gall stones.
(6) Varied clinical observations of the presence of either hunger or anorexia during intragastric or intravenous alimentation have led to the current experiments.
(7) The dermatitis disappeared slowly with oral alimentation in 2 cases, and in a few days in the third one, with oral zinc sulfate.
(8) Following administration of continuous enteral alimentation, intragastric pH fell, and ranitidine therapy only partially blocked this increase in gastric acidity induced by continuous enteral alimentation.
(9) With Vivasorb, the surgical patient's full alimentation can be maintained up to a few hours before the operation.
(10) It is pointed out that the optimal amounts of some of the components used are still under investigation, that there seems to be no imperative reason not to use glucose as the sole carbohydrate in this age group and that most of the possible long-term sequelae and complications of total long-term parenteral alimentation will have to be looked for by prospective studies of the children treated.
(11) Intensive protein and calorie alimentation are provided, and 0.5% aqueous AgNO3 dressings are used.
(12) Stomatitis was universal but rarely prevented oral alimentation or delayed therapy.
(13) With lipid emulsion, there was an increased fraction of saturated lecithins (mainly DPPC) both in lung tissue and lavage fluid, similar to former studies with hypocaloric alimentation.
(14) Needle catheter jejunostomy allows early alimentary tract utilization following operations, while percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy and jejunostomy provide long-term solutions to the provision of enteral alimentation.
(15) Weights of the heart, lungs, carcass and visceral fat were not affected by level of alimentation.
(16) Excluded were those who were malnourished in whom preoperative alimentation corrected the anergy.
(17) These patients have demonstrated consistent weight gain and have been spared the complications associated with prolonged parenteral alimentation.
(18) In particular, the antegrade approach appears to be an acceptable solution for enteric alimentation.
(19) Thirty percent of the articles referred to experimental nutrition and toxicology of alimentation.
(20) Reaction of immunoglobulins (IgA, IgG, IgM) during a four week period under condition with a special parenteral and peroral alimentation was observed in three groups of patients (rectum neoplasm, ulcerative colitis, Crohn's disease) during a period of two weeks all patients received 150 g aminoacids and 510 g carbohydrates by central venous catheter.
Sustain
Definition:
(v. t.) To keep from falling; to bear; to uphold; to support; as, a foundation sustains the superstructure; a beast sustains a load; a rope sustains a weight.
(v. t.) Hence, to keep from sinking, as in despondence, or the like; to support.
(v. t.) To maintain; to keep alive; to support; to subsist; to nourish; as, provisions to sustain an army.
(v. t.) To aid, comfort, or relieve; to vindicate.
(v. t.) To endure without failing or yielding; to bear up under; as, to sustain defeat and disappointment.
(v. t.) To suffer; to bear; to undergo.
(v. t.) To allow the prosecution of; to admit as valid; to sanction; to continue; not to dismiss or abate; as, the court sustained the action or suit.
(v. t.) To prove; to establish by evidence; to corroborate or confirm; to be conclusive of; as, to sustain a charge, an accusation, or a proposition.
(n.) One who, or that which, upholds or sustains; a sustainer.
Example Sentences:
(1) In this study of ten consecutive patients sustaining molten metal injuries to the lower extremity who were treated with excision and grafting, treatment with compression Unna paste boot was compared with that with conventional dressing.
(2) Electrophysiologic studies are indicated in patients with sustained paroxysmal ventricular tachycardia, ventricular fibrillation or aborted sudden death.
(3) The study examined the sustained effects of methylphenidate on reading performance in a sample of 42 boys, aged 8 to 11, with attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).
(4) It is suggested that the rapid phase is due to clearance of peptides in the circulation which results in a fall to lower blood concentrations which are sustained by slow release of peptide from binding sites which act as a depot.
(5) Photograph: Guardian The research also compiled data covered by a wider definition of tax haven, including onshore jurisdictions such as the US state of Delaware – accused by the Cayman islands of playing "faster and looser" even than offshore jurisdictions – and the Republic of Ireland, which has come under sustained pressure from other EU states to reform its own low-tax, light-tough, regulatory environment.
(6) In order for the club to grow and sustain its ability to be a competitive force in the Premier League, the board has made a number of decisions which will strengthen the club, support the executive team, manager and his staff and enhance shareholder return.
(7) But if you want to sustain a long-term relationship, it's important to try to develop other erotic interests and skills, because most partners will expect and demand that.
(8) Hypnosis might be looked upon as a method by which an unscrupulous person could sustain such a state of powerlessness in a victim.
(9) Eight other children (20%) had normal or borderline elevation of CPK-MB fraction and EKG abnormalities combined with abnormal echocardiograms or radionuclide angiograms, and were considered to have sustained cardiac concussion.
(10) Communicating sustainability is a subtle attempt at doing good Read more And yet, in environmental terms it is infinitely preferable to prevent waste altogether, rather than recycle it.
(11) We found no statistically significant difference in one-year, biochemically validated, sustained cessation rates between the group offered the long-term follow-up visits (12.5%) and the group given the brief intervention (10.2%).
(12) The conversion of orotate to UMP, catalyzed by the enzymes of complex II, was increased at 3 days (+42%), a rise sustained to 14 days.
(13) Histamine (10(-6)-10(-4) M) induced concentration-dependent increases in tone and Ca2+i, but these responses were not sustained.
(14) Our studies have shown that infarcted dogs which exhibit inducible sustained ventricular tachycardia had late potentials and could be distinguished from those with no arrhythmias by the following QRS characteristics.
(15) These agents have been well-tolerated and generally produce a high incidence of sustained improvements in neutrophil counts and marrow morphology, although hemoglobin and platelet counts have generally not been altered.
(16) "I hope that he has the sleepless nights I have had for the past five weeks because my son sustained horrific injuries."
(17) The weakness was treated by intensive physical rehabilitation with complete and sustained recovery in all cases.
(18) For recreational runners who have sustained injuries, especially within the past year, a reduction in running to below 32 km per week is recommended.
(19) In the facial fractures, a large number of these patients also sustain a head injury.
(20) Chromatographic analysis of this radioactivity reveals that the octadecapeptide gives rise to much higher tissue levels of intact peptide and we believe that this acts as a depot and gives rise to the sustained blood concentrations and prolonged biological effects observed with this peptide.