(v. t.) To make otherwise; to change in some respect, either partially or wholly; to vary; to modify.
(v. t.) To agitate; to affect mentally.
(v. t.) To geld.
(v. i.) To become, in some respects, different; to vary; to change; as, the weather alters almost daily; rocks or minerals alter by exposure.
Example Sentences:
(1) Herpesviruses such as EBV, HSV, and human herpes virus-6 (HHV-6) have a marked tropism for cells of the immune system and therefore infection by these viruses may result in alterations of immune functions, leading at times to a state of immunosuppression.
(2) The process of sequence rearrangement appears to be a significant part of the evolution of the genome and may have a much greater effect on the evolution of the phenotype than sequence alteration by base substitution.
(3) The various evocational changes appear to form sets of interconnected systems and this complex network seems to embody some plasticity since it has been possible to suppress experimentally some of the most universal evocational events or alter their temporal order without impairing evocation itself.
(4) When chimeric animals were subjected to a lethal challenge of endotoxin, their response was markedly altered by the transferred lymphoid cells.
(5) Morphological alterations in the lungs of pheasants after prolonged high-dosage administration of bleomycin sulfate were studied by light and electron microscopy.
(6) Incubation with IFN alpha or IFN gamma for 24 h resulted in only modest cytokinetic alterations, and they did not modify the effects of FUra.
(7) 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.
(8) In dorsoventral (DV) reversed wings at both shoulder or flank level, the motor axons do not alter their course as they enter the graft.
(9) Neither spermidine nor spermine (0.5 mM) significantly altered [Ca2+]i.
(10) In addition to the changes associated with blood group A, we also found a decrease in sugar content, alterations in other antigens, and changes in the levels of several glycosyltransferases in cancerous tissues.
(11) When the concentration of thrombin or fibrinogen was altered systematically, mu T and mup were found to mirror each other except when the fibrinogen concentration was increased at low thrombin concentrations.
(12) Arteries treated with atrial natriuretic peptide showed no alterations in relaxation or cGMP content after incubation with pertussis toxin.
(13) These results could be explained by altered tissue blood flow and a decreased metabolic capacity of the liver in obese subjects.
(14) The sequential histopathologic alterations in femorotibial joints of partial meniscectomized male and female guinea pigs were evaluated at 1, 2, 3, 6, and 12 weeks post-surgery.
(15) However, survival was closely related to the severity of the illness at the time of randomization and was not altered by shunting.
(16) Brain damage may be followed by a number of dynamic events including reactive synaptogenesis, rerouting of axons to unusual locations and altered axon retraction processes.
(17) Since the advance and return of sperm inside the tubes could facilitate the interaction of sperm with secretions participating in its maturation, the persistent infertility after vasectomy could be related to the contractile alteration that follows the excessive tubal distention.
(18) Sixteen patients (27%) manifested anomalies of the urinary tract: 12 had markedly altered kidneys, 8 of which were unilateral and ipsilateral to the diaphragmatic defect.
(19) Corticosterone (4 x 10(-5) M) did not alter the stimulation-evoked 3H-overflow at 1-30 Hz.
(20) The results show that the presence of histones does not alter the bimodal DNA binding process.
Sanctuary
Definition:
(n.) A sacred place; a consecrated spot; a holy and inviolable site.
(n.) The most retired part of the temple at Jerusalem, called the Holy of Holies, in which was kept the ark of the covenant, and into which no person was permitted to enter except the high priest, and he only once a year, to intercede for the people; also, the most sacred part of the tabernacle; also, the temple at Jerusalem.
(n.) The most sacred part of any religious building, esp. that part of a Christian church in which the altar is placed.
(n.) A house consecrated to the worship of God; a place where divine service is performed; a church, temple, or other place of worship.
(n.) A sacred and inviolable asylum; a place of refuge and protection; shelter; refuge; protection.
Example Sentences:
(1) Previous studies suggest that patients who are in clinical remission harbor tumor in multiple occult "sanctuaries."
(2) Conservatives have called for federal funding to be curtailed if a municipality maintains a “sanctuary” policy.
(3) Other kinds of intelligence, particularly that on the effect of drone attacks on the leadership of al-Qaida and its allies in Pakistan , also suggest that the frontier zone is not the sanctuary it once was.
(4) Prince William is due to make a speech about conservation at an elephant sanctuary in China on 4 March.
(5) Just last year, a researcher at Jane Goodall's primate sanctuary in South Africa suffered "multiple and severe bite wounds" after getting too close to a group of chimps and being dragged off.
(6) In the town of Boali, 60 miles to the north, the Catholic priest Xavier-Arnauld Fagba went from house to house and into the bush to offer Muslims sanctuary in his church .
(7) Instead, he called on Catholic parishes to offer sanctuary to refugee families.
(8) Lord Dubs: refugees face greater hostility than ever in 2017 Read more “We have a record of which we are justifiably proud in relation to refugees, giving sanctuary to 8,000 last year, and children are continuing to arrive every year.
(9) The infiltrative characteristics of acute monocytic leukemia and the anatomic barriers and location of the testicles may have provided a sanctuary from chemotherapy.
(10) Fielding nods enthusiastically: 'By running a butterfly sanctuary in Peru.'
(11) The MCS has warned, however, that fragile coastal habitats such as estuaries, saltmarsh and bird sanctuaries are excluded from any proposed new routes.
(12) Leukemic invasion of the eye should receive appropriate recognition; the posterior pole should be included in the treatment of the central nervous system as a pharmacologic sanctuary.
(13) May said the coalition's plans for emergency sanctuary had been cleared with the UNHCR in London and had its endorsement.
(14) A UK Border Agency spokesman said: "The UK has a proud record of offering sanctuary to those who need it, but people who do not have a genuine need for our protection must return to their home country.
(15) Attendance at scientific sessions of learned professional societies and short courses should be accompanied by presession and post-session guided reading to be undertaken in the physician's home library-sanctuary.
(16) Nevertheless, he will be offered the sanctuary of the vulnerable prisoner unit, where most of his peers will have been convicted of sexual crimes.
(17) The conjunctiva may well be an iatrogenic "sanctuary site" when this disease is treated with PUVA therapy.
(18) This progress has resulted from a closely integrated scientific effort, including drug development, pharmacology, preclinical modeling, experimental design with respect to clinical trials, quantitative criteria for response, and a series of clinical trials (initially in children with acute lymphocytic leukemia) in which the importance of complete remission, of dose and schedule, of sequencing chemotherapeutic agents, of pharmacological sanctuaries, and particularly of combination chemotherapy was studied.
(19) They’re allowed to offer help, as many do, but the idea that sanctuary policies are somehow going to be struck down in the courts is absurd because they’re totally legal,” Graber said.
(20) The decision to recall the ambassador was taken “in protest at the increasing and unprecedented Israeli escalation in the Noble Sanctuary, and the repeated Israeli violations of Jerusalem,” Jordan’s Petra news agency said.