(a.) Any medicine which allays pain, as an opiate or narcotic; anything that soothes disturbed feelings.
Example Sentences:
(1) Because of its long-time use as a sedative or anodyne in dental procedures, eugenol was studied to determine its effect on evoked nerve impulse transmission.
(2) After a period on Radio Luxembourg he was offered the freelance job of disc jockey on the radio programme Housewives' Choice, on which Jacobs had to play record requests and punctuate them with anodyne chat.
(3) Mr Johnson referred to the anodyne press statement released the previous day, without reference to the gathering political storm and public outcry to the treatment of Bollywood star Shilpa Shetty.
(4) Some of the tension was punctured on Monday after Zardari and the prime minister, Yousaf Raza Gilani, met the army chief, General Kayani, after which they released an anodyne statement about flood relief.
(5) I see Dylan Jones, a Cameron fan, has written a book on Live Aid, defining the 80s as caring: more anodyne revision.
(6) In terms of time required for anodyne administration, the Infusor group required significantly less time compared with the intermittent infusion group (P less than 0.05).
(7) I expected an anodyne but warm response about talent pipelines, mentoring and nurturing potential.
(8) Iglesias looked oddly out of place in this pristine but anodyne new home, with its hotel-style fitted carpets and shiny wooden doors.
(9) The president’s first speech, in 2009, was more anodyne.
(10) The growth rate is very low, so that the first symptoms, as hoarseness or dyspnea, may be anodyne.
(11) The bite restorer combines the strength of Vitallium with the occlusal acceptability of Anodyne to produce an esthetic and functional orthotic without the ill effects of cast metallic overlays.
(12) While hit shows such as Queer as Folk (anodyne and sexless in its US version), Will and Grace and Queer Eye for the Straight Guy have been important steps in acquainting American viewers with homo reality, The L Word is a huge leap forward, dealing with lesbian life as it is lived, albeit with a Hollywood gloss.
(13) They encouraged other firms that had funded the blacklist, disguised under the anodyne name of the Consulting Association and run from a nondescript office in Droitwich, Worcestershire, to join the scheme.
(14) Stewart recounts one big disappointment – an anodyne interview with Donald Rumsfeld in 2011 that failed to claim the former secretary of defence’s scalp.
(15) It even has, in "winter vomiting bug", an anodyne pet name.
(16) The smog even led the flagship evening news bulletin on television, which traditionally begins with an anodyne account of leaders' activities and achievements.
(17) She was treated with anodyne and benzbromarone for gout.
(18) They include cognitive and behavioral intervention techniques in part already well known that can accompany and enhance traditional forms of anodyne therapy.
(19) She agreed that, as a freelance, she had sold information to the Evening Standard, Daily Mail, Daily Star, Guardian, Sun and The People, but said it was anodyne and bland.
(20) But many of the policies they describe are either too technical (allowing dual citizenship) or too anodyne (the existence of a government body to consult minorities) to stimulate serious tax resistance.
Benign
Definition:
(a.) Of a kind or gentle disposition; gracious; generous; favorable; benignant.
(a.) Of a mild type or character; as, a benign disease.
Example Sentences:
(1) This particular variant of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is characterized by the presence of subcutaneous rheumatoid nodules, scanty or absent systemic manifestations and a clinically benign course.
(2) Weddellite calcification was associated with benign lesions in 16 cases, but incidental atypical lobular hyperplasia and lobular carcinoma in situ were present, each in one case.
(3) Periosteal chondroma is an uncommon benign cartilagenous lesion, and its importance lies primarily in its characteristic radiographic and pathologic appearance which should be of assistance in the differential diagnosis of eccentric lesions of bones.
(4) The vulvar white keratotic lesions which have been subjected to histological examination in Himeji National Hospital (1973-1987) included 13 cases in benign dermatoses, 4 cases in vulvar epithelial hyperplasia, 3 cases in lichen sclerosus, and 3 cases in lichen sclerosus with foci of epithelial hyperplasia.
(5) Such complications as intracerebral haematoma or meningeal haemorrhage may occur during the usually benign course of the disease.
(6) Aneurysmal bone cyst is an uncommon benign lesion that rarely presents in the craniofacial region.
(7) Benign and malignant epithelial and soft tissue tumors of the skin were usually negatively stained with MoAb HMSA-2.
(8) HCT were classified by light microscopy as benign (n = 22), intermediate (n = 30), and malignant (n = 13).
(9) Four cases of benign lymphoid hyperplasia (BLH) of the duodenal bulb are reported.
(10) However, in benign prostatic hypertrophy (BPH) cases, a high false positive rate of 41% was observed in Americans.
(11) One week after initiation is 1-2 months before the appearance of benign papillomas that harbor activated Ha-ras oncogenes when the initiated mice are promoted with the tumor promoter phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate.
(12) Gangliogliomas are rare benign tumors of the central nervous system containing neoplastic ganglion and low grade glial cells.
(13) It is important to be aware of the histological characteristics of this essentially benign condition so that unnecessary radical therapies can be avoided.
(14) No malignant tumour failed to be diagnosed (100% reliable), the anatomopathological examination of specimens in benign conditions was never wrong (100% reliable).
(15) Positive staining was present in cells in almost all of the benign and fibro-histiocytic lesions but was reduced in the malignant group.
(16) In this paper, 5 patients with benign tumor (3 tubular adenoma, 1 leiomyoma and 1 fibroma) and 35 pseudotumor (26 cholesterol polyps and 9 inflammatory polyps) of the gallbladder are presented.
(17) Because of the small number of cases (7), however, we are not able to state whether it is possible to distinguish between benign and malignant tumors in all cases.
(18) This postoperative surveillance was aimed at discovering benign or malignant neoplastic growth within the remaining large bowel.
(19) However, despite extreme neutropenia, infection is rare in chronic benign neutropenia patients.
(20) In contrast, there was only a 5% incidence of malignant neoplasia and a 29% incidence of benign neoplasia in the respiratory region.