(n.) A substance which prevents or retards putrefaction, or destroys, or protects from, putrefactive organisms; as, salt, carbolic acid, alcohol, cinchona.
Example Sentences:
(1) Microbiological investigations made by membrane filtration method on antiseptics and disinfectants demonstrated that the filtering membranes present very frequently a remarkable antimicrobial activity, even after washing with 300 ml of peptone water according to the guidelines of the Pharmacopoeia.
(2) In view of the severe course seen in the presence of any suppurated pancreatic necrosis, it was felt to be of value to treat two patients by the adjuvant use of a new antiseptic tauroline, administered locally and, where appropriate, systemically.
(3) Povidone-iodine is frequently used as an antiseptic in patients on chronic dialysis.
(4) A procedure is described, topical applications for testing dermal toxicity of antiseptics.
(5) Even the Pentagon’s website for the war prefers the relatively antiseptic term “ Targeted Operations Against [Isis] Terrorists ”.
(6) Prematurity is shown to be a necessary prerequisite for central nervous system vacuolation to occur during routine antiseptic skin care of newborn infants with 3% hexachlorophene emulsions.
(7) Lister, a Scottish surgeon, was the first physician to apply the germ theory to clinical practice and developed the techniques of antiseptic surgery and wound care, resulting in dramatic reductions in surgical mortality.
(8) Four antiseptic solutions commonly used for operative preparation were tested to determine thrir potential for sterilizing the external auditory canal.
(9) They are very sensitive to the antiseptic agents currently used to purify drinking water.
(10) Blood collection for culture purposes must preferably involve alcohol as an antiseptic for cleaning donor skin or suitable receptacles.
(11) In development of the wound infection it seems rational to accomplish an active drainage of the wound with local and general administration of massive doses of specific antibiotics, proteolytic enzymes, antiseptics and then to close a vascular graft by viable tissues.
(12) The influence of four antiseptic solutions on some dental materials was examined in this study.
(13) April 21, 1971 for cosmetics, changed in order to apply it to antiseptics.
(14) A new topical antiseptic agent, 5 per cent polyvinylpyrrolidone-iodine (PVP-I) cream, with altered physicochemical properties, incorporated in a different carrier base has proved in vivo to be more effective in controlling burn wound infections than 10 per cent PVP-I ointment.
(15) The contamination rate was not influenced by the antiseptic procedure, and corresponded to the accepted percentage reported in most other studies.
(16) The material passed through an antiseptic bath (liquid-lock) of I per 100 quaternary ammonium in water.
(17) Pseudomonas cepacia is also resistant for many antiseptics.
(18) The technique has been tried with 176 anaerobe strains isolated from maxillofacial purulent foci from 76 patients; sensitivities to 42 antibiotics and antiseptics have been tested.
(19) This study examined two interdependent factors: the time taken to wash the hands and the type of antiseptic solution used.
(20) An experimental animal model of operative wound suppuration was elaborated to specify rational antibiotic-antiseptic prophylaxis and adequate wound drainage.
Reproduction
Definition:
(n.) The act or process of reproducing; the state of being reproduced
(n.) the process by which plants and animals give rise to offspring.
(n.) That which is reproduced.
Example Sentences:
(1) The availability and success of changes in reproductive technology should lead to a reappraisal of the indications for hysterectomy, especially in young women.
(2) The purpose of this paper is to discuss the potential for integrating surveillance techniques in reproductive epidemiology with geographic information system technology in order to identify populations at risk around hazardous waste sites.
(3) In this way they offer the doctor the chance of preventing genetic handicaps that cannot be obtained by natural reproduction, and that therefore should be used.
(4) The sensitivity , accuracy, and reproductibility of this method are described and discussed.
(5) Thus, inhibition of reproductive function of young males after EP action has been demonstrated.
(6) The La Parguera facility was established in part to contrast the social behavior of free-ranging groups with that in enclosures, as well as to compare the seasonal events linked to reproduction with those at Cayo Santiago.
(7) Thus, the carotid pulse tracing provides an accurate reproduction of the morphology of the pressure tracing recorded from the ascending aorta, and when calibrated by peripheral blood pressure measurement, it can be used to calculate LV pressure throughout ejection.
(8) Somewhat surprisingly then, in view of the mechanisms in mammals, birds do not seem to use this seasonal message in the photoperiodic control of reproduction.
(9) Such factors can mask any interactions between biologic factors of the aging female reproductive system and other social factors that might otherwise detemine fertility during the later reproductive years.
(10) The results indicate that additional feed in late gestation improves reproductive performance in sows.
(11) Here we show that the subsequent survival and reproductive success of subordinate female red deer is depressed more by rearing sons than by rearing daughters, whereas the subsequent fitness of dominant females is unaffected by the sex of their present offspring.
(12) The variations in behavior and physiology across the year were considered in terms of factors constraining the timing of the natural reproductive pattern.
(13) Opposition to legal abortion takes magical thinking and a lack of logic | Jessica Valenti Read more The only female Republican candidate for the White House has doubled down on her restrictive position over reproductive rights since a successful debate performance .
(14) 23, 163-185) for growth and reproduction of individual daphnids.
(15) This variation in risk remained when allowance was made for the incomplete nature of some of the reproductive histories.
(16) A regulatory role for GABA in the reproductive tract is postulated.
(17) We have examined the serum MT response in the male hamster to a single dose of 25 micrograms MT administered in the morning or in the afternoon--the same timing and dose used by others to produce reproductive effects.
(18) The lavage model was considered suitable for reproduction of severe respiratory distress.
(19) Circumvaginal muscle (CVM) home training based on principles of exercise physiology were tested on 48 healthy reproductive-age women.
(20) the smallest concentrations were measured, differing significantly from animals in other reproductive periods.