(v. t.) To abase or debase; to vilify; to depreciate.
Example Sentences:
(1) These were focal avillous hyperplasia, focal atypical hyperplasia, and junctional polyp.
(2) The avilable data indicate that melatonin, a methoxyindole synthesized in and secreted from the pineal gland, is responsible for many of the biological functions attributed to the pineal.
(3) A case of unintentional fatal intoxication of a 10 month-old baby with the anti-histamine Pheniramine (Avil) is reported.
(4) Knowledge of the contributions which given combinations of inputs make toward output thus defined allow, in principle, calculation of the particular deployment of the avilable inputs which will maximize output.
(5) The constant exposure to urine led to significant alterations of the ileal mucosa resulting in avillous areas mixed with villous remnants in which many of the intestinal characteristics both structurally and functionally disappear.
(6) The physiological properties of these and other clinically useful bone-seeking radiopharmaceuticals are compared, and their physical properties assessed in relation to the characteristics and limitations of avilable detector systems.
(7) This result suggests that 21-deoxycortisol could be an intermediate in the biosynthesis of cortisol provided it is avilable in vivo.
(8) Within a year Sinaloa kingpin, Pedro Aviles, was killed in a shootout with the federal police.
(9) The amino acid sequence of the heavy chain of an IgA2, AIm(1) polymeric myeloma protein (Avil) was studied.
(10) Peak leakage occurred at 30 min and the vascular integrity was restored by 1-2 h. The increase in capillary permeability was abrogated by pretreatment of mice with avil (H1 receptor blocker) but not by ranitidine (H2 receptor blocker).
(11) The consequences have been substantial cost overruns and serious unanswered questions about the quality and avilability of care.
(12) In the group 3 convoluted mucosae the cytokinetic profile of the crypts resembled that of some of the flat avillous coeliac mucosae previously studied although the rates of cell production did not reach the levels attained by the most productive of the flat coeliac mucosae.
(13) Avillous curettage specimens prior to chemotherapy were morphologically suspicious for gestational choriocarcinoma.
(14) Exuberant and atypical avillous trophoblast characterizes choriocarcinoma (CCA) and placental site trophoblastic tumor (PSTT).
(15) Titanium strips have been used to repair skull defects when preformed metal plates are not avilable and simple wiring would not be enough.
(16) The increase in capillary permeability was abrogated by pretreatment of mice with anti-CF antibodies, avil (H1 receptor blocker) or ranitidine (H2 receptor blocker).
(17) A significant increase in the mitotic index was also confirmed in the avillous mucosae.
(18) In the classical flat avillous mucosae the increase in crypt size was found to be three-dimensional.
(19) After 2 to 3 years of observation, avillous areas were noted in the reservoir mucosa, mixed with islets of villous mucosa.
(20) As the process continued the villi gradually became lower eventually forming an avillous surface.
Debase
Definition:
(a.) To reduce from a higher to a lower state or grade of worth, dignity, purity, station, etc.; to degrade; to lower; to deteriorate; to abase; as, to debase the character by crime; to debase the mind by frivolity; to debase style by vulgar words.
Example Sentences:
(1) The borderline group scored significantly higher on the following scales: Disclosure (X), Debasement (Z), Passive-Aggressive (8A), Self-Defeating (8B), Borderline (C), and Major Depression (CC).
(2) I still have the stench of their debasement in my nostrils.
(3) Inevitably, they are not to everyone's taste: educated Mexicans are scandalised by what they see as the debasement of a noble folk tradition, the Catholic Church has denounced corridistas for glorifying the drugs trade, and at least five Mexican states have banned radios from airing the music.
(4) I said to Nick Boles, who at the time was the planning minister, ‘Have you been down to Eastleigh yet?’ and he said, ‘I’m told I’m not allowed to go down in case it inflames the whole housebuilding issue.’” Browne added: “The public, whether it’s the NHS or housebuilding, detect that gap, and you will see it now at constituency level with quite debased leaflet-based campaigning about what the parties are going to stop at local level, which is almost completely at odds with the macro-level speeches that the leaders are making up in Westminster.
(5) The impact reaches far beyond the figures inscribed on a Test-match scorebook and debases the credibility of the entire sport.
(6) If the system is to be effective, however, every temptation must be resisted by all involved parties to debase it by using it for self-serving purposes.
(7) But the most debased and vulgar abuse is directed at women, particularly liberal and secular women, and especially women who are not Hindu,” Guha said.
(8) In a society that values women on the basis of their sexuality, a woman who views herself as "debased" may see prostitution as a viable alternative--perhaps the only alternative.
(9) Failing all the above, do they have any worth in the rapidly debasing currency of iconicity?
(10) Twelve manipulation tactics were identified through separate factor analyses of two instruments based on different data sources: Charm, Reason, Coercion, Silent Treatment, Debasement, and Regression (replicating Buss et al., 1987), and Responsibility Invocation, Reciprocity, Monetary Reward, Pleasure Induction, Social Comparison, and Hardball (an amalgam of threats, lies, and violence).
(11) A possible cause of these complications may be the debasement of coagulation factors and opsonins in plasma after hepatectomy.
(12) They could not simultaneously debase the currency and back it with gold at a fixed rate.
(13) It's debased and stupefied, really, but that's daily politics."
(14) The progress in prenatal diagnosis and the possibility of replacing risk with security is about to debase the rationale of genetic counseling.
(15) Yet on this issue there appears to be a licence to reject our best scientists both here and abroad and rely instead on much less reliable views.” He has railed against the “dumbing down” of Australian debate in general and the debasing of smart policy for political gain.
(16) While this clown's latest assertion of his alpha-maleness, in debased imitation of Bertram Wooster's misadventures, will undoubtedly add to female consternation about a Drones Club government whose leader insults women and twits his rival for being insufficiently "macho", Mitchell's contribution to the public understanding of hegemonic masculinity also deserves a mention.
(17) A third factor is that currencies are being debased in the developed world, where sovereign debt is at record levels and bearish commentators fear the dollar could slump 20% in the next two years.
(18) Social cohesion is repeatedly challenged by the knowing use of debasing and divisive language, a politics where voters are encouraged to imagine all benefits claimants are scroungers and every migrant as potentially illegal.
(19) For Coetzee, the result reflected a debasement of Britain’s political culture: the traducing, with media complicity, of rational discourse by a leave campaign that targeted the very idea of factual argument.
(20) The purpose of these developments however is clear: to debase and disempower Republican Political Prisoners.” The republican prisoners warned: “Those overseeing and implementing these policies would do well to use history as their guide to see where their actions will lead.” In 2012 dissident republicans shot dead a Maghaberry prison officer, David Black , while he drove along a motorway on his way to work at the prison.