(a.) Of fundamental importance; preeminent; superior; chief; principal.
(a.) One of the ecclesiastical princes who constitute the pope's council, or the sacred college.
(a.) A woman's short cloak with a hood.
(a.) Mulled red wine.
Example Sentences:
(1) A possible role for Id for IgM Ab as cardinal autoantigens is discussed.
(2) Father Vincent Twomey said that given the damage done by Smyth and the repercussions of his actions, "one way or another the cardinal has unfortunately lost his moral credibility".
(3) From our data on symptomatology, family history and course of 538 such patients, several findings emerge of cardinal relevance to genetic studies.
(4) That diary was published in 2005 by Limes, a serious Italian magazine, which did not identify the cardinal.
(5) After the action-packed opening two innings the Cardinals, and particularly Wainwright, settled and the runs dried up.
(6) He did not speculate about when that would be, and he did not rebut Cardin’s claim that it could be next month.
(7) Updated at 4.05am BST 4.00am BST Dodgers 3 - Cardinals 0, top of 9th And so it's all up to Yadier Molina, the Cardinals catcher who is looking to get a rally going, no easy task against Jansen who looks to have his best stuff tonight.
(8) 4.11am BST Dodgers 2 - Cardinals 2, bottom of 7th Jay bunts!
(9) Updated at 3.53am GMT 3.50am GMT Red Sox 4 - Cardinals 2, bottom of the 9th Matt Carpenter takes a ball and a called strike.
(10) 1.20am GMT Cardinals 0 - Red Sox 3, top of the 4th Lackey gets ahead of Freese 1-2, if he could work around the error it would be- Freese takes strike three!
(11) The thymus is the first organ in the body to age, which seems incongruent considering its cardinal role in the immune system.
(12) The Democratic US Senator for Maryland, Ben Cardin, tried to enlist the State Department's help but was brushed aside.
(13) It derives from remnants of the left cardinal vein system.
(14) This list gives the Latin first names of all 115 cardinals.
(15) 2.10am BST Cardinals 3 - Dodgers 0, top of 4th Yadier Molina hits the first pitch to center field for the first out.
(16) After visiting the H-blocks, the Catholic archbishop Cardinal Tomás Ó Fiaich compared the conditions to "the sewer pipes in the slums of Calcutta".
(17) Freese is down to his last strike with a chance to tie it for the Cardinals.
(18) A month later, the papal conclave chose as his successor 76-year-old Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, the archbishop of Buenos Aires, elevating the son of Italian immigrants to the highest office in the church.
(19) Now they await the results of the American League Championship Series to see whether this year's World Series will be a rematch of 2004, when the Cardinals were swept by the curse-reversing Boston Red Sox, or 2006, when the Cardinals defeated the Detroit Tigers and became one of the worst teams to win the World Series in MLB history .
(20) The cardinal signs and symptoms are given in detail, particularly those at the onset.
Paramount
Definition:
(a.) Having the highest rank or jurisdiction; superior to all others; chief; supreme; preeminent; as, a paramount duty.
(n.) The highest or chief.
Example Sentences:
(1) The results of our phenotypic and functional testing of unmodified GIC (no enzyme treatment, no additional culture with or without interleukin 2), show that T cells, especially OKT8+ cells, are of paramount importance in the mechanism of this type of acute irreversible rejection of human renal allografts (i.e., to the point of allograft rupture), but other potential effector mechanisms are also present in situ.
(2) mechanisms of quality control, including extensive programs of orientation, inservice, and utilization review, are paramount in achievement of success.
(3) In the Labour party over the past two decades, the leader has become paramount, directing not just his own staff, but Labour headquarters.
(4) Urinalysis, a simple front-line test, is of paramount importance in the evaluation and management of the patient with urinary tract infection.
(5) Since the primary diagnosis of this condition is almost invariably based on cytologic observations, the diagnostic criteria are of paramount importance.
(6) José Manuel Barroso, the re-elected commission chief, stressed that rather than being seen as president of Europe, or Europe's paramount leader, the new post should be confined to the European council, which groups national governments from the member states.
(7) They emphasize that life-time diagnosis of pericardial mesothelioma is of paramount importance because rational chemotherapy permits prolongation of the patient's survival.
(8) The paramount feature revealed by immunohistological double marker analyses was the intimate association of myoid cells (antigen producing) with interdigitating reticulum cells (potentially antigen presenting cells), both of which were surrounded by T3+ lymphocytes in thymus medulla.
(9) The latter method is suitable for routine use in renography when accuracy is not of paramount importance.
(10) These preliminary data confirm the paramount importance of cellular immunity in controlling neoplasias.
(11) The use of zinc nitrate is favored if toxicological considerations are paramount, but ninhydrin development has to be carefully controlled if optimal results are to be obtained.
(12) The functional end result is of paramount importance.
(13) The symptoms of anaemia and indigestion appear to be paramount in making an early diagnosis, and negative barium meal studies should not be accepted when these two symptoms are present.
(14) These results might be of paramount significance in developing the detection method for HCV infection and in preparing HCV vaccine.
(15) Correct diagnosis and understanding of its pathogenesis is paramount in order to apply definite surgical treatment.
(16) Regardless of the technique utilized it remains paramount that the surgeon plan the initial procedure with great care as each failure results in diminished blood supply to the graft bed and makes subsequent procedures less likely to succeed.
(17) The work presented here gives a description, analysis and discussion of the effect of organic loading which is a paramount parameter of the performance of RBC's.
(18) The intended application is to assist in treatment selection during phase II trials, especially with rapid responses and when the disease involved is serious enough that design-motivating ethical considerations become paramount.
(19) Although the precise mechanism of thrombosis is incompletely known, the recognition of this type of dementia is of paramount importance as it is a potentially treatable condition.
(20) An understanding of the pathophysiology of anaphylaxis, the most serious of the allergic disorders, is paramount for its diagnosis.