(v.) That which produces or effects a result; that from which anything proceeds, and without which it would not exist.
(v.) That which is the occasion of an action or state; ground; reason; motive; as, cause for rejoicing.
(v.) Sake; interest; advantage.
(v.) A suit or action in court; any legal process by which a party endeavors to obtain his claim, or what he regards as his right; case; ground of action.
(v.) Any subject of discussion or debate; matter; question; affair in general.
(v.) The side of a question, which is espoused, advocated, and upheld by a person or party; a principle which is advocated; that which a person or party seeks to attain.
(n.) To effect as an agent; to produce; to be the occasion of; to bring about; to bring into existence; to make; -- usually followed by an infinitive, sometimes by that with a finite verb.
(v. i.) To assign or show cause; to give a reason; to make excuse.
(conj.) Abbreviation of Because.
Example Sentences:
(1) The variation in thickness of the LLFL may modulate the species causing damage to the cells below it.
(2) Tryptic digestion of the membranes caused complete disappearance of the binding activity, but heat-treatment for 5 min at 70 degrees C caused only 40% loss of activity.
(3) Bronchial challenge caused an immediate asthmatic response.
(4) During the performance of propulsive waves of the oesophagus the implanted vagus nerve caused clonic to tetanic contractions of the sternohyoid muscle, thus proving the oesophagomotor genesis of the reinnervating nerve fibres.
(5) The pattern of the stressor that causes a change in the pitch can be often identified only tentatively, if there is no additional information.
(6) This study examined the [3H]5-HT-releasing properties of 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) and related agents, all of which cause significant release of [3H]5-HT from rat brain synaptosomes.
(7) Tests showed the cells survive and function normally in animals and reverse movement problems caused by Parkinson's in monkeys.
(8) However, the degree of sedation caused by diphenhydramine was significantly greater than that caused by cimetidine (P = .0001).
(9) of PLA2 caused marked degranulation of mast cells in the rat mesentery which was facilitated by addition of calcium ion (10 mM) but antagonized by pretreating with three antiinflammatory agents.
(10) In order to control noise- and vibration-caused diseases it was necessary not only to improve machines' quality and service conditions but also to pay special attention to the choice of operators and to the quality of monitoring their adaptation process.
(11) Acquired drug resistance to INH, RMP, and EMB can be demonstrated in M. kansasii, and SMX in combination with other agents chosen on the basis of MIC determinations are effective in the treatment of disease caused by RMP-resistant M. kansasii.
(12) But soon after aid workers departed, barrel bombs dropped by Syrian helicopters caused renewed destruction.
(13) This modulation results from repetitive, alternating bursts of excitatory and inhibitory postsynaptic potentials, which are caused at least in part by synaptic feedback to the command neurons from identified classes of neurons in the feeding network.
(14) Inadequate treatment, caused by a lack of drugs and poorly trained medical attendants, is also a major problem.
(15) The agent present in the serum which causes dissolution of the fibrin clot was isolated and identified as pepsinogen.
(16) We studied the hemodynamic changes caused by bronchoscopy under LA in mechanically ventilated patients and the effect of LA on the endoscopic decline in arterial pO2.
(17) Oral administration in domestic cats causes malignant hepatomas and tumors of the esophagus and kidney.
(18) A segment of vas deferens was transplanted to the contralateral deferens with the intention of improving treatment for certain cases of infertility caused by obstruction.
(19) In experiments performed to determine whether PtdIns(4,5)P2 hydrolysis induced by TRH may have been caused by the elevation of [Ca2+]i, the following results were obtained: the effect of TRH to decrease the level of PtdIns(4,5)P2 was not reproduced by the calcium ionophore A23187 or by membrane depolarization with 50 mM K+; the calcium antagonist TMB-8 did not inhibit the TRH-induced decrease in PtdIns(4,5)P2; and, most importantly, inhibition by EGTA of the elevation of [Ca2+]i did not inhibit the TRH-induced decrease in PtdIns(4,5)P2.
(20) Chloroquine induced large cytoplasmic vacuoles, whereas the other drugs (quinacrine, 4,4'-diethylaminoethoxyhexestrol, chlorphentermine, iprindole, 1-chloro-amitriptyline, clomipramine) caused formation of lamellated or crystalloid inclusions as usually seen in drug-induced lipidosis.
Idiopathy
Definition:
(n.) A peculiar, or individual, characteristic or affection.
(n.) A morbid state or condition not preceded or occasioned by any other disease; a primary disease.
Example Sentences:
(1) Etiologies included trauma (17), alcohol (9), steroid use (46), sickle cell disease (2), and idiopathy (44).
(2) The different tests carried out on the patient make the diagnosis of idiopathie auto-immune haemolytic anaemic haemolytic anaemia in this case.
(3) The strictures occurred after anastomosis in seven patients, with carcinoma in four patients, and with inflammatory disease, external compression, and idiopathy in one patient each.
(4) Forty-three dogs having pruritus associated with atopy, flea bite hypersensitivity, and idiopathy were randomly assigned to 1 of 2 treatment protocols.
(5) The first novel award will be contested by Sam Byers for Idiopathy, Kate Clanchy for Meeting the English, The Shock of the Fall by Nathan Filer, a registered mental health nurse, and Sathnam Sanghera for Marriage Material.
(6) The Forestier's disease is an skeletal idiopathy described by this A. and Rotés Querol, in 1950, characterized by the systemic ossification in variable degree of the vertebral column.
(7) The causes of EPVT were protein C deficiency in two; antithrombin III deficiency in one patient, a history of omphalitis in two patients, a history of pancreatitis in one patient and idiopathy in 21 patients.
(8) Their indications for treatment included cervical factor infertility, spermatozoal antibodies, idiopathy, poor postcoital test, and oligozoospermia.
(9) The shortlists Novel award Kate Atkinson , Life After Life Bernardine Bishop, Unexpected Lessons in Love Maggie O'Farrell, Instructions for a Heatwave Evie Wyld , All the Birds, Singing First novel award Sam Byers, Idiopathy Kate Clanchy, Meeting the English Nathan Filer, The Shock of the Fall Sathnam Sanghera, Marriage Material Biography award Gavin Francis, Empire Antarctica: Ice, Silence & Emperor Penguins Thomas Harding, Hanns and Rudolf: The German Jew and the Hunt for the Kommandant of Auschwitz Lucy Hughes-Hallett , The Pike: Gabriele D'Annunzio, Poet, Seducer and Preacher of War Olivia Laing, The Trip to Echo Spring: Why Writers Drink Poetry award Clive James, Dante, The Divine Comedy Helen Mort, Division Street Robin Robertson, Hill of Doors Michael Symmons Roberts, Drysalter Children's book award Ross Montgomery, Alex, the Dog and the Unopenable Door Sarah Naughton, The Hanged Man Rises Chris Riddell, Goth Girl and the Ghost of a Mouse Elizabeth Wein, Rose Under Fire
(10) The causes of pericarditis fell into 6 categories: I, tuberculosis (8 cases); II, idiopathy (17 cases); III, neoplasia (6 cases); IV, purulent bacterial infection (2 cases); V, constriction (2 cases) and VI, radiotherapy (1 case).