What's the difference between challenged and controvertible?

Challenged


Definition:

  • (imp. & p. p.) of Challenge

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Bronchial challenge caused an immediate asthmatic response.
  • (2) When chimeric animals were subjected to a lethal challenge of endotoxin, their response was markedly altered by the transferred lymphoid cells.
  • (3) This frees the student to experience the excitement and challenge of learning and the joy of helping people.
  • (4) The degree of increase in Meth responsiveness elicited by the initial provocation is a major factor in determining the airway response to a subsequent HS challenge.
  • (5) Intranasal challenge of allergic subjects with the allergen to which they are sensitive rapidly produces sneezing, rhinorrhea, and airway obstruction.
  • (6) Matthias Müller, VW’s chief executive, said: “In light of the wide range of challenges we are currently facing, we are satisfied overall with the start we have made to what will undoubtedly be a demanding fiscal year 2016.
  • (7) In 1935, Einstein challenged the prevailing interpretation of quantum theory.
  • (8) A shrinking populace is perhaps a greater challenge than any problems with Russia.
  • (9) Intraperitoneal injection of indomethacin to pretreated animals resulted in increased levels of IL-1 and TNF and decreased levels of PGE2 following challenge with E. coli.
  • (10) Think of Nelson Mandela – there is a determination, an unwillingness to bend in the face of challenges, that earns you respect and makes people look to you for guidance.
  • (11) The children's pulse, pulse rate variability, and blood pressure were then measured at rest and during a challenging situation.
  • (12) At first it looked as though the winger might have shown too much of the ball to the defence, yet he managed to gain a crucial last touch to nudge it past Phil Jones and into the path of Jerome, who slipped Chris Smalling’s attempt at a covering tackle and held off Michael Carrick’s challenge to place a shot past an exposed De Gea.
  • (13) The results support the notion that mediator lymphocytes circulate in tumor immunized rats in a noncytotoxic state, specifically recognize tumor cells at a challenge site, and mediate induction of effector cells locally.
  • (14) The role of blood acetylcholinesterase in moderating the effects of organophosphate challenge in rats was tested.
  • (15) In the first trial to investigate the effect of tick control, significant improvements in liveweight gain (LWG) occurred only in periods of medium to high challenge with adult Amblyomma variegatum.
  • (16) The SNT and the I-ELISA indicated that the pigs responded to vaccination and challenge.
  • (17) When caffeine evokes a contraction, and only then, crayfish muscle fibers become refractory to a second challenge with caffeine for up to 20 min in the standard saline (5 mM K(o)).
  • (18) This observation seriously challenges the hypothesis that SCE cancellation results as a consequence of persistence of the lesions induced by these agents.
  • (19) Injection of about four ImD 50 of vaccine intracerebrally produced a local immunity, resulting in an immediate kill of challenge organisms given 14 days later.
  • (20) There was no correlation between anti-TNP-precipitating antibody titer after sensitization and the ability to respond to challenge by hapten-heterologous carrier.

Controvertible


Definition:

  • (a.) Capable of being controverted; disputable; admitting of question.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The findings of this study do not necessarily controvert the microbial origin of some components of the biofilm, or the possible role of biofilm in some cases of persisting peritoneal infection.
  • (2) Their circulating precursors, the mechanism of their migration into the epidermis and their relationship with other dendritic cells, such as the interdigitating follicular cells, are controverted.
  • (3) Although antidepressive treatments have been used for about thirty years, the question of their duration remains controverted.
  • (4) Both of these factors would seem to indicate a degree of variability that controverts the predictability of the adjustment procedure.
  • (5) The finding of 3 identical cases in a French family of 9 persons led to the diagnosis of Gordon's syndrome, a rare hereditary metabolic disorder with a controverted physiopathology.
  • (6) Hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy, the pathogenesis of which is controverted, exposes the patient to the risk of sudden death and often evolves towards heart failure.
  • (7) Induction poly-chemotherapy seems far superior over the MP combination, which was always a controverted issue.
  • (8) The responsibility of Plethoryl in case 2 is beyond any doubt, but the mechanism of hypervitaminosis in case 1 is controverted.
  • (9) The association of dermatomyositis-polymyositis and cancer has been known for many years but is still controverted.
  • (10) To improve the results obtained, one of the most important lines of research is chemotherapy, but its place in the management of these tumours is still controverted.
  • (11) In order to investigate the controverted effect of glucose on hyperammonemia the diet of eight advanced cirrhotics was supplemented hourly, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., with 20 g of glucose orally.
  • (12) The pathogenic role of mycoplasms during pregnancy remains quite controverted, depending on the studies; for some it has an incidence on prematurity, delayed growth in utero and premature rupture of the membranes.
  • (13) These new data on the physiology of the cardiac noradrenergic system have major therapeutic consequences: in practice, the positively inotropic beta-stimulants can only be used for a short period in acute episodes of heart failure; - the use of beta-blockers in low doses is now considered in the treatment of some forms of heart failure; the mechanism of their therapeutic action remains controverted, and their long-term effectiveness in a large patient population is under study; - a new pharmacological class, beta-adrenoceptor partial agonists, seems to give satisfactory clinical and haemodynamic results in mode-rate heart failure, A wider clinical evaluation is needed to determine the therapeutic role of theses new pharmacodynamic agents.
  • (14) The relationship between trauma and reaction arthritis, although controverted must be interpreted in each specific cases, after chronological analysis of the events.
  • (15) Foetal loss seems to be caused by thrombosis of the placenta, the origin of which remains controverted.
  • (16) These considerations controvert the error catastrophe theory of cell senescence.
  • (17) The immunological work-up may also indicates an abnormal maternal tolerance of the fetus which presents currently a controverted immunological problem.
  • (18) The occurrence of morphea has been attributed to Borrelia, burgdorferi infection, but the relationship between localised scleroderma and borreliosis remains controverted.
  • (19) Moreover, the use of digitalis derivatives in CHF with sinus rhythm is controverted due to the frequent toxicity of these drugs and to their allegedly weak positive inotropic activity.
  • (20) For lack of a better basis, chronic bronchitis is defined in clinical terms (almost daily productive cough 3 months each year, at least on 2 consecutive years); the terms "chronic cough" and "recurrent bronchitis" are still controverted.