(v. t.) To make distinct and recognizable by peculiar marks or traits; to make with distinctive features.
(v. t.) To engrave or imprint.
(v. t.) To indicate the character of; to describe.
(v. t.) To be a characteristic of; to make, or express the character of.
Example Sentences:
(1) This particular variant of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is characterized by the presence of subcutaneous rheumatoid nodules, scanty or absent systemic manifestations and a clinically benign course.
(2) We conclude that chronic emphysema produced in dogs by aerosol administration of papain results in elevated pulmonary artery pressure, which is characterized pathologically by medial hypertrophy of small pulmonary arteries.
(3) At the early phase of the sensitization a T-cell response was seen in vitro, characterized by an increased spleen but no peripheral blood lymphocyte reactivity to T-cell mitogens at the same time as increased reactivity to the sensitizing antigen was detected.
(4) Osteoporosis is characterized by a reduction in bone density.
(5) The oral nerve endings of the palate, the buccal mucosa and the periodontal ligament of the cat canine were characterized by the presence of a cellular envelope which is the final form of the Henle sheath.
(6) An inflammatory process than occurs in the airways that is characterized by an influx of eosinophils and neutrophils into the airway epithelium and bronchial fluids.
(7) Three overlapping clones, spanning a total of 19 kb of the human SC gene, including 3 kb of the 5' flanking region, were characterized.
(8) However, its identity requires further characterization.
(9) Time-series analysis and multiple-regression modeling procedures were used to characterize changes in the overall incidence rate over the study period and to describe the contribution of additional measures to the dynamics of the incidence rates.
(10) Regression curves indicate that although all three types of pulmonary edema can be characterized by slightly different slopes, the differences are statistically insignificant.
(11) The purpose of the present study was to analyze the effects of cromakalim (BRL 34915), a potent drug from a new class of drugs characterized as "K+ channel openers", on the electrical activity of human skeletal muscle.
(12) To further characterize the molecular forms of GnRH in each species, the extracts were injected into a high pressure liquid chromatograph (HPLC).
(13) When compared with nonspecialized regions of the cell membranes, these contact sites were characterized by a decreased intercellular distance, subplasmalemmal densities and coated pits.
(14) The kidney disease was characterized by diffuse beaded deposition of rat gammaglobulin along the glomerular capillaries and proteinuria.
(15) These results suggest that CD4+ protective T cells generated by immunization with vBCG are characterized by the ability to produce IFN-gamma after stimulation with specific Ag.
(16) Much information has accumulated on the isolation and characterization of a heterogeneous group of molecules that inhibit one or more of the bioactivities of interleukin 1.
(17) A Monte Carlo simulation was performed to characterize the spatial and energy distribution of bremsstrahlung radiation from beta point sources important to radioimmunotherapy (RIT).
(18) The presence of these markers has facilitated the identification and characterization of the mononuclear cells in a number of animal and human lymphoid malignancies.
(19) Four cDNAs extending into the 5'-noncoding region of the human von Willebrand factor cDNA have been characterized.
(20) The genome characterization of the typing strains for all 13 species of the genus Staphylococcus, included into the Approval List of the Names of Bacterial (1980), is presented.
Stigmatize
Definition:
(v. t.) To mark with a stigma, or brand; as, the ancients stigmatized their slaves and soldiers.
(v. t.) To set a mark of disgrace on; to brand with some mark of reproach or infamy.
Example Sentences:
(1) Should infected people be sought when there is no treatment and when a positive test result may lead to anxiety, stigmatization, and discrimination?
(2) Feelings of stigmatization and the affection by the disease loose weight as disturbing factors with increasing age and knowledge.
(3) By illuminating both the prejudical content of medical theories as well as the emancipatory actions of lesbian and gay communities to change stigmatizing diagnostic and treatment situations, the authors attempt to demystify ideologies about lesbians that motivate clinicians, administrators, educators, researchers, and theorists in the delivery of health services.
(4) Indication for the radiotherapy were mostly cosmetic reasons in stigmatizing tumors, but also in several cases pain, oedema or functional deficits as a result of the tumor lesions.
(5) With emphasis on individual therapeutic treatment, this paper provides a critical introduction to the concept and discusses the applicability of this therapeutic approach for extremely lower-lower class patients: patients doubly stigmatized by psychological illness and criminality who are treated in a forensic-psychiatric clinic.
(6) As the field of human genetics successfully continues to unravel the secrets of an individual's genetic makeup, the social processes of stigmatization and ostracism of those with "undesirable" traits have the potential to increase.
(7) The phenomenon of stigmatization emerged as experiences of rejection and protection in social interactions.
(8) The description included behavioral traits of mild temperament, absence of heterosexual interests, and concern about social stigmatization.
(9) One important difference is that among the urban unemployed the perceived size of the network is an explanatory factor, but among the rural unemployed perceived stigmatization is more important.
(10) A case showing some features of religious stigmatization is described.
(11) According to this electric theoretical framework, stigmatization, decreased social interaction, and loss of control over the environment are all negatively correlated with self-esteem.
(12) The results indicated that competent and physically nonstigmatized children were rated more favorably than incompetent and physically stigmatized children.
(13) Areas of psychosomatic involvement, and the influence of social support and stigmatization on presentation and response, are also discussed.
(14) It not only stigmatizes the mentally ill – who are much more likely to be victims of violence than perpetrators of it – but glosses over the role that misogyny and gun culture play (and just how foreseeable violence like this is) in a sexist society.
(15) The lack of childcare facilities and public stigmatization of women with addiction problems were commonly encountered problems.
(16) Information on demographic and illness variables that might predict feelings of being stigmatized were obtained.
(17) However, previous experience with genetic screening programs, including those for phenylketonuria and sickle cell disease, have revealed complex problems including error, confusion, and stigmatization.
(18) Raised levels of atmospheric water cause a variety of responses in self-pollen, ranging from tube growth through the pistil to the ovary, to tubes inhibited at the stigmatic surface, accompanied by the formation of callose.
(19) These results are not readily explained by stigmatization of frank obesity, and other mechanisms, possibly genetic, may be responsible.
(20) children with cleft lip and palate suffer from social stigmatization and specific disorders of self-evaluation.