(adv.) In the first place; principally; preeminently; above; especially.
(adv.) For the most part; mostly.
Example Sentences:
(1) In sheep spleen, the enzyme resides chiefly in the soluble fraction of the cell.
(2) At autopsy bronchiectasis was found, affecting chiefly the right middle and lower lobes.
(3) Substance P had excitatory effects chiefly by release of acetylcholine.
(4) It occurred chiefly in the upper and lower extremities (40 cases) and less frequently in the trunk (11 cases) and the head and neck region (eight cases).
(5) These patients differ from those with Wilms tumor chiefly in the age of presentation and response to chemotherapy.
(6) The clover constituents chiefly incriminated for these effects are glycosides of the isoflavone derivatives genistein and its 4'-methyl ether biochanin-A, daidzein and its 4'-methyl ether formononetin, and pratensein; coumestrol and its 3'- and 4'-methyl ethers account for the estrogenic activity of alfalfa.
(7) The morphologic changes produced in the liver through irradiation at the rate of 1000 rad are characterized chiefly by a well expressed fatty dystrophia.
(8) The onset of the symptoms was chiefly the slowly progressive one (71%).
(9) Its adaptive value, chiefly in reptiles, remains an open question.
(10) This condition is a genodermatosis, seen chiefly around the shores of the Mediterranean, characterised by early pigment disturbances which progress virtually inexorably towards a diffuse epitheliomatosis which usually results in death before the age of 20 years.
(11) The peak incidence occurred in the age group between 2 and 3 years and poisoning chiefly took place in the mornings and in the afternoons, the most frequently ingested substances being household chemicals and drugs.
(12) The effect was chiefly on the frequency of state changes and less on epoch durations.
(13) The airway deadspace is the volume of the airway in which gas moves chiefly by convection.
(14) Correlative evidence suggests that younger intimal fibers may be chiefly susceptible to fibrolytic activity, leaving dense intimal scars characteristic of regressed arteries.
(15) Studies under hypoxia revealed that cardiac responses to hypoxia in the sheep are mediated chiefly by neurogenic factors.
(16) In some cases, other pulmonary histologic findings were noted, chiefly acute diffuse alveolar damage.
(17) scapularis for large mammals, chiefly cattle, horse and even man, was confirmed.
(18) A method is reported for the ion-interaction, reversed-phase separation of 24 compounds (chiefly monoamines) arising from the metabolism of tyrosine and tryptophan.
(19) In acidic urine (pH 5-6), almost no flumequine is excreted unchanged (1%): it is excreted chiefly as acyl glucuronide (84.2%).
(20) Reduction in the number of nerve cells could be ascertained chiefly in the motor cortex.
Mainly
Definition:
(adv.) Very strongly; mightily; to a great degree.
(adv.) Principally; chiefly.
Example Sentences:
(1) In conclusion, the efficacy of free tissue transfer in the treatment of osteomyelitis is geared mainly at enabling the surgeon to perform a wide radical debridement of infected and nonviable soft tissue and bone.
(2) Aggregation was more frequent in low-osmolal media: mainly rouleaux were formed in ioxaglate but irregular aggregates in non-ionic media.
(3) The main clinical features pertaining to the concept of the "psycho-organic syndrome" (POS) were investigated in a sample of children who suffered from severe craniocerebral trauma.
(4) Squadron Leader Kevin Harris, commander of the Merlins at Camp Bastion, the main British base in Helmand, praised the crews, adding: "The Merlins will undergo an extensive programme of maintenance and cleaning before being packed up, ensuring they return to the UK in good order."
(5) The main finding of this study is that diabetic adolescents with a high erythrocyte Na,Li countertransport rate have an arterial pressure significantly higher than patients with normal Na,Li countertransport fluxes.
(6) We also show that the gene of the main capsid protein is expressed from its own promoter in an Escherichia coli strain.
(7) In schizophrenic patients the density of dopamine uptake sites in the basal ganglia was slightly reduced, mainly in the middle third of putamen.
(8) One of the main users is coastal planning organizations and conservation organizations that are working on coral reefs.
(9) Immunofluorescence analysis of Pr-28 antigen showed that the antigen was localized mainly in perinuclear cytoplasm.
(10) The main result of the correspondence analysis is a geometric map of this relationship showing how the relative frequencies of headache types change with age.
(11) Myocardial ischaemia was induced in perfused rabbit hearts by ligating the left main coronary artery.
(12) Thus, human bronchial epithelial cells can express the IL-8 gene, with expression in response to the inflammatory mediator TNF regulated mainly at the transcriptional level, and with elements within the 5'-flanking region of the gene that are directly or indirectly modulated by the TNF signal.
(13) Statistically significant differences were found mainly in the randomized trial, where during the first and second years, respectively, adenoidectomy subjects had 47% and 37% less time with otitis media than control subjects and 28% and 35% fewer suppurative (acute) episodes than control subjects.
(14) One of the main components was confirmed to be caffeic acid which had inhibitory effect on renal failure in mice by Ac1-P.
(15) In four main regions the conservation varied from 83-91% while in the remaining regions the homology dropped to between 56-62%.
(16) In the caudal spinal trigeminal nucleus (Vc), the collaterals of one half of the periodontium afferent fibers terminated mainly in lamina V at the rostral and middle levels of Vc.
(17) Loratadine has one main metabolite, descarbethoxyloratadine, which is four times more active than the parent drug.
(18) The structures of 1 and 2 were established mainly on the basis of nmr spectroscopic data.
(19) The main clinical symptom was pain, usually sciatica, while neurological symptoms were less common than they are in adults.
(20) Possibilities to achieve this both in the curative and the preventive field are restricted mainly due to the insufficient knowledge of their etiopathogenesis.