(v. t.) To render clean; to free from fith, pollution, infection, guilt, etc.; to clean.
Example Sentences:
(1) The consequences for Syria have been multiple massacres, ethnic cleansing, torture, a humanitarian crisis and the risk of the country's breakup.
(2) Colonic cleansing was better with polyethylene glycol electrolyte lavage (90 percent optimal cleansing vs. 75 percent).
(3) In a cross-sectional study of 144 slaughterhouse workers, a cumulative prevalence of current and anamnestic cases of protein contact dermatitis of 22% was found, with the highest prevalence in workers eviscerating and cleansing gut.
(4) It is assumed that one function of grooming behaviour may be a merely cleansing one.
(5) The need to reappraise methods of reducing transient skin flora in 'hygienic' hand cleansing and the tests used for this purpose are discussed.
(6) The technique requires only three major steps: (1) decortication limited to the parietal sides of the peel's sac, (2) cleansing the empyemic cavity, and (3) drainage.
(7) The ingestion of Iso-Giuliani represents a safe, effective and well-accepted method of colon cleansing, and is our elective method of preparation for colonoscopy.
(9) Prolonged continuous proteolysis (for about 100 hours) of the caseous-necrotic content in an open cavern with the help of the enzyme reduces the term of full cleansing of an open cavern to 7-12 days.
(10) In others (such as the Homs region, where Assad's men have burned the property registry), the strategy looks like a more permanent ethnic cleansing.
(11) It is argued that consent by the patient to reuse dialyzers which have been mechanically cleansed is not required provided adequate standards of practice and safety are utilized.
(12) Decisions about how to cleanse a wound and which dressing to use are often complicated by unexpected changes in the patient's condition, or the sudden occurrence of a wound infection.
(13) It is recommended that incubator humidity is raised for babies under 30 weeks' gestation in the first days of life but meticulous attention should be paid to fluid balance, avoiding overheating, and cleansing of the humidifier reservoir.
(14) The majority of respondents (104 or 51 percent) used cathartics and enemas as the primary method of mechanical bowel cleansing.
(15) Surface hydrophobicity, surface electrokinetic potential and the ability to adhere to nitric-acid cleansed glass surfaces has been assessed throughout the growth, in batch culture, of Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus epidermidis.
(16) Skin type, season, and environmental conditions are factors to be considered when determining a proper cleansing regimen for the face.
(17) Two years ago, the United Nations tried to square the circle of avoiding wars between states while fulfilling its pledges to "us the peoples," by adopting the "right to protect", setting out the principle of humanitarian intervention in the case of "national authorities manifestly failing to protect their populations from genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity".
(18) The same brushes were then compared against each other for their ability to remove artificial plaque in models of interproximal and facial surface cleansing effectiveness.
(19) They were then rebonded to the cleansed tooth surface and again subjected to a bond strength test.
(20) It was shown that collocyl as well as trypsin modified gauze and kapron accelerated cleansing the wounds of nonviable tissues, decreased their infectivity, reduced intoxication of the organism and improved the course of the wound process.
Cleanser
Definition:
(n.) One who, or that which, cleanses; a detergent.
Example Sentences:
(1) The appearance of prepared cavity walls after treatment with different cavity cleansers and cleaning procedures was studied.
(2) Other soaps and a hand cleanser containing (1 4 C) Triclocarban have been applied to rat skin without occlusion and the effects of duration of contact, concentration and the use of a solubilizer have been investigated.
(3) Dentin: using the conventional Gluma Bonding System (A); the Gluma 2 Cleanser was replaced with 10% pyruvic acid containing 10% glycine with pH 2.8 (B); or the dentin was etched with 10% pyruvic acid (pH 1.5) followed by the application of 10% glycine with pH adjusted to 9.0 (C).
(4) A four-week crossover study to compare the efficacy of an acne cleanser containing 2% salicylic acid with that of a 10% benzoyl peroxide wash was conducted in 30 patients with acne vulgaris.
(5) Methods for the evaluation of the relative irritant potential of skin cleansers are reviewed.
(6) This method of gut lavage is not only an effective bowel cleanser, but also a noninvasive means of obtaining intestinal secretions for the study of humoral immunity in gastrointestinal disease.
(7) Iodophors tested in this study demonstrated a distinct superiority to noncomplexed iodine solutions (tincture and aqueous iodine solutions) as wound and skin cleansers.
(8) However, the possible reduction of the rate of 10-5 specimens to 9.1 per cent in the group using Prepodyne did not rule out the possibility of reduced specificity, and the hazard of false-negative results occuring with the use of gram-negative skin cleansers requires further study.
(9) The use of the povidone-iodine skin cleanser inconsistently affected skin flora.
(10) A study was undertaken to compare the efficacy of a soaking solution (Efferdent Extra-Strength Denture Cleanser Tablets) to mechanical cleaning with a denture paste (Advanced Formula Dentu-Creme Denture Cleaning Paste) to remove and kill plaque bacteria from removable dentures.
(11) This assay was useful in the presence of most currently used denture cleanser ingredients, materials which cause other protein assay methods to fail.
(12) To try to allay fears, the UN boss in the country, Kai Eide, held a press conference last month in which he tried to prove that he could not remove it from his finger with a range of domestic cleansers.
(13) Since it is impossible to practise disinfection procedures in a household kitchen on the same scale as in an operating room, we tried to achieve at least a limited disinfection by household cleansers with germicidal properties.
(14) The added insult from cleanser pretreatment caused destruction of the odontoblast processes withnin the cut dentinal tubules, and an increase in diameter of the tubules.
(15) The sample consisted of 40 patients, 16 of whom were randomized to use chlorhexidine and 24 of whom were randomized to use nonmedicated skin cleanser.
(16) A case of fatal poisoning in a 1-year-old girl after ingestion of a household cleanser containing 4.5% sodium hypochlorite (Klorin) in an alkaline solution (pH 12.0) is reported.
(17) Silicate cement was inserted in deep unlined cavities in 70 human teeth; 35 cavities were cleaned with an antibacterial cleanser, and the other 35 cavities in the contralateral teeth were treated with water spray only.
(18) Application of the cleanser directly to the exposed pulp resulted in satisfactory destruction similar to the results obtained with strong acids.
(19) The use of a 50percent citric acid cleanser in root canals after pulpectomy produced well-cleaned surfaces as shown by scanning electron microscopy.
(20) A 31-year-old man had sodium hydroxide blown into his amblyopic left eye after an explosion caused by placing solid sodium hydroxide cleanser into a plugged drain.