(a.) Filled up; with no part or element lacking; free from deficiency; entire; perfect; consummate.
(a.) Finished; ended; concluded; completed; as, the edifice is complete.
(a.) Having all the parts or organs which belong to it or to the typical form; having calyx, corolla, stamens, and pistil.
(v. t.) To bring to a state in which there is no deficiency; to perfect; to consummate; to accomplish; to fulfill; to finish; as, to complete a task, or a poem; to complete a course of education.
Example Sentences:
(1) 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.
(2) The nucleotide sequence of a 2.2-kb DNA fragment which contains the complete RAD7 gene was determined.
(3) Participants (n=165) entering a week-long outpatient education program completed a protocol measuring self-care patterns, glycosylated hemoglobin levels, and emotional well-being.
(4) All subjects completed the Coping Strategies Questionnaire, which measures the use and perceived effectiveness of a variety of cognitive and behavioral coping strategies in controlling and decreasing pain.
(5) At pH 7.0, reduction is complete after 6 to 10 h. These results together with an earlier study concerning the positions of the two most readily reduced bonds (Cornell J.S., and Pierce, J.G.
(6) The peak molecular weight never reached that of a complete 2:1 complex.
(7) Complete heart block was produced in 20 of 20 dogs.
(8) The complete nucleotide sequence of the gene for a cell surface protein antigen (SpaA) of Streptococcus sobrinus MT3791 (serotype g) was determined.
(9) In the clinical trials in which there was complete substitution of fat-modified ruminant foods for conventional ruminant products the fall in serum cholesterol was approximately 10%.
(10) Completeness of isolation of the coronary and systemic circulations was shown by the marked difference in appearance times between the reflex hypotensive responses from catecholamine injections into the isolated coronary circulation and the direct hypertensive response from a similar injection when the circulations were connected as well as by the marked difference between the pressure pulses recorded simultaneously on both sides of the aortic balloon separating the two circulations.4.
(11) Treatment of the bound F1-ATPase with 4-chloro-7-nitrobenzofurazan prevented complete release of the enzyme by ATP.
(12) To determine the accuracy of double-contrast arthrography in complete rotator cuff tears, we studied 805 patients thought to have a complete rotator cuff tear who had undergone double-contrast shoulder arthrography (DCSA) between 1978 and 1983.
(13) Veterans admitted to a 90-day alcoholism treatment program were administered the MMPI, and those who completed the program were retested before discharge.
(14) Cop rats, however, possess a single 'suppressor' gene which confers complete resistance to mammary cancer.
(15) Of the five committees asked to develop bills, four have completed their work, and the Senate Finance Committee announced today that it will move forward next week.
(16) The patient recovered completely following discontinuation of antibiotics, transfusion of red blood cells, and treatment with glucocorticoids.
(17) Attempts to eliminate congenital dislocation of the hip by detecting it early have not been completely successful.
(18) Subthreshold concentrations of the drug to induce complete blockade (5 x 10(-8)M) allowed to observe a greater depression of bioelectric cell characteristics in primary than in transitional fibres.
(19) The first group was reared in complete darkness while the second one was subjected to permanent noise.
(20) Several dimensions of the outcome of 86 schizophrenic patients were recorded 1 year after discharge from inpatient index-treatment to complete a prospective study concerning the course of illness (rehospitalization, symptoms, employment and social contacts).
Onefold
Definition:
Example Sentences:
(1) Maternal antibodies to Coxsackie virus B5 showed a onefold rise.
(2) Furthermore, although serum iron levels are elevated onefold in the controls under chronic anemia with respect to non-bled animals, the concentration of serum transferrin is only slightly increased; hence, the iron saturation of this protein changes from a 50% to an 80% level.
(3) In summary: 1) splanchnic uptake of dietary phenylalanine is onefold greater than that of leucine; 2) dietary contribution to systemic phenylalanine Ra is about half of that to leucine Ra; and 3) endogenous appearance of both leucine and phenylalanine after the meal is suppressed.
(4) Mean specific activity was onefold higher in liver from cats with common bile duct occlusion of 21 days' duration.
(5) Approximately onefold synthesis on the template can be achieved and each of the indicated reagents is essential for extensive synthesis.
(6) The levels of estradiol, estrone, and progesterone were elevated onefold to threefold.
(7) The effect of Hu on increasing the number of HbF-containing reticulocytes (F reticulocytes) is extremely variable, ranging from ten-to less than onefold differences in maximal posttherapy v pretherapy levels.
(8) However, only a onefold increase in cAMP was observed in dystrophic cells.
(9) The rate of cell extrusion from the villus tips in vitro increased by about onefold in the villi with obstruction of lymph flow associated with the increase of lymph and tissue fluid pressure.
(10) Totals of 43.8 micrograms and 112.6 micrograms CEA were released into the extracapillary fluids of 10,000- and 50,000-MW-exclusion fiber cultures, respectively, which were onefold and 2.3-fold increases, respectively, over monolayer supernatant yields.
(11) The relative volume and surface density of mitochondria were not significantly altered in comparison to controls, while these values for RER decreased onefold.
(12) Gonadotropin-releasing hormone increased human chorionic gonadotropin output only slightly (onefold to twofold) while testosterone was inhibitory (early) or ineffective (late).
(13) Total myocyte chromatin template activity using Escherichia coli RNA polymerase was linear and about onefold greater than the nonmyocyte fraction over a fivefold range of chromatin concentrations.
(14) Intra-arterial infusion of histamine into the small intestine caused about a onefold increase of blood flow, edema of the intestinal tissues and mesentery, and produced a copious secretion of fluid.
(15) ANF messenger RNA levels were increased onefold in the atria of BDL rats.