(n.) The act of conceiving in the womb; the initiation of an embryonic animal life.
(n.) The state of being conceived; beginning.
(n.) The power or faculty of apprehending of forming an idea in the mind; the power of recalling a past sensation or perception.
(n.) The formation in the mind of an image, idea, or notion, apprehension.
(n.) The image, idea, or notion of any action or thing which is formed in the mind; a concept; a notion; a universal; the product of a rational belief or judgment. See Concept.
(n.) Idea; purpose; design.
(n.) Conceit; affected sentiment or thought.
Example Sentences:
(1) The results indicated that neuropsychological measures may serve to broaden the concept of intelligence and that a brain-related criterion may contribute to a fuller understanding of its nature.
(2) Some common eye movement deficits, and concepts such as 'the neural integrator' and the 'velocity storage mechanism', for which anatomical substrates are still sought, are introduced.
(3) The influence of the various concepts for the induction of lateral structure formation in lipid membranes on integral functional units like ionophores is demonstrated by analysing the single channel current fluctuations of gramicidin in bimolecular lipid membranes.
(4) 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.
(5) Further development of drug formulary concept was discussed, primarily for the drugs paid by the Health Insurance, as well as the unsatisfactory ADR reporting in Yugoslavia.
(6) Practical examples are given of the concepts presented using data from several drugs.
(7) The data also support the concept that IgE and IgG4 are not elevated in these patients.
(8) It is not that the concept of food miles is wrong; it is just too simplistic, say experts.
(9) Tables provide data for Denmark in reference to: 1) number of legal abortions and the abortion rates for 1940-1977; 2) distribution of abortions by season, 1972-1977; 3) abortion rates by maternal age, 1971-1977; 4) oral contraceptive and IUD sales for 1977-1978; and 5) number of births and estimated number of abortions and conceptions, 1960-1975.
(10) The durable power of attorney concept, though not free of problems, appears more likely to be of practical utility.
(11) Homologous insemination in 52 couples during a period of one year yields a conception rate of 38.5%.
(12) The distribution of conceptions after artificial insemination from a donor was studied in 259 conceptions at an artificial insemination clinic and found to be seasonal.
(13) The timing of the occurrence of the disease is closely related to the conceptional age of the infant rather than weeks post birth, birth weight, gestational age at birth.
(14) The model is based on the concept that a cell with hypothetically unlimited replicative potential--i.e.
(15) This developed concept of "valve only" energy loss has the potential of standardising the findings of different research groups by removing the arbitrary selection of measurement points from reported results.
(16) In addition, a new dosage concepts has been introduced on the basis of the effective dose on the lines of the recommendations by the IRCP; as a result, the definitions of radiation protection areas and of dosage limit values had to be revised and reworded.
(17) Though the concept of phase, known also as focus, is a very helpful notion, its empirical foundation is yet very weak.
(18) The lack of TBM prior to germinal center development and their absence in aged mice are inconsistent with the concept that TBM are required for the induction of the germinal center reaction.
(19) The latter findings reinforce the concept that in pathologic states associated with cerebral oedema, pinocytotic vesicles fuse to form transendothelial channels which transport plasma proteins into brain.
(20) The analysis is further expanded to a more general case to result in four criteria based upon the energy concepts.
Stereotype
Definition:
(n.) A plate forming an exact faximile of a page of type or of an engraving, used in printing books, etc.; specifically, a plate with type-metal face, used for printing.
(n.) The art or process of making such plates, or of executing work by means of them.
(v. t.) To prepare for printing in stereotype; to make the stereotype plates of; as, to stereotype the Bible.
(v. t.) Fig.: To make firm or permanent; to fix.
Example Sentences:
(1) Isolates showed a decrease in the intensity of apomorphine-induced stereotyped behaviours but no change in stereotypy induced by AMPH.
(2) When S+ followed cocaine, stereotyped bar-pressing developed with markedly increased responding during the remainder of the session.
(3) The media's image of a "gamer" might still be of a man in his teens or 20s sitting in front of Call of Duty for six-hour stretches, but that stereotype is now more inaccurate than ever.
(4) Adult crickets have stereotyped patterns of motor output which are generated by the central nervous system, and which serve as a standard against which emerging nymphal patterns can be measured.
(5) Global 'abnormality', hunching (rigid arching of back), hindlimb abduction, forepaw myoclonus, stereotyped lateral head movements, backing, and immobility occurred significantly only in drug-treated rats.
(6) High-frequency, stereotyped behavior may interfere with the acquisition of appropriate behavior.
(7) These results support the hypothesis that amphetamine-induced stereotyped behavior functions to reduce stress or arousal and additionally suggest that this effect is largely independent of underlying dopaminergic mechanisms.
(8) injections in the rat, whereas serotonin activity was assayed by measuring drug-induced inhibition of 5-hydroxytryptophan accumulation, and DA activity was assessed by quantifying stereotyped behavior after both i.p.
(9) These experiments were designed to examine the time course of development of the enhanced stereotyped behavioral response to amphetamine after withdrawal from chronic pretreatment with amphetamine and to determine whether this time course correlates with that of the enhancement in the amphetamine-induced stimulation of the release of dopamine (DA) from striatal slices.
(10) For children in the early years this will be about learning right from wrong, learning to take turns and share, and challenging negative attitudes and stereotypes."
(11) Specifically, the study attempted to determine if there were differences in perceptions of sex-stereotypic attributes among four groups of individuals: male medical students, female medical students, male allied health students, and female allied health students.
(12) A 6-year-old boy's stereotypic mouthing was assessed during high vs low response activities, familiar vs novel activities and avoidance vs partial-avoidance conditions.
(13) Three-quarters of the sample was impaired on at least one of four discourse tests (knowing the alternate meanings of ambiguous words in context; getting the point of figurative or metaphoric expressions; bridging the inferential gaps between events in stereotyped social situations; and producing speech acts that express the apparent intentions of others).
(14) In La Shish, the beloved local halal restaurant where Wanda Beydoun has worked a minimum wage managing job for 16 years, these stereotypes are a source of amusement.
(15) His study finds that the differences are a result of stereotyping, as opposed to other factors, and are particularly pronounced in areas where there are fewer black children – or fewer children from very poor estates.
(16) (4) alpha and beta-adrenoceptor blocking agents and alpha-methyl-p-tyrosine failed to reduce the hyperactivity induced by 2-amino-5,6-dihydroxytetralin or the stereotyped behaviour induced by 2-(N,N-dipropyl)-amino-5,6-dihydroxytetralin.
(17) The stereotypical view of the historian is that of a stodgy, bespectacled individual poring over tomes of printed text, dusty manuscripts, and thousands of index cards.
(18) What we do know about Snowden suggests he doesn't easily fit into any of those categories, or indeed, any stereotype.
(19) From an analysis of the findings it is clear that different types of defence mechanisms operate in patients according to their hemodialysis status and that there is a more stereotyped use of these mechanisms in patients with no possibility of escape-except of death-seems to provoke rigid and stereotyped defence mechanisms in these patients.
(20) The activity of oxytocin neurones was differentiated from that of vasopressin cells on the basis of their stereotyped activity in suckling.