(a.) Possessing the faculty of knowing one's own thoughts or mental operations.
(a.) Possessing knowledge, whether by internal, conscious experience or by external observation; cognizant; aware; sensible.
(a.) Made the object of consciousness; known to one's self; as, conscious guilt.
Example Sentences:
(1) All rats were examined in the conscious, unrestrained state 12 wk after induction of diabetes or acidified saline (pH 4.5) injection.
(2) We have investigated a physiological role of endogenous insulin on exocrine pancreatic secretion stimulated by a liquid meal as well as exogenous secretin and cholecystokinin octapeptide (CCK-8) in conscious rats.
(3) Although solely nociresponsive neurons are clearly likely to fill a role in the processing and signalling of pain in the conscious central nervous system, the way in which such useful specificity could be conveyed by multireceptive neurons is difficult to appreciate.
(4) In the present investigation we monitored the incorporation of [14C] from [U-14C]glucose into various rat brain glycolytic intermediates of conscious and pentobarbital-anesthetized animals.
(5) Concentrations of several gastrointestinal hormonal peptides were measured in lymph from the cisterna chyli and in arterial plasma; in healthy, conscious pigs during ingestion of a meal.
(6) A chronic cannulation procedure is described which allows for sampling vomeronasal organ (VNO) contents repeatedly in freely moving conscious subjects.
(7) Blood flow was measured in leg and torso skin of conscious or anesthetized sheep by using 15-micron radioactive microspheres (Qm) and the 133Xe washout method (QXe).
(8) We studied the haemodynamic (ultrasound Doppler flow probes) effects of synthetic atriopeptin II at natriuretic doses in conscious rats.
(9) The patient presented in coma but regained full consciousness over the next six hours with supportive therapy.
(10) The responses of adrenocorticotropin (ACTH), renin, epinephrine and norepinephrine and arterial pressure and heart rate (HR) to hypotensive hemorrhage were examined before and 1 h after lesion of the paraventricular nuclei (PVN) in pentobarbital-anesthetized rats and 1 day before and 4 days after lesion of the PVN in conscious rats.
(11) A 68-year-old male was hospitalized because of headache, nausea, and disturbance of consciousness.
(12) Baroreflex function was studied in conscious early phase (less than 6 weeks) two-kidney, one-clip hypertensive rats before and 24 hours after surgical reversal of hypertension by removal of the constricting renal artery clip or after pharmacological reduction of blood pressure by an infusion of hydralazine or captopril.
(13) After haemorrhage in conscious rabbits total renal blood flow fell by 25%, this fall being confined to the superficial renal cortex.
(14) Studies have also been performed in conscious rats given BP either as an intravenous bolus or by gavage.
(15) The time to recovery of full consciousness, time to parasite clearance, and mortality were examined with Cox proportional-hazards regression analysis.
(16) The results show that furosemide causes a general vasoconstriction in conscious SHR.
(17) If people improved their consciousness, things would work better.
(18) Indeed, several lines of evidence suggest that intravenous anaesthetics are thought to induce loss of consciousness by blocking the excitatory synaptic transmission.
(19) The temperature of the anterior and middle hypothalamus of conscious Pekin ducks was altered with chronically implanted thermodes.
(20) Postoperatively, an independent observer assessed conscious level, crying, posture and facial expression using a simple numerical scoring system, and also recorded heart and respiratory rates over a 2-h period.
Unaware
Definition:
(a.) Not aware; not noticing; giving no heed; thoughtless; inattentive.
(adv.) Unawares.
Example Sentences:
(1) The subjects are unaware of the mode of examination.
(2) Persons responsible for animals may be unaware of the potential hazard or lack good judgment in the use of these chemicals.
(3) In many cases mental health professionals consulted by a number of the children when they were using drugs were likewise unaware of the marijuana abuse.
(4) While RT is regarded as a major treatment innovation in psychiatry, nonpsychiatrists are reluctant or unaware of the uses of antipsychotic medication as it pertains to RT.
(5) Office interrogation of the AICDs revealed 12 of the 20 patients (60%) had received AICD discharges, with 5 of these 12 patients unaware of this occurring.
(6) But he notably did not say, as he as done in previous comments about the affair, that he accepted his PR chief's assurances that he had been unaware of hacking during his editorship of the tabloid.
(7) Two observers, unaware of each other's findings and of the diagnosis, examined red cells in the urine of 109 patients by phase-contrast microscopy.
(8) The specific operative technique was randomly assigned to the patient immediately prior to surgery, and the patient was unaware of the particular technique used.
(9) The transplant centers using these kidneys were unaware of the status of the kidney they received, that is, whether it was from a pretreated or a control group.
(10) And there are countless white Britons who are unaware of the histories that bind us all together.
(11) Students were focused on the evaluation of their technical skills and were unaware of the evaluation of their interaction skills.
(12) Other reviewers, unaware of the pathologic results, surveyed the clinical data, and results were combined for analysis.
(13) Unarmed and unaware of the horror that was about to be unleashed on the island, Berntsen succeeded in protecting his 10-year-old son but could do nothing to save himself.
(14) Moreover, physicians were previously unaware of the relevant susceptibility test results in 49% of the alerts.
(15) They seem to be unaware of the plight of this particular group of British savers.
(16) Calibrated raters were unaware of group affiliation of products.
(17) Because we were of a belief that a lot of their members were unaware of this August time period, we did run an information campaign this past year,” he says.
(18) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Palmer was unaware the Coalition's Direct Action bill was before the Senate You are very naïve when it comes to politics, my girl Figuring out how Palmer envisages this could ever eventuate is one aim as we sit down the next morning for an interview in the resort’s “Titanic II room”, adjacent to the resort’s foyer, pool room and empty breakfast bar.
(19) The former bus inspector was described by the judge as a "foot soldier" who was unaware the target was blowing aircraft out of the sky.
(20) He repeatedly argued that his south London upbringing meant he was rude to people who were rude to him and said Jones needed to “get over it”, although he said that he was unaware of his colleague’s history of illness.