(n.) The state of being conscious; knowledge of one's own existence, condition, sensations, mental operations, acts, etc.
(n.) Immediate knowledge or perception of the presence of any object, state, or sensation. See the Note under Attention.
(n.) Feeling, persuasion, or expectation; esp., inward sense of guilt or innocence.
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.
Yoga
Definition:
(n.) A species of asceticism among the Hindoos, which consists in a complete abstraction from all worldly objects, by which the votary expects to obtain union with the universal spirit, and to acquire superhuman faculties.
Example Sentences:
(1) Many speak about how yoga and surfing complement each other, both involving deep concentration, flexibility and balance.
(2) Photograph: Rex Features 'Voga' Vogueing + yoga, apparently.
(3) Our team of reporters have spent the last week on an intensive bikram yoga course in order to get themselves into the rather awkward position of having their ears to the ground, their eyes to the skies and their fingers on the pulse.
(4) Facebook Twitter Pinterest On the Mat yoga pant by lulelemon.
(5) San Francisco Tenderloin map They could potentially gentrify this gritty, 50-block swath of downtown into condos, lofts, hipster bars, organic cafes and yoga studios, as has happened in other parts of San Francisco and the Bay area.
(6) Big musical acts (such as BB King, Keith Urban and Queens of the Stone Age) appear during the summer concert lineup but there are also drop-in yoga sessions, and hiking and biking trails wind through sculpted rocks and wildflowers.
(7) When I lived in New York, my local yoga centre would advocate veganism in terms I hadn't heard since I last went to synagogue ("godly") or spoke regularly to anorexics ("clean", "pure").
(8) I had jewellery, so I pawned all that, and I taught yoga – that paid the school fees.
(9) Within Jakarta itself the BRT is quite good,” says Yoga.
(10) Famously ascetic, teetotal and vegetarian, he meditates, practises yoga and shuns the trappings of office.
(11) His comments won him fans described as “Medvedev’s Girls”, who performed exercises on Red Square to promote yoga.
(12) This study examines the lifestyle and social structure of a yoga ashram and describes how they facilitate processes where residents learn to release and prevent stress in their lives.
(13) Millions of Indians tune in every day to watch Ramdev perform yoga exercises on his popular TV show.
(14) A review of the clinical evidence available indicates that yoga practice has proven most effective with a wide range of psychosomatic and psychiatric disorders.
(15) It’s not a strange side effect of Brexit malaise – it’s World Yoga Day.
(16) Thus, a combined practice of yoga seems to be beneficial on respiratory efficiency.
(17) Edward likes … yoga bag, around £20, from Brogamats .
(18) Many Muslim scholars say that yoga is against the fundamental tenets of Islam – to pray to the sun, for example,” said Asaduddin Owaisi, a Muslim member of parliament.
(19) I suggest to the swami that her form of yoga is a religion, but she rejects the term.
(20) The 27-year-old described how the couple had a quiet evening and retired to his bedroom, where he spoke to his cousin on the phone and she did yoga.