(v. t.) To keep in a safe or sound state; to save; to preserve; to protect.
(v. t.) To prepare with sugar, etc., for the purpose of preservation, as fruits, etc.; to make a conserve of.
(n.) Anything which is conserved; especially, a sweetmeat prepared with sugar; a confection.
(n.) A medicinal confection made of freshly gathered vegetable substances mixed with finely powdered refined sugar. See Confection.
(n.) A conservatory.
Example Sentences:
(1) This excellent prognosis supports a regimen of conservative therapy for these patients.
(2) The omission of Crossrail 2 from the Conservative manifesto , in which other infrastructure projects were listed, was the clearest sign yet that there is little appetite in a Theresa May government for another London-based scheme.
(3) Complementarity determining regions (CDR) are conserved to different extents, with the first CDR region in all family members being among the most conserved segments of the molecule.
(4) Even though attempts to generalize the data from childbearing women to women of childbearing age have an inherent conservative bias, the results of our study suggest that 988 women (95% CI 713 to 1336) aged 15 to 44 years in Quebec had HIV infection in 1989.
(5) One of the main users is coastal planning organizations and conservation organizations that are working on coral reefs.
(6) The way we are going to pay for that is by making the rules the same for people who go into care homes as for people who get care at their home, and by means-testing the winter fuel payment, which currently isn’t.” Hunt said the plan showed the Conservatives were capable of making difficult choices.
(7) These sequences are also conserved in the same arrangement in minor sequence classes of minicircles from this strain.
(8) In four main regions the conservation varied from 83-91% while in the remaining regions the homology dropped to between 56-62%.
(9) Compared with conservative management, better long-term success (determined by return of athletic soundness and less evidence of degenerative joint disease) was achieved with surgical curettage of elbow subchondral cystic lesions.
(10) The Bohr and Root effects are absent, although specific amino acid residues, considered responsible of most of these functions, are conserved in the sequence, thus posing new questions about the molecular basis of these mechanisms.
(11) "This was very strategic and it was in line of the ideology of the Bush administration which has been to put in place a free market and conservative agenda."
(12) He also deals with the incidence, conservative and surgical treatment of osteo-arthrosis in old age and with the possibilities of its prevention.
(13) Breast conserving surgery in patients with small tumors combined with radiation therapy has gained wide popularity due to better cosmetic results without significant changes in survival.
(14) On the basis of primary sequence homology with other known Pseudomonas lipases, a number of putative active site residues located in conserved areas were found.
(15) Meanwhile Ed Miliband, the Labour leader, waiting anxiously for news of the scale of the Labour advance in his first nationwide electoral test, will urge the electorate not to be duped by the promise of a coalition mark 2, predicting sham concessions by the Conservatives .
(16) This receptor and a growing family of related cytokine receptors share homologous extracellular features, including a well-conserved WSXWS motif.
(17) A comparison to other hsp70 genes did not reveal any conservation of this 23-nucleotide sequence.
(18) Huhne increased the Lib Dems' majority to 3,864 in 2010, securing 24,966 compared with the Conservatives' 21,102, Labour's 5,153 and Ukip's 1,933.
(19) Conservatively treated compressed fractures of the distal radius dorsal metaphysis healed despite primarily good reduction and consequent treatment with a decrease in dorsal length.
(20) Photograph: AP Reasons for wavering • State relies on coal-fired electricity • Poor prospects for wind power • Conservative Democrat • Represents conservative district in conservative state and was elected on narrow margins Campaign support from fossil fuel interests in 2008 • $93,743 G K Butterfield (North Carolina) GK Butterfield, North Carolina.
Syrup
Definition:
(n.) A thick and viscid liquid made from the juice of fruits, herbs, etc., boiled with sugar.
(n.) A thick and viscid saccharine solution of superior quality (as sugarhouse sirup or molasses, maple sirup); specifically, in pharmacy and often in cookery, a saturated solution of sugar and water (simple sirup), or such a solution flavored or medicated.
(a.) Alt. of Syrupy
Example Sentences:
(1) Branched-chain keto acid decarboxylase activity in skin fibroblasts from control subjects and from patients with classical and variant forms of maple syrup urine disease (MSUD) was measured with leucine and alpha-ketoisocaproic acid.
(2) The efficacy of ipecac syrup in the induction of emesis and safety of its administration was studied in 105 poison-exposed infants 6 through 11 months of age (study subjects) and compared prospectively with 302 poison-exposed infants and children 12 through 35 months of age who served as age controls.
(3) A standard dose (1 g, 25.4 mmol) of calcium was administered both as calcium chloride in syrup and as Calcium-Sandoz Syrup (calcium glubionate and calcium galactogluconate) to 10 volunteers.
(4) The aftereffects of home-induced emesis with ipecac syrup were determined by telephone interviews of callers to a poison center.
(5) During dietary treatment of a case of maple syrup urine disease, it was found that abnormal EEGs were observed when serum levels of leucine were abnormally high while those of valine and isoleucine were normal, and also when serum levels of valine and isoleucine were abnormally high while serum leucine levels were normal.
(6) Intermittend maple-syrup-urine disease was excluded by oral loading tests with the branched-chain amino acids and with an isocaloric, high-protein diet.
(7) Screening for tyrosinaemia, alpha 1-antitrypsin deficiency, maple syrup urine disease and histidinaemia has been discontinued.
(8) Place on a tray lined with parchment and bake for 10–12 minutes, then drizzle with syrup.
(9) The drug was given in the dosage forms of slow release capsules, syrup, drops, intramuscular injections and inhalations for about 14 days.
(10) The method was used to determine the plasma triprolidine levels in 16 normal human volunteers following oral administration of 3.75 mg of triprolidine hydrochloride in 15 ml of a syrup.
(11) The antinausea and antivomiting effects of delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) in children receiving cancer chemotherapy were compared with those of metoclopramide syrup and prochlorperazine tablets in two double-blind studies.
(12) The absorption rates following oral administrations of syrups were much greater than those following administration of commercial tablets.
(13) Increase the heat under the syrup and cook, without stirring, until it turns a rich, nutty brown.
(14) Pharmacokinetic, bacteriological and clinical studies on a new macrolide antibiotic, rokitamycin (RKM) dry syrup for pediatric use, were done, and results as summarized below were observed: 1.
(15) The progress of nine maple syrup urine disease patients (eight classical, one possible variant) was reviewed to look for similarities in developmental patterns.
(16) A double-blind comparative study was performed to investigate the usefulness of ketotifen syrup as compared with clemastine syrup in 284 patients with atopic dermatitis.
(17) administration of cefetamet and oral administration of cefetamet pivoxil syrup to patients between the ages of 3 and 12 years.
(18) Bacillus subtilis 430A, isolated from the Vernonia herbacea (Vell Rusby) rhizosphere, produced an exocellular inulinase that fits the requirements for the production of syrups on an industrial scale.
(19) Rokitamycin (RKM) dry syrup, a newly developed macrolide antibiotic, was administered to children with ages between 6 months and 15 years and 10 months suffering from skin and soft tissue infections including 41 cases of impetigo, one case of staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome (SSSS) and 2 cases of subcutaneous abscess totalling 44 cases.
(20) Callus and cell suspensions of Pseudotsuga menziesii and Pinus taeda fixed in glutaraldehyde:acrolein and then OsO4, followed by epoxy embedding, were sectioned 0.5 mum thick, stained on a glass slide with ethanolic Sudan black B at 60 C as described by Bronner, and then mounted in Karo syrup.