(n.) The act or process of consuming by use, waste, etc.; decay; destruction.
(n.) The state or process of being consumed, wasted, or diminished; waste; diminution; loss; decay.
(n.) A progressive wasting away of the body; esp., that form of wasting, attendant upon pulmonary phthisis and associated with cough, spitting of blood, hectic fever, etc.; pulmonary phthisis; -- called also pulmonary consumption.
Example Sentences:
(1) Heart rate (HR), pulmonary ventilation (V), oxygen consumption (VO2), carbon dioxide production (VCO2), and respiratory quotient (RQ) were measured.
(2) Pretraining consumption did not predict (among animals) post-training consumption.
(3) Under blood preservation conditions the difference of the rates of ATP-production and -consumption is the most important factor for a high ATP-level over long periods.
(4) Diet consumption decreased as the concentration of ethanol increased in the diet.
(5) Cigarette consumption has also been greater in urban areas, but it is difficult to estimate how much of the excess it can account for.
(6) However, self-efficacy (defined as confidence in being able to resist the urge to drink heavily) assessed at intake of treatment, was strongly associated with the level of consumption on drinking occasions at follow-up.
(7) Estimated fluid consumption dropped from 10 liters to 4 liters daily and incidents of hyponatremia decreased by 62%.
(8) Analysis of the means of food consumption and energy sources by AH patients and subjects without AH revealed differences in food cholesterol consumption per kg bw.
(9) The effects of intra-arterial administration of substance P upon intestinal blood flow, oxygen consumption, intestinal motor activity, and distribution of blood flow to the compartments of the gut wall were measured in anesthetized dogs.
(10) These findings imply that if bleeding occurs following revascularization, in addition to the use of replacement blood products, treatment should be directed at reducing the consumptive coagulopathy and inhibiting fibrinolysis.
(11) Purpura fulminans is the cutaneous manifestation of acute activation of the clotting mechanism resulting in massive hemorrhage due to an intravascular consumption coagulopathy.
(12) "The pattern of consumption is that among ebook readers there is a desire to pre-order, or get it quickly, so ebook sales are particularly high in the first few weeks," he said.
(13) To explain some of these results a theoretical model is presented to demonstrate that while short circuiting can block the passive ionic movement, it will cause an increase in the energy consumption of the system and introduce certain important changes in the ionic barriers and e.m.fs.
(14) The pump function of the heart (oxygen debt dynamics), the anaerobic threshold (complex of gas analytical indices), and the efficacy of blood flow in lesser circulation (O2 consumption plateau) were appraised.
(15) Clinical and inflammatory activity improved in both groups, but consistently more so in the auranofin group, in spite of the greater consumption of local steroids and NSAIDs in the placebo group.
(16) A sustained decrement in RMR accompanied weight loss and persisted for greater than or equal to 8 wk despite increased caloric consumption and body weight stabilization.
(17) It was also shown of morphological changes and enhanced glucose consumption in media by these macrophages.
(18) No evidence for consumptive coagulopathy was noted in the absence of heparin during hemodialysis with cuprophane hollow fiber dialyzers.
(19) Experiments have been performed using CO2 laser-assisted microvascular anastomoses, and they demonstrated the following features, in comparison with conventional anastomoses: ease in technique; less time consumption; less tissue inflammation; early wound healing; equivalency of patency rate and inner pressure tolerance; but only about 50 percent of the tensile strength of manual-suture anastomosis.
(20) The determining component of daily energy consumption is energy consumption during the working period the value of which depends on the character of working activity and duration of the working shift.
Foody
Definition:
(a.) Eatable; fruitful.
Example Sentences:
(1) johnmarian Foodie delights in Ghent, Belgium Facebook Twitter Pinterest De Superette, Ghent.
(2) The appetite for foodie apps continues unabated; Oliver's app was knocked off the top spot by Dishy, a UK app which features recipes sourced by a web designer and his mother, and apps such as Epicurious have been successful on both sides of the Atlantic.
(3) For a foodie reward, stroll to Rue Didot's row of boulangeries.
(4) OS reference: SM 728 279 The pit stop: Cwtch, St Davids This fantastic little restaurant has stolen the hearts of the foodies in St Davids and it has the awards to prove it.
(5) Meanwhile, alongside the arts, craft and foodie stalls of the type you would expect, there were practical workshops on everything from repairing your bike and foraging food for free, through to bread making and cooking on the cheap.
(6) We’re seeing restaurants push the boundaries and, for the first time, PE is experiencing a foodie culture of food trucks, pop-up diners and local markets, such as the monthly Valley Market : an alfresco celebration of food, artisanal crafts and a great place to meet genuine PE people.
(7) As The Official Foodie Handbook put it back in 1984: "Foodies consider food to be an art, on a level with painting or drama.
(8) "Foodie" has now pretty much everywhere replaced "gourmet", perhaps because the latter more strongly evokes privilege and a snobbish claim to uncommon sensory discrimination – even though those qualities are rampant among the "foodies" themselves.
(9) The Starbucks consumerist seal of approval either represents the end of a foodie trend or the start of a whole new Franken-pastry era.
(10) It’s better with the traditional juniper-heavy gins.” You might also argue that Fever-Tree represents everything that some have come to loathe about the new foodie world: an insistence on branding and artisanal ingredients for a product that serves the same purpose it always has, except at many times the price.
(11) It’s a very sophisticated foodie city.” The company has no institutional shareholders to answer to – with the business still split between Thirlwell and Harris.
(12) And the first-floor restaurant is a foodie’s dream, with a great range of hot foods, cold platters and homemade cakes.
(13) She became a vociferous critic both of the supermarkets, and of the 80s "foodie" culture as satirised in The Official Foodie Handbook by Ann Barr and Paul Levy, a volume she loathed ("To be sure they are skilful enough in the arts of toadying to their public and providing it with a little giggle at itself, but the meaning of satire in the true sense eludes them," she wrote in her review for Tatler ).
(14) I'm a foodie guy and most of what I do is the restaurant which is mainly locals but in the bar normally that table and that table would be contractors and they come here to watch the football.
(15) Both have the power to address some pretty big food issues in the world, but seaweed – especially in the form of a chip – is incredibly delicious and fits into mainstream snacking trends and lifestyle.” Read more like this: From vegan beef to fishless filets: meat substitutes are on the rise Are crickets the next foodie trend?
(16) It's the stuff of foodie fantasy: heaps of purple artichokes spill over piles of grooved and polished heritage tomatoes the colour of a newly painted post box.
(17) Famously fertile, over 110 small-scale wineries and 145 olive oil producers have sprung up across the region in the last 20 years, developing its reputation as Croatia's best corner for foodies.
(18) I will never belong to the foodie elite but I appreciate the riches I already enjoy as a hungry woman who can afford – and knows how to make – her next meal.
(19) Because the missing factor in all of this, is that the majority of the industry – cooking shows, recipe books, foodie displays, trendy markets – are aspirational.
(20) For most foodies, a balanced diet used to be about the nutritious ingredients that went into everyday dishes.