(a.) Contained within limits; hence, having the desires limited by that which one has; not disposed to repine or grumble; satisfied; contented; at rest.
(n.) That which is contained; the thing or things held by a receptacle or included within specified limits; as, the contents of a cask or bale or of a room; the contents of a book.
(n.) Power of containing; capacity; extent; size.
(n.) Area or quantity of space or matter contained within certain limits; as, solid contents; superficial contents.
(a.) To satisfy the desires of; to make easy in any situation; to appease or quiet; to gratify; to please.
(a.) To satisfy the expectations of; to pay; to requite.
(n.) Rest or quietness of the mind in one's present condition; freedom from discontent; satisfaction; contentment; moderate happiness.
(n.) Acquiescence without examination.
(n.) That which contents or satisfies; that which if attained would make one happy.
(n.) An expression of assent to a bill or motion; an affirmative vote; also, a member who votes "Content.".
Example Sentences:
(1) Standardization is possible after correction by the protein content of each individual section.
(2) One hour after direct mechanical cardiomassage (DMCM) a moderately pronounced edema of the intercellular spaces in the basal compartment of the seminiferous epithelium, normal content of lactate and succinate dehydrogenases, and a certain decrease in the activity of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenases and NAD- and NADP-diaphorases were noted.
(3) Spectrophotometric determination of the sulfhydryl content in the animal tissue before (control) and after using 6,6'-Dithiodinicotinic acid is applied.
(4) Although Jeggo's Chinese hamster ovary cells were more responsive to mAMSA, novo still abrogated mAMSA toxicity in the mutant cells as well as in the parental Chinese hamster ovary cells 2,4-Dinitrophenol acted similarly to novo with respect to mAMSA killing, but neither compound reduced the ATP content of V79 cells.
(5) The content of the cavities was not stained by any of the immunocytochemical reactions applied.
(6) However, decapitation did not eliminate the sex difference in the tissue content of P4 during control incubations.
(7) Content of cyclic nucleoside monophosphates was decreased in all the eye tissues in experimental toxico-allergic uveitis as well as penetration of cAMP into the fluid of anterior chamber of the eye.
(8) The ATP content of the cholinergic electromotor nerves of Torpedo marmorata has been measured.
(9) In addition to the changes associated with blood group A, we also found a decrease in sugar content, alterations in other antigens, and changes in the levels of several glycosyltransferases in cancerous tissues.
(10) Past imaging techniques shown in the courtroom have made the conventional rules of evidence more difficult because of the different informational content and format required for presentation of these data.
(11) Arteries treated with atrial natriuretic peptide showed no alterations in relaxation or cGMP content after incubation with pertussis toxin.
(12) A chronic cannulation procedure is described which allows for sampling vomeronasal organ (VNO) contents repeatedly in freely moving conscious subjects.
(13) There was however no difference in the cross-sectional studies and no significant deleterious effect detected of tobacco use on forearm bone mineral content.
(14) The present study was designed to test the hypothesis that the decreased Epi response following ET was due to 1) depletion of adrenal Epi content such that adrenomedullary stimulation would not release Epi, 2) decreased Epi release with direct stimulation, i.e., desensitization of release, or 3) decreased afferent signals generated by ET itself.
(15) The intensity of the type III specific peptide bands correlates with the type III content of the samples.
(16) Stimulation of atrial H1-receptors is suggested to directly cause an increase in Ca-channel conductance independent of intracellular cAMP content.
(17) "With hyperspectral imaging, you can tell the chemical content of a cake just by taking a photo of it.
(18) We assessed changes in brain water content, as reflected by changes in tissue density, during the early recirculation period following severe forebrain ischemia.
(19) Proving that not all teens are content with being part of a purely digital community, Adele Mayr attended a YouTube meet-up in London’s Hyde Park.
(20) The aim of this study was to describe the contents of daily reports in two homes for the aged.
Frail
Definition:
(n.) A basket made of rushes, used chiefly for containing figs and raisins.
(n.) The quantity of raisins -- about thirty-two, fifty-six, or seventy-five pounds, -- contained in a frail.
(n.) A rush for weaving baskets.
(superl) Easily broken; fragile; not firm or durable; liable to fail and perish; easily destroyed; not tenacious of life; weak; infirm.
(superl) Tender.
(superl) Liable to fall from virtue or be led into sin; not strong against temptation; weak in resolution; also, unchaste; -- often applied to fallen women.
Example Sentences:
(1) Variability among frail elders and variability over 30 days within the same person, when factored, also showed nonequivalence.
(2) The objective of this investigation was to determine the frequency of and predictors for inadequate barium enemas in the frail elderly.
(3) To develop a noninvasive clinical predictive model for acute congestive heart failure (CHF) in a frail elderly cohort using bedside clinical assessment (medical history and physical examination) and venous atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP) levels.
(4) 1) Defensively frail England should go for broke Argue about the Danny Rose handball and the charge on Phil Jagielka all you like, but you’ll be dancing on the head of a pin.
(5) Physicians not only need better preparation to meet the challenges of caring for frail older patients, but they also need changes in reimbursement policies so that they can afford to spend the time needed to manage the complexities inherent in the doctor-patient-family caregiver relationship.
(6) Our data demonstrate that frail elderly receiving only acute care do not suffer markedly prolonged total LOS (TLOS).
(7) Her warning comes as figures reveal that regulators are receiving more than 150 allegations of abuse of the frail and elderly every day.
(8) At the opening ceremony of the 2012 Olympic Games in London, he seemed extremely frail and was only able to walk a few steps.
(9) In particular the rapid aging of the Chinese population has prompted official concern about the financial implications of providing health care to increasing numbers of disabled or frail elderly.
(10) In the Lords, the broadcaster Joan Bakewell called on the government to take "the most urgent steps" to relieve the suffering of neglected old and frail people.
(11) One hundred-seventeen subjects 65 years of age and over, meeting eligibility criteria to target frail older persons with changing medical and social needs, were randomly assigned to receive a comprehensive geriatric assessment by a multidisciplinary team (treatment) or by one of a panel of community internists who were reimbursed according to their usual and customary fee (controls).
(12) In a statement, the chief medical officer, Professor Dame Sally Davies, said: "Severe winter flu and its complications can make people really ill and can kill, particularly those who are weak and frail which is why we already offer vaccinations to the most at risk groups.
(13) Endoscopic intervention is a valuable alternative for the removal of retained stones or in frail patients not fit for general anaesthesia.
(14) Photograph: AFP Saint Laurent became an object of immediate fascination: quiet, timid, with neatly parted schoolboy hair, anxious eyes lurking behind thick glasses and a frail body encased in a tight black suit.
(15) One minute the Führer was so frail he could barely stand up.
(16) Rugi arranged for Katadia’s father to phone at a time when she would be in the zone to facilitate and hold the phone to the ear of his frail little daughter.
(17) Concerning household composition this study showed that frail elderly living alone and residents of old people's homes had significantly more depressive complaints than frail elderly living with others and independently living frail elderly respectively.
(18) There are fewer signs that Erdoğan’s designation of half the Turkish population as congenitally frail and incompetent, such as to recall apartheid if the target were another race, is regarded as utterly incompatible with accession.
(19) He was so thin and frail, but he was able to conduct.
(20) Frail patients died in hospital not from their primary illness but from the staphylococcus infection they picked up there, which the antibiotic methicillin was no longer able to treat because the bacteria had become resistant to the drug as a result of overuse.