(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.
Retch
Definition:
(v. i.) To make an effort to vomit; to strain, as in vomiting.
(v. t. & i.) To care for; to heed; to reck.
Example Sentences:
(1) We have compared the ability of drugs to induce chewing and retching or emesis in squirrel monkeys; such studies are not possible in rodents, which do not vomit.
(2) No dose produced retching, vomiting, diarrhea or other behavioral signs of toxicity.
(3) Nausea was assessed by a patient-completed visual analogue scale and episodes of retching recorded by the patient and an independent observer.
(4) Straining and retching behaviors exhibited by the nerves innervating other thoracic accessory inspiratory muscles (the intercartilagineus, rectus thoracis, scalenus) varied from dog to dog.
(5) In contrast, none of the inspiratory units from the external intercostal nerves exhibited such intense discharges with straining and retching.
(6) Incidence and severity of emesis (none, nausea, retching or vomiting) was assessed during the first 24 hours after operation.
(7) Vomiting, induced by stimulation of the lower thoracic vagi, consisted of a series of synchronous bursts of diaphragmatic and abdominal activity (retching) followed by a prolonged abdominal discharge after the cessation of diaphragmatic activity (expulsion).
(8) Fictive vomiting was defined as a series of large bursts of synchronous activity in the phrenic and abdominal (expiratory) nerves (retching) followed by a burst in which the abdominal activity was prolonged (expulsion).
(9) Nous sommes tous Français (We are all French).” By contrast, Hollande said that Trump’s excesses “make you want to retch” .
(10) Internal intercostal (expiratory) muscles contract out of phase with these muscles during retching and are inactive during expulsion.
(11) When James lay down to sleep, he retched from the smell then ran out the door with his pillow to throw it away, everyone laughing.
(12) 3 Doses of apomorphine that caused a decrease in blood pressure on intravenous injection, had no effect on blood pressure or caused retching accompanied by an increase in blood pressure on intravertebral or intracisternal administration.
(13) All patients were monitored for emetic episodes (vomiting or retching), adverse events, and laboratory safety parameters.
(14) These results suggest that 5-HT3 receptor antagonists are capable of ameliorating radiation-induced retching and vomiting and that, while an important site of their action could be the abdominal vagi, other areas are probably also involved.
(15) We determined (1) gastric emptying rates; (2) the presence and frequency of retching and vomiting; and (3) the effect of zacopride on the performance of a visual discrimination task in nonirradiated subjects.
(16) This was accompanied by a prolonged period of mydriasis and preceded by a short interval of restlessness, licking, retching and emesis.
(17) The discharge patterns during retching were classified into seven types in accordance with the discharge phase in the retching cycle and the discharge frequency.
(18) And if that means staying silent as your subject salivates his way through a truly disgusting account of a threesome, as the male crew laugh along, then you try to hide your desire to retch.
(19) • Pistorius' retching and crying was not feigned , Vorster said: he could not fake pallor .
(20) Therefore, the effects of bilateral abdominal vagotomy and antagonism of 5-HT3 receptors have been investigated on retching and vomiting induced by radiation.