What's the difference between controvertible and incontrovertible?

Controvertible


Definition:

  • (a.) Capable of being controverted; disputable; admitting of question.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The findings of this study do not necessarily controvert the microbial origin of some components of the biofilm, or the possible role of biofilm in some cases of persisting peritoneal infection.
  • (2) Their circulating precursors, the mechanism of their migration into the epidermis and their relationship with other dendritic cells, such as the interdigitating follicular cells, are controverted.
  • (3) Although antidepressive treatments have been used for about thirty years, the question of their duration remains controverted.
  • (4) Both of these factors would seem to indicate a degree of variability that controverts the predictability of the adjustment procedure.
  • (5) The finding of 3 identical cases in a French family of 9 persons led to the diagnosis of Gordon's syndrome, a rare hereditary metabolic disorder with a controverted physiopathology.
  • (6) Hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy, the pathogenesis of which is controverted, exposes the patient to the risk of sudden death and often evolves towards heart failure.
  • (7) Induction poly-chemotherapy seems far superior over the MP combination, which was always a controverted issue.
  • (8) The responsibility of Plethoryl in case 2 is beyond any doubt, but the mechanism of hypervitaminosis in case 1 is controverted.
  • (9) The association of dermatomyositis-polymyositis and cancer has been known for many years but is still controverted.
  • (10) To improve the results obtained, one of the most important lines of research is chemotherapy, but its place in the management of these tumours is still controverted.
  • (11) In order to investigate the controverted effect of glucose on hyperammonemia the diet of eight advanced cirrhotics was supplemented hourly, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., with 20 g of glucose orally.
  • (12) The pathogenic role of mycoplasms during pregnancy remains quite controverted, depending on the studies; for some it has an incidence on prematurity, delayed growth in utero and premature rupture of the membranes.
  • (13) These new data on the physiology of the cardiac noradrenergic system have major therapeutic consequences: in practice, the positively inotropic beta-stimulants can only be used for a short period in acute episodes of heart failure; - the use of beta-blockers in low doses is now considered in the treatment of some forms of heart failure; the mechanism of their therapeutic action remains controverted, and their long-term effectiveness in a large patient population is under study; - a new pharmacological class, beta-adrenoceptor partial agonists, seems to give satisfactory clinical and haemodynamic results in mode-rate heart failure, A wider clinical evaluation is needed to determine the therapeutic role of theses new pharmacodynamic agents.
  • (14) The relationship between trauma and reaction arthritis, although controverted must be interpreted in each specific cases, after chronological analysis of the events.
  • (15) Foetal loss seems to be caused by thrombosis of the placenta, the origin of which remains controverted.
  • (16) These considerations controvert the error catastrophe theory of cell senescence.
  • (17) The immunological work-up may also indicates an abnormal maternal tolerance of the fetus which presents currently a controverted immunological problem.
  • (18) The occurrence of morphea has been attributed to Borrelia, burgdorferi infection, but the relationship between localised scleroderma and borreliosis remains controverted.
  • (19) Moreover, the use of digitalis derivatives in CHF with sinus rhythm is controverted due to the frequent toxicity of these drugs and to their allegedly weak positive inotropic activity.
  • (20) For lack of a better basis, chronic bronchitis is defined in clinical terms (almost daily productive cough 3 months each year, at least on 2 consecutive years); the terms "chronic cough" and "recurrent bronchitis" are still controverted.

Incontrovertible


Definition:

  • (a.) Not controvertible; too clear or certain to admit of dispute; indisputable.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Seven incontrovertible arguments show that the only valid measurement unit for elastic stockings is the millimetre of mercury and not a grading system.
  • (2) Our aim is to provide incontrovertible proof of this hypothesis, reporting the results of systematic stool examinations for Campylobacter in the stools as well as 5 new cases of septicaemia.
  • (3) The case that Bagosora personally ordered the murder of Rwanda's prime minister Agathe Uwilingiyimana and the killing of 10 Belgian peacekeepers, and then unleashed the genocide against the Tutsi minority was, the prosecutors claim, as important for the fact that it established an incontrovertible body of evidence for the planning and organisation of a genocide as it was for establishing its agent.
  • (4) When I ask both brothers about the incontrovertible blemishes on the last government's record, the policy of locking up children at Yarl's Wood, say, or the cavernous gap between executive reward and the minimum wage, they offer vague mea culpas.
  • (5) As pluralistic as our society may be, and no matter how relevant cultural and subcultural values may be, it is an incontrovertible fact that, by exceedingly early childbearing, poor teenagers who are black immeasurably increase their inherent disadvantages to pursue education and acquire marketable skills, not to mention attractive jobs.
  • (6) Laurent Fabius said he believed there was now incontrovertible proof that Bashar al-Assad was responsible for the 21 August gas attack, while Sergei Lavrov said it was still unclear who carried it out.
  • (7) If they can, the argument goes, then the urgency of addressing the problem becomes incontrovertible; if it doesn't, then it allows countries to continue delaying action or reducing their commitments.
  • (8) None of these proposed mechanisms incontrovertibly excludes the other and complex interrelationships may exist.
  • (9) Despite incontrovertable evidence demonstrating the unique immunosuppressive capabilities of antihymocyte globulin (ATG) in animals, its value in clinical transplantation has remained inconclusive.
  • (10) "I have tested this, trying with and without the card in my wallet and the evidence is incontrovertible.
  • (11) Given this situation the right of the patient to a full explanation of the diagnosis and the rationale of the treatment offered seems to be incontrovertible.
  • (12) Hickman parries this by pointing to such non-rock Record Store Day releases as a 7-inch single by One Direction and three albums of classical music conducted by Herbert von Karajan, but it seems to me that the point is almost incontrovertible: to use the vocabulary of the 1980s, much of the energy that goes into the event is unmistakably rockist, and the festivities often feel like a day-long benefit for an entire musical idiom: Live Aid meets the Antiques Roadshow, with the aim of keeping the guitars ringing out for another year.
  • (13) The presence of a seatbelt sign across the abdomen is not incontrovertible evidence that a laparotomy must be done, but its presence should create a high index of suspicion for serious visceral injury.
  • (14) More than this, he has one incontrovertible advantage over anyone who might think about usurping him: he is a Kim.
  • (15) And there was, after all, the incontrovertible fact of the video.
  • (16) However, the negativity of this test cannot be considered as an incontrovertible proof of the absence of coronary sensitivity to vasoconstriction.
  • (17) Nevertheless, incontrovertible proof of causality should not be required before regulations are made to protect public health.
  • (18) The use of varicocelectomy for the treatment of subfertility seems to be incontrovertible.
  • (19) 1.41pm GMT 11 min: ‘England are playing some tidy football,’ exclaims the BBC’s John Motson, shocked by a display of incontrovertible Anglo-competence.
  • (20) When one man is said to have called another a “pleb”, but no incontrovertible evidence exists that he has done so, how do you get to the truth?