(a.) Passing from person to person, or from hand to hand; circulating through the community; generally received; common; as, a current coin; a current report; current history.
(a.) Commonly estimated or acknowledged.
(a.) Fitted for general acceptance or circulation; authentic; passable.
(a.) A flowing or passing; onward motion. Hence: A body of fluid moving continuously in a certain direction; a stream; esp., the swiftest part of it; as, a current of water or of air; that which resembles a stream in motion; as, a current of electricity.
(a.) General course; ordinary procedure; progressive and connected movement; as, the current of time, of events, of opinion, etc.
Example Sentences:
(1) This selective review emphasizes advances in neurochemistry which provide a context for current and future research on neurological and psychiatric disorders encountered in clinical practice.
(2) The influence of the various concepts for the induction of lateral structure formation in lipid membranes on integral functional units like ionophores is demonstrated by analysing the single channel current fluctuations of gramicidin in bimolecular lipid membranes.
(3) The outward currents are sensitive to TEA and their reversal potentials differ.
(4) With NaCl as the major constituent of the bathing solution (potassium-free pipette and external solutions) the reversal potential (Er) of the noradrenaline-evoked current was about 0 mV.
(5) His son, Karim Makarius, opened the gallery to display some of the legacy bequeathed to him by his father in 2009, as well as the work of other Argentine photographers and artists – currently images by contemporary photographer Facundo de Zuviria are also on show.
(6) M NET is currently installed in referring physician office sites across the state, with additional physician sites identified and program enhancements under development.
(7) Acceptance of less than ideal donors is ill-advised even though rejection of such donors conflicts with the current shortage of organs.
(8) Schneiderlin, valued at an improbable £27m, and the currently injured Jay Rodriguez are wanted by their former manager Mauricio Pochettino at Spurs, but the chairman Ralph Krueger has apparently called a halt to any more outgoings, saying: “They are part of the core that we have decided to keep at Southampton.” He added: “Jay Rodriguez and Morgan Schneiderlin are not for sale and they will be a part of our club as we enter the new season.” The new manager Ronald Koeman has begun rebuilding by bringing in Dusan Tadic and Graziano Pellè from the Dutch league and Krueger said: “We will have players coming in, we will make transfers to strengthen the squad.
(9) Schistosomiasis control currently relies primarily on chemotherapy which is both expensive and temporary.
(10) Currently, photodynamic therapy is under FDA-approved clinical investigational trials in the treatment of tumors of the skin, bronchus, esophagus, bladder, head and neck, and of gynecologic and ocular tumors.
(11) But the sports minister has been clear that too many sports bodies are currently not delivering in bringing new people from all backgrounds to their sport.
(12) 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.
(13) Suggested is a carefully prepared system of cycling videocassettes, to effect the dissemination of current medical information from leading medical centers to medical and paramedical people in the "bush".
(14) Anytime they feel parts of the Basic Law are not up to their current standards of political correctness, they will change it and tell Hong Kong courts to obey.
(15) Atmaca, who belongs to the Gregorian-Armenian church in Istanbul, said that he nevertheless holds the current pontiff in high regard.
(16) We analyzed the amounts and types of glycosphingolipids (GSLs) from peripheral blood lymphocytes, monocytes, and granulocytes isolated by counter-current elutriation.
(17) We are pursuing legal action because there are still so many unanswered questions about the viability of Shenhua’s proposed koala plan and it seems at this point the plan does not guarantee the survival of the estimated 262 koalas currently living where Shenhua wants to put its mine,” said Ranclaud.
(18) Positivity was not correlated with current residence census tract socioeconomic indicators in black or white females.
(19) Migrant voters are almost as numerous as current Ukip supporters but they are widely overlooked and risk being increasingly disaffected by mainstream politics and the fierce rhetoric around immigration caused partly by the rise of Ukip,” said Robert Ford from Manchester University, the report’s co-author.
(20) As increases to the Isa allowance are based on the CPI inflation figure for the year to the previous September, the new data suggests the current Isa limit of £15,240 will remain unchanged next year.
Douche
Definition:
(n.) A jet or current of water or vapor directed upon some part of the body to benefit it medicinally; a douche bath.
(n.) A syringe.
Example Sentences:
(1) Few differences were found with type of douching preparation used.
(2) So the tested solution proved to be beneficial in humidifying atrophic or otherwise dry mucosa, douching crusty nose and as adjuvant therapy in the treatment of allergic rhinitis.
(3) This study assessed the knowledge and usage patterns of vaginal douching in sexually active teenagers attending a family planning clinic.
(4) The association between cervical carcinoma and vaginal douching was examined in a population-based case-control study conducted in the low-risk population of Utah between 1984 and 1987.
(5) The in vivo methods typically involve timing of intercourse in relation to ovulation, sometimes combined with alkaline douche, female orgasm before male, rear-entry, for boys, and other variations for girls.
(6) Requirements for intranasal douching with saline have varied; however, we have had no problems with bothersome crusting following b.i.d.
(7) Also, proper douching that directs liquid sideways, not toward the cervix, should further reduce risk, It is underscored that contraceptive efficacy is not an effectiveness rate, but a failure rate.
(8) However, absorption of the drug was low (less than 10 per cent of the dose) after its use by male subjects as a mouthwash, or after its application to female subjects as dermal cream and vaginal douche preparations.
(9) As frequency of douche increased, so did risk of cervix cancer.
(10) Two patients with MPS II underwent adenoidectomy and an ear douche, and their conductive hearing loss recovered after the surgery.
(11) Other causes of damage to tubes include vaginal douching, especially with commercial products, laparoscopic tubal ligation if it creates fistulas, even microsurgical reconstruction and conservative surgery for prior ectopic pregnancy.
(12) The survey showed that vaginal douching is a common practice, with almost two thirds learning about douching from their mother.
(13) Douching or vulval irrigations may ameliorate symptoms.
(14) For the use of AP assays in the forensic investigation of alleged rape cases, it is suggested that a thorough, accurate history be obtained with regard to douches and suppositories and that the presence of vaginal pathologies be noted.
(15) Duplicate vaginal swab samples were obtained at predetermined intervals from ten healthy volunteers for three sampling cycles before and after use of the douche preparations for various periods of time.
(16) A low AP level does not rule out the possibility of recent coitus, particuarly if the woman was menstruating or had douched or used some suppository preparation.
(17) So we decided to just back off and let [politicians] do their comedy and we’ll do ours.” Parker has previously referred to Trump and Clinton as “the giant douche and the turd sandwich” .
(18) Further information is needed to differentiate between douching as a causal factor or as an indicator for behaviors that increase the risk of sexually transmitted diseases and their complications.
(19) Betadine douche and medicated douche did not inactivate HIV at the concentrations recommended for clinical use (0.33% and 0.25%, respectively) but were effective at povidone-iodine concentrations of 0.5%.
(20) To determine the effect of douching on the quantitative and qualitative makeup of the vaginal microflora.