(v. t.) To cut off the end or tail, or any part, of; to shorten; to abridge; to diminish; to reduce.
(n.) The scroll termination of any architectural member, as of a step, etc.
Example Sentences:
(1) Second, interconversion of adenine nucleotides to guanine nucleotides, is curtailed by the inhibition of IMP dehydrogenase by these same IMP analogues.
(2) Stringent (rel+) as well as relaxed (rel minus) strains were able to rapidly curtail their accumulation of ribonculeic acid (RNA) after a downshift imposed by decreasing glucose transport into the cell.
(3) If a prisoner is in the process of taking a programme this can hinder or even curtail their progress – many prisons don't offer certain programmes so if you are moved to a prison without a particular course you are back to square one when it comes to the crucial Parole Board assessment.
(4) Egg (embryo) production was normal for mites treated with 0.50 krad, but significantly curtailed by doses of 0.75 krad and greater.
(5) Conservatives have called for federal funding to be curtailed if a municipality maintains a “sanctuary” policy.
(6) Which manager's playing career was curtailed by a knee injury sustained when he fell out of a tree while rescuing a cat?
(7) Three patients developed asymptomatic cystocele or enterocele, and 5 (23%) women had a curtailed vagina.
(8) Addition of H-7 to DiC8- and OAG-treated oocytes stimulated the pump activity curtailed by the two latters.
(9) It is suggested that umDC genes can be curtailed in their mutagenic activities but that they may still participate in some other, unknown process which provides the continued stimulus for their retention.
(10) After treatment with PTH, the enzyme reached maximal concentrations between 12-48 h, but declined to undetectable levels by 96 h. In contrast, the inhibitory activity was secreted in a linear fashion, with the highest concentrations achieved around 72-96 h. These results suggest a complex pattern of regulation of collagenase and inhibitor secretion by the osteoblastic cell, with the steady accumulation of inhibitor perhaps being responsible for the ultimate curtailment of enzyme activity.
(11) The former would point to entering serious negotiations with Labour, but the latter would ultimately curtail his flexibility towards Miliband, especially in relation to austerity.
(12) Citing the razor-thin margin by which the NSA's bulk phone-records collection survived a vote last week in the House of Representatives , Wyden and Udall vowed to continue their push to curtail the programme.
(13) Internal doubts can be managed, but external criticism in the social-media age is not so easy to curtail.
(14) Talking to officials and politicians, it's clear that Madrid's freedom over setting its own budgets and policies has also been curtailed.
(15) If the Karzai government does not take steps towards reducing corruption and improving capacity for governing in the next six to 12 months, the US should substantially curtail some categories of aid and assistance.
(16) Furthermore, in the absence of added KL, it greatly diminishes the erythropoietin- and interleukin-3-dependent BFU-E growth in BM; whereas in FL, a wider spectrum of inhibition is observed, with CFU-Mix most severely curtailed.
(17) Abdominal paradox has been proposed as a valuable clinical index of fatigue and thus its presence may lead to curtailment of weaning trials.
(18) Although this study does not suggest a synergistic relationship between smoking and oral contraception, it shows that both the adrenal gland and sympathetic nervous system's responses will be lowered if nicotine is curtailed.
(19) Research on their potential should not be curtailed because of fear that they will be subject to illicit abuse.
(20) An awareness of TOH facilities appropriate diagnosis and treatment and curtails unnecessary diagnostic procedures.
Curtal
Definition:
(a.) Curt; brief; laconic.
(n.) A horse with a docked tail; hence, anything cut short.