What's the difference between curved and subnormal?

Curved


Definition:

  • (imp. & p. p.) of Curve

Example Sentences:

  • (1) As a consequence, similar response curves were obtained for urine specimens containing morphine or barbiturates.
  • (2) When the data correlating DHT with protein synthesis using both labelling techniques were combined, the curves were parallel and a strong correlation was noted between DHT and protein synthesis over a wide range of values (P less than 0.001).
  • (3) These observations were confirmed by the killing curves in pooled serum obtained at peak and trough levels.
  • (4) However, there was no statistically significant difference in mean areas under the LH and FSH curves in the GnRH-treated groups.
  • (5) Regression curves indicate that although all three types of pulmonary edema can be characterized by slightly different slopes, the differences are statistically insignificant.
  • (6) In the cannulated group, significant decreases (P less than 0.05) in the area under the elimination curve (AUC), the volume of distribution at steady-state (Vdss) and the mean residence time (MRT) were observed.
  • (7) The reproducibility of the killing-curve method suggests that at least two different concentrations should be used and that a decrease in viable counts below 2 log10 after 24 hours does not exclude a synergistic action.
  • (8) The curve of mitoses peaked at the same time as that of TK activity but was only 68% as extensive.
  • (9) The effect of these drugs was estimated from the cell growth curve and DNA histogram determined by flow cytometry.
  • (10) However, there was not a relationship between the contraction curve of the gallbladder and the bile flow into the duodenum.
  • (11) The total "dose" to the tissue of individual metabolites was determined by the area under the curve (AUC).
  • (12) However, those studies used partial maximal expiratory flow volume (PMEFV) curves to assess lung function.
  • (13) Blood gas variables produced from a computed in vivo oxygen dissociation curve, PaeO2, P95 and C(a-x)O2, were introduced in the University Hospital of Wales in 1986.
  • (14) They were more irregularly curved and consisted of various substances.
  • (15) The duration of action correlated with the elimination half-life of the drug (r = 0.87; P less than 0.003) and area under the plasma concentration curve (r = 0.72; P less than 0.03).
  • (16) The slope of the thermal inactivation curve of enterotoxin A in beef bouillon (initial pH 6.2) was found to be approximately 27.8 C (50 F) with three different concentrations of toxin.
  • (17) A relatively new method of estimating that date and constructing a corresponding Kaplan Meier curve is presented.
  • (18) To know the relation between the signal intensity and sodium concentration, sodium concentration--signal intensity curve was obtained using phantoms with various sodium concentrations (0.05-1.0%).
  • (19) In testing the contribution of the long, curved stem to the torsional stability of uncemented prostheses by comparing it with other stems, the long, curved stem was the most stable, followed by a shorter straight stem, and a short, proximally curved stem.
  • (20) After using the OK method to obtain a distance curve for height, we introduce a new method (VADK) to derive velocity and acceleration curves from the fitted distance curve.

Subnormal


Definition:

  • (n.) That part of the axis of a curved line which is intercepted between the ordinate and the normal.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The frequency of rare fragile sites was studied among 240 children in special schools for subnormal intelligence (IQ 52-85).
  • (2) Hyperprolactinemia, hypogonadotropinism, and subnormal plasma testosterone were found in a 65-year-old patient who had an enlarged sella turcica, complained of fatigue, and addmitted to decreased sexual interest and potency.
  • (3) The concentration of alpha-tocopherol in serum was subnormal in the TG group and that of carotene in both groups of patients, and the values were also significantly lower in the TG group than in the PG group.
  • (4) Elevation of testosterone levels from a subnormal to a normal range in response to clomiphene administered for seven days suggests that the defect is functional and reversible and that the drug may be useful in treatment of sexual dysfunction in this group of patients.
  • (5) In the whole group, the recurrence of severe mental subnormality was high: 1 in 8 for brothers and 1 in 25 for sisters.
  • (6) Monosynaptic excitatory postsynaptic potentials (EPSPs) evoked in rat spinal motoneurons by stimulation of a muscle nerve are enhanced during the first few days after section of the muscle nerve before subsiding to subnormal levels.
  • (7) In clinical material studied with amidolytic assays, subnormal At-III levels were found in hereditary deficiency, liver disease, disseminated intravascular coagulation and in some cases with acute thrombosis.
  • (8) In all patients serum calcium fell to normal or subnormal levels within 48 h of attempted ablation.
  • (9) Especially, ten of twelve cranial irradiated patients showed subnormal IQ scores.
  • (10) All 5 patients with a functioning thyroid adenoma had undetectable serum TSH levels in the morning and during the night, and subnormal or absent TSH responses to TRH.
  • (11) At the time when the number of mitoses had fallen to a subnormal level due to galactose-feeding (i.e., after 7 days), lenses of prolactin-treated animals exhibited less of a decrease in mitotic activity.
  • (12) An account is given of two separate outbreaks of diphtheria amongst mentally subnormal patients and nursing staff.
  • (13) Subnormal levels were found in more than a third of patients with acute leukaemias, lymphomas, glandular fever, myelofibrosis, and polycythaemia, and in the same proportion of patients receiving cytotoxic drugs, and also in those with a polymorph leucocytosis and those with purpura.
  • (14) Serial cultures in the responsive patient showed that colony growth normalized during remission when "suppressor" cells were absent and that colony growth was subnormal during a later relapse when cortisol-resistant "suppressor" cells were present.
  • (15) Total protein S (TPS) and free protein S (FPS) did not recover until day 7, whereas heparin cofactor II (HC-II) remained at subnormal levels throughout the study.
  • (16) A pronounced blood glucose decline and a subnormal increase in heart rate during insulin infusion were obtained in patients with autonomic dysfunction.
  • (17) Though cardiac output is subnormal, Fontan type procedure is a safe and effective operation, and intermediate-term state is satisfactory without any signs of heart failure.
  • (18) More than 50% of excessively subnormal motility indexes improved to a level approaching or surpassing normal, making motility the single most significant aspect of the effects of ligation on semen quality.
  • (19) Thus they have two advantages: (a) bioreactive hormone is measured rather than a composite of antigenic determinants characteristic of part of the hormone molecule and (b) their increased sensitivity allows discrimination between low normal and subnormal concentrations of the circulating hormone.
  • (20) However, serum-folate measured by two assay methods was subnormal in 83% of the samples; red-cell folate was subnormal in 40%.