(n.) The state of being deficient; inadequacy; want; failure; imperfection; shortcoming; defect.
Example Sentences:
(1) The goals of treatment are the restoration of normal gut peristalsis and the correction of nutritional deficiencies.
(2) These deficiencies in the data compromise HIV surveillance based on diagnostic testing, and supplementary bias-free data are needed.
(3) Congenitally deficient plasmas were used as the substrate for the measurement of procoagulant activities in a one-stage clotting assay.
(4) In contrast, idiopathic GH deficient girls have an onset of puberty and PHV nearer to a normal chronological age and at an early bone age.
(5) The ACTH deficiency recovered spontaneously, with normal cortisol responses to depot Synacthen (greater than 1380 at 6 h) and hypoglycemia (peak, 590) 14 and 18 months postpartum, respectively.
(6) One hundred and twelve dogs, including twenty C3-deficient dogs, were studied over a period of 6 years.
(7) Dietary factors affect intestinal P450s markedly--iron restriction rapidly decreased intestinal P450 to beneath detectable values; selenium deficiency acted similarly but was less effective; Brussels sprouts increased intestinal AHH activity 9.8-fold, ECOD activity 3.2-fold, and P450 1.9-fold; fried meat and dietary fat significantly increased intestinal EROD activity; a vitamin A-deficient diet increased, and a vitamin A-rich diet decreased intestinal P450 activities; and excess cholesterol in the diet increased intestinal P450 activity.
(8) Paired tolbutamide and glucose infusions using a square wave technique demonstrated that although early phase insulin secretion is dimished in the fetus, this is not due to an absolute deficiency of stored insulin.
(9) A significant association between G6PD deficiency and hemoglobin S correlated with previous studies on similar samples from the general population.
(10) We describe 10 patients with cerebral venous thrombosis: two had protein S deficiency, one had protein C deficiency, one was in early pregnancy, and there was a single case of each of the following: dural arteriovenous malformation, intracerebral arteriovenous malformation, bilateral glomus tumours, systemic lupus erythematosus, Wegener's granulomatosis, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.
(11) A newborn presenting with persistent umbilical stump bleeding should be screened for factor XIII deficiency when routine coagulation tests prove normal.
(12) Recognition of this deficiency in our knowledge spurred a belated explosion of research that began with an exploration of the fine structure of the mesothelium.
(13) C. parasitica mutant strains deficient in the production of endothiapepsin (eapA-) were constructed using a gene-replacement strategy.
(14) Clinicians should be aware of this new and unusual association of a cerebral glioma and acquired immune deficiency syndrome.
(15) We have previously reported the isolation of a genomic clone encoding human liver-specific peroxisomal alanine:glyoxylate aminotransferase (AGT, EC 2.6.1.44), the deficient enzyme in primary hyperoxaluria type 1 (PH1) (P. E. Purdue, Y. Takada, and C. J. Danpure, J.
(16) Natural killer (NK) cell activity was assessed in the peripheral blood of 20 patients with growth hormone (GH) deficiency due to a hypothalamic deficit of GH-releasing hormone (GHRH).
(17) The results show that of 543 subjects with AA haemoglobin, 106 (19.5%) were G-6-PD deficient and of 93 individuals with AS haemoglobin 13 (14.0%).
(18) Basal plasma levels of oxytocin were found to be low in sodium-deficient adrenalectomized rats and in intact animals treated daily with desoxycorticosterone acetate, both of which groups drank large amounts of NaCl solution, whereas basal plasma levels of arginine vasopressin were neither stimulated nor suppressed.
(19) ACTH also suppressed aldosterone biosynthesis in rats kept on a sodium-deficient diet.
(20) The duodenal mucosa of genotypically normal iron replete and iron deficient mice and mice with sex-linked (sla) and microcytic anemias (mk) was examined for the presence of iron-binding proteins.
Nonconformity
Definition:
(n.) Neglect or failure of conformity; especially, in England, the neglect or refusal to unite with the established church in its rites and modes of worship.
Example Sentences:
(1) The connections between childhood gender nonconformity (assessed by the Freund Feminine Gender Identity Scale, or FGI) and adult genitoerotic role (assessed by a sex history) were examined.
(2) A practical consequence of our study is that nonconformity of the two tests may occur.
(3) The MMPI and a nonconformity questionnaire were first administered to 100 male college students.
(4) With parliament mostly an electoral college of candidates for government, there was no purchase in nonconformity.
(5) By using these approaches, a conformational epitope expressed only on the VSG 1.5 surface coat of viable trypanosomes was detected, and two nonconformationally determined epitope clusters were recognized within the subsurface V region of the VSG 1.5 molecule.
(6) Items on the Pd scale and 101 additional MMPI items that correlated significantly with the nonconformity questionnaire were then rated by 38 other male college students for apparent relationship to psychopathology.
(7) The frequency of pathogenic bacteria, "apathogenic" bacteria and mixed cultures is given, divided into conforming and nonconforming culture results of puncture and midstream urines.
(8) Sixteen items loaded on the achievement factor (hero role), 11 items the entertainment factor (mascot role), 9 items on the nonconformity factor (scapegoat role), 7 items on the emotional sensitivity factor (lost child role), and 3 items on the domesticity factor (enabler role).
(9) Although it is not a substitute for a more detailed dietary history, rapid identification of nonconforming food-related behavior is possible with the Food-Related Behavior Characterization Instrument.
(10) Twenty-two of 61 homosexual men reported having experienced few, if any, of the gender conforming behaviors and most, if not all, of the gender nonconforming behaviors.
(11) Cotwins from concordant monozygotic pairs were very similar for childhood gender nonconformity.
(12) The position seems supported that male gender nonconformity is viewed more seriously than female gender nonconformity.
(13) An inventory encompassing six social-psychological dimensions that have been found to be related to problem drinking (Attitude toward Drinking, Environmental Support for Heavy Drinking, Impulsivity and Nonconformity, Alienation and Maladjustment, Looseness of Social Controls, and Unfavorable Expectations) was used to determine what areas of behavior were seen to change as an alcoholic improved.
(14) The Department refused hospitalization to 42 patients because of the nonconformity to the indications and contraindications to heart transplantation.
(15) A review of cross-sectional and prospective research in both normal and clinical samples suggests that increased risk of divorce is associated with socially nonconforming, impulsive, and stimulus-seeking personality traits.
(16) Commitment to these conventional beliefs is inversely associated with nonconforming behavior.
(17) Another online petition says the film is “erasing the contributions of of-color queer and gender-nonconforming activists”.
(18) The gravest injustice perpetrated against a woman is always trumped by the most minor suggestion of a woman's nonconformity.
(19) On Facebook, Giannopoulos wrote that he wore the pin “to represent my gratitude for the LGBTQ community” and carried the fan “to celebrate the joy and freedom of gender nonconformity”.
(20) Seven polyclonal and monoclonal antibodies were characterized for their ability to react specifically with either conformational or nonconformational epitopes of the HPV-1 virion.