(v. t.) To deprive of water; to render free from water; as, to dehydrate alcohol.
Example Sentences:
(1) Compliance during dehydration was 7.6 and 12.5% change in IFV per millimeter Hg fall in IFP (micropipettes) in skin and muscle, respectively, whereas compliance in subcutis based on perforated capsule pressure was 2.0% change in IFV per millimeter Hg.
(2) Malnutrition and dehydration are the immediate consequences of diarrheal diseases.
(3) It appears impossible to define a "positive" tilt test that would adequately identify patients with clinically significant dehydration or blood loss; this is due to the large variance in patients' orthostatic measurements both in a healthy and in an ill state and the lack of a significant correlation of orthostatic measurements to a level of dehydration.
(4) The structural region contains serines, threonines, and cysteines at exactly the positions required to give mature nisin by a series of post-translational modifications involving dehydration of serines and threonines to dehydro forms, and cross-linking with cysteine residues.
(5) Acutely ill dehydrated patients were female (OR, 3.3); over 85 years old (OR, 2.2); had more than four chronic conditions (OR, 4.0); took more than four medications (OR, 2.8); and were bedridden (OR, 2.9).
(6) The effect of rat brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) on drinking behaviour was examined in dehydrated and well-hydrated rats.
(7) Progressive water deprivation increased plasma osmolality, plasma Na+ concentration, and hematocrit in proportion to the severity of dehydration.
(8) Draining of thin films has thus a dehydrating effect as well as a sorting and ordering effect.
(9) Dehydration and diarrhoea – these are very common here and in the rest of Brazil.
(10) Respiration frequency increased during exposure to 35 (four birds) and 40 degrees C (six birds) in the normally hydrated quail, while in the dehydrated quail, respiration frequency increased only in three birds during exposure to 35 degrees C, and four birds during exposure to 40 degrees C, the frequencies were lower during dehydration.
(11) The coverslips were dehydrated in ethanol, critical point dried with CO2, and coated with gold-palladium.
(12) Although there was an increased concentration of angiotensin II binding sites in the organum vasculosum of the lamina terminalis, the median preoptic nucleus, and the paraventricular nucleus after dehydration, these changes did not reach statistical significance.
(13) A 68-year-old man with known villous adenoma of the rectum had recurrent severe episodes of dehydration and electrolyte loss, misinterpreted as being due to "chronic pyelonephritic".
(14) We concluded that isoxsuprine is able to dehydrate the fetal lung and cause a release of surfactant stored in type II pneumocytes.
(15) The interstitial volume-pressure curve was linear in dehydration and the initial part of overhydration but gradually levelled off, and the maximal rise in IFP was 1-1.5 mmHg in skin and muscle.
(16) "It could be the difference between really struggling over the last three or four miles and getting over the finishing line before you dehydrate.
(17) No evidence could be found supporting a two-stage mechanism of desaturation via hydroxylation and dehydration.
(18) Specifically, such factors include the ionic strength, the presence of particular dehydrating agents and polyamines, as well as the pH values.
(19) The epitopes recognized by these mAbs were adversely affected by these fixatives; therefore, pre-embedding immunogold staining was employed, prior to fixation, osmication, dehydration and embedding.
(20) Control may be achieved with even fewer side effects and without hypokalemia and chronic dehydration with its possibly adverse consequences (hyperuricemia, azotemia, hyperlipidemia, hyperreninemia, increased blood viscosity).
Desiccate
Definition:
(v. t.) To dry up; to deprive or exhaust of moisture; to preserve by drying; as, to desiccate fish or fruit.
(v. i.) To become dry.
Example Sentences:
(1) In this vision, people will go to polling stations on 18 September with a mindset somewhere between that of a lobby correspondent and a desiccated calculating machine.
(2) In addition, the bag does not abrade or desiccate the bowel, potentially reducing serosal injury and adhesion formation.
(3) It involved preservation of unstained chromosome slides in a vacuum desiccator up to 18 months, Q-staining, destaining, and treatment in Hanks' solution, pH 5.1, at 85 degrees C for 13 min, and acridine orange staining.
(4) By permeabilization of the cell membrane by desiccation or sonication, more antibodies are detected in CELISA (surface and cytoplasmic antibodies), whereas in immunofluorescence on viable RIN cells, only surface reactive antibodies are detected.
(5) Makes around 20 75g butter, melted 75g granulated sugar 1 tbsp vanilla sugar 160g oats 2 tbsp cocoa powder 3 tbsp strong coffee, cooled to room temp Desiccated coconut, to finish 1 Whisk the butter and sugar until light and fluffy, then stir in the vanilla sugar, oats, cocoa and coffee.
(6) Such a dressing could help ensure that exudate buildup or wound desiccation is reduced or avoided.
(7) Stripping paratenon and muscle fiber off a free tendon graft while it is immersed in a saline bath facilitates the procedure and prevents desiccation of the tissue.
(8) Triiodothyronine (T3) and thyroxine (T4) were measured by radioimmunoassay in Pronase hydrolysates of four lots each of 1- and 2-grain tablets of desiccated thyroid (Thyroid, Armour) and thyroglobulin (Proloid, Warner-Chilcott).
(9) The ability of these organisms to survive desiccation on formica supports the proposal that transmission by air, dust or fomites may hitherto have been underestimated for this species.
(10) The end point was visible shrinking and desiccation of the sealant, which required about 2 minutes.
(11) Diethyl phthalate in the desiccant in 100-count bottles of brand A levothyroxine sodium tablets appeared to have leached into the tablets.
(12) We investigated potential errors in both the dilution method and the desiccation method in an attempt to resolve this controversy.
(13) The Siluro-Devonian "explosive" colonization of land, and indeed the very evolution of plants, was possible only through such mutualistic partnerships-partnerships that were equipped to cope with the problems of desiccation and starvation associated with terrestrial existence.
(14) With outdoor exposure, remains are more likely to pass through a long period of dehydration of outer tissues, mummification, and reduction of desiccated tissue.
(15) The stress-tolerant properties of Arthrobacter (resistance to nutrient starvation, desiccation and high salt concentration) are discussed with respect to the high glycogen and trehalose contents of the cells.
(16) We tested the influence of the target cell preparation and obtained the best sensitivity and reliability with the CELISA using desiccated cells or desiccated cell homogenate with a cell number of 5 x 10(4) cells per well rather than an adsorbed cell homogenate.
(17) Sporozoites have been detected in laboratory-infected mosquitoes stored at room temperature in the presence of a desiccant for as long as 18 months.
(18) This study documents the efficacy of a biomaterial, hyaluronan (HY) solution, to maintain chondrocyte viability during desiccation.
(19) Petroleum jelly was always used, to prevent heating and desiccation of the specimens.
(20) Reglon (20 per cent dikwad dibromide) is an extensively used herbioide and desiccant.