(a.) Having the quality or power of removing hair.
(n.) An application used to take off hair.
Example Sentences:
(1) Waxing and depilatories were used by less than 6 percent of patients on the face and by about 20 percent on other parts of the body.
(2) It was concluded that if hair has to be removed a depilatory is the agent of choice.
(3) Management includes cessation of shaving, the use of depilatories or topical antibiotics and modification of shaving techniques.
(4) In addition, the depilatory agent proved bactericidal against 3 pathogenic strains (S. aureus, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and E. coli).
(5) The agent was suspected to be Magic Shave, a chemical depilatory powder containing calcium hydroxide as the active ingredient.
(6) Five female patients with this complication had successful removal of the excessive hair with a calcium thioglycolate depilatory agent.
(7) The latter consisted in a limited exeresis of the portals and in the extraction of the hairs with a brush, followed in principle by a weekly depilatory treatment until the wound was closed.
(8) The depilatory was expensive and may cause sensitivity reactions in a few individuals, but was found to be the easiest and most efficient method of removing hair.
(9) The greatest increase in blood flow rates occurred in woolled skin (+500%) during mEGF infusion, a result which in itself may have been disparate with the known depilatory effects of EGF.
(10) The use of a depilatory cream as an alternative to a razor would seem to have the advantages of increasing patient comfort; of avoiding injuries inflicted by even skilful shaving; and perhaps of diminishing the incidence of wound infection, without significant risk of reaction to the depilatory.
(11) Lotion depilatories, or hair clippers, combined with routine lifting of ingrown hairs, are the most effective treatments, although complete cessation of shaving is first required.
(12) The clinical and histological signs of the disease were similar to those seen experimentally when corticosteroids are used as chemical depilatory agents.
(13) The majority of patients with hirsuties may be adequately managed with a careful explanation of their condition and advice about depilatory techniques.
(14) This study compares the efficiency, safety and cost of hair removal before surgery, with a safety razor, an electric clipper and a depilatory.
(15) The importance of this model to hair follicle biology is further demonstrated by the observations that TGF-beta 1 has a negative growth regulatory effect on hair follicles in vitro and that EGF and its other receptor ligand TGF-alpha mimic the in vivo depilatory effects of EGF that have been reported for sheep and mice.
(16) For a one year period, hair was removed from the operative site with clippers rather than by shaving with a razor or by application of depilatories.
(17) Preparation of skin with a chemical depilatory agent causes no increase in skin microflora, in contrast to the effects of shaving as demonstrated by earlier studies.
(18) Measurements were made preinfusion and at +3, +12, +24, +27 and +48 h. We wished to assess relationships between blood flow rates and known functional changes in various organs during EGF treatment, especially any relationship between skin blood flow rate and the known depilatory effects of the protein in sheep.
(19) These results suggest that, in rams, depilatory doses of mouse EGF temporarily impair gonadotrophin and androgen secretion by inhibiting LHRH release from the hypothalamus.
(20) From an examination of (1) psychological and social stresses documented by the medical profession of women with amounts of hair departing from what is considered to be the "feminine" distribution of hair (idiopathic hirsutism), (2) biomedical information about male and female hair growth and distribution, (3) definitional influences of society, and (4) instrumental maneuverings of depilatory industries, this paper offers insights about the alteration of natural female facial and body hair to conform to a social construct of gender status.
Remove
Definition:
(v. t.) To move away from the position occupied; to cause to change place; to displace; as, to remove a building.
(v. t.) To cause to leave a person or thing; to cause to cease to be; to take away; hence, to banish; to destroy; to put an end to; to kill; as, to remove a disease.
(v. t.) To dismiss or discharge from office; as, the President removed many postmasters.
(v. i.) To change place in any manner, or to make a change in place; to move or go from one residence, position, or place to another.
(n.) The act of removing; a removal.
(n.) The transfer of one's business, or of one's domestic belongings, from one location or dwelling house to another; -- in the United States usually called a move.
(n.) The state of being removed.
(n.) That which is removed, as a dish removed from table to make room for something else.
(n.) The distance or space through which anything is removed; interval; distance; stage; hence, a step or degree in any scale of gradation; specifically, a division in an English public school; as, the boy went up two removes last year.
(n.) The act of resetting a horse's shoe.
Example Sentences:
(1) Samples are hydrolyzed with Ba (OH)2, and the hydrolysate is passed through a Dowex-50 column to remove the salts and soluble carbohydrates.
(2) The Cavitron Ultrasonic Surgical Aspirator (CUSA) is a dissecting system that removes tissue by vibration, irrigation and suction; fluid and particulate matter from tumors are aspirated and subsquently deposited in a canister.
(3) After 3 and 6 months, blood collected by cardiocentesis using ether anesthesia and then sacrificed to remove CNS and internal organs.
(4) On removal of selective pressure, the His+ phenotype was lost more readily than the Ura+ Trp+ markers, with a corresponding decrease in plasmid copy number.
(5) Mannose receptor mediated uptake by the reticuloendothelial system has been suggested as an explanation for the rapid removal of ricin A chain antibody conjugates from the circulation after their administration.
(6) Nine months later, the animals were sacrificed, the esophagus and the gastric stump were removed for histologic examination.
(7) Pain is not reported in the removal area, the clinical examinations show identical findings on both patellar tendons, X-ray and ultrasound evaluations do not demonstrate any change in patellar position.
(8) Decreased MU stops additions of bone by modeling and increases removal of bone next to marrow by remodeling.
(9) The International Monetary Fund, which has long urged Nigeria to remove the subsidy, supports the move.
(10) No effect of BSO pretreatments on the incomplete removal of crosslinks over 36 hr of observation was seen.
(11) Plasma for beta-endorphin assay was preincubated with sepharose-bound anti-beta-lipotropin to remove beta-lipotropin that cross-reacted with the beta-endorphin RIA.
(12) However in the deciduous teeth from which the successional tooth germs were removed, the processes of tooth resorption was very different in individuals, the difference between tooth resorption in normal occlusal force and in decreased occlusal force was not clear.
(13) A neonate without external malformation had undergone removal of a nasopharyngeal mass containing anterior and posterior pituitary tissue.
(14) Selective removal of endothelium had no effect on BK-induced contraction or the action of the antagonists.
(15) Conditions for limited digestion of the heterodimer by subtilisin, removing only the carboxyl terminus, were determined.
(16) Our recurrences are due to local infections, removing the metal strut too early, i.e.
(17) We conclude that removal of dimers and repair of gaps were similar in all cases.
(18) Solely infectious waste become removed hospital-intern and -extern on conditions of hygienic prevention, namely through secure packing during the transport, combustion or desinfection.
(19) (4) Despite the removal of the cruciate ligaments and capsulo-ligamentous slide, no significant residual instability was found in either plane.
(20) Agarose-albumin beads may be useful for removing protein-bound substances from the blood of patients with liver failure, intoxication with protein-bound drugs, or specific metabolic deficits.