(n.) An agent or remedy which lowers the vital powers.
Example Sentences:
(1) He's Billy no-mates with a Heckler & Koch sniper-rifle, drowning in loneliness, booze and depression.
(2) Thyroid replacement led to resolution of both apnea and depression.
(3) During and after the infusion of 5HTP, none of the patients showed an increase in anxiety or depressive symptoms, despite the presence of severe side effects.
(4) Sixteen patients in whom schizophrenia was initially diagnosed and who were treated with fluphenazine enanthate or decanoate developed severe depression for a short period after the injection.
(5) Further, at the end of treatment fewer patients had depressive symptoms and the total daily number of hours of wellbeing and normal movement increased.
(6) The active agents modestly improved treadmill exercise duration time until 1 mm ST segment depression (3%), and only propranolol and diltiazem had significant effects.
(7) The ED50 and ED95 of mivacurium in each group were estimated from linear regression plots of log dose vs probit of maximum percentage depression of neuromuscular function.
(8) The data are compared with the results from 79 patients with a bipolar depression, 192 with a neurotic depression and 89 with a depressive reaction.
(9) A similar depressed receptor function was observed for C3b, fibronectin, and some lectins.
(10) From these results, it was suggested that the inhibitory effect of Cd on in vitro calcification of MC3T3-E1 cells may be due to both a depression of cell-mediated calcification and a decrease in physiochemical mineral deposition.
(11) Both treatments depressed nocturnal pineal melatonin content in rats and hamsters.
(12) Infusion of sodium lactate associated with isoproterenol could be used to combat the depressent effects of betablockers in patients with cardiac disorders.
(13) We studied the effects of the localisation and size of ischemic brain infarcts and the influence of potential covariates (gender, age, time since infarction, physical handicap, cognitive impairment, aphasia, cortical atrophy and ventricular size) on 'post-stroke depression'.
(14) The literature on depression and immunity is reviewed and the clinical implications of our findings are discussed.
(15) Subthreshold concentrations of the drug to induce complete blockade (5 x 10(-8)M) allowed to observe a greater depression of bioelectric cell characteristics in primary than in transitional fibres.
(16) However, a recrudescence in both psychotic and depressive symptoms developed as plasma desipramine levels rose 4 times higher than anticipated from the oral doses prescribed.
(17) These results indicate that the hormonal status should be taken into consideration in studies dealing with platelet MAO activity in depressed women.
(18) Three coyotes were operantly conditioned to depress one of two foot treadles, left or right, depending on the condition of the stimulus light.
(19) Although esmolol may be used as a primary hypotensive agent, the potential for marked myocardial depression must be recognized.
(20) Subjects who reported incidents of childhood sexual exploitation had lower levels of self-esteem and higher levels of depression than the comparison group.
Downer
Definition:
Example Sentences:
(1) The Midwest was energized by Elizabeth Upham Davis, who was instrumental in establishing the occupational therapy education program at Milwaukee-Downer College in 1918.
(2) Cytochrome c oxidase was dispersed in nondenaturing detergent solution (B. Ludwig, N. W. Downer, and R. A. Capaldi (1979) Biochemistry 18, 1401) and treated with trypsin.
(3) There was a tendency that the downer cows which recovered later did not show enhanced adrenocortical function on day 4 to 5 and day 7 to 9 postpartum, while the downer cows with poor prognosis had significantly enhanced adrenocortical activity on the same days postpartum.
(4) Despite incessant media speculation that this person is going federal or that person is being parachuted into lead a state party (this time it was Smith in WA, previously it’s been Alexander Downer in SA and Malcolm Turnbull in NSW ), such moves rarely happen.
(5) Both the downer cows and cows with milk fever had significantly higher basal and ACTH-stimulated plasma glucocorticoid concentrations than cows without any postpartum complications on day 1 to 2 postpartum (P less than 0.05).
(6) The generally supposed mechanism of secondary, Ca-mediated cell damage and cell death was initiated and sometimes resulted in "Downers" with persisting paralysis.
(7) And in the same way that Bill Hayden allowed Bob Hawke clear air and to be a successful prime minister in his early years, and in the same way that Alexander Downer allowed John Howard clear air and supported him through four very successful terms, Tony Abbott is also going to allow Malcolm Turnbull a clear run,” Hunt told the ABC.
(8) Once on Medicaid, spend downers exhibited similar nursing-home utilization patterns as other groups, but incurred lower Medicaid claims because they contributed more to the cost of their nursing-home care.
(9) "We thought about ending with the cops," Idle said, "but it's a downer.
(10) The findings from users we have already studied strongly suggest that phencyclidine is not an "upper" or a "downer," but perhaps an "insideouter", with longer term implications.
(11) That can be done with what are called tier 2 visas, but maybe that could be made a little bit easier.” Downer confirmed that easier visa arrangements were negotiated alongside the last Australian-US trade deal.
(12) Haematocrit values and plasma glucose, calcium and magnesium concentrations were determined in blood samples collected at slaughter from 105 sheep that were prostrate, comatose, and unable to stand (downer sheep) on arrival at a Queensland meatworks.
(13) PUTTING A DOWNER ON THE PUDDING "Has any club ever been cruel enough to give their manager the boot on Christmas Day?"
(14) In a wide-ranging interview looking back on his career, McDonald described himself as a "card-carrying coward" when he was a reporter working in warzones, and how he had taken "downers" before interviewing Saddam Hussein.
(15) Sorrel Downer BEST FOR DESIGN: HELSINKI Facebook Twitter Pinterest The Kamppi Chapel (Chapel of Silence) in Helsinki.
(16) • Doubles from €72 B&B, calachica.com Follow Sorrel Downer at @somewheresville • Various airlines operate direct flights to Almería from London airports and Manchester This article was amended on 1 September 2015; the lead photograph was not in fact Fort Bravo and has been changed.
(17) To find out if cows with the downer cow syndrome have enhanced or exhausted adrenocortical function, fifteen downer cows were examined for adrenocortical response to 25 IU of adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) between 1 and 9 days postpartum.
(18) Management, led by chief executive Philip Downer and finance director Mark Little, then bought the group back with financing from Valco Capital earlier this year.
(19) Violet Downer Violet Downer's father, Samuel Baker, killed on the Somme in 1916.
(20) Many of the cattle were also affected by ruminal acidosis-inducing factors (ruminal atony 81.6 per cent, mastitis 63.2 per cent, "downer cow syndrome" 57.9 per cent and parturition 50.0 per cent), which may have predisposed to alimentary mycosis.