(n.) That which is devised, or formed by design; a contrivance; an invention; a project; a scheme; often, a scheme to deceive; a stratagem; an artifice.
(n.) Power of devising; invention; contrivance.
(n.) An emblematic design, generally consisting of one or more figures with a motto, used apart from heraldic bearings to denote the historical situation, the ambition, or the desire of the person adopting it. See Cognizance.
(n.) Improperly, an heraldic bearing.
(n.) Anything fancifully conceived.
(n.) A spectacle or show.
(n.) Opinion; decision.
Example Sentences:
(1) Thirty-two patients (10 male, 22 female; age 37-82 years) undergoing maintenance haemodialysis or haemofiltration were studied by means of Holter device capable of simultaneously analysing rhythm and ST-changes in three leads.
(2) The reason for the rise in Android's market share on both sides of the Atlantic is the increased number of devices that use the software.
(3) Core biopsy with computed tomography (CT) or ultrasound (US) guidance may be such an alternative, particularly when a spring-loaded firing device is used.
(4) Socially acceptable urinary control was achieved in 90 per cent of the 139 patients with active devices in place.
(5) Good fixation was obtained in 4 cases using Steffee's devices.
(6) The image was altered in the expected way, which means that the device is suitable for investigating the possibilities of different filters to improve the diagnostic ability.
(7) Streaming is shown to occur in water in the focused beams produced by a number of medical pulse-echo devices.
(8) A device allowing pressure to be applied to a local skin site where the skin blood flow is followed using laser Doppler flowmetry is described.
(9) While there has been almost no political reform during their terms of office, there have been several ambitious steps forward in terms of environmental policy: anti-desertification campaigns; tree planting; an environmental transparency law; adoption of carbon targets; eco-services compensation; eco accounting; caps on water; lower economic growth targets; the 12th Five-Year Plan; debate and increased monitoring of PM2.5 [fine particulate matter] and huge investments in eco-cities, "clean car" manufacturing, public transport, energy-saving devices and renewable technology.
(10) The Nd-Yag-Laser seems to be a useful device in transsphenoidal surgery due to its potent coagulation effect and comfortable handling.
(11) However, localizing a functional region with PET has been severely limited by the poor resolving properties of PET devices.
(12) The devices worked as well on postphlebitic legs as on normal ones.
(13) Ten patients have undergone abdominal proctocolectomy with the formation of an ileal reservoir anastomosed onto the anal canal using a stapling device.
(14) The lack of pedestrian crossing devices, crosswalks, or sidewalks, however, was not associated with an increased risk.
(15) He added that 45% of traffic to Local World's extensive portfolio of websites – 76 newspaper sites, 26 This is … sites and 400 hyper local sites – comes from mobile devices.
(16) The latter animals were raised in an automated feeding device (Autosow) with an artificial diet simulating the nutritional composition of sow milk.
(17) "Android’s gain came mainly at the expense of BlackBerry, which saw its global smartphone share dip from 4 percent to 1 percent in the past year due to a weak line-up of BB10 devices," said Strategy Analytics' senior analyst Scott Bicheno.
(18) The authors consider that this device increases safety during this potentially hazardous procedure by eliminating the flammable polyvinyl chloride endotracheal tube and cottonoid packings most frequently used during this procedure.
(19) A training device is used in conjunction with an exercise program to teach muscle control for retention of a mandibular denture.
(20) We also used an optical device to stabilize images of the real world upon the retina.
Prescribe
Definition:
(v. t.) To lay down authoritatively as a guide, direction, or rule of action; to impose as a peremptory order; to dictate; to appoint; to direct.
(v. t.) To direct, as a remedy to be used by a patient; as, the doctor prescribed quinine.
(v. i.) To give directions; to dictate.
(v. i.) To influence by long use
(v. i.) To write or to give medical directions; to indicate remedies; as, to prescribe for a patient in a fever.
(v. i.) To claim by prescription; to claim a title to a thing on the ground of immemorial use and enjoyment, that is, by a custom having the force of law.
Example Sentences:
(1) Among them, the coumarins, rutins, Centella asiatica extracts, procyanoside oligomers are the most prescribed.
(2) 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.
(3) Regulators concerned about physician behavior and confronted by demands of nonphysicians to prescribe controlled substances may find EDT a good solution.
(4) Patients were also rated with regard to their pulmonary function and clinical status, including medication prescribed.
(5) Whenever you are ill and a medicine is prescribed for you and you take the medicine until balance is achieved in you and then you put that medicine down.” Farrakhan does not dismiss the doctrine of the past, but believes it is no longer appropriate for the present.
(6) The Hindu belief system accommodates this by prescribing use in such a way that this effect becomes beneficial.
(7) Auranofin (AF), D-penicillamine (D-pen) and thiola are prescribed as disease-modifying drugs in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA).
(8) The rationale for the use of exercise as part of the treatment program in type II diabetes is much clearer and regular exercise may be prescribed as an adjunct to caloric restriction for weight reduction and as a means of improving insulin sensitivity in the obese, insulin-resistant individual.
(9) An analysis of drug prescribing over six months in a random sample of 146 elderly patients showed that 42% were receiving one or more medicines long term.
(10) Although there is no direct evidence that favorable lipoprotein changes produced by OCs are cardioprotective, the physician prescribing an OC should minimize adverse lipoprotein effects by prescribing a balanced low-dose, low-impact formulation.
(11) These 2 information sources were compared to obtain agreement rates between prescriber- and patient-reported OC histories.
(12) To prevent possible relapses, an oral maintenance regimen of amoxicillin and clavulanic acid was prescribed for a period of three months.
(13) In contrast, none of 16 women who had reached menopause and only two of 21 men required oral absorption of dietary or prescribed iron for the amount of blood iron donated.
(14) A variety of commonly prescribed drugs can produce a positive direct antiglobulin test, but the incidence of actual drug-induced hemolytic anemia is low.
(15) The level of prescribing of opioid painkillers – Percocet in Geni’s case – has soared, and with it the incidence of addiction, and addiction’s grim best friend: fatal overdoses.
(16) If you must take a suitcase, don't exceed the prescribed dimensions or weight limits.
(17) In addition, eight patient questionnaires were used to assess prescribing habits regarding benzodiazepines.
(18) Primary care physicians frequently prescribe antidepressant medications to their patients.
(19) The prescribing of antidepressants by general practitioners might be expected to reflect the incidence of depression in the community.
(20) For a long time the results were disappointing, and in a randomized study none of the therapeutic regimens prescribed could improve the patients' survival.