(v. t.) Destitute; not in possession; -- with of; as, devoid of sense; devoid of pity or of pride.
Example Sentences:
(1) This treatment is usually well tolerated but not devoid of systemic effects.
(2) Transmission electron microscopy demonstrated that these blebs were devoid of organelles and microvilli; scanning electron microscopy revealed that the blebs were highly wrinkled and more numerous than were the projections observed in tissue from animals treated with testosterone alone, or in tissue from unoperated controls.
(3) Immature follicles are practically devoid of receptors for this hormone.
(4) Coelenterate and poriferan connective tissues were devoid of these acid polysaccharides.
(5) Endotoxin is virtually devoid of effects at the metastatic level.
(6) The cytotoxicity was complement independent, as demonstrated by studies with heat-deactivated serum devoid of extrinsic complement.
(7) Eyes exposed to ultraviolet radiation with their lenses intact were devoid of significant retinal lesions.
(8) The infected flight muscle fibres of both "resistant" Aedes aegypti and "susceptible" Aedes togoi are almost totally devoid of glycogen granules, but show no other ultrastructural change from the uninfected state.
(9) His office - with a floor-to-ceiling glass wall offering views over a Bradford suburb and distant moors - is devoid of knick-knacks or memorabilia.
(10) Whey obtained by acid precipitation or by the application of rennin was devoid of bactericidal activity but was capable of slowing down proliferation of E coli.
(11) All these treatments, some of which were offered as a substitute to surgery, often give interesting results, but are not devoid of danger.
(12) The neutral polymer was devoid of type 6 activity although it was serologically active.
(13) The above analysis suggests that in aqueous solution the protein is devoid of alpha-helical and beta-conformations but that it contains a significant amount of turns.
(14) dl-5-Fluorotryptophan, nonmetabolizable and devoid of any inducing activity, resulted in a concentration-dependent inhibition of the l-tryptophan-mediated induction of tryptophan oxygenase; kynurenine formamidase induction, however, was not influenced by the presence of dl-5-fluorotryptophan.
(15) A cell fractionation procedure is described which allowed, by use of MOPC 21 (P3K) mouse plasmocytoma cells in culture, the separation of the cytoplasmic free and membrane-bound ribosomes in fractions devoid of mutual cross-contamination, and in which the polyribosomal structure was entirely preserved.
(16) In contrast, (+)-naloxone was devoid of any activity.
(17) Furthermore, the 52-base central region that is devoid of repair synthesis contains the lowest frequency cutting sites for DNase I in vitro, as well as the only "internal" locations where two (rather than one) histones interact with a 10-base segment of each DNA strand.
(18) Fine immunohistological analyses established that one transgenic line is essentially devoid of E complex in the thymic cortex, another displays almost no E in the thymic medulla or on peripheral macrophages, and two lines display no E on greater than 98% of B cells.
(19) Furthermore, an antiserum prepared in strain 13 animals against the lymphoid cells of a GA(+)2(-) outbred animal was devoid of inhibitory activity on the GA response of cells from a (2 x 13)F(1), while an antiserum prepared in strain 13 animals against the lymphoid cells of a GA(+)2(+) outbred animal was capable of specifically inhibiting the response to GA.
(20) Our studies on human amniotic membranes show that Mg acts as a competitive antagonist on 2 or 3 weak carcinogens, Pb and Cd, but not on Co. Mg is a non-competitive antagonist of Ni and is devoid of action on As, both of which are powerful carcinogens.
Without
Definition:
(prep.) On or at the outside of; out of; not within; as, without doors.
(prep.) Out of the limits of; out of reach of; beyond.
(prep.) Not with; otherwise than with; in absence of, separation from, or destitution of; not with use or employment of; independently of; exclusively of; with omission; as, without labor; without damage.
(conj.) Unless; except; -- introducing a clause.
(adv.) On or art the outside; not on the inside; not within; outwardly; externally.
(adv.) Outside of the house; out of doors.
Example Sentences:
(1) Without medication atypical ventricular tachycardia develops, in the author's opinion, most probably when bradycardia has persisted for a prolonged period.
(2) Therefore, it is suggested that PE patients without endogenous erythroid colonies may follow almost the same clinical course as SP patients.
(3) Arachidic acid was without effect, while linoleic acid and linolenic acid were (on a concentration basis) at least 5-times less active than arachidonic acid.
(4) Clinical and roentgenographic criteria could not discriminate between patients with and without pneumonia, confirming the findings of previous investigations.
(5) The various evocational changes appear to form sets of interconnected systems and this complex network seems to embody some plasticity since it has been possible to suppress experimentally some of the most universal evocational events or alter their temporal order without impairing evocation itself.
(6) Ethanol and L-ethionine induce acute steatosis without necrosis, whereas azaserine, carbon tetrachloride, and D-galactosamine are known to produce steatosis with varying degrees of hepatic necrosis.
(7) The promoters of the adenovirus 2 major late gene, the mouse beta-globin gene, the mouse immunoglobulin VH gene and the LTR of the human T-lymphotropic retrovirus type I were tested for their transcription activities in cell-free extracts of four cell lines; HeLa, CESS (Epstein-Barr virus-transformed human B cell line), MT-1 (HTLV-I-infected human T cell line without viral protein synthesis), and MT-2 (HTLV-I-infected human T cell line producing viral proteins).
(8) Both apertures were repaired with great caution using individual sutures without resection of the hernial sac.
(9) Comparison with 194 age and sex matched subjects, without STD, were chosen as controls.
(10) The 14C-aminopyrine breath test was used to measure liver function in 14 normal subjects, 16 patients with alcoholic cirrhosis, 14 alcoholics without cirrhosis, and 29 patients taking a variety of drugs.
(11) In contrast to L2 and L3 in L1 the mid gut runs down in a straight line without any looping.
(12) Both condemn the treatment of Ibrahim, whose supposed offence appears to have shifted over time, from fabricating a defamatory story to entering a home without permission to misleading an interviewee for an article that was never published.
(13) The obvious need for highly effective contraception in women with existing disorders of glucose metabolism has led to a search for oral contraceptive (OC) regimens for such women that are efficient but without unacceptable metabolic side effects.
(14) Significant increases in acid secretion were observed without changes in cyclic nucleotides.
(15) In addition, the fact that microheterogeneity may occur without limit in the mannans of the strains suggests that antibodies with unlimited diverse specificities are produced directed against these antigenic varieties as well.
(16) All of the nude mice developed paraplegia with or without incontinence at 2 weeks and routinely died of inanition 3 weeks postimplantation.
(17) The inhibition was not seen in longitudinal muscle without myenteric plexus.
(18) Change of steps in achieved just by varying the reaction conditions without any product purification.
(19) Madrid now hopes that a growing clamour for future rescues of Europe's banks to be done directly, without money going via governments, may still allow it to avoid accepting loans that would add to an already fast-growing national debt.
(20) The epididymis appeared distended but without any visible sperms.