(n.) The act of discontinuing, or the state of being discontinued; want of continued connection or continuity; breaking off; cessation; interruption; as, a discontinuance of conversation or intercourse; discontinuance of a highway or of travel.
(n.) A breaking off or interruption of an estate, which happened when an alienation was made by a tenant in tail, or other tenant, seized in right of another, of a larger estate than the tenant was entitled to, whereby the party ousted or injured was driven to his real action, and could not enter. This effect of such alienation is now obviated by statute in both England and the United States.
(n.) The termination of an action in practice by the voluntary act of the plaintiff; an entry on the record that the plaintiff discontinues his action.
(n.) That technical interruption of the proceedings in pleading in an action, which follows where a defendant does not answer the whole of the plaintiff's declaration, and the plaintiff omits to take judgment for the part unanswered.
Example Sentences:
(1) Nulliparous women were also more likely to discontinue the condom because of pregnancy, as were non-Protestants and the Australian-born.
(2) The highest rate of discontinuation occurred when method choice was denied in the presence of husband-wife agreement on method choice, and the lowest rate occurred when method choice was granted in the presence of such concurrence.
(3) The patient recovered completely following discontinuation of antibiotics, transfusion of red blood cells, and treatment with glucocorticoids.
(4) We found that, although controlled release delivery of ddC inhibited de novo FeLV-FAIDS replication and delayed onset of viremia when therapy was discontinued (after 3 weeks), an equivalent incidence and level of viremia were established rapidly in both ddC-treated and control cats.
(5) Recently reported unfavorable clinical results (i.e., a high incidence of pain) have led to the discontinuation of one trial of porous polyethylene.
(6) When AMT administration was discontinued 40 hrs before precipitation of withdrawal the withdrawal pattern occurred with unchanged intensity.
(7) From the treatment group 23 patients could be assessed: 2 had discontinued clean intermittent self-catheterization due to urethral hemorrhage, 2 died during the observation period and 1 was lost to followup.
(8) It can induce acute cholinesterase poisoning, which is rapidly reversible on discontinuation of exposure.
(9) One patient had persistence of symptoms and findings 2 years after discontinuation of etretinate.
(10) Safety is increased through temporary discontinuation or dosage reduction of lithium in special risk situations.
(11) These studies demonstrate that vWF interaction with GP Ib may be modulated by botrocetin binding to a discontinuous site located within residues 539-643.
(12) Treatment with the antithyroid drug had been discontinued by herself when she was 19 years old until she was 24 years old, when she was pregnant and consulted our hospital.
(13) An isolation technique involving filtration and discontinuous density gradient centrifugation was utilized for obtaining Giardia lamblia cysts from human feces.
(14) The OPL first appears as a thin, discontinuous break in the cytoblast layer that is frequently interrupted by the profiles of migrating neuro- and glioblasts.
(15) In each of the four study sites, focus group discussions or in-depth interviews were held with potential acceptors, current NORPLANT users, discontinuers, husbands of women in these three groups, and service providers.
(16) No adverse reactions required the discontinuation of treatment.
(17) Nerve endings (synaptosomes) were isolated from homogenized rat brain corpora striata following centrifugation on discontinuous sucrose gradients.
(18) A wide but discontinuous distribution of the snail on the north coast of Haiti is confirmed (no autochthonous infections with S. mansoni have been reported).
(19) In 31 patients in whom specific IgE fell to low (less than 6% counts bound) or unmeasurable levels, immunotherapy was discontinued, and sting challenge was carried out 1 to 3 years later.
(20) Beta blockers should not be given to these patients or discontinued in cases which lack responsiveness.
Incomplete
Definition:
(a.) Not complete; not filled up; not finished; not having all its parts, or not having them all adjusted; imperfect; defective.
(a.) Wanting any of the usual floral organs; -- said of a flower.
Example Sentences:
(1) No effect of BSO pretreatments on the incomplete removal of crosslinks over 36 hr of observation was seen.
(2) Its pathogenesis, still incompletely elucidated, involves the precipitation of immune complexes in the walls of the all vessels.
(3) Both SAA and non-SAA enhanced ammonium excretion but only non-SAA enhanced organic anion excretion, an indicator of incomplete oxidation of organic acids.
(4) Perinephric abscess is a rare condition; it may be acute, but can take a chronic and atypical course as a result of incomplete treatment with antibiotics.
(5) The incomplete penetrance of the neoplastic phenotype and the monoclonality of lymphoid tumors suggest that tumor formation in v-fps mice requires genetic or epigenetic events in addition to expression of the P130gag-fps protein-tyrosine kinase.
(6) Despite study for over 100 years, sites and patterns of laryngeal calcification and ossification are understood incompletely.
(7) The locations of remaining tumor were the tracheal stump in patients in whom resection was incomplete.
(8) A case of incomplete peno-scrotal transposition, with a perineal anorectal duplication, vesico-ureteric reflux and thoracic hemivertebrae is presented.
(9) It is emphasized that the knowledge of the behavior and regulation of SO is incomplete and that this should be remembered when criteria for SOD are applied.
(10) That is cystoid macular edema is associated with incomplete PVD with vitreous contraction.
(11) Frequently, however, only incomplete data on confounders can be obtained from sources such as next-of-kin or co-workers.
(12) Patients with polyneuropathy or incomplete diagnostic evaluation were excluded.
(13) The expression of genes for adenine phosphoribosyltransferase and of deo operon is regulated by rho dependent attenuators with attenuation being lifted incomplete medium.
(14) In four of the empyemas, PCD was used successfully after incomplete or unsuccessful chest tube drainage.
(15) N-heterocyclic aromatics are environmentally important carcinogenic pollutants produced by incomplete combustion of organic material.
(16) This variation in risk remained when allowance was made for the incomplete nature of some of the reproductive histories.
(17) Such an explanation not only remains vague and speculative but deserves criticism also for being incomplete.
(18) We suggest that sick districts can be affirmed on the basis of the total amount of fluoride intake, the prevalence rates of dental fluorosis, bad incomplete teeth, milk-teeth and the mean output of urinary fluoride between 8 and 15 years of age.
(19) In contrast, the control traumatic cases showed an incomplete recovery and a persistent residual neurological deficit.
(20) The diagnosis of porphyria was overlooked in some as the symptoms may mimic those of other acute illnesses, so that incomplete or incorrect death certificates have been issued.