(n.) Want of continuity or cohesion; disunion of parts.
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.
Inconsistent
Definition:
(a.) Not consistent; showing inconsistency; irreconcilable; discordant; at variance, esp. as regards character, sentiment, or action; incompatible; incongruous; contradictory.
(a.) Not exhibiting uniformity of sentiment, steadiness to principle, etc.; unequal; fickle; changeable.
Example Sentences:
(1) These data are inconsistent with an involvement of A-current reduction in LTP.
(2) Results were inconsistent with both the feature detector fatigue and response bias hypothesis.
(3) The lack of TBM prior to germinal center development and their absence in aged mice are inconsistent with the concept that TBM are required for the induction of the germinal center reaction.
(4) Moreover, it was more apparent in less differentiated tumors in which the granular pattern was often absent or inconsistent.
(5) Many governments try to protect their tax base through national blacklists based on criteria that are often unclear and inconsistently applied.
(6) Richard now is presented, albeit somewhat inconsistently, as evil in response to social ostracism because of his ugly deformities.
(7) It was concluded that 1) late ejection was quantitatively important to LV pumping, 2) behavior during late ejection was inconsistent with E(t)-R, and 3) ad hoc modification of E(t)-R models was not likely to yield LV pumping models that could satisfactorily reproduce instantaneous P(t) and Q(t) behavior over the entire ejection period.
(8) In these conditions the changes of the phrenic activity were weak and inconsistent.
(9) The only inconsistency in the mariner gene phylogeny is in the placement of the Zaprionus mariner sequence, which clusters with mariner from Drosophila teissieri and Drosophila yakuba in the melanogaster species subgroup.
(10) Meningococcal antisera raised against LPS from MGC A, B, and C also provided good protection against endotoxemia from the homologous capsular groups, but it was inconsistent against the heterologous serogroups.
(11) Twenty-three percent employed no birth control and 27 percent used diaphragms, the majority either inconsistently or incorrectly.
(12) Physicians are urged to reject involvement in rationing as inconsistent with their role as patient advocates and to support technology assessment, fee revisions, and more stringent self regulation as ways to discourage malpractice suits.
(13) The multiple reasons for an inconsistency of the epidemiological data are discussed.
(14) A 22 year old female-to-male half-Aboriginal transsexual had been exposed to gross neglect and violence, separation and inconsistent cultural supports during childhood.
(15) An algorithm is implemented to determine the form and phase shift for inconsistent type II quadrupoles for any space group having glide or screw-axis translations which are not a consequence of lattice centering.
(16) Defence lawyers contended that Saiful's testimony about the alleged sodomy, at a Kuala Lumpur condominium in 2008, was riddled with inconsistencies and the DNA evidence mishandled by investigators.
(17) In other words, absolute levels of these brain substances were inconsistent with respect to obesity across experiments.
(18) TGF-beta 1 regulated those differentiation markers of osteoblast phenotypes, although the effects were inconsistent depending on serum concentrations.
(19) These results are inconsistent with predictions of wavelength dependence inherent in recent theories of ocular scatter.
(20) The terminology of the pericardial sinuses and recesses has been inconsistent, and the authors propose a nomenclature for standardizing the names of the recesses of the serous pericardium.