(v. t.) To deal out in portions; to distribute; to give; as, the steward dispenses provisions according directions; Nature dispenses her bounties; to dispense medicines.
(v. t.) To apply, as laws to particular cases; to administer; to execute; to manage; to direct.
(v. t.) To pay for; to atone for.
(v. t.) To exempt; to excuse; to absolve; -- with from.
(v. i.) To compensate; to make up; to make amends.
(v. i.) To give dispensation.
(v. t.) Dispensation; exemption.
(n.) Expense; profusion; outlay.
Example Sentences:
(1) With the flat-fee system, drug charges are not recorded when the drug is dispensed by the pharmacy; data for charging doses are obtained directly from the MAR forms generated by the nursing staff.
(2) The surgical procedure, using a dispensable tendon, could be directly associated to the sutures of the proximal injuries of the cubital nerve as a temporary palliative.
(3) Thus, phosphorylation and the 25 carboxy-terminal amino acids appear to be dispensable for protein function.
(4) Those behind it have once again taken the law into their own hands and dispensed a vile form of rough justice.
(5) He was greeted in Kyoto by Abe, with the men dispensing with the formal handshake that starts most head of governments' greetings in favour of a full body hug.
(6) Because contact lenses present a management problem, this method of dispensation will be used only for selected cases.
(7) I have no experience of an actual car club, but I don't see how you can lose by dispensing with it, unless you live somewhere with very poor public transport.
(8) Thus the private sector, which is far from being saturated, has sufficient knowledge available and dispenses care ethically in agreement with institutional recommendations.
(9) A rapid gas chromatographic method has been developed which dispenses with separation operations and measures oxalic acid as a diethylester by means of back-flushing, and using malonic acid as an internal standard.
(10) These two genetic elements are separated by approximately 3,000 bp of R6K sequences which are dispensable for alpha origin activity.
(11) These data suggest that RAP1 is a central regulator of both telomere and chromosome stability and define a C-terminal domain that, while dispensable for viability, is required for these telomeric functions.
(12) There were no differences in the number of voids in the automixed material dispensed using the intra-oral tip or impression syringe.
(13) Regarding the latter problem, a revised method which dispenses with recording paper is under consideration.
(14) Deletion analysis of the LTR indicates that upstream promoter and enhancer elements are dispensible for trans-activation, while sequences 3' of the RNA start site displaying strict orientation and position dependence are required.
(15) Other "speech" regions in the left hemisphere appeared to be dispensable for the production of single oral movements, whether these were verbal or nonverbal movements.
(16) Duodenal flows of total, indispensible and dispensible amino acids were increased (P less than .05) when steers were fed SBM treatments compared with UC, and greater (P less than .05) when steers were fed ET compared with NT.
(17) Oral and rectal dispension of large quantities of the lethal factor does not induce toxic symptoms in rodents.
(18) I don't know much about gardening, but barstool footcare advice I can dispense.
(19) The time and paperwork involved in dispensing by a physician cannot be considered as minimal interruptions in normal office procedure.
(20) It also examined the needs of dispensers of care and relatives (whether mourning or not) of these persons.
Ethical
Definition:
(a.) Of, or belonging to, morals; treating of the moral feelings or duties; containing percepts of morality; moral; as, ethic discourses or epistles; an ethical system; ethical philosophy.
Example Sentences:
(1) A reduction in neonatal deaths from this cause might be expected if facilities for antenatal diagnosis and termination of pregnancy were made available, although this raises grave ethical problems.
(2) Dilemmas of trust, confidentiality, and professional competence highlight the limits of professional ethical codes.
(3) Although individual IRB chairpersons and oncology investigators may have important differences of opinion concerning the ethics of phase I trials, these disagreements do not represent a widespread area of ethical conflict in clinical research.
(4) In view of many ethical and legal problems, connected in some countries with obtaining human fetal tissue for transplantation, cross-species transplants would be an attractive alternative.
(5) However, civil society groups have raised concerns about the ethics of providing ‘climate loans’ which increase the country’s debt burden.
(6) But she says she is totally convinced that, as a public broadcaster, RAI has an ethical responsibility to start showing women in a more realistic light.
(7) Ethical, legal, and practical implications of this problem are discussed.
(8) Given the liberalist context in which we live, this paper argues that an act-oriented ethics is inadequate and that only a virtue-oriented ethics enables us to recognize and resolve the new problems ahead of us in genetic manipulation.
(9) Several recommendations, based upon the results of this survey study, the existing literature relevant to the ethical responsibilities of investigators who conduct research with children, and our own experiences with these instruments and populations, are made to assist researchers in their attempts to use these inventories in an ethical manner.
(10) Chapter three consists of the methodology: sample, setting, design, data analysis methods, and ethical concerns.
(11) when a family is in conflict often creates a serious ethical dilemma for the family physician.
(12) It seeks to acquaint them with 'ethical' arguments against their work which, because they are simple and plausible, persuade many people.
(13) Pioneers (41% of Britons) are global, networked, like innovation and believe in the importance of ethics.
(14) The question of ethics inevitably arises, and should be considered before a concrete situation arises which leaves no time for reflection.
(15) Respondents did not deal with the simulated ethical problems in a uniform manner and often tended to respond more to specific details of a case rather than the overall ethical dilemma posed.
(16) The establishment of an ethical watchdog group to monitor biomedical research was a major recommendation in the preliminary report of the National Commission for the Protection of Human Subjects of Biomedical and Behavioral Research.
(17) Justice Hiley later suggested the conduct required by a doctor outside of his profession, as Chapman was describing it, was perhaps a “broad generality” and not specific enough “to create an ethical obligation.” “It’s no broader than the Hippocratic oath,” Chapman said in her reply.
(18) Because many of these issues are unresolved, it is important for health professionals to be aware of current professional standards and guidelines, as well as to consult with the hospital's attorney or risk manager when confronted with a legal or ethical dilemma.
(19) Abbott's comments on Wednesday morning followed a pledge from Yudhoyono on Tuesday night to restore normal bilateral relations if Australia signed up to a new code of ethics on intelligence sharing.
(20) Although Menzies, et al., report that survival rates are higher than previously expected and that in most cases the children's and parents' lives appear not to be excessively burdensome, the Working Group contends that there "continues to be ethical justification for selective treatment" of such newborns.