(v. t.) To throw into disorder or confusion; to derange; to interrupt the settled state of; to excite from a state of rest.
(v. t.) To agitate the mind of; to deprive of tranquillity; to disquiet; to render uneasy; as, a person is disturbed by receiving an insult, or his mind is disturbed by envy.
(v. t.) To turn from a regular or designed course.
(n.) Disturbance.
Example Sentences:
(1) Subsequently, the study of bundle branch block and A-V block cases revealed that no explicit correlation existed between histopathological changes and functional disturbances nor between disturbances in conduction (i.e.
(2) The judge, Mr Justice John Royce, told George she was "cold" and "calculating", as further disturbing details of her relationship with the co-accused, Colin Blanchard and Angela Allen, emerged.
(3) For assessment of clinical status, investigators must rely on the use of standardized instruments for patient self-reporting of fatigue, mood disturbance, functional status, sleep disorder, global well-being, and pain.
(4) More disturbing than his ideas was Malema's style and tone.
(5) There was no correlation between disturbed gastric clearance, impaired gall bladder contraction, and prolonged colonic transit time in the patients with cardiovascular autonomic neuropathy nor was there a correlation between any disturbed motor function and age or duration of diabetes.
(6) Knapman concluded that the 40-year-old designer, whose full name was Lee Alexander McQueen, "killed himself while the balance of his mind was disturbed".
(7) Of great influence on the results of measurements are preparation and registration (warm-up-time, amplification, closeness of pressure-system, unhurt catheters), factors relating to equipment and methods (air-bubbles in pressure-system, damping by filters, continuous infusion of the micro-catheter, level of zero-pressure), factors which occur during intravital measurement (pressure-drop along the arteria pulmonalis, influence of normal breathing, great intrapleural pressure changes, pressure damping in the catheter by thrombosis and external disturbances) and last not least positive and negative acceleration forces, which influence the diastolic and systolic pulmonary artery pressure.
(8) Only one part of the theory of Alajouanine and colleagues has been confirmed by our experiments for our results have shown that there is a very close correlation between semantic paraphasias and disorders of semantic differentiation whilst no correlation can be found between phonemic paraphasias and disturbances in auditory phonemic discrimination.
(9) This method avoids disturbance of the cellular metabolism.
(10) This study provides strong and unexpected evidence that one admission to hospital of more than a week's duration or repeated admissions before the age of five years (in particular between six months and four years) are associated with an increased risk of behaviour disturbance and poor reading in adolescence.
(11) This quantitative characterization of the properties of conduction and refractoriness of both the accessory pathway and ventriculoatrial conduction system and the relation between these characteristics and the accessory pathway location in ART patients provides additional insight into the prerequisites for the initiation and maintenance of this rhythm disturbance.
(12) A 68-year-old male was hospitalized because of headache, nausea, and disturbance of consciousness.
(13) Bereaved individuals were significantly more likely to report heightened dysphoria, dissatisfaction, and somatic disturbances typical of depression, even when variations in age, sex, number of years married, and educational and occupational status were taken into account.
(14) Although not common, the disorder is the most frequently diagnosed disturbance of porphyrin metabolism in many countries, and further insight into its unusual pathogenesis may clarify the hepatotoxic effects of the 4 etiologic agents.
(15) Dysplasia epiphysealis hemimelica - an epiphyseal developmental disturbance of the skeleton - is combined with exostose-like, tumor-simulating cartilaginous hypertrophy of bone tissue, mainly located at the epiphyses of the lower extremities and at the tarsal bones.
(16) Following an encephalopathic illness, a 13-year-old Chinese boy had a partial form of Klüver-Bucy syndrome with emotional disturbance, recent memory loss, hypersexuality, and polyphagia.
(17) Moreover, complete absence of rhythm disturbances right up to the beginning of cardiac arrest was as frequent in the patient groups as in the control series (around 20%).
(18) In short term clinical studies, the beneficial effects of transdermal estradiol on plasma gonadotrophins, maturation of the vaginal epithelium, metabolic parameters of bone resorption and menopausal symptoms (hot flushes, sleep disturbance, genitourinary discomfort and mood alteration) appear to be comparable to those of oral and subcutaneous estrogens, while the undesirable effects of oral estrogens on hepatic metabolism are avoided.
(19) That is why in the patients with disturbances it is necessary to carry out adequate conservative therapy directed at improvement of the metabolism of the neuromuscular structures both before the operation and during the postoperative period, e.g.
(20) Then, all had eye movements disturbances and ataxia.
Molest
Definition:
(v. t.) To trouble; to disturb; to render uneasy; to interfere with; to vex.
(n.) Molestation.
Example Sentences:
(1) This article describes a mini-unit to help teachers prevent molestation of elementary school children.
(2) "If everyone on Newsnight knew it was true that Savile was a paedophile, it should not have run a tribute to someone who was molesting girls in wheelchairs before they went on to Top of the Pops .
(3) Forty male and 40 female crisis center clients, evenly divided in terms of molestation history, were examined for possible long-term sequelae of sexual abuse.
(4) The ranges and means of the plasma testosterone level for the rapist and child molester controls were within normal limits.
(5) Sandusky was tried and convicted in 2012 of molesting 10 boys and was sentenced to 30 to 60 years in prison.
(6) The move was made as pressure mounted on prosecutors to investigate alleged child molestation.
(7) The two groups of women reported similar sexual experiences at similar ages, except that significantly more women with somatization disorder had been molested as children.
(8) The chaddi [underwear] symbolises vulgarity, something Muthalik's men indulged in when they molested the girls in Mangalore, and pink adds shock value.
(9) Two-thirds of a sample of 535 young women from the state of Washington who became pregnant as adolescents had been sexually abused: Fifty-five percent had been molested, 42 percent had been victims of attempted rape and 44 percent had been raped.
(10) I thought at the time he was a relative and then he started kissing her and running his hands up and down her arms and then started to molest here and there wasn't a think I could do about it because I was laid on my back," she told BBC News.
(11) Donald Etra, Rihanna's attorney, has said he didn't think the strict rules were necessary, but that he and Rihanna favoured a less-stringent ruling that simply ordered Brown not to annoy, harass or molest the 21-year-old pop singer.
(12) Further analysis linked molestation history to suicidality, substance abuse, sexual difficulties, multiple psychiatric diagnoses, and axis II traits or disorders--especially borderline personality.
(13) Doctor Brown In 2011, the American Phil Burgers (AKA bearded silent comic Doctor Brown) performed the funniest comedy show on the fringe : a sexy, stoner clown show that delighted, intrigued and molested its audience.
(14) When Dunham’s own memoir, Not That Kind of Girl: A Young Woman Tells You What She’s “Learned” , was published this autumn, it was Gould who defended her (on Salon.com ) from rabid right-wing critics who characterised Dunham as a child molester for confessing to peeking at her sister’s vagina when she was seven.
(15) Kristof says Allen should be presumed innocent, but then says: When evidence is ambiguous, do we really need to leap to our feet and lionize an alleged molester?
(16) Being taught to hate your father and made to believe he molested you has already taken a psychological toll on this lovely young woman, and Soon-Yi [Allen’s wife] and I are both hoping that one day she will understand who has really made her a victim and reconnect with us.” The 2,000-word column, which Allen, 78, vowed would be his “final word” on the subject, was published on Friday in response to an open letter from Dylan a week earlier in which she repeated the longstanding accusations against her father .
(17) Both groups experienced the molestation as highly traumatic.
(18) In 2006, two adult men publicly accused Kolko of molesting them as children, one in the late 1960s, another in the mid 1980s.
(19) Thornton was recovering from an operation herself when she said she saw Savile "kissing her neck, running his hands up and down her arms, and then started to molest her".
(20) The experts concluded there was no credible evidence of molestation; that Dylan Farrow had an inability to distinguish between fantasy and reality; and that Dylan Farrow had likely been coached by her mother, Mia Farrow.