(n.) An interruption of a state of peace or quiet; derangement of the regular course of things; disquiet; disorder; as, a disturbance of religious exercises; a disturbance of the galvanic current.
(n.) Confusion of the mind; agitation of the feelings; perplexity; uneasiness.
(n.) Violent agitation in the body politic; public commotion; tumult.
(n.) The hindering or disquieting of a person in the lawful and peaceable enjoyment of his right; the interruption of a right; as, the disturbance of a franchise, of common, of ways, and the like.
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.
Kerfuffle
Definition:
Example Sentences:
(1) Consequently, there isn't a week that goes by without Delingpole causing some sort of kerfuffle, then running away laughing like a naughty boy who has just blown off through the headmaster's letterbox.
(2) Barton rubs Old Firm up the wrong way Joey Barton apologises ‘unreservedly’ after being sent home by Rangers Read more The phrase “Joey Barton Twitter storm” is pretty much a tautology, so it was no surprise that his decision to sign for Rangers in May had social media in a kerfuffle when his 2012 tweet – “I am a Celtic fan” – was dredged up so that it might be subject to calm and sober scrutiny from all concerned.
(3) 2.29pm GMT Bank of England plan leave economists feeling QEesy In the UK, there is something of a kerfuffle after the Bank of England announced that it will transfer tens of billions pounds accrued through its quantitative easing programme back to the UK Treasury.
(4) Through the window she gazes out at a great kerfuffle of cameras and lights as a One Show presenter is filmed abseiling off the roof.
(5) "This kerfuffle is an ad feminam attack from the boys and, of course, the odd girl, but mainly it's a boyzones attack.
(6) The Selftrade letters have caused a kerfuffle, particularly as most of the recipients aren't oligarchs and millionaires but ordinary small investors with perhaps a few thousand pounds in an Isa.
(7) As if to show that this stage is not merely a 100km+ warm-up to a frenetic sprint, a minor kerfuffle in the peloton results in two riders hitting the road.
(8) The committee has taken a quick turn round the course in the wake of the Mid Staffs hospital kerfuffle – and covers ground that colleague MPs have already trodden, for example in the health committee .
(9) Read more Meanwhile, Trump’s tweets have provided a daily source of jaw-dropping amusement for a global audience, a phenomenon that reached a peak with the kerfuffle over “covfefe”, the apparently mistyped word in an incomplete tweet that the president posted after midnight on Wednesday.
(10) The recent kerfuffle provoked by the film of the off-duty fireman chucking the alleged fair dodger off the train in Scotland has opened an interesting debate about this issue.
(11) He's in there, as you might imagine, kerfuffling around with some beverages, jugs and glasses all lined up on his boardroom table like a middle-management conference at the South Mimms Novotel.
(12) Pannun and Whittington’s alliance may cause a public kerfuffle in New York or Washington as they try to get the lawsuit papers served on Modi.
(13) Also responsible for two of the broadcaster’s biggest hits of 2014, The Jump and The Island with Bear Grylls (not without a rumpus of its own), Humphreys can expect another kerfuffle with Sex in Class, in which Belgian sex therapist Goedele Liekens takes her campaign to establish a GCSE in sex education into the homes and schools of Britain.
(14) Marr's amusement turned to surprise when Morrissey joined in the kerfuffle, issuing a statement supporting his ex-bandmate 's tweet about Cameron.
(15) There was a minor kerfuffle a few weeks ago when the Daily Mail website overtook the New York Times to become the most popular news site in the world .
(16) Therefore, Kevin Rudd could win by a slim majority and all the leadership kerfuffle would end.
(17) As you may have noticed, there was a bit of a kerfuffle last week involving this newspaper, the House of Commons, the oil-trading company Trafigura , law firm Carter-Ruck, Private Eye, toxic waste, Twitter, and a mysterious alien entity known as a "super-injunction".
(18) 27 min: Sneijder cops a booking do, for his part in the kerfuffle that followed the high kick.
(19) When you look at Paris as an expression of global will, a final piece of evidence for business about where the world is heading, a turbo-charge for investment decisions that are already starting, then the whole kerfuffle about the 1.5C target also makes sense.
(20) This kerfuffle could have been avoided if the parties involved would have done more to control their imaginations".