(adv.) In a dramatic manner; theatrically; vividly.
Example Sentences:
(1) Direct fetal digitalization led to a reduction in umbilical artery resistance, a decline in the abdominal circumference from 20.3 to 17.8 cm, and resolution of the ascites within 72 h. Despite this dramatic response to therapy, fetal death occurred on day 5 of treatment.
(2) Hepatic enzyme elevations were more dramatic after blunt trauma, reflecting greater hepatocellular disruption.
(3) Defibrotide prevents the dramatic fall of creatine phosphokinase activity in the ischemic ventricle: metabolic changes which reflect changes in the cells affected by prolonged ischemia.
(4) This transient paresis was accompanied by a dramatic fall in the MFCV concomitant with a shift of the power spectrum to the lower frequencies.
(5) The 21K peptide had little direct effect on the selection of promoters in vitro as measured by this technique, but it dramatically increased the translatability of the product.
(6) Electrical stimulation of afferent pathways at intensities just below threshold for eliciting action potentials resulted in a dramatic decrease in JSCP threshold.
(7) Guardian Australia reported last week that morale at the national laboratory had fallen dramatically, with one in three staff “seriously considering” leaving their jobs in the wake of the cuts.
(8) Although statistical analysis did not show dramatic changes in all these parameters, some individual extreme values were substantially altered.
(9) The most striking feature of some industrialized countries is a dramatic reduction of the prevalence of dental caries among school-aged children.
(10) Galactosylsphingosine had already accumulated at birth and dramatically increased with age.
(11) Jack Straw, foreign secretary at the time of the Iraq war, took a less dramatic view.
(12) The Vc was dramatically increased in the qk, slightly decreased in the shi, and close to control in the mld.
(13) Injection of carbachol into the AV3V produced the expected natriuresis, which was accompanied within 20 min by a dramatic rise in the plasma ANP concentration and a rise in ANP content in the medial basal hypothalamus, the neurohypophysis, and particularly the anterior hypophysis but without alterations in the content of ANP in the lungs or the right or left atrium.
(14) A course of corticosteroid therapy resulted in dramatic, sustained, clinical and electromyographic improvement, normalization of CSF IgG synthesis rate, and disappearance of the oligoclonal bands.
(15) The dramatic nationwide increase of primary and secondary syphilis in women has precipitated a dramatic rise in congenital syphilis.
(16) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Nick Clegg and the Liberal Democrats have suffered a dramatic slump in support as a result of their role in the coalition and are now barely ahead of the Greens with an average rating of about 8% in the polls.
(17) Radioimmunoassay measurements of prostaglandins (PGs) E2, F2 alpha, 6-keto-PGF1 alpha and thromboxane (Tx) B2 in 24 h urine specimens from a male and a female healthy volunteer on several consecutive days revealed a dramatic increase of PGE2, PGF2 alpha, 6-keto-PGF1 alpha on days, upon which they had sexual intercourse; only TxB2 remained stable.
(18) We show how this model would explain the perinatal or infantile onset of the disease, the variability of the rate of evolution between the different SMA forms, and the fact that motoneuron loss is much more dramatic in SMA than in even advanced cases of myopathy.
(19) The poll – which sets the stage for a tense and dramatic run to referendum day – suggests that, among the undecideds, more are inclined to vote Remain than Leave.
(20) Its complete removal results in dramatic relief of proptosis.
Sharply
Definition:
(adv.) In a sharp manner,; keenly; acutely.
Example Sentences:
(1) Other haematological parameters remained normal, with the exception of the absolute number of lymphocytes, which initially fell sharply but soon returned to, and even exceeded, control levels.
(2) The overall incidence in patients over 50 years of age was 8.5%; it was more than twice as high in women (11.5%) as in men (4.5%) and rose sharply with age.
(3) The use of functional test with the ACTH administration demonstrated organic affection of the CNS to sharply aggravate the weakening and even the exhaustion of the functional reserves of the glomerular and the reticular zones of the adrenal cortex developing during thyrotoxicosis, and also the reserve possibilities of the sympathico-adrenal system.
(4) Mendl's candy colours contrast sharply with the gothic garb of our hero's enemies and the greys of the prison uniforms – as well as scenes showing the hotel later, in the 1960s, its opulence lost beneath a drab communist refurb.
(5) Polls indicated that anger over the government shutdown, which was sharply felt in parts of northern Virginia, as well as discomfort with Cuccinelli's deeply conservative views, handed the race to McAuliffe, a controversial Democratic fundraiser and close ally of Bill and Hillary Clinton.
(6) Computed tomography (CT) is the most sensitive radiologic study for detecting these tumors, which usually are small, round, sharply marginated, and of homogeneous soft tissue density.
(7) Infection level increased sharply in the age-group 6-10 years old among people residing far from the rivers.
(8) This contrasts sharply with the reduction in both the frequency and surface area of sensory neuron active zones that accompanies long-term habituation, and suggests that modulation of active zone number and size may be an anatomical correlate that lies in the long-term domain.
(9) This contrasted sharply with the markedly increased occurrences of anatomic abnormalities in these body regions of the sirenomelia and VATER patients.
(10) These findings contrast sharply with those of a similar study performed between 1969 and 1974.
(11) Apoptosis is a physiological mode of death where the dying cell plays an active part in its own demise, which contrasts sharply with what is seen in necrosis.
(12) Now, the position of King and Rosewell is essentially that, in the absence of the deficit reduction programme, the financial markets would lose confidence in Britain and interest rates on government debt would rise sharply.
(13) The competition comes a month after the Spanish government put forward legislation that aims to sharply limit women's access to abortion across the country.
(14) And the number has risen sharply since 1980, with nearly 1 billion people added to the ranks of the poor over the past 35 years.
(15) Under conditions of disturbed blood supply, irrespective of the method of anastomosing, the trophicity of tissues in the zone of suture is sharply disturbed.
(16) Examination of other potential inhibitors revealed a rank order of potency against calpain to be: peptidyl sulphonium methyl ketones > fluoromethyl ketones, diazomethyl ketones >> acyloxymethyl ketones, an order which differs sharply from that found for cathespin B.
(17) The treatment of hemangiomas with X-rays has been sharply criticized because of their tendency to involute spontaneously.
(18) In short – in the absence of a policy response – economic growth will slow sharply in the months ahead.
(19) In zero Ca2(+)-EGTA Ringer solution, the low residual MEPP frequency is independent of terminal length, even when MPP frequency is sharply increased by tetanic stimulation.
(20) The intracellular level of AdoHcy decreased sharply after the beginning of starvation reaching a value of 18% of that in vegative cells within 4 h. In contrast, there was a two-fold transient increase in AdoMet at the time of aggregation.