(a.) Selecting; choosing (what is true or excellent in doctrines, opinions, etc.) from various sources or systems; as, an eclectic philosopher.
(a.) Consisting, or made up, of what is chosen or selected; as, an eclectic method; an eclectic magazine.
(n.) One who follows an eclectic method.
Example Sentences:
(1) The author uses an eclectic theoretical frame of reference which includes some elements of psychodynamic, object relations, and structural and strategic family therapy theory.
(2) More recently, Echinacea angustifolia - a wildflower native to North America and related to the daisy - was studied in depth by the Eclectics, a group of American medical herbalists practising from the 1850s to the 1930s.
(3) His eclectic approach to songwriting means he may not produce music that is typically Bahian or even Brazilian, but alongside the likes of Argentina's Juana Molina and Colombia's Bomba Estereo , he's redefining 21st-century Latin music.
(4) A successful PACS (Picture Archiving and Communications System) implementation requires an eclectic integration of a number of key technologies.
(5) The strategy is based on an eclectic conceptual framework and reflects the progressional nature of the attachment process.
(6) His best collaborators and students, such as Joyce Molyneux, late of the Carved Angel in Dartmouth, and Stephen Markwick, also late of Markwick's in Bristol, first reproduced his style, then refreshed it with their own imaginations, and the eclectic style of cooking associated with the 1980s.
(7) Lisa and Brian converted the old wooden schoolhouse six years ago and the design is bright and eclectic, think retro school desks, a funky red kitchen, a clear geodesic dome in the garden for stargazing and chill-out time and a giant chess set on the lawn.
(8) It captures the fact that the eclectic and inventive Adams - who cut his compositional teeth as a member of the minimalist school in the 1970s and 1980s, and then moved on into less strict forms of tonal music - is almost certainly America's most widely performed contemporary composer.
(9) They found two clusters of prospective child psychiatrists: one psychoanalytically oriented and the other eclectically oriented.
(10) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Share Share this post Facebook Twitter Pinterest close GGGGGGG-Unit 3.20pm BST Tuesday tune injection part 2 We're nothing if not eclectic today.
(11) We have gone from an eclectic program to a systematic behavior modification program.
(12) Curative treatment is essentially symptom oriented, while the prevention of such complications demands, in addition to close supervision of patients under this medication, particularly strict eclectism in the selection of indications for its administration.
(13) Diana Nagy, a singer from San Francisco, shouted to an eclectic audience of bikers, veterans, pensioners and others.
(14) It was led by an SNP member but, contrary to expectations, the other volunteers were an eclectic mix: a Green, two Labour supporters and a former Liberal Democrat.
(15) After a cross-comparison arguments are given why there is still a need for a more problem- and patient-oriented, eclectic and limited psychotherapy.
(16) An eclectic set of concepts form the third construct in the framework presented here.
(17) Joe’s Garage , a tiny eclectic record and bookshop on Westbourne Road, is a place to meet random characters and to flip through vinyls.
(18) From a sapphire and diamond brooch to a humble bag of salt, the Queen picked up an eclectic haul of official gifts during the year she became Britain’s longest-reigning monarch.
(19) I don’t want a peerage, and I don’t want a job in government.” Davis calls himself an “eclectic” politician.
(20) The third independent variable was psychologists' theoretical orientation (psychodynamic, behavioral, or eclectic).
Selective
Definition:
(a.) Selecting; tending to select.
Example Sentences:
(1) This selective review emphasizes advances in neurochemistry which provide a context for current and future research on neurological and psychiatric disorders encountered in clinical practice.
(2) The ability of azelastine to influence antigen-induced contractile responses (Schultz-Dale phenomenon) in isolated tracheal segments of the guinea-pig was investigated and compared with selected antiallergic drugs and inhibitors of arachidonic acid metabolism.
(3) Together these results suggest that IVC may operate as a selective activator of calpain both in the cytosol and at the membrane level; in the latter case in synergism with the activation induced by association of the proteinase to the cell membrane.
(4) Recently, the validity of the American Thoracic Society (ATS) standards for selection of spirometric test results has been questioned based on the finding of inverse dependence of FEV1 on effort.
(5) This death is also dependent on the presence of chloride and is prevented with the non-selective EAA antagonist, kynurenic acid, but is not prevented by QA.
(6) Microionophoretically applied excitatory amino acids induced firing of extracellularly recorded single units in a tissue slice preparation of the mouse cochlear nucleus, and the similarly applied antagonist 2-amino-5-phosphonovalerate (2APV) was demonstrated to be a selective N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor antagonist.
(7) Immunocytochemistry was used to visualize cytoskeletal structures and to assay selective disruption of neurofilaments by acrylamide.
(8) On removal of selective pressure, the His+ phenotype was lost more readily than the Ura+ Trp+ markers, with a corresponding decrease in plasmid copy number.
(9) Thus, saponin and ammonium chloride can be used to isolate whole infected erythrocytes, depleted of hemoglobin, by selective disruption of uninfected cells.
(10) Rapid overgrowth of all cultures with the E. coli necessitated the use of selective media containing antimicrobial agents to which the E. coli was sensitive.
(11) These effects are similar to those reported for AVP and phorbol esters, activators of protein kinase C. Forskolin and isoproterenol, which induce cAMP accumulation, activated extractable topoisomerase II (maximum 5-15 min after treatment), but not topoisomerase I. Permeable cyclic nucleotide analogs dBcAMP and 8BrcGMP selectively activated extractable topoisomerase II and topoisomerase I activities, respectively.
(12) Breast reconstruction should not be limited to the requiring patients, but should represent, in selected cases with favourable prognosis, an integrative and complementary procedure of the treatment.
(13) A simple method of selective catheterization of the superficial femoral artery (SFA) following antegrade puncture of the common femoral artery is described.
(14) These patients had undergone selective and bilateral simultaneous IPS sampling for diagnostic purposes or for neurosurgical indications.
(15) A sensitive, selective and easy to use high-performance liquid chromatographic method for the determination of cicletanide, a new diuretic, in plasma, red blood cells, urine and saliva is described.
(16) Selective removal of endothelium had no effect on BK-induced contraction or the action of the antagonists.
(17) Aside from these characteristic findings of HCC, it was important to reveal the following features for the diagnosis of well differentiated type of small HCC: variable thickening or distortion of trabecular structure in association with nuclear crowding, acinar formation, selective cytoplasmic accumulation of Mallory bodies, nuclear abnormalities consisting of thickening of nucleolus, hepatic cords in close contact with bile ducts or blood vessels, and hepatocytes growing in a fibrous environment.
(18) When irradiated circular DNA, previously nicked by T4 endonuclease V, is briefly exposed to elevated temperature, the DAN becomes susceptible to the action of exonuclease V, and pyrimidine dimers are selectively released.
(19) Project grants to selected State and local agencies amounted to about $.8 billion.
(20) These results provide evidence that trait selection can change gonadotrophin receptor concentration and the dynamics of hormone secretion during the oestrous cycle of the mouse.