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Effluvium


Definition:

  • (a.) Subtile or invisible emanation; exhalation perceived by the sense of smell; especially, noisome or noxious exhalation; as, the effluvium from diseased or putrefying bodies, or from ill drainage.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Telogen effluvium is preceded by a severe systemic stress occurring at least two months prior to the loss of normal club hairs.
  • (2) The spectrum of loss of hair reaches from diffuse telogen effluvium up to circumscribed or diffuse alopecia on the scalp, sometimes also including other body areas.
  • (3) In two patients increased telogen effluvium was found by trichogram examination with some dystrophic hairs; in one patient only dystrophic hairs were seen, whereas, in two cases, hair loss was not present at the time of our clinical examination.
  • (4) In addition, two of the remaining 10 patients had regrowth less than 4 weeks after postsurgical telogen effluvium.
  • (5) Intraoperative unilateral occipital artery ligation, with extensive undermining to the nape of the neck on only one side, can minimize the risk of postoperative scalp necrosis or telogen effluvium.
  • (6) In two individuals there were findings compatible with a classical telogen effluvium, but these had atypical features.
  • (7) Physiologic changes include pigmentation, vascular growth, varicosities, telogen effluvium, and striae.
  • (8) The associated eruption and rapid regrowth of hair upon discontinuation of nadolol distinguish this alopecia from the telogen effluvium previously associated with other beta-blocker drugs, such as propranolol (Inderal) and metoprolol (Lopressor).
  • (9) The major types of alopecia that can be diagnosed histologically are androgenic alopecia, alopecia areata, trichotillomania, inflammatory scarring alopecias, pseudopelade, and anagen and telogen effluviums.
  • (10) The differential diagnosis of alopecia in the pediatric age group is simplified by the fact that 90% to 95% of the cases are caused by four major entities: alopecia areata, telogen effluvium, tinea capitis, and trichotillomania.
  • (11) The two cases have similarities, and most importantly, both showed an effluvium of the telogen type.
  • (12) Rigorous caloric restriction with subsequent inadequate energy supply of the hair matrix is thought to be the cause for the precipitation of the telogen effluvium of the crash dieter.
  • (13) In 70% the effluvium was telogenic, in 22% telogen-dystrophic.
  • (14) Several reports suggest that a localized effluvium of scalp hair may occur in patients with psoriasis.
  • (15) The pull test and the trichogram showed a telogen count consistent with a telogen effluvium.
  • (16) Initially side effects consisted of cheilitis and exfoliation of the skin over the palmar and plantar regions; later 50% of the patients developed an effluvium.
  • (17) Telogen effluvium is the excessive loss of normal club hairs.
  • (18) Especially important is the inference that only people with low percentages of telogen hairs are likely to exhibit areas, whereas those with androgenetic alopecia, when affected by alopecia areata, preferentially show a diffuse and delayed hair loss that has the features of Kligman's telogen effluvium (alopecia areata incognita).
  • (19) The causes of telogen effluvium are well known and easily distinguishable.
  • (20) Concerning side effects, some patients complained in particular of minor dryness of both labial and nasal mucosa and of diffuse hair effluvium.

Smelly


Definition:

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Am I suggesting, like an anti-racist Alf Garnett, that we keep out these foreign xenophobes who come here with their funny gestures, spreading their strange, smelly hatreds?
  • (2) Factor analysis yielded four indices: a) impact of disease (e.g., being a burden, loss of energy, loss of bowel control); b) sexual intimacy; c) complications of disease (e.g., developing cancer, having surgery, dying early); and d) body stigma (e.g., feeling dirty or smelly).
  • (3) It’s not as smelly as people imagine (myth number three), but it is still unpleasant, especially when the space is this confined, and one of the men tells me he reckons they are underpaid for what they do.
  • (4) Protesters of whatever variety will have taken on board the outcome of the Smellie trial.
  • (5) I had a daily urge to wave the white flag, especially after 10 smelly days without a bath.
  • (6) We prefered the method of Lövset und Veit-Smellie.
  • (7) Smellie, from the Met's territorial support group (TSG), a specialist public order unit, argued during his trial that he believed Fisher posed a threat to himself and fellow officers.
  • (8) Delroy Smellie was suspended last year after video footage was posted on YouTube showing him back-handing a protester and striking her twice on the legs with his metal baton.
  • (9) It’s a shame Blanc doesn’t have a load of old smelly chicken going cheap.
  • (10) He wasn't quite ready, though, for baked cheese, with all its smelly and delicious gooeyness.
  • (11) So you end up with two pairs of clothes and rather smelly."
  • (12) In her ruling today, the judge said she was satisfied that, faced with a protester "seeking confrontation", Smellie could not have used other options.
  • (13) Smellie, from the Met's territorial support group (TSG), was investigated after YouTube footage showed him striking Fisher with the back of his hand, then twice with a baton.
  • (14) I'm really not a germaphobe, but come on; not washing your trousers is disgusting, and not washing your trousers for five weeks when you're in a hot country, watching sport all day surrounded by smelly men, is really, really disgusting.
  • (15) You are variously described as unhygienic, smelly, scroungers, timewasters, uncommitted and the like.
  • (16) I have plenty of friends who insist that "smelly dog" stays in the cot, or that "green piggy" is only for nap time.
  • (17) Nodding to the judge after the hearing, Smellie said: "Thank you very much."
  • (18) Smellie told the court that, had he used other tactics, such as an elbow, he could have broken Fisher's bones.
  • (19) "One of them brought a speciality smelly fish from Norway into the restaurant and started eating it in front of customers.
  • (20) In a survey completed after the program, 23 nurses reported that they had less difficulty touching a smelly foot (p less than .02), that they would be less bothered by a foot with an odor (p less than .03), that they would have less difficulty touching an unsightly foot depicted in a slide (p less than .03), and that they felt less anger at patients who don't follow recommendations (p less than .03).

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