(n.) A particular stress of utterance, or force of voice, given in reading and speaking to one or more words whose signification the speaker intends to impress specially upon his audience.
(n.) A peculiar impressiveness of expression or weight of thought; vivid representation, enforcing assent; as, to dwell on a subject with great emphasis.
Example Sentences:
(1) Elderly women need to follow the same strategies as postmenopausal women with more emphasis on prevention of falls.
(2) Since the first is balked by the obstacle of deficit reduction, emphasis has turned to the second.
(3) With respect to family environment, a history of sexual abuse was associated with perceptions that families of origin had less cohesion, more conflict, less emphasis on moral-religious matters, less emphasis on achievement, and less of an orientation towards intellectual, cultural, and recreational pursuits.
(4) Many examples are given to demonstrate the applications of these programs, and special emphasis has been laid on the problem of treating a point in tissue with different doses per fraction on alternate treatment days.
(5) In this article it is outlined the medical biopsychosocial approach with particular emphasis on the family viewed as the primary health care agency.
(6) This study examines the morphology of sporadic congenital microphthalmia in 1-day-old chicks, with particular emphasis on the neural retina.
(7) The emphasis was on reintegration into the community.
(8) "Their prioritising of pensioner spending over unemployment benefits fits with a picture seen across this generational work: they care about groups they see as being in genuine need and they put particular emphasis on helping those who have contributed."
(9) Special emphasis is laid on the new or unusual clinical patterns of dystonia as well as on the latest advances in its treatment.
(10) Emphasis is placed on the use of acylases, aminopeptidases and hydantoinases.
(11) A peculiar emphasis is given to the microarchitecture and functional significance of longitudinal muscle columns as a prevalent structural component of branch pads.
(12) Primary cultures of cells derived from 13 patients with acute myelomonocytic leukemia (AMML) were studied with particular emphasis on in vitro proliferation, cell differentiation and the mode for establishment of cell lines.
(13) Emphasis is placed on the contribution of MRI to the evaluation of these major classes of disease.
(14) We support the view that catalysis by metalloenzymes may be a reflection of the chemistry of the metal ion itself as a Lewis acid, and that perhaps too much emphasis has been placed on supposed special characteristics (such as strains, "entasis") of the enzyme-metal ion association.
(15) A follow-up test determines if the person's learning has been effective, and where further emphasis may be placed.
(16) A review of the literature was undertaken with emphasis on recent clinical and therapeutic aspects of PSP.
(17) Cited studies were critically reviewed with emphasis on study size, patient sample, methods, diagnostic criteria, and reproducibility of results.
(18) Lower density foams can be used only if the impact test standards are rewritten with less emphasis on impacts with convex and pointed objects.
(19) Emphasis is placed on techniques that prevent spontaneous recanalization of the ends of the vas deferens after vasectomy.
(20) In this article the epidemiologic aspects of these diseases are discussed, with particular emphasis on exportation from their indigenous areas in Africa and on the occurrence of secondary cases.
Emphasize
Definition:
(v. t.) To utter or pronounce with a particular stress of voice; to make emphatic; as, to emphasize a word or a phrase.
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) Results in May 89 emphasizes: the relevance and urgency of the prevention of AIDS in secondary schools; the importance of the institutional aspect for the continuity of the project; the involvement of the pupils and the trainers for the processus; the feasibility of an intervention using only local resources.
(3) In light of these findings, the implications of the need to address appraisals and coping efforts in research and therapy with incest victims was emphasized.
(4) This report emphasizes that it is the increased blood flow, rather than the bone pathology per se, that determines uptake of Tc-99m DTPA in Paget's disease.
(5) The importance of prompt diagnosis of torsion is emphasized.
(6) A therapeutic approach is suggested which emphasizes specific antibiotic regimens appropriate to the primary site of infection and prompt neurosurgical intervention with evacuation of the subdural spaces bilaterally.
(7) It is of special interest because it presented as a periapical pathosis associated with a nonvital tooth and emphasizes the value of routine histopathologic examination of tissue.
(8) It is emphasized that the knowledge of the behavior and regulation of SO is incomplete and that this should be remembered when criteria for SOD are applied.
(9) This empirical fact has in recent years been increasingly dealt with in pertinent German-language literature, the discussion clearly emphasizing the demand that programmes aimed at the vocational qualification of unemployed disabled persons be provided, along with accompanying measures.
(10) These results emphasize the importance of plasma FFA levels as a correlate of glucose tolerance and suggest that the associations previously reported between obesity, regional body fat distribution, fat cell size and glucose tolerance are, at least partly, mediated by variations in plasma FFA levels.
(11) High levels of both enzymes were reached noticeably earlier during development in PCT and PST than in medullary thick ascending limb, which emphasizes metabolic heterogeneity of developing rat kidney nephron.
(12) The studies described in this report emphasize the potential importance of atrial natriuretic factor in affecting systemic and renal hemodynamics, sodium excretion and components of the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system.
(13) This report emphasizes the value of intensive investigation before surgery, since it may be impossible to identify the site of bleeding at laparotomy.
(14) Management of these patients was difficult and emphasizes the need for specialist expertise for patients with epilepsy and apparent epilepsy.
(15) The practice of community nursing was heavily emphasized, and it was endeavored to strike a balance between hospital experience and work in communities themselves.
(16) The utility of a life charting approach is emphasized in delineating past and present course of illness, considering the relevance of cycling pattern and past treatment efficacy in selection of present pharmacological interventions, and helping to formulate a multifactorial concept of the interplay of biological and psychosocial factors in the evolution or exacerbation of mood disorders.
(17) The case report serves to emphasize the need to be aggressive in the initial management of malignant bone tumours.
(18) We interpreted these results within an attributional framework that emphasizes the salience of upsetting events within a social network.
(19) The presence of gelatinosa neurons projecting to the thalamus emphasizes a point made in earlier reports, that these neurons do not form an homogeneous population.
(20) The interest of monitoring lead excretion during chelation therapy is particularly emphasized.