(v. t.) To eat into or away; to corrode; as, canker erodes the flesh.
Example Sentences:
(1) Dietary factors affect intestinal P450s markedly--iron restriction rapidly decreased intestinal P450 to beneath detectable values; selenium deficiency acted similarly but was less effective; Brussels sprouts increased intestinal AHH activity 9.8-fold, ECOD activity 3.2-fold, and P450 1.9-fold; fried meat and dietary fat significantly increased intestinal EROD activity; a vitamin A-deficient diet increased, and a vitamin A-rich diet decreased intestinal P450 activities; and excess cholesterol in the diet increased intestinal P450 activity.
(2) The inner table of the skull over the lesion was eroded.
(3) Trabecular bone volume, osteoid amount, and eroded surfaces were measured.
(4) An equal increase in the number of eroded joints in hands and toes was seen in the penicillamine and the gold group.
(5) Whereas a simple tympanoplasty could cure a localized pearl, typically anterosuperior in the mesotympanum, the stapes is fast eroded (7 cases) if progression goes on.
(6) The eroded and now enlarged lacunar surfaces were lined by newly formed bone and osteoblasts.
(7) Treatment with I3C resulted in a 3-fold increase in ethoxyresorufine-O-deethylase (Erod) activity and a 2-fold increase in ethoxycoumarine-O-deethylase (Etco) activity.
(8) Enlargement in an adjacent conjugating foramen forms a tumour which may narrow the spinal canal (1 case diagnosed by CAT) or erode the vertebral body, so compromising the spinal support.
(9) October 23, 2013 And on unemployment: The recent reduction in the unemployment rate [to 7.7%] indicated that slack in the economy was, as anticipated, being eroded as activity picked up.
(10) But surely all this short-form writing is eroding literacy?
(11) For me, this is what needs to change - we need a cultural shift in our attitudes and behaviours and that needs to see all of us standing up and calling out harassment and misogyny, whether it is in the street or the workplace, to erode that normalisation that makes perpetrators feel safe doing it again and again.
(12) Chromatographic fractionation of the RXM indicated that there exist at least four different 13C acid-condensation products in the RXM with the ability to induce EROD.
(13) And indeed, Tony Abbott’s new pension plan, to save $2.4bn over two years and an undisclosed sum beyond that by reversing a Howard government decision that allowed quite wealthy retirees to claim a part-pension, is much fairer than last year’s plan to erode the value of all pensions over time.
(14) In the austerity programme that followed the financial crisis, state support for those at the bottom of society has been eroded.
(15) How about the executive chairman of the company whose software has been crucial in eroding the Canadian company's position in the consumer market?
(16) Backed by the British government, it was controversial among many campaigners in the UK and Europe , because it was seen a template for how multinational businesses wish to erode national regulations in favour of a more unfettered market access.
(17) An unusual post-coarctation mycotic aortic aneurysm that had eroded into the left main stem bronchus was identified and replaced with a Dacron graft.
(18) On the contrary, inactive joints by repeated scanning never eroded.
(19) At operation, the tumour was found to have eroded the stapes.
(20) As low interest rates erode the value of people's hard-earned savings, I would also like to see the chancellor allowing higher ISA limits, so that at least any meagre interest people do earn on their savings will not be taxed as well.
Recede
Definition:
(v. i.) To move back; to retreat; to withdraw.
(v. i.) To withdraw a claim or pretension; to desist; to relinquish what had been proposed or asserted; as, to recede from a demand or proposition.
(v. i.) To cede back; to grant or yield again to a former possessor; as, to recede conquered territory.
Example Sentences:
(1) Whereas the abdominal pain subsided rapidly under oxygen therapy and liquid nourishment, the radiological changes receded gradually.
(2) If the role of surgery has receded somewhat in other areas of gynaecological cancer, the reverse would seem to be true in ovarian cancer.
(3) Here's the details: • EU COMMISSION FORECASTS FRENCH DEFICIT AT 4.1% OF GDP IN 2013, 3.8% IN 2014, 3.7% IN 2015 • EU COMMISSION FORECASTS ITALIAN DEFICIT AT 3.0% OF GDP IN 2013, 2.7% IN 2014, 2.5% IN 2015 • EU COMMISSION FORECASTS SPANISH DEFICIT AT 6.8% OF GDP IN 2013, 5.9% IN 2014, 6.6% IN 2015 • EU COMMISSION FORECASTS GREEK DEFICIT AT 13.5% OF GDP IN 2013, 2.0% IN 2014, 1.1% IN 2015 • EU COMMISSION FORECASTS PORTUGUESE DEFICIT AT 5.9% OF GDP IN 2013, 4.0% IN 2014, 2.5% IN 2015 • EU COMMISSION FORECASTS CYPRUS DEFICIT AT 8.3% OF GDP IN 2013, 8.4% IN 2014, 6.3% IN 2015 Sony Kapoor of the ReDefine thinktank tweets that the forecasts show that European leaders should not be talking about the crisis being over, even though the risk of the euro breaking up has receded.
(4) Attacks provoked by glyceryl trinitrate appeared to begin when the vasodilatory effect of this substance was receding.
(5) Now is the time to help our neighbours in distress, listen to their stories, and remember them when the floodwaters recede.
(6) It’s time for governments, business and people the world over to respond and the most obvious place to start is by calling a halt to Shell’s reckless search for Arctic oil.” NSIDC is yet to provide a full analysis of this year’s melt, noting that there is a chance that changing wind patterns or low season melt could see the ice recede further.
(7) However, tuberculosis has not receded uniformly among all segments of the population.
(8) Increased activity persists in the high density lipoproteins after the lipemia recedes.
(9) We are up against a very strong king tide so some of the floodwater will take time to recede.” New Zealand prime minister Bill English addressed the situation on social media on Saturday.
(10) Over the decades, the Mauna Loa readings, made famous in Al Gore's documentary An Inconvenient Truth, show the CO2 level rising and falling each year as foliage across the northern hemisphere blooms in spring and recedes in autumn.
(11) During the further course of treatment the symptoms receded under heparin and phenprocoumon over a period of 8 months, except for hemiparesis on the left side especially affecting the arm.
(12) His pencil or pastel notes, readjusts, notes again with more emphasis the advancing or receding edge of a continually moving body.
(13) These glaciers are receding world-wide, in the Himalayas, Andes and Rocky Mountains.
(14) These are reciprocal schemes which in turn become progressively anonymous as they recede away from the face to face situation.
(15) The sensomotoric and speech symptoms receded only slightly.
(16) Lung function normalised during this treatment course, radiological findings and antibody titres receded.
(17) The concept of a regional solution has gradually receded further into the background.
(18) The chorea receded and disappeared as the patient became euthyroid.
(19) Addressing concerns over her health, Clinton told 60 Minutes that she still had some lingering effects from the concussion that led to her blood clot, but that the doctors had told her that they would recede.
(20) Responses including a cellular infiltrate in the anterior chamber, protein extravasation, and iris vessel dilatation became evident within six hours, peaked at 24 hours, and began to recede by 48 to 72 hours after the injection.