(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.
Replenish
Definition:
(v. t.) To fill again after having been diminished or emptied; to stock anew; hence, to fill completely; to cause to abound.
(v. t.) To finish; to complete; to perfect.
(v. i.) To recover former fullness.
Example Sentences:
(1) That suggests they are being replenished by sulphur dioxide, most probably from volcanoes.
(2) The dietary components are utilized to replenish and augment glycogen and fat stores in the body.
(3) From these findings we conclude that the recycling of internalized Fc receptors greatly contribute to the replenishment of receptors on the cell surface.
(4) After administration of oestradiol-17beta to intact mature and immature rats, a decrease in the testicular concentration of specific oestradiol-binding sites was observed within 1 h. The binding capacity was replenished starting about 3 h after oestradiol administration and after 5 h the oestrogen receptor level had returned to control values.
(5) The management of hypernatremic dehydration begins with a replenishment phase if neither shock nor apparent anuria is present.
(6) N-acetylcysteine is assumed to reverse nitrate tolerance by replenishing depleted intracellular sulfhydryl groups, but data on interactions of N-acetylcysteine and nitrates in patients with stable angina are controversial and disappointing.
(7) Thus, while in intact hosts most of the transferred peritoneal LPSr cells decayed with time, following transfer into X-irradiated recipients the same cells were able to expand and replenish the lymphoid tissues of the host.
(8) Re-exposure to PSS completely replenished the NE-releasable store in 10 minutes.
(9) Stimulated inositolphospholipid turnover has been proposed to be initiated and sustained by hydrolysis of phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate [PtdIns(4,5)P2], which may be replenished by an enhanced flux of phosphatidylinositol (PtdIns) to PtdIns 4-phosphate (PtdIns4P) to PtdIns(4,5)P2.
(10) Thus, it seems that stimuli which evoke LHRH release also increase LHRH mRNA transcription to replenish the hormone released during the LH surge.
(11) The officials boarded a helicopter to watch the USS William P Lawrence replenish its tanks with the blend of biofuel, which is made from beef fat from midwestern feedstock and produced by California-based AltAir Fuels.
(12) Britain threw down the gauntlet to donors on Monday by announcing that it would commit £1bn to replenish the Global Fund to Fight Aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria on condition that other countries agreed to follow suit.
(13) The process of replenishment of cytosolic receptors was inhibited by the injection of cycloheximide.
(14) Three patients with hypomagnesaemia-induced hypocalcaemia were investigated during the phase of magnesium replenishment.
(15) The pattern of T-lymphocytes replenishment was identical for both types of transplant, and was not affected by Graft Versus Host disease (GVHD).
(16) Replenishment of thiamine monophosphatase is completed on the 60th postoperative day.
(17) The fund began a series of meetings with donors in April to kick off its fourth replenishment round , which is due to conclude with a pledging conference in December.
(18) An administration of 150 micrograms cycloheximide, that effectively blocked protein synthesis in the uterus of the E2-implanted rats, completely inhibited the replenishment of soluble ER induced by 5 micrograms E2.
(19) These aquifers are being recharged from the surrounding plains and hills, an area of 21,000 sq km, The study indicates it is being replenished at a rate of 1.2 billion cubic metres a year – more than enough to supply the entire county.
(20) The role of substrate replenishment in the kinetics of interfacial catalysis in phospholipid micelles was discussed.