(v. t.) To test by any appropriate method; to inspect carefully with a view to discover the real character or state of; to subject to inquiry or inspection of particulars for the purpose of obtaining a fuller insight into the subject of examination, as a material substance, a fact, a reason, a cause, the truth of a statement; to inquire or search into; to explore; as, to examine a mineral; to examine a ship to know whether she is seaworthy; to examine a proposition, theory, or question.
(v. t.) To interrogate as in a judicial proceeding; to try or test by question; as, to examine a witness in order to elicit testimony, a student to test his qualifications, a bankrupt touching the state of his property, etc.
Example Sentences:
(1) All rats were examined in the conscious, unrestrained state 12 wk after induction of diabetes or acidified saline (pH 4.5) injection.
(2) "We examined the reachability of social networking sites from our measurement infrastructure within Turkey, and found nothing unusual.
(3) At 36 h postsurgery, RBCs were examined by 23Na-NMR by using dysprosium tripolyphosphate as a chemical shift reagent.
(4) All of the strains examined were motile and hemolytic and produced lipase and liquid gelatin.
(5) We examined the karyotype in five individuals of roe-deer (Capreolus capreolus), coming from Southern Moravia.
(6) Disseminated CMV infection with multiorgan involvement was evident in 7 of 9 at postmortem examination.
(7) In one of 28 cases with LCIS examined by mammography there was suspicion of carcinoma.
(8) By combined histologic and cytologic examinations, the overall diagnostic rate was raised to 87.7%.
(9) This study examined the [3H]5-HT-releasing properties of 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) and related agents, all of which cause significant release of [3H]5-HT from rat brain synaptosomes.
(10) We have examined the insertion of bovine 17 alpha-hydroxylase (P45017 alpha) into the endoplasmic reticulum of COS 1 cells to evaluate the functional role of its hydrophobic amino-terminal sequence and membrane insertion.
(11) The transport of potassium ions through membranes of red blood cells was examined in in bitro experiments using a CMF of 4500 oersted.
(12) To examine the central nervous system regulation of duodenal bicarbonate secretion, an animal model was developed that allowed cerebroventricular and intravenous injections as well as collection of duodenal perfusates in awake, freely moving rats.
(13) Sequence variation in the gp116 component of cytomegalovirus envelope glycoprotein B was examined in 11 clinical strains and compared with variation in gp55.
(14) The correlates of three characteristics of familial networks (i.e., residential proximity, family affection, and family contact) were examined among a national sample of older Black Americans.
(15) Nine months later, the animals were sacrificed, the esophagus and the gastric stump were removed for histologic examination.
(16) Four cytotoxic antibiotics, bikaverin, duclauxine, PSX-1 and vermiculine, were examined with respect to their interference with glycolysis and respiration and their possible ionophoric or cytolytic activity.
(17) The present study examined whether the lack of chronic hemodynamic effects of ANP in control rats was due to changes in vascular reactivity to the peptide.
(18) It was the purpose of the present study to describe the normal pattern of the growth sites of the nasal septum according to age and sex by histological and microradiographical examination of human autopsy material.
(19) Because many wnt genes are also expressed in the lung, we have examined whether the wnt family member wnt-2 (irp) plays a role in lung development.
(20) Pain is not reported in the removal area, the clinical examinations show identical findings on both patellar tendons, X-ray and ultrasound evaluations do not demonstrate any change in patellar position.
Examinee
Definition:
(n.) A person examined.
Example Sentences:
(1) Only in 17 of the 97 examinees all the examined parameters were found normal, in the rest deviations from the normal echographic picture were revealed.
(2) Tumor diagnosis rate proved 1.15 per 1000 examinees.
(3) All the examinees showed no organic changes in the prostate and urethra.
(4) The clinico-audiometric studies have shown that under the influence of acute alcoholic intoxication the normal examinees manifest dysfunction of the acoustic analyzer, whose intensity depends on the time elapsed since the moment of alcohol intake.
(5) The majority of the examinees were those who had slight and moderate exercises, mainly sitting work, did few or no physical exercises.
(6) All the examinees were characterized by a decrease in the transport form of vitamin D3, which was most noticeable in a mild form of EH.
(7) Mass screening techniques required about one hour of person time per examinee to assess health status, provide educational material on smoking, and counsel workers on referral arrangements.
(8) Higher scores were also recorded when candidates were required to respond to all the questions than when they were offered the 'don't know' option and the percentage gain was higher for the low-scoring examinees.
(9) In addition, L score of examinees with blood type A and type B personality was relatively lower.
(10) Blood plasma and red cell levels of lipoperoxides were found increased and alpha-tocopherol levels lowered in all the examinees.
(11) In examinees with hyperlipoproteinemia of type IIa and IIb the activity of cholesterol esterase was decreased, and in persons with excessive body mass it was increased.
(12) R-protein titers are different in the capillary and venous blood; in the majority of the examinees they vary in the morning and in the evening.
(13) The detection rate was 0.08% of total examinees, having 0.13% in the initial screening and 0.04% in the subsequent screening.
(14) Additional series of experiments with 25 examinee during waking (presented variants of numbers 5-3, 5-7 and 5 with request to react selectively on one of the combinations) showed the primary reaction on the combination "minor number--major number" analogous to the results obtained during sleep.
(15) The present study, having each of examinees carry 10-Channel Noise Exposure Meter with him, intended to know about dose or equivalent sound level (Leq) of individual nois exposure for a whole day and for each of eight time-zones in a day.
(16) Subjects were 35 adult examinees consecutively referred for neuropsychological assessment and were divided into two groups on the basis of Halstead indices.
(17) Form 1966 to 1985, a total of 290,987 examinees were screened by gastric mass survey at our Mass Survey Center.
(18) The highest relative number of active cases of respiratory tuberculosis newly detected by photofluorography per 100,000 examinees of the appropriate group was found in persons with "fibrotic" lung lesions, less in persons investigated for their symptoms, still less in contacts with tuberculosis cases and least in persons not registered for lung lesions and investigated in mass X-ray examinations.
(19) 19% of the operators having higher work capacity in the night shift than in the day one (according to integral parameter) were characterized by lower anxiety, better mood and sleep, and lesser fatigue during the night shift than 19% of examinees, whose night working capacity was lower in comparison with the day shift.
(20) The relation of the distance to the examinees' height was equal in males and females and proved to be lower than that previously applied.