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Exemplify


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To show or illustrate by example.
  • (v. t.) To copy; to transcribe; to make an attested copy or transcript of, under seal, as of a record.
  • (v. t.) To prove or show by an attested copy.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) This is exemplified in lymphoma cells (chronic lymphocytic leukemia of B or T type, Sezary Syndrome, immunocytoma) that resemble mature and immunocompetent T and B cells, in T cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (T-ALL) (equivalent to thymus cells) and in non-T ALL (corresponding to lymphoid progenitor cells in the bone marrow).
  • (2) Hepatitis B virus is used here to exemplify the application of recombinant DNA technology to the development of subunit vaccines and to illustrate their value in studies of other viral proteins with particular emphasis on the role of the core antigen in providing protection against viral infection and hence its potential in vaccine development.
  • (3) These results show for the first time the role of a specific pilus structure in colonization of the human intestine by V. cholerae O1 and exemplify the significance of a genetic regulon in pathogenesis.
  • (4) The method is exemplified by autoradiographs of human brain hemisphere ([ 3H]quinuclidinylbenzilate) and whole biceps muscle ([ 3H]alpha-bungarotoxin).
  • (5) It was thus found that the predictive efficacy of CASE was increased when it employed a combination of human and artificial intelligence, as exemplified by the CASE analysis of 'structural alerts.
  • (6) A comprehensive review of the world literature reveals that the systematic study of severe gender disorders--as exemplified by transsexualism--is relatively new, consisting of just over 25 years of collective experience.
  • (7) The disease exemplifies the validity of the Royal Veterinary College motto Venienti occurrite morbo (treat the disease at its first appearance).
  • (8) Further indications of the potential value of microbial metabolites are exemplified by the discovery and development of cyclosporin, to treat organ rejection, and mevinolin, a cholesterol-lowering drug.
  • (9) Salmonella contamination of swine and morbidity rates among the workers of swine-breeding complexes and the members of their families, as well as among the population inhabiting the zone of possible influence rendered by such complexes on the environment, have been studied as exemplified by 4 complexes for large-scale swine breeding, differing in their technology of swine raising and fattening, their systems of the purification and utilization of manure-containing sewage.
  • (10) Noradrenaline-beta-adrenoceptor-mediated neural plasticity in cat visual cortex exemplifies clearly established roles of the locus coeruleus system in brain function.
  • (11) It is argued that Western science reductionist approaches to the classification of "mass hysteria" treat it as an entity to be discovered transculturally, and in their self-fulfilling search for universals systematically exclude what does not fit within the autonomous parameters of its Western-biased culture model, exemplifying what Kleinman (1977) terms a "category fallacy."
  • (12) Instead we have injected vast sums of our own money to improve the playing squad and modernize LFC’s infrastructure-exemplified by the £120m advance from FSG to build the new Main Stand.
  • (13) The data exemplify the difficulty in reaching firm conclusions concerning associations with radiation exposure when the dependent variable exhibits a large degree of interindividual and day-of-assay variability.
  • (14) The paper deals with peculiarities of antioxidative activity of natural antioxidants (exemplified by ubiquinones) which permit their participation in the control of peroxidation intensity of membrane lipids.
  • (15) We therefore investigated the humoral and cell-mediated immune responses to mBSA in resistant mice (CBA) and susceptible mice (exemplified by C57BL) to determine whether these were associated with susceptibility to arthritis.
  • (16) Contamination by industrial chemicals such as polychlorinated biphenyls and polybrominated biphenyls; heavy metals such as lead, cadmium, and mercury; and pesticides such as dieldrin and chlordane exemplify the problem in feeds and the resulting problem of tissue residues in human foods.
  • (17) Several of these, exemplified by beta-bungarotoxin, show phospholipase A2 activity (phosphatide 2-acylhydrolase, EC 3.1.1.4) when tested in the presence of detergents.
  • (18) Three cases of blunt abdominal trauma are presented to exemplify the mechanism of trauma and the problems of diagnosis associated with any linear blow to the abdomen.
  • (19) incidence rate, absolute and relative increment of this value and the significance of a 1% increment as exemplified by this region.
  • (20) There are severe constraints that limit the combinations consistent with function, but the number of functionally consistent combinations observed exemplifies the plasticity of proteins.

Illustrate


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To make clear, bright, or luminous.
  • (v. t.) To set in a clear light; to exhibit distinctly or conspicuously.
  • (v. t.) To make clear, intelligible, or apprehensible; to elucidate, explain, or exemplify, as by means of figures, comparisons, and examples.
  • (v. t.) To adorn with pictures, as a book or a subject; to elucidate with pictures, as a history or a romance.
  • (v. t.) To give renown or honor to; to make illustrious; to glorify.
  • (a.) Illustrated; distinguished; illustrious.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) By presenting the case history of a man who successively developed facial and trigeminal neural dysfunction after Mohs chemosurgery of a PCSCC, this paper documents histologically the occurrence of such neural invasion, and illustrates the utility of gadolinium-enhanced magnetic resonance scanning in patient management.
  • (2) In contrast, resting cells of strain CHA750 produced five times less IAA in a buffer (pH 6.0) containing 1 mM-L-tryptophan than did resting cells of the wild-type, illustrating the major contribution of TSO to IAA synthesis under these conditions.
  • (3) In this paper, we show representative experiments illustrating some characteristics of the procedure which may have wide application in clinical microbiology.
  • (4) A complex linkage between the cytoskeleton and the extracellular matrix is illustrated both in the cord forming Sertoli and granulosa cells, and in the adjacent mesenchymal cells.
  • (5) The following case report illustrates such a case as well as its successful treatment using the BICEPS model.
  • (6) The most important causal factor, well illustrated by pressure studies, was the presence of a dynamic or static deformity leading to local areas of peak pressure on insensitive skin.
  • (7) Some numerical evaluations are presented for the normal and exponential distributions of gene effects, illustrating the effects of the number of alleles and of the variation in allelic frequencies.
  • (8) Examples illustrate these elements as they emerge in group psychotherapy.
  • (9) Physicochemical characterization of the monomeric, diacetylenic phospholipids illustrates the similarities to naturally occurring lipids, similarities that are confirmed by the capacity to enrich the membranes of A. laidlawii to the level of 90% diacetylenic lipid.
  • (10) A theory of action is presented which illustrates that certain forms of action are ones from which learning is not possible, but when the form of action is experiential or creative, then learning from it follows--as a result of both monitoring and reflecting.
  • (11) Two illustrative cases are presented to demonstrate such features.
  • (12) The information from the literature and the data from the authors' clinical experience have been used to illustrate important points in the discussion.
  • (13) These results illustrate that NGF can promote either growth or differentiation of PC12 cells, and that myc or E1A alter the phenotypic responses to growth factors and hormones.
  • (14) The record includes postoperative drawings of the intraoperative field by Dr. Cushing, a sketch by Dr. McKenzie illustrating the postoperative sensory examination, and pre- and postoperative photographs of the patient.
  • (15) Analysis of this mutant illustrates that indirect flight muscles and jump muscles utilize different mechanisms for alternative RNA splicing.
  • (16) Illustration by Andrzej Krause Photograph: Guardian The Foreign Office attributed the forgotten boxes to "an earlier misunderstanding about contents" and stated that there needed to be an "improvement in archive management".
  • (17) Although ET1 and ET2 binding sites were found in rat lung membranes, a selective ET1 receptor antagonist, BQ-123 (10 microM), did not displace [125I]-endothelin-1 ([125I]ET-1) from ET2 sites, illustrating the selectivity of the angatonist for ET1 receptors.
  • (18) The disorder illustrates the problem of variable expressivity of a trait which makes it difficult to predict the risk of having an affected child when only one feature of a syndrome is present in a relative of a fully affected patient.
  • (19) These problems are illustrated by a clinical vignette, and alternative approaches are explored.
  • (20) This case illustrates that lateral pontine and extrapontine myelinolysis can be associated with hypernatremia and hyperosmolality.