(n.) Atrial or special observation, made to confirm or disprove something doubtful; esp., one under conditions determined by the experimenter; an act or operation undertaken in order to discover some unknown principle or effect, or to test, establish, or illustrate some suggest or known truth; practical test; poof.
(n.) Experience.
(v. t.) To make experiment; to operate by test or trial; -- often with on, upon, or in, referring to the subject of an experiment; with, referring to the instrument; and by, referring to the means; as, to experiment upon electricity; he experimented in plowing with ponies, or by steam power.
(v. t.) To try; to know, perceive, or prove, by trial experience.
Example Sentences:
(1) However, this deficit was observed only when the sample-place preceded but not when it followed the interpolated visits (second experiment).
(2) Experience of pain is modified by intern and extern influences, and it can appear very multiformly in the chronicity.
(3) It was shown in experiments on four dogs by the conditioned method that the period of recovery of conditioned activity after one hour ether anaesthesia tested 7 to 7.5 days.
(4) The hemodynamic efficiency of the drive was tested in a number of in vivo experiments.
(5) The data from this experience as well as others previously reported can yield prognostic indicators of survival in cases of accidental hypothermia.
(6) In this paper, we show representative experiments illustrating some characteristics of the procedure which may have wide application in clinical microbiology.
(7) The transport of potassium ions through membranes of red blood cells was examined in in bitro experiments using a CMF of 4500 oersted.
(8) The analysis is based on the personal experience of the authors with 117 cases and the review of 223 cases published in the literature.
(9) Handing Greater Manchester’s £6bn health and social care budget over to the city’s combined authority is the most exciting experiment in local government and the health service in decades – but the risks are huge.
(10) We report a series of experiments designed to determine if agents and conditions that have been reported to alter sodium reabsorption, Na-K-ATPase activity or cellular structure in the rat distal nephron might also regulate the density or affinity of binding of 3H-metolazone to the putative thiazide receptor in the distal nephron.
(11) In animal experiments pharmacological properties of the low molecular weight heparin derivative CY 216 were determined.
(12) Experiments are proposed by which to test these and related hypotheses.
(13) This frees the student to experience the excitement and challenge of learning and the joy of helping people.
(14) These experiments indicated that there were significant differences between the early classical C system of mice and those of human and guinea pig.
(15) A modification of Mason's vertical banded gastroplasty for morbid obesity is presented, along with experience from 62 treated patients.
(16) The experiment was conducted on 3 groups of calves.
(17) In addition, control experiments with naloxone, ethanol, or cigarette smoking alone were performed.
(18) The concentrations of the drugs used in in vivo experiments did not affect the WBC counts in the peripheral blood of healthy mice.
(19) In experiments performed to determine whether PtdIns(4,5)P2 hydrolysis induced by TRH may have been caused by the elevation of [Ca2+]i, the following results were obtained: the effect of TRH to decrease the level of PtdIns(4,5)P2 was not reproduced by the calcium ionophore A23187 or by membrane depolarization with 50 mM K+; the calcium antagonist TMB-8 did not inhibit the TRH-induced decrease in PtdIns(4,5)P2; and, most importantly, inhibition by EGTA of the elevation of [Ca2+]i did not inhibit the TRH-induced decrease in PtdIns(4,5)P2.
(20) In our experience DSA is a safe, specific means of following postoperative grafts and diagnosing their occlusion.
Protocol
Definition:
(n.) The original copy of any writing, as of a deed, treaty, dispatch, or other instrument.
(n.) The minutes, or rough draught, of an instrument or transaction.
(n.) A preliminary document upon the basis of which negotiations are carried on.
(n.) A convention not formally ratified.
(n.) An agreement of diplomatists indicating the results reached by them at a particular stage of a negotiation.
(v. t.) To make a protocol of.
(v. i.) To make or write protocols, or first draughts; to issue protocols.
Example Sentences:
(1) In addition, this pretreatment protocol did not modify the recipient immune response against B-lymphocyte alloantigens which developed in unsuccessful transplants.
(2) An effective graft-surveillance protocol needs to be applicable to all patients; practical in terms of time, effort, and cost; reliable; and able to detect, grade, and assess progression of lesions.
(3) Participants (n=165) entering a week-long outpatient education program completed a protocol measuring self-care patterns, glycosylated hemoglobin levels, and emotional well-being.
(4) Two cases with primary Carcinoma in situ (Cis) were treated with the same protocol.
(5) However, there was no consistent protocol for the method or duration of drug administration.
(6) Survival was independent of the type of clinical presentation and protocol employed but was correlated with the stage (P less than 0.0005), symptoms (P less than 0.025), bulky disease (P less than 0.025) and bone marrow involvement (P less than 0.025).
(7) This new protocol has increased the effectiveness of the toxicology laboratory and enhanced the efficiency of the house staff.
(8) Our results on humoral and cellular components of immunity in dependence of age, according to SENIEUR protocol admission criteria are presented.
(9) Based upon our clinical experience and this review of the literature, a suggested management protocol is presented.
(10) A standard protocol is reported for the highly efficient demonstration of replication patterns corresponding to R-type and G-type banding.
(11) Three-year and short-term instillation protocols were compared with each other and with the combination of the two.
(12) The use of a major pancreatic resection for the surgical management of necrotizing pancreatitis should be excluded from treatment protocols.
(13) We conclude that, whereas an identical protocol of acute ND had no significant effects on diaphragm muscle structure and function in adult rats, adolescent animals exhibit significantly less nutritional reserve.
(14) We outline a protocol for presenting the diagnosis of pseudoseizure with the goal of conveying to the patient the importance of knowing the nonepileptic nature of the spells and the need for psychiatric follow-up.
(15) The protocols which were developed in these studies also provide an effective maneuver for tumor-specific immunotherapy.
(16) In a previous report dealing with the guanidine hydrochloride protocol for the extraction of RNA from mouse peritoneal macrophages, we identified a major source of RNA-degrading activity and showed that its removal early in the extraction procedure resulted in a more dependable method for the recovery of high-quality RNA.
(17) Various protocols were employed to induce LTP and were deemed successful as evaluated by recording sustained enhancement of the mean peak amplitude of conventionally elicited large compound EPSPs and extracellular field potentials.
(18) This is the final report of the Phase I Protocol for the initial clinical study of Multiple Dose WR-2721 with radiotherapy (RTOG 80-02).
(19) This paper evaluates 94 patients with AAF and 462 patients with GBM treated with radiation therapy with or without BCNU on 3 consecutive randomized protocols of the Radiation Therapy Oncology Group (RTOG) between 1974 and 1983.
(20) The patients were included in a protocol including orthopedic and US controls.