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Heretofore

Definition:

(adv.) Up to this time; hitherto; before; in time past.

Example Sentences:

(1) The heretofore "permanently and totally disabled versus able-bodied" principle in welfare reforms is being abbandoned.
(2) All cases heretofore described in immunocompromised hosts have involved the external auditory canal and mastoid areas.
(3) Heretofore, human tumor clonogenic assays or human glioma-bearing nude mice models were usually used for predicting the drug sensitivity of brain tumor.
(4) It is concluded that the heretofore pessimistic outlook regarding complete quadriplegia is unwarranted and that a more aggressive approach may result in a better functional outcome.
(5) Since basilar artery thrombosis is now a treatable condition, early diagnosis and documentation of functional deficits moves into a more important clinical area than heretofore.
(6) Taken together, these results suggest that processing of alpha-MSH is unlike that heretofore described for other peptide antigens and seems to involve APC handling to form the stimulatory moiety presented on the APC surface.
(7) However, the electrofocusing pattern of renin from pituitary tissue (pI = 4.43, 5.77) differed from that of plasma and kidney enzymes heretofore reported, a discrepancy which could be interpreted as evidence for the endogeneous synthesis of renin in the brain tissue.
(8) The facts that (a) essentially all particles, regardless of orientation, entrap cells, and (b) nonporous particles also entrap cells with high efficiency, indicate that filtration effects are irrelevant and that heretofore unrecognized hydrodynamic forces are alone responsible for the cell immobilization.
(9) Perhaps alpha activation is indicative of stimulating and excitatory effects induced by m-xylene exposure, which has been noted heretofore in the absorption phase of alcohol intake.
(10) The important otolaryngological manifestations of arthrogryposis multiplex congenita (AMC), which heretofore have not been described in otolaryngological and other specialty journals, are reviewed.
(11) Finding the chromosomal location of human genes that heretofore have been defined solely by phenotypes, in particular clinical phenotypes that are transmitted in Mendelian fashion in families, is an early and often crucial step in the process of identifying the molecular basis of a disease.
(12) Tumors of the skull base with carotid artery involvement have heretofore required carotid ligation or been deemed inoperable.
(13) Heteroplasmy, heretofore rarely observed, occurred frequently in these same two regions.
(14) Heretofore, unresolved was the question which skin element causes stimulation of vessel formation in this lesion: the epidermis, the dermis, vessels themselves, inflammatory cells, and so forth.
(15) The induction of experimental allergic encephalomyelitis (EAE) with purified myelin basic protein (MBP) has, heretofore, required its incorporation in a water-in-oil emulsion or adsorption on particulate adjuvants.
(16) These anomalies in trisomy 22 mosaicism have not been emphasized heretofore.
(17) A detailed examination of a stillborn fetus with Apert's syndrome showed several unexpected findings, which prompted a reevaluation of the heretofore generally accepted hypotheses regarding the cause of the dysmorphic craniofacial features in this syndrome.
(18) Today's perspective of the endothelial cell recognizes its real significance, heretofore neglected, and anticipates important future contributions to improved medical management.
(19) Juan Salgado, community leader creating a model for workforce development and training among immigrant communities through a holistic approach that addresses language skills, education and other barriers to entering the workforce Beth Stevens, neuroscientist revealing the heretofore unknown role of microglial cells in neuron communication and prompting a fundamental shift in thinking about brain development in both healthy and unhealthy states.
(20) Multiple pyogenic granuloma-like lesions occurring at punch graft sites are an unusual complication of hair transplantation heretofore unreported.