(n.) That which impedes or hinders progress, motion, activity, or effect.
(v. t.) To impede.
Example Sentences:
(1) Impediments to the necessary growth of this subspecialty for the needs of clinical practice and research are outlined and criteria for certification are reviewed.
(2) An understanding of the possible psychologic impediments to weight loss can promote improved therapeutic intervention for the obese patient.
(3) The results suggest that chronic sunlight exposure may be associated with an impediment to normal maturation of human dermal collagen resulting in tenuous amount of HHL.
(4) In order to achieve palatal closure with the least possible impediment to maxillary growth, the two-stage repair seems to be the best procedure in our hands.
(5) Causes of these impediments to maintaining nutritional status are discussed, and suggestions to overcome them are given.
(6) The data are consistent with the hypothesis that there is a sequential increasing impediment of the programmed cascade for downstream heavy chain constant region gene rearrangements.
(7) Lack of reproducibility is a severe impediment of both current conventional and kinetic methods in the prognosis of gliomas.
(8) These organizations can greatly reduce the logistic impediments to evaluating EMS care and initiating improvements.
(9) Changes in the evaluation protocol could preclude existing impediments to provision of information and patient autonomy; however, certain intrapsychic issues must be recognized as ongoing clinical realities to be addressed as the doctrine of informed consent continues to evolve.
(10) This survey shows that the use of nondiagnostic mammography is still less than optimal, and identifies impediments to screening that need to be addressed in cancer control planning efforts.
(11) The most frequently listed impediments included patients' advanced age or fragility, inadequate health insurance, and excess travel distance.
(12) Major issues identified include operational specificity, mislabelling of procedures, relative contributions of components in multi-faceted treatment packages, and impediments to systematic replication.
(13) The clinics of a single university hospital center were observed to determine a practical rationale for and impediments to implementing a medical care evaluation program.
(14) Accurate assessment and effective response is rendered difficult due to underrepresentation or denial by the patient and countertransference impediments to recognition and limit setting by the therapist.
(15) One impediment to such a study is the absence of any identified gene whose transcription is directly dependent on the receptor-hormone complex.
(16) But, according to Ruddick, the state council is a “gerrymander”, with factional leaders creating new “on-paper” branches that meet at most once a year in order to elect a delegate to state council and keep hold of “the numbers” – presenting Liberal reformers with exactly the same structural impediment to change as is faced by Labor.
(17) Conroy said the Minchin protocol was “merely an administrative policy adopted by the Department of Finance” which was “no impediment to a police investigation into Ms Bishop’s conduct”.
(18) A significant impediment in determining the relative contribution of whole blood viscosity to the pathogenesis of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular disease has been the lack of an uncomplicated method to measure whole blood viscosity.
(19) However, the lack of data on the forms of chromium-absorption from foods by the gastro-intestinal tract, and our concomitant inability to obtain an accurate assessment of the daily mobile pool of metabolically active chromium in the human body continues to be an impediment in assessing the overall impact of chromium nutrition.
(20) The results of this study indicated that the use of a nonresorbable hydroxylapatite for grafting resulted in impediment of tooth eruption and distortion of crown development.
Snag
Definition:
(n.) A stump or base of a branch that has been lopped off; a short branch, or a sharp or rough branch; a knot; a protuberance.
(n.) A tooth projecting beyond the rest; contemptuously, a broken or decayed tooth.
(n.) A tree, or a branch of a tree, fixed in the bottom of a river or other navigable water, and rising nearly or quite to the surface, by which boats are sometimes pierced and sunk.
(n.) One of the secondary branches of an antler.
(v. t.) To cut the snags or branches from, as the stem of a tree; to hew roughly.
(v. t.) To injure or destroy, as a steamboat or other vessel, by a snag, or projecting part of a sunken tree.
Example Sentences:
(1) The principal snags that still remain are: post-operative infection in about a third of cases; the rare but possible development of an enterocele and of dyspareunia (2%).
(2) Amazon and Google's drone delivery plans hit snag with new US regulations Read more The company announced that a cross-government team supported by the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) gave permission to Amazon to explore three key areas: operations beyond line of sight, obstacle avoidance and flights where one person operates multiple autonomous drones.
(3) By snagging a 14-second submission and securing the quickest finish in UFC championship history.
(4) Those in the first row had arrived at 3am to snag prime spots to greet the object of their affection.
(5) • Wipes, nappies, sanitary towels, rags and condoms do not break down easily and can snag on pipes, drains and the walls of sewers, leading to blockages.
(6) We hope to create laws that help protect the security of the Japanese people.” Abe’s economic policy hit a snag when Japan slipped back into recession in the third quarter, amid weak consumer and corporate spending.
(7) This bureaucratic snag was what prompted Frayha to try to reach Greece last weekend , even after the introduction of the EU-Turkey deportation deal.
(8) The variant, termed SNAG 1, continues to synthesize idiotypic IgM, which can be detected in the cytoplasm, but it neither secretes nor expresses IgM on the cell surface (less than 10% of the levels of the original BCL tumor), even though the H and L chains show no gross structural changes.
(9) As soon as it caught my bait it pulled 20 metres of line from my reel, the only time that’s happened before is when I got snagged on a boat propeller.
(10) The treaty immediately hit a snag because politicians in the US, the world's largest emitter of greenhouse gases, passed a vote in the Senate refusing to ratify the protocol.
(11) In Carlos Queiroz Iran have a defensive mastermind to savour this kind of match, a coach who is happiest seeing opposition teams grind though the gears, snagged on his high-grade defensive spike strips.
(12) Two reports published on Wednesday have suggested that the investigation has hit a snag over what is expected of agents on foreign trips.
(13) The deal had hit a late snag over agents’ fees on Tuesday but Villa have confirmed their first January capture.
(14) Sharon Shoesmith has not changed her appearance, as some might expect her to have done since she was dismissed as Haringey council's director of children's services last year: she still has short, dark hair above heavy designer glasses, and, apart from dropping them a few times, and apart from a sudden snag into tears, she is very composed, very still.
(15) The National Review's Robert Costa says it looks good: Robert Costa (@robertcostaNRO) Leadership sources: no snags right now on informal whip count, legislation continues to move twd floor, vote coming later October 15, 2013 Except: Robert Costa (@robertcostaNRO) Pressure mounts on conservatives to vote nay RT @Heritage_Action Key Vote: “NO” on House Spending and Debt Deal October 15, 2013 The failure of the latest Boehner initiative could make a strong argument for the terminal paralysis of the House and the return of the legislative initiative to the Senate.
(16) Danny Green then throws a really ill-conceived pass that Ray Allen snags for another three-pointer, because that's what he does.
(17) Since Colbert’s debut this week, he has already snagged an interview with GOP contender Jeb Bush and booked future appearances with candidates Donald Trump and Ted Cruz.
(18) And anyway, when he came to think about the show, his shifting idea of Britain, there were other things his mind was snagging on.
(19) Results of both clinical and laboratory-based studies showed the non-woven swab to be as effective as traditional gauze in terms of softness, conformability, ability to pad or pack, resistance to snagging and shredding, and ease of counting when wet.
(20) The valve is of crucial importance and varices represent a symptom indicating a snag in the venous return.