(n.) The quality or state of being important; consequence; weight; moment; significance.
(n.) Subject; matter.
(n.) Import; meaning; significance.
(n.) Importunity; solicitation.
Example Sentences:
(1) CT appears to yield important diagnostic contribution to preoperative staging.
(2) This paper discusses the typical echocardiographic patterns of a variety of important conditions concerning the mitral valve, the left ventricle, the interatrial and interventricular septum as well as the influence of respiration on the performance of echocardiograms.
(3) However, medicines have an important part to play, and it is now generally agreed that for the very poor populations medicines should be restricted to those on an 'essential drugs list' and should be made available as cheaply as possible.
(4) Glucocorticoids have numerous effects some of which are permissive; steroids are thus important not only for what they do, but also for what they permit or enable other hormones and signal molecules to do.
(5) Trifluoroacetylated rabbit serum albumin was 5 times more reactive with these antibodies and thus more antigenic than the homologous acetylated moiety confirming the importance of the trifluoromethyl moiety as an epitope in the immunogen in vivo.
(6) IgE-mediated acute systemic reactions to penicillin continue to be an important clinical problem.
(7) However it is important to recognize these cysts so that correct surgical management is offered to the patient.
(8) gamma-Aminobutyric acid (GABA) and glutamate release from the treated side was higher than the control value during the first 2-3 h, a result indicating an important role of glial cells in the inactivation of released transmitter.
(9) Under blood preservation conditions the difference of the rates of ATP-production and -consumption is the most important factor for a high ATP-level over long periods.
(10) This finding is of major importance for persons treated with diltiazem who engage in sport.
(11) Despite of the increasing diagnostic importance of the direct determination of the parathormone which is at first available only in special institutions in these cases methodical problems play a less important part than the still not infrequent appearing misunderstanding of the adequate basic disease.
(12) Because of the dearth of epidemiological clues as to causation, studies with experimental animal models assume greater importance.
(13) The severity and site of hypertrophy is important in determining the clinical picture and the natural history of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM).
(14) As prolongation of the action potential by TEA facilitates preferentially the hormone release evoked by low (ineffective) frequencies, it is suggested that a frequency-dependent broadening of action potentials which reportedly occurs on neurosecretory neurones may play an important role in the frequency-dependent facilitation of hormone release from the rat neurohypophysis.
(15) Nutritional factors or environmental toxins have important effects on CNS degenerative changes.
(16) Moreover, homozygous deletion of the FMS gene may be an important event in the genesis of the MDS variant 5q- syndrome.
(17) Importantly, these characteristics were strong predictors of subsequent mortality.
(18) As the requirements to store and display these images increase, the following questions become important: (a) What methods can be used to ensure that information given to the physician represents the originally acquired data?
(19) Periosteal chondroma is an uncommon benign cartilagenous lesion, and its importance lies primarily in its characteristic radiographic and pathologic appearance which should be of assistance in the differential diagnosis of eccentric lesions of bones.
(20) As important providers of health care education, nurses need to be fully informed of the research findings relevant to effective interventions designed to motivate health-related behavior change.
Outweigh
Definition:
(v. t.) To exceed in weight or value.
Example Sentences:
(1) "And in my judgment, when the balance is struck, the factors for granting relief in this case easily outweigh the factors against.
(2) In 20 years, our children may well be able to look back and say with relief that the continuities with the past outweigh the differences once again.
(3) After considering the advantages and disadvantages of preclinical laboratory exercises, they conclude that the former still outweigh the latter.
(4) Psychological benefits resulting from the cosmetic improvement may outweigh the probability of recurrences in this rare condition.
(5) The benefits of treating diastolic blood pressure greater than or equal to 115 mm Hg are indisputable; the benefits of treating milder hypertension, i.e., diastolic blood pressure between 90 and 114 mm Hg, probably outweigh the risks, but controversy persists.
(6) The cost in educational underachievement would far outweigh any savings made by cuts.
(7) These results suggest that the increased lytic potential resulting from binding of small amounts of C9 to C5b-8 complexes is outweighed by enhanced elimination of complexes resulting in decreased cell death.
(8) The coupling together of 10 nephrons per se impairs autoregulation of renal blood flow compared to that of a single nephron model, but this effect is more than outweighed by greater control resistance in deep arterioles.
(9) Because warfarin carries a significant risk to the fetus of anomalies and hemorrhage, its use during pregnancy should be reserved for those circumstances in which the benefits of such therapy outweigh the risks.
(10) Consequently, men's SES and their willingness and ability to invest affection and resources in relationships may often outweigh the effects of their physical attractiveness in women's actual selection of partners.
(11) The writers cite a recent survey of social workers by the publication Community Care, which revealed that 73% of social workers questioned said they were unable to do their job properly, leaving children at risk because demand outweighs resources.Their unusual intervention came as the founder of Kids Company, Camila Batmanghelidjh , launched an independent taskforce to design a new way of delivering child protection and child wellbeing services.
(12) However, the possible added risk in a healthly young woman would not be expected to outweigh all other considerations.
(13) Both physician and patient need to determine whether the benefit of prophylaxis outweighs the inconvenience and possible side effects of the medication used.
(14) These results will permit sounder judgments of whether the risks of CNS radiotherapy outweigh the known benefits.
(15) The short-term nutritional disadvantage of malabsorption is outweighed by the long-term advantage of being parasite-free.
(16) Evidence from recent studies suggests that the benefits of aggressive therapy with early thrombolysis may outweigh the risks.
(17) The future good resulting from tubal ligation must outweigh the intrinsic harm.
(18) Some European officials, including senior British figures, argue that the gains in efficiency achieved by appointing an international envoy with vice regal authority would be outweighed by the Kabul government's further loss of legitimacy.
(19) Until further information is known, BCG vaccinations should not be given to symptomatic HIV-infected individuals and should only be given to HIV-infected children who are asymptomatic and who reside in areas where tuberculosis is highly endemic and where the risk of tuberculosis may outweigh the potential complications of BCG immunization.
(20) The authors believe that the hazards associated with these implants outweigh their advantages for primary use, but suggest their use for secondary procedures in patients who have had recurrent problems with smooth implants.