(a.) Not complete; not filled up; not finished; not having all its parts, or not having them all adjusted; imperfect; defective.
(a.) Wanting any of the usual floral organs; -- said of a flower.
Example Sentences:
(1) No effect of BSO pretreatments on the incomplete removal of crosslinks over 36 hr of observation was seen.
(2) Its pathogenesis, still incompletely elucidated, involves the precipitation of immune complexes in the walls of the all vessels.
(3) Both SAA and non-SAA enhanced ammonium excretion but only non-SAA enhanced organic anion excretion, an indicator of incomplete oxidation of organic acids.
(4) Perinephric abscess is a rare condition; it may be acute, but can take a chronic and atypical course as a result of incomplete treatment with antibiotics.
(5) The incomplete penetrance of the neoplastic phenotype and the monoclonality of lymphoid tumors suggest that tumor formation in v-fps mice requires genetic or epigenetic events in addition to expression of the P130gag-fps protein-tyrosine kinase.
(6) Despite study for over 100 years, sites and patterns of laryngeal calcification and ossification are understood incompletely.
(7) The locations of remaining tumor were the tracheal stump in patients in whom resection was incomplete.
(8) A case of incomplete peno-scrotal transposition, with a perineal anorectal duplication, vesico-ureteric reflux and thoracic hemivertebrae is presented.
(9) It is emphasized that the knowledge of the behavior and regulation of SO is incomplete and that this should be remembered when criteria for SOD are applied.
(10) That is cystoid macular edema is associated with incomplete PVD with vitreous contraction.
(11) Frequently, however, only incomplete data on confounders can be obtained from sources such as next-of-kin or co-workers.
(12) Patients with polyneuropathy or incomplete diagnostic evaluation were excluded.
(13) The expression of genes for adenine phosphoribosyltransferase and of deo operon is regulated by rho dependent attenuators with attenuation being lifted incomplete medium.
(14) In four of the empyemas, PCD was used successfully after incomplete or unsuccessful chest tube drainage.
(15) N-heterocyclic aromatics are environmentally important carcinogenic pollutants produced by incomplete combustion of organic material.
(16) This variation in risk remained when allowance was made for the incomplete nature of some of the reproductive histories.
(17) Such an explanation not only remains vague and speculative but deserves criticism also for being incomplete.
(18) We suggest that sick districts can be affirmed on the basis of the total amount of fluoride intake, the prevalence rates of dental fluorosis, bad incomplete teeth, milk-teeth and the mean output of urinary fluoride between 8 and 15 years of age.
(19) In contrast, the control traumatic cases showed an incomplete recovery and a persistent residual neurological deficit.
(20) The diagnosis of porphyria was overlooked in some as the symptoms may mimic those of other acute illnesses, so that incomplete or incorrect death certificates have been issued.
Partial
Definition:
(n.) Of, pertaining to, or affecting, a part only; not general or universal; not total or entire; as, a partial eclipse of the moon.
(n.) Inclined to favor one party in a cause, or one side of a question, more then the other; baised; not indifferent; as, a judge should not be partial.
(n.) Having a predelection for; inclined to favor unreasonably; foolishly fond.
(n.) Pertaining to a subordinate portion; as, a compound umbel is made up of a several partial umbels; a leaflet is often supported by a partial petiole.
Example Sentences:
(1) Steady-state values of cell, glucose, and cellulase concentration oxygen tension, and outlet gas oxygen partial pressure were recorded.
(2) Correction for within-person variation in urinary excretion increased this partial correlation coefficient between intake and excretion to 0.59 (95% CI = 0.03 to 0.87).
(3) Previous attempts to purify this enzyme from the liquid endosperm of kernels of Zea mays (sweet corn) were not entirely successful owing to the lability of partially purified preparations during column chromatography.
(4) In 22 cases (63%), retinal detachment was at least partially flattened in the area of the posterior pole of the eye.
(5) The sequential histopathologic alterations in femorotibial joints of partial meniscectomized male and female guinea pigs were evaluated at 1, 2, 3, 6, and 12 weeks post-surgery.
(6) Formerly, many patients in this category were considered either inoperable or candidates for total or partial nephrectomy.
(7) Histone mRNA, labeled with 32P or 3H-methionine during the S phase of partially synchronized HeLa cells, was isolated from the polyribosomes and purified as a "9S" component by sucrose gradient sedimentation.
(8) However, those studies used partial maximal expiratory flow volume (PMEFV) curves to assess lung function.
(9) The authors suggest that the outstanding high sensitivity of the above mentioned two tests applied parallelly reveals that they highlights partially different aspects of coronary artery disease, and that is why the overlapping between the methods is relatively small.
(10) Catheters containing 0% and 10% heparin were compared in each individual using ultrasound microflow velocimetry, permeability test, sequential determinations of activated partial thromboplastin time, heparin levels and generation of Fibrinopeptide A, beta thromboglobulin and Platelet factor 4.
(11) Rachitic bone lesions were only partially corrected by the high-Ca diet.
(12) We conclude that heparin plus AT III partially prevents the endotoxin-induced generation of PAI activity which seems to correlate with the reduced presence of fibrin deposits in kidneys and with a reduced mortality.
(13) (2) A close correlation between the obesity index and serum GPT was recognized by elevation of the standard partial regression coefficient of serum GPT to obesity index and that of obesity index to serum GPT when the data from all 617 students was analysed in one group.
(14) The conus was found to contribute little to forward flow under ordinary circumstances, but its contribution increased greatly during bleeding or partial occlusion of the truncus.
(15) Three angiographic observations showing partial mesenteric vascularisation of renal tumours were made.
(16) The animals remained on partial venovenous bypass until the termination of the experiment 96 h after injury.
(17) During the treatment phase we found a complete relief of symptoms in 6 (27%), a partial relief of symptoms in 6 (27%), and some relief of symptoms in 12 (54%) in group 2.
(18) Transcription studies in vitro on repression of the tryptophan operon of Escherichia coli show that partially purified trp repressor binds specifically to DNA containing the trp operator with a repressor-operator dissociation constant of about 0.2 nM in 0.12 M salt at 37 degrees , a value consistent with the extent of trp operon regulation in vivo.
(19) were partially blocked by bicuculline (30 microM), partially blocked by a combination of 6-cyano-2,3-dihydroxy-7-nitroquinoxaline (CNQX, 10 microM) and DL-2-amino-5-phosphonovaleric acid (APV, 30 microM) and completely blocked when all three antagonists were applied together.
(20) Radio-immunoprecipitation and partial proteolytic digest mapping showed that the monoclonal antibodies each recognized a unique epitope.