(a.) Not conspicuous or noticeable; hardly discernible.
Example Sentences:
(1) The highest predictive values for the exclusion of TiC are shown by inconspicuous concentration capacity accompanied by normal ammonia excretion, total acid excretion, water diuresis, free water clearance or urine dilution capacity.
(2) Mediastinal masses are seldom detected early by conventional radiography since density differences between mediastinal tissues often are inconspicuous.
(3) They were inconspicuous and difficult to identify in air-dried Diff-Quik-stained material.
(4) RER and Golgi saccules were inconspicuous in these cells and this might indicate decreased production of PRL.
(5) 80 per cent of the available ECGs were automatically correctly arranged into groups and all the inconspicuous electrocardiograms were sorted out, since it occurs on no account that an electrocardiogram which was recognized as pathological by means of manual analyses, was analysed as falsely normal by the computer EAC-2.
(6) There was no deformity of the nipple or areola after this procedure, and the surgical scars were inconspicuous.
(7) In these patterns can be identified: (a) conspicuous behaviors, idiosyncratic for the individual, which often yield to psychoanalytic inquiry to reveal their dynamic-historical antecedents; and (b) inconspicuous background kinesics, habitual to the individual, which ordinarily are opaque to analytic exploration, yet hold rich meaning.
(8) Histologically, there is a pattern of irregular, branching venules with inconspicuous lumina and lack of cellular atypia.
(9) These phenomena might both be interpreted as non-random, functionally important cell contacts with the inconspicuous 'intercellular clefts' containing unstained material.
(10) A collective of 54 patients with uncomplicated delivery and afebrile, inconspicuous puerperium was vaginosonographically examined on the 1st day postpartum and also 6 weeks post partum.
(11) Reversible-figure training apparently led to a small but significant overall improvement in inconspicuous word identification but did not at all diminish the age differences in such performance.
(12) However, because of the lack of typical Reed-Sternberg cells and due to the presence of polymorphic cells with fine chromatin, regular nuclear borders and inconspicuous nucleoli, these cases were diagnosed cytologically as a benign lymphoproliferative disorder, pseudolymphoma cutis.
(13) The 23 biopsies of lupoid leishmaniasis showed rather well organized epithelioid granulomata surrounded by lymphocytes, inconspicuous plasma cells, no amastigotes and no necrosis.
(14) The nodules appeared to arise from inconspicuous cell nests, which were rudiments of neonatal NEBs.
(15) Authors report differential diagnosis between liposarcomas and other lipomatous tumors such as angiomyolipoma of the kidney (when it is large and only attached to the kidney by an inconspicuous pedicle) and intramuscular lipomas (50% of them are located in the thigh).
(16) Lumbar puncture should be repeated when clinical signs of meningitis persists in children, especially in infants with positive blood culture and with inconspicuous cerebrospinal fluid findings in the initial lumbar puncture.
(17) The main values of the procedure are the presence of a double vascular supply of both arteries and veins for complex reconstructions, and the fact that a large area of skin and subcutaneous tissue can be procured, with a relatively inconspicuous donor site.
(18) If ever there was a time to vote Labour, it is now | George Monbiot Read more Weighed against the perceived unpopularity of Jeremy Corbyn , the calculation is that May’s carefully constructed public persona will carry her to coronation, though this plan seems to hinge on making the prime minister as inconspicuous as possible.
(19) Q-fever symptoms were evident in 191 cases but inconspicuous or absent in 224 cases.
(20) The proband, whose mother and brother had facial clefting, showed inconspicuous abnormalities of the lower lip and a bifid uvula.
Knotweed
Definition:
(n.) See Knot/rass.
Example Sentences:
(1) "In the UK," writes Felix Schnappauf, "it is an offence under section 14(2) of the Wildlife and Countryside act 1981 to 'plant or otherwise cause to grow in the wild' any plant listed in Schedule nine, Part II to the Act, which includes Japanese knotweed."
(2) "The best way to get rid of Japanese knotweed is to move house (or get a specialist company in)," suggests Nick Smith.
(3) Meanwhile Chris Sutcliffe has a scorched-earth policy when it comes to the old knotweed: "I had an infestation of Rosebay Willow Herb and successfully got rid of it by introducing pigs and a severe electric fence."
(4) Creasy, who has been vocal in her campaign against what she calls "legal loan sharking" – comparing the firms' grip on the UK to that of Japanese knotweed – said three Conservative MPs had formally signed her amendment and others had voiced their support.
(5) "Liam Blake indeed faces a world of pain with his Japanese Knotweed.
(6) To this end, Liam Blake writes: "I've just discovered Japanese knotweed in my garden!
(7) "Japanese knotweed is like modern football," suggests Robin Hazlehurst.
(8) Species such as Japanese knotweed, the North American signal crayfish, killer shrimp and zebra mussels not only have an impact on biodiversity by supplanting native species, but affect human health and the economy, according to a report from the environmental audit committee.
(9) And it was one of a select bunch of invasive species, including Japanese knotweed and Himalayan Balsam, listed in the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 , prohibiting their release into the wild.
(10) In the UK, grey squirrels are estimated to cause £10m of damage to trees each year, Japanese knotweed costs £1.5bn a year to eradicate and it cost £11m to remove rhododendron from one national park in Wales alone, according to the Country Land and Business Association.
(11) They could be facing LIFE IN THE JUG like MBM reader and Japanese knotweed maniac Liam Blake.
(12) In some forecasters’ mouths, a form of forecast-speak has now become the linguistic equivalent of Japanese knotweed.
(13) In Emmerdale , just when you thought Cameron, very much the Japanese knotweed of soap killers, had been dealt with, he goes and bloody resurfaces again.
(14) "In response to the Japanese Knotweed problem, my friend, who makes a living eradicating the wicked weed, suggests chopping it down and then injecting each and every remaining stalk with some kind of pesticide," says Justin Spencer.
(15) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Share Share this post Facebook Twitter Pinterest close [LEGAL DISCLAIMER: Shovel might not come in useful for clearing the back yard of the old knotweed.
(16) Tunnelling here on the fringe of London City airport has involved searching for unexploded bombs, Japanese knotweed and the labyrinthine roots of unclaimed utility lines.
(17) Daniel Alves tries to open Bayern up down the right, but the red shirts are soon all over him like, well, Japanese knotweed.
(18) 8.40pm BST Half-time advertising for gardeners There must be a function on this bad boy which would come in useful for clearing the back yard of the old knotweed.
(19) "The responses of fellow MBMers confirms my worst fears about the knotweed," writes our old pal Liam Blake.