(a.) Not fallible; not capable of erring; entirely exempt from liability to mistake; unerring; inerrable.
(a.) Not liable to fail, deceive, or disappoint; indubitable; sure; certain; as, infallible evidence; infallible success; an infallible remedy.
(a.) Incapable of error in defining doctrines touching faith or morals. See Papal infallibility, under Infallibility.
Example Sentences:
(1) It was a waspish summary in which he noted that, while Pope Francis "may have renounced his own infallibility", Margaret Thatcher never did.
(2) I asked if that would not make life easier, since it removed any issue of the author's infallibility?
(3) And yet many newspapers do persist in pretending they are largely infallible."
(4) The bleeding time is not an infallible indication of aspirin or other non steroidal antiinflammatory drugs platelet defect.
(5) Although these criteria are helpful in most instances, they are not infallible.
(6) Countless Americans believe in a purity and infallibility of our right to bear arms, and therefore are quick to find fault with those who misuse the right.
(7) However, these physiologic measurements are not infallible; their accuracy is largely dependent on the careful set-up and use of the measuring instruments.
(8) Testing hearing in baby clinics was easy to implement and economical but not infallible.
(9) The electrocardiogram was invaluable, though by no means infallible.
(10) Current imaging techniques are not infallible and cannot confer an absolute sense of security when seeming to indicate a nonextruded protruding disk.
(11) The results suggest that, although far from infallible, CA 125 is a useful marker for ovarian cancer.
(12) People have come to believe that doctors should never make mistakes and courts have reinforced this absurd requirement of infallibility by punishing breaches with settlements way out of proportion to actual damages".
(13) We conclude that a long acting glucocorticoid is useful in the management of menstrual abnormalities in adolescent patients with congenital adrenal hyperplasia who have attained their adult height, and that monitoring the concentration of serum T in them is a valuable but not infallible procedure for assessing the effectiveness of therapy.
(14) He continued to write about art, but related it more closely to his personal experience, and though he never ceased to believe in the perfectibility of society, he edged towards an understanding of Marxism as an analytical tool rather than an infallible cure for the ills of the world.
(15) And yet many newspapers do persist in pretending they are largely infallible.
(16) He has a vast and devoted following of people who do not question his infallibility.
(17) Our knowledge of the wrist is incomplete, and our diagnostic tools are not infallible, but we must continue to try to sort out these difficult wrist problems.
(18) Although there is no infallible method of avoiding interpretive errors it is suggested that the development of good viewing habits, including an orderly and systematic appraisal of each film, coupled with a physiologically oriented approach to film interpretation will reduce mistakes significantly.
(19) Even then, it was obvious that Facetti had a prodigious knowledge of art history and an infallible instinct for the way a single image might capture the essence of a book.
(20) The first is that King and Trichet, eminent though they may be, are not infallible.
Inflammable
Definition:
(a.) Capable of being easily set fire; easily enkindled; combustible; as, inflammable oils or spirits.
(a.) Excitable; irritable; irascible; easily provoked; as, an inflammable temper.
Example Sentences:
(1) The authors conclude that H. pylori alone causes little or no effect on an intact gastric mucosa in the rat, that either intact organisms or bacteria-free filtrates cause similar prolongation and delayed healing of pre-existing ulcers with active chronic inflammation, and that the presence of predisposing factors leading to disruption of gastric mucosal integrity may be required for the H. pylori enhancement of inflammation and tissue damage in the stomach.
(2) The authors followed up the occurrence of inflammation-mediated osteopenia (IMO) in young and adult rats weighing 50 g and 150 g, respectively.
(3) The base materials caused more pulpal inflammation than the control material, Kalzinol, although by an indirect mechanism.
(4) Achilles tendon overuse injuries exist as a spectrum of diseases ranging from inflammation of the paratendinous tissue (paratenonitis), to structural degeneration of the tendon (tendinosis), and finally tendon rupture.
(5) The authors describe the role played by these substances in the pathogenesis of inflammations, their importance in the regulation of intraocular pressure and in the development of cystoid macular oedema.
(6) The aim of our experiments was to investigate firstly whether during an acute inflammatory process platelets accumulate in the inflamed area and secondly whether the inflammation has an effect on the properties of the platelets.
(7) A patient with abdominal discomfort and hematemesis was found to have lower esophageal inflammation on endoscopy.
(8) Hence, presence of IgG rheumatoid factor correlated positively with the presence of rheumatoid disease, and evidence was established that certain features of rheumatoid inflammation occur in dental periapical lesions of many patients with rheumatoid disease.
(9) The development of pulmonary edema in high-altitude residents with upper respiratory infections and no antecedent low-altitude journey is consistent with the presence of other factors such as inflammation, which may play a role in the pathogenesis of the edema.
(10) Vulvovaginal inflammations and infections in the premenarchal child are caused by a large number of etiologic agents.
(11) However, coinciding with the height of inflammation and clinical signs at 12 dpi, the GFAP mRNA content dropped to approximately 50% of the level at 11 dpi but rose again at 13 dpi.
(12) Earlier recognition of foul-smelling mucoid discharge on the IUD tail, or abnormal bleeding, or both, as a sign of early pelvic infection, followed by removal of the IUD and institution of appropriate antibiotic therapy, might prevent the more serious sequelae of pelvic inflammation.
(13) On the other hand, the compound was more potent on secondary or late stage than on primary stage of inflammation, and to some extent showed the mode of action seen with steroid antiinflammatory drugs.
(14) Although the mechanism(s) by which melanin augments inflammation has not been defined, these data suggest that the binding of serum components (such as antibodies) to melanin may contribute to its proinflammatory effect.
(15) Morphologic and microbiologic study of the operation and biopsy specimens, obtained from 73 patients with odontogenic inflammatory processes has shown that in 38% of cases the inflammation was induced by mixed fungal and bacterial flora.
(16) Major reported complications include hemorrhage, perforation, biliary and pancreatic obstruction, and inflammation with intestinal obstruction.
(17) In adults it reappears in malignant tumors and during inflammation and tissue repair.
(18) The data indicate that activated helper T cells are required and sufficient to give rise to the inflammatory infiltrates that are characteristic of the inflammations and exacerbations in human rheumatoid arthritis.
(19) The mice that remained asymptomatic at this time showed few signs of inflammation and none developed clinical disease over the following 9 months.
(20) Experiments have been performed using CO2 laser-assisted microvascular anastomoses, and they demonstrated the following features, in comparison with conventional anastomoses: ease in technique; less time consumption; less tissue inflammation; early wound healing; equivalency of patency rate and inner pressure tolerance; but only about 50 percent of the tensile strength of manual-suture anastomosis.