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Infrequently


Definition:

  • (adv.) Not frequently; rarely.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Surgical repair of the rheumatologic should however, is performed rarely, and should be reserved for the infrequent cases that do not respond to medical therapy.
  • (2) 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.
  • (3) Significant side-effects occurred infrequently and only 2 children lost weight during the period of medication.
  • (4) At 7 days axonal swellings were infrequently observed and the main structural feature was a reduction in myelin thickness in affected nerve fibers.
  • (5) In view of its infrequent and vague presentation, care is required to avoid overlooking the diagnosis of abdominal tuberculosis, particularly in the immigrant population.
  • (6) Allelic complementation was not observed, despite testing of a large number of allele pairs, and alleles suppressible by the ochre suppressor SUP11 were absent from a sample of 48 spontaneous mutants and occurred infrequently (7%) among a sample of ultraviolet-induced mutants.
  • (7) Social isolation, characterized by extremely infrequent contacts with other people, affects approximately one out of ten elderly people.
  • (8) This device is a possible improvement in the treatment of infants needing long term venous access, although doctors should be aware of the infrequent complications.
  • (9) This has been infrequently reported to occur during general anesthesia and to cause respiratory embarrassment, representing a significant hazard.
  • (10) Although runaway is infrequent with current generation pacemakers, it should be considered in addition to the more common causes of pacemaker malfunction in the patient with appropriate symptoms.
  • (11) Unequivocal interstitial deposits were infrequent and IgM was present in blood vessels in one patient only.
  • (12) In contrast, control Y79 cells not exposed to medium conditioned by RPE cells exhibit only infrequent neuronal phenotypes.
  • (13) In a series of over 200 patients, raised values were found frequently in hepatobiliary disease and infrequently in bone disease.
  • (14) Further, from the plateau values of the ratios, it follows that the substrates dissociate very infrequently from the ternary complex and that at a low substrate concentration 72% of the reaction follows the pathway in which ATP adds first to the enzyme.
  • (15) We conclude that this neuropathy, which is quite different from the infrequent peripheral nerve syndromes previously described in this illness, is commonly present in late Lyme disease.
  • (16) Biopsy of lymph nodes or brain and serologic tests needed for definitive diagnosis were done infrequently.
  • (17) Hematological side effects of neuroleptic drugs occur infrequently but remain a potential cause of serious toxicity.
  • (18) Four peaks (I, II, III, V) were present in all recordings, and a fifth (IV) was present infrequently.
  • (19) The gonadotrophin response to oestrogen levels was temporarily or permanently disordered in all but 3 patients in this series, whereas an ovarian refractoriness to gonadotrophins was only infrequently observed.
  • (20) Interhemispheric subdural hematoma (ISDH), although not infrequent in children, has been rarely encountered in adults.

Sometimes


Definition:

  • (adv.) Formerly; sometime.
  • (adv.) At times; at intervals; now and then;occasionally.
  • (a.) Former; sometime.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Cor triatriatum (CT) is a rare congenital defect, surgically correctable, and sometimes difficult to diagnose by cardiac catheterization.
  • (2) The cause has been innumerable "VIP movements", as journeys undertaken by those considered important enough for all other traffic to be held up, sometimes for hours, are described in South Asian bureaucratic speak.
  • (3) In in vitro preparations GABA (10(-7) - 10(-3) M) elicited a dose-dependent relaxation; a decrease in the spontaneous contractions was sometimes observed.
  • (4) In a poll before the debate, 48% predicted that Merkel, who will become Europe's longest serving leader if re-elected on 22 September, would emerge as the winner of the US-style debate, while 26% favoured Steinbruck, a former finance minister who is known for his quick-wit and rhetorical skills, but sometimes comes across as arrogant.
  • (5) Neutral sucrose density sedimentation patterns indicate that neutron-induced double strand-breaks sometimes occur in clusters of more than 100 in the same phage and that the effeciency with which double strand-breaks form is about 50 times that of gamma-induced double strand-breaks.
  • (6) The advantages of the incision through the pars plana ciliaris are (1) easier approach to the vitreous cavity, (2) preservation of the crystalline lens and an intact iris, and (3) circumvention of the corneal and chamber angle complications sometimes associated with the transcorneal approach.
  • (7) All the same, it's hard to approach the school, which charges nearly £28,000 for boarders and nearly £19,000 for day girls and is sometimes called "the girls' Eton", without a few prejudices.
  • (8) Eleven had hematological disorders, and 12 received steroids (sometimes with immunosuppressive or cytotoxic drugs).
  • (9) But we sent out reconnoitres in the morning; we send out a team in advance and they get halfway down the road, maybe a quarter of the way down the road, sometimes three-quarters of the way down the road – we tried this three days in a row – and then the shelling starts and while I can’t point the finger at who starts the shelling, we get the absolute assurances from the Ukraine government that it’s not them.” Flags on all Australian government buildings will be flown at half-mast on Thursday, and an interdenominational memorial service will be held at St Patrick’s cathedral in Melbourne from 10.30am.
  • (10) Alveoli underlying the plasma membrane sometimes contain binding sites, particularly on their outer membranes.
  • (11) These results provide further data which counter the sometimes extreme advocates of the view that compulsory admission and treatment of patients with psychiatric illness is never acceptable.
  • (12) They have informed, advocated and sometimes goaded participants in a way that will be entirely familiar to people in Europe.
  • (13) The minimum contraction produced by the threshold current involved usually three or four, sometimes two, sarcomers on both sides of the injecting pipette but contraction involving only one sarcomere was not observered.
  • (14) Vascular disturbances may develop very early, sometimes in the first month after manifestation of the disease.
  • (15) A few chromosomes show only telomeric staining in one arm or sometimes in both arms.
  • (16) In the midst of all the newspaper headlines and vigils you can sometimes lose sight of the man who was on death row.
  • (17) Rayburn, who was also told by his jobcentre he would lose his benefits if he did not work without pay, said he spent almost two months stacking and cleaning shelves and sometimes doing night shifts.
  • (18) Although studies of the effect of manipulating sensory systems during development are sometimes difficult to interpret (e.g.
  • (19) 99mTc-PMT scintigraphy is useful in connection with 99mTc-colloid scan and sometimes with 67Ga-citrate in the diagnosis of intrahepatic masses originating from hepatocytes.
  • (20) Sometimes it can seem as if the history of the City is the history of its crises and disasters, from the banking crisis of 1825 (which saw undercapitalised banks collapse – perhaps the closest historic parallel to the contemporary credit crunch), through the Spanish panic of 1835, the railway bust of 1837, the crash of Overend Gurney, the Kaffir boom, the Westralian boom, the Marconi scandal, and so on and on – a theme with endless variations.

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