(v. t.) To break into, or between; to stop, or hinder by breaking in upon the course or progress of; to interfere with the current or motion of; to cause a temporary cessation of; as, to interrupt the remarks speaking.
(v. t.) To divide; to separate; to break the monotony of; as, the evenness of the road was not interrupted by a single hill.
(p. a.) Broken; interrupted.
Example Sentences:
(1) Microvascular anastomoses were performed on rat common carotid arteries using either continuous or interrupted sutures.
(2) Axons emerge from proximal dendrites within 50 microns of the soma, and more rarely from the soma, in a tapering initial segment, commonly interrupted by one or two large swellings.
(3) Even today, our experience of the zoo is so often interrupted by disappointment and confusion.
(4) Beginning with its foundation by Charles Godon in 1900 he describes the growth of the Federation as an organization of the dental profession which continued despite the interruption of two world wars.
(5) Mus norvegicus albicus, by interrupting a free-running rhythm with light signals of short duration.
(6) In only six patients (14%) the ventricular tachycardia was initiated by an ectopic ventricular complex interrupting the T wave.
(7) The longest of the cDNA clones (1507 nucleotides) apparently originated from an unprocessed messenger RNA, since the nucleotide sequence encoding BNP-26 was interrupted by an intron of 554 nucleotides.
(8) Acute transmural myocardial infarction has been reported to functionally denervate the normal myocardium distal to the infarcted zone by interrupting neurotransmission in axons coursing in the subepicardial region of the myocardial necrosis.
(9) The OPL first appears as a thin, discontinuous break in the cytoblast layer that is frequently interrupted by the profiles of migrating neuro- and glioblasts.
(10) There is a certain degree of swagger, a sudden interruption of panache, as Alan Moore enters the rather sterile Waterstones office where he has agreed to speak to me.
(11) Renal failure was always reversible with interruption or dosage reduction of the drug.
(12) All cellular signals characterized so far are reverted during retrodifferentiation: Redistribution of PKC and down-regulation of c-fos and c-jun contribute to an interruption of the differentiation-associated transsignaling cascade.
(13) You're more likely to awake refreshed, because inside your mattress there's a special sensor that monitors your sleeping rhythms, determining precisely when to wake you so as not to interrupt an REM cycle.
(14) We conclude that infusion system malfunction resulting in interruption of insulin flow is a common occurrence, is often associated with temporary hyperglycemia, and may account for some of the increased incidence of diabetic ketoacidosis previously described in these patients.
(15) The results show that DA-receptors located within the pituitary itself are involved in the control of MSH release indicating that the effect of hypothalamic lesions on pituitary MSH content is primarily caused by interruption of dopaminergic neurotransmission in the hypophysis.
(16) Not only early diagnosis and treatment before the appearance of hepatic failure or neurological symptoms, but also treatment throughout life without interruption is important for improving the prognosis of Wilson's disease.
(17) Several attempts at circuit interruption of type 1 atrial flutter by means of surgical or catheter techniques have been published.
(18) Groups of photosensitive female house sparrows have been kept under night-interruption and intermittent light cycles for a period of 6 weeks.
(19) Other associated malformations were an interrupted aortic arch and an atrial septal defect.
(20) Relapses after interruption of treatment seemed to be less frequent than with Tetracycline therapy.
Parenthesis
Definition:
(n.) A word, phrase, or sentence, by way of comment or explanation, inserted in, or attached to, a sentence which would be grammatically complete without it. It is usually inclosed within curved lines (see def. 2 below), or dashes.
(n.) One of the curved lines () which inclose a parenthetic word or phrase.
Example Sentences:
(1) in parenthesis) 0.0 (4.0), +1.3 (4.0) and +0.6 (3.2) for the resting metabolic rate, -1.7 (4.0), -2.2 (3.2) and -1.7 (3.7) for arm work and +0.3 (2.0), -1.2 (2.9) and -0.3 (3.2) for leg work.
(2) After the medioeval parenthesis, it fell to Vesalius to give a new impulse to anatomical research.
(3) The enzymes used and, within parenthesis, the number of their cleavage sites on the P2 lg cc DNA molecule were: AvaI(3), BalI(1), BAMI(3), BglII(3), HaeIII (more than 40; only three were mapped), HindIII(0), HpaI(10), KpnI(3), PstI(3), SalI(2) and SmaI(2).
(4) Although a wide range of aminoacyl-7-amino-4-methylcoumarin derivatives (which are used to measure aminopeptidase activity) were hydrolysed by normal human cortical soluble extract, fractionation of the latter via anion exchange and gel filtration chromatography resolved only 4 separable aminopeptidase types (activity relative to alanyl aminopeptidase in parenthesis): alanyl (EC 3.4.11.14, 100%); arginyl (2 isoenzymes, EC 3.4.11.6, 15%); pyroglutamyl (EC 3.4.19.3, 4%); and leucyl (EC 3.4.11.1, 1%).
(5) Using the parenthesis as target and noise that are either identical or different in orientation, we tested predictions derived from a feature-specific inhibition model (Bjork & Murray, 1977) that explains the NRE as arising from inhibitory interactions among channels handling identical inputs.
(6) The numbers of eggs laid by the 10 specimens of each strain were respectively (viable eggs in parenthesis): 44 (26), 1 (1), 5 (0), 15 (7) and 38 (0).
(7) In PMSG study, the ED50 values per animal and per body weight (kg) in parenthesis were as follows: i. v., 0.8 (30.8); i. p., 2.0 (76.9); s. c., 2.8 (107.7) I. U. for mice, i. v., 3.6 (34.3); i. p., 8.0 (76.2); s. c., 13.2 (125.7) I. U. for syrian hamsters and i. v., 6.0 (76.8); i. p., 20.8 (73.0); s. c., 76.8 (269.5) I. U. for rats, respectively.
(8) Taking cytochromes o and b as standard for comparison, the epimastigotes samples could be grouped as follows (in parenthesis number of passages through the culture medium): 1) stocks with a relatively high content of cytochromes b and o, prevailing the former (stocks Y (116), RA (114), AF, FN, TN and MG (14 y 16); 2) stocks with a relatively low content of both cytochromes: Y (119), AWP and UP; 3) stocks with a low content of cytochrome b, without cytochrome o: CA-I and CA-I (V); 4) stocks without cytochromes: Y(117 and 118) and RA(113).
(9) Scott made sure that many letters supportive of forcible feeding were published, as well as those that were critical, and frequently attached a paragraph, in parenthesis, at the end of any one letter with which he particular disagreed.
(10) When hCG was injected into i. v., i. p. and s. c., the ED50 values per animal and per body weight (kg) in parenthesis were as follows; 0.2 (7.7), 0.3 (11.5) and 0.7 (26.9) I. U. for mice, 1.0 (9.5), 1.8 (17.1) and 2.6 (24.8) I. U. for syrian hamsters and 1.3 (4.6), 3.5 (12.3) and 7.5 (26.3) I. U. for rats, respectively.
(11) The equality or inequality in parenthesis was the relation operator which gave -1 or 0 when the expression was true of false, respectively.
(12) Saturday marks the end of a brief parenthesis in the 27-year-old’s season after a string of one-day races.
(13) What starts as a thesis about managing migration to preserve the welfare state - the fact that the NHS and many other public services owe their existence to mass migration earns an entire parenthesis towards the end - develops into a diatribe about the flaws of ethnic diversity.
(14) In parenthesis: Cameron’s fixation with “security” as a governing theme long predates Corbyn’s election.
(15) An antipathy to doctors seems one of his "preselected feelings", and the narrator takes a parenthesis – "(now where did that come from)" – to acknowledge that there is something behind this.
(16) But for Jewish people to be so quick to be thin-skinned is not good either, and is in danger of seeming coercive.Baddiel’s throwaway parenthesis on Israel’s being “deemed the nutcase pariah-state du jour”, is frankly disreputable, and gives the impression that he is “playing the antisemitism card” with more in mind than the banal misspeakings of a few footballers.
(17) After the definition, a short note in parenthesis: "usage: rare" (and today, too, the spellchecker has red-underlined the word.
(18) Excessive chromosomes in the primary tumors were usually due to extra chromosomes in the following groups (numbers of tumors involved are shown in parenthesis): No.
(19) Instrument differences (Dinamap minus Doppler) for the parallel wrap (95% confidence intervals in parenthesis) were -1.5 mmHg (-3.1, 0.0) and -3.9 mmHg (-5.6, -2.2) for the contour wrap.
(20) The definitions and significant implications of two major theoretical concepts of this meta-theory of cognition, namely structural determinism and objectivity-in-parenthesis, are discussed.