(a.) Not under the influence or control of the will; not voluntary; as, the involuntary movements of the body; involuntary muscle fibers.
(a.) Not proceeding from choice; done unwillingly; reluctant; compulsory; as, involuntary submission.
Example Sentences:
(1) Aggressive behavior during acute involuntary admission was related to ratings on the Brief Psychopathological Rating Scale, age, sex and global assessment in 38 patients.
(2) 93% (non-smokers 99%, smokers 84%) felt that involuntary smoking should be restricted in the workplace and 99% (non-smokers 99%, smokers 97%) felt that it should be restricted in the canteens.
(3) Hemimasticatory spasm is a rare disorder of the trigeminal nerve that produces involuntary jaw closure due to paroxysmal unilateral contraction of jaw-closing muscles.
(4) and involuntary fetal wastage, HLA-A, B compatibility between husband and wife was studied in a group of 77 couples with known obstetric histories.
(5) Urodynamic study of the ileal neobladder showed a low pressure (mean 15.3 cm water) and no involuntary pressure spikes in the neobladder.
(6) About 15% of patients fail to respond to initial antibiotic therapy, 20% experience recurrences, 20% develop involuntary infertility, and 8% of post-PID patients who conceive have an ectopic pregnancy.
(7) Idiopathic torsion dystonia (ITD) is characterized by sustained, involuntary muscle contractions, frequently causing twisting and repetitive movements or abnormal postures.
(8) "Enuresis risoria" or "giggle incontinence" is a particular condition characterized by a sudden, involuntary, uncontrollable and complete emptying of the bladder during giggling or hearty laughter.
(9) Phenytoin-induced involuntary movements have not been described previously in a case with such a small parasaggital tumour treated with phenytoin at a serum concentration of therapeutic range.
(10) Tremor refers to an involuntary, rhythmic, oscillatory movement of a body part.
(11) Although little change in either mental status or involuntary movements was observed within the 3 weeks following the withdrawal of haloperidol, marked deterioration in mental status and involuntary movements occurred within 1 week of withdrawal of clozapine.
(12) The occurrence of this and related syndromes suggests that inherited, slowly progressive myoclonus, chorea, and dystonia, alone or in combination, should be viewed as a spectrum of hyperkinetic involuntary movements, and that each motor component may represent variable expression of the same genetic defect.
(13) Muscle atrophy, involuntary movements or associated movements in the facial muscles on the side of the anastomosis, which are frequent during spontaneous regeneration, were never observed.
(14) The level of involuntary dehydration is approximately proportional to the degree of total stress imposed on the body.
(15) In the elderly, there are two main types of abnormal involuntary movements: tremors on one hand and dyskinesias on the other.
(16) This paper describes this unexpected, involuntary intervention in patient care in the Department of Geriatric Medicine.
(17) The first case was a premature female infant who developed involuntary twist movements of the left arm, persistent plantar flexion and eversion of the left foot at age of 7 months.
(18) The pharmacokinetics of tetrabenazine and a metabolite, hydroxytetrabenazine, have been investigated in seven patients being treated for involuntary movement disorders.
(19) This involuntary muscle activity was attributed to fusimotor and postural reflexes.
(20) Tardive dyskinesia is a potentially irreversible syndrome of involuntary hyperkinetic movements that occur in predisposed persons receiving extended neuroleptic (antipsychotic) drug therapy.
Uncontrollable
Definition:
(a.) Incapable of being controlled; ungovernable; irresistible; as, an uncontrollable temper; uncontrollable events.
(a.) Indisputable; irrefragable; as, an uncontrollable maxim; an uncontrollable title.
Example Sentences:
(1) A case of mixed congenital abnormalities in a fetus demonstrated ultrasonographically during the second trimester of pregnancy in an uncontrolled insulin-dependent diabetic mother is presented.
(2) In 27 patients with uncontrollable gastroesophageal reflux, a modified Nissen fundoplication was performed.
(3) Surgical exploration is reserved for those cases with clinical or radiologic evidence of uncontrollable hemorrhage, bowel perforation, or mesenteric infarction.
(4) His balancing pole swayed uncontrollably, nearly tapping the sides of his feet.
(5) In the southern state of Karnataka, corruption is blamed for uncontrolled mining in vast areas of protected forest.
(6) Uncontrolled diabetes mellitus can aggravate the hyperlipidaemia associated with this disorder, presumably by increasing triglyceride synthesis and reducing very low density lipoprotein catabolism by lipoprotein lipase.
(7) Balance and cognition were assessed in two patients with uncontrolled complex partial seizures.
(8) These studies were uncontrolled and the study populations were small.
(9) In the affective realm, the Rorschach scores reflected the predicted decrease in uncontrolled expression of affect, increase in controlled expression of affect, and increase in inwardness.
(10) With chemical matrixectomy, regulation of the level of tissue destruction is uncontrolled and often results in bone injury.
(11) Patients had troublesome symptoms uncontrolled by high doses of inhaled corticosteroids (mean 1450 micrograms).
(12) Many clinical trials (controlled and uncontrolled) have demonstrated the efficacy of NSAIDs such as the fenamates, indole-acetic acid derivatives, and arylpropionic acid derivatives in relieving primary dysmenorrhea as well as IUD-induced dysmenorrhea that is also due to elevated prostaglandin levels.
(13) There was too much hurt and uncontrolled anger when she was in the superior position with the kind of man who could not meet her dependency needs.
(14) Distant metastases were usually associated with uncontrolled disease at the primary site.
(15) These cases illustrate that partial gastrectomy fails to protect patients from developing iron overload, particularly if given uncontrolled iron therapy.
(16) By uncontrolled application without indication of a photoactive drug methoxypsoralen (Meladinine) which is sold only on prescription a 20-year-old man sustained a large burn injury of 71% of body surface.
(17) "Enuresis risoria" or "giggle incontinence" is a particular condition characterized by a sudden, involuntary, uncontrollable and complete emptying of the bladder during giggling or hearty laughter.
(18) Both phenomena are interrelated: disintegration of systems releases its component functional structures from inhibition, and the uncontrolled activity of the disinhibited (hyperactive) functional structures leads further disintegration.
(19) (1) The use of compounds with a prolonged effect completely does away with the uncontrolled intake of drugs, which leads to a considerable reduction in the number of relapses and exacerbations.
(20) Zinc and copper are accumulated in the kidney of rats with uncontrolled, insulin dependent diabetes mellitus.