(a.) Of or pertaining to youth; as, juvenile sports.
(n.) A young person or youth; -- used sportively or familiarly.
Example Sentences:
(1) We studied the chemotaxis of peripheral blood polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMNs) and monocytes and the production of tumor necrosis factor alpha by monocytes of patients with juvenile periodontitis (JP).
(2) In this study, bacterial flora, especially the occurrence of A. actinomycetemcomitans, in the periodontal pockets of one juvenile with gingivitis (G), one JP patients, five rapidly progressive periodontitis (RP) patients and one adult periodontitis(AP) patient, and one adult with healthy periodontium was investigated using a blood agar medium and a selective medium for A. actinomycetemcomitans.
(3) Juvenile diabetics appear to have fewer cutaneous abnormalities than adults who develop the disease, but the juvenile diabetic is not spared.
(4) The mothers of 87 male and female adolescents accepted at a counseling agency described their offspring by completing the Institute of Juvenile Research Behavior Checklist.
(5) Lymphocyte numbers were depressed below control levels at 24 hr postphlebotomy in exposed juvenile and adult males.
(6) During the first 15 to 20 min of metamorphosis the larval arms are retracted and resorbed into the aboral surface of the juvenile.
(7) Differentiation on histopathological grounds between this tumour and the more common juvenile melanoma may be difficult, but this important distinction should be possible in almost all cases.
(8) Experimentally, the newborn and juvenile matured white A breeded mice of both sexes were used.
(9) A family with occurrence of juvenile sudden death and effort polymorphous ventricular tachycardias is reported.
(10) Minced and triturated fragments from the spinal cord of normal rat fetuses (15-18 days gestation) labeled with the fluorescent dye fast blue (FB) were successfully transplanted into juvenile myelin-deficient rat spinal cord under direct observation.
(11) Changes in haemolymph juvenile hormone (JH) concentrations of larvae of the southwestern corn borer, Diatraea grandiosella, were used to estimate the activity of the corpora allata.
(12) Monaural plugging was performed on different juvenile bats at 7, 14, and 35 days of age.
(13) Compared with juvenile and adult controls, a significantly greater number of "fast isoamylases" was found in the parotid saliva of children with cystic fibrosis and their healthy heterozygous parents.
(14) The purpose of this study was to test an empirically based prediction model of school dropout on a sample of 137 juvenile delinquents, some who have dropped out and some who have remained in school.
(15) Liver enzymes, including aspartate aminotransferase (also called SGOT), alanine aminotransferase (also called SGPT), alkaline phosphatase, and lactate dehydrogenase, may be elevated in juvenile arthritis patients with hepatic dysfunction.
(16) Nine of these 10 patients had juvenile polyposis defined by the presence of at least three juvenile polyps; and eight of the nine had a family history of juvenile polyps.
(17) In 2, the terminal event resembled juvenile chronic myelogenous leukemia, and in the third, the diagnosis was acute monocytic leukemia.
(18) Following the definition and etiology, cases of juvenile bleeding in 66 patients were analysed in connection with the time of its occurrence, its clinical picture and therapy.
(19) This study investigates bacterial invasion of the soft tissue walls of deep pockets from cases with adult (AP) and juvenile periodontitis (JP).
(20) It is planned to employ this method (after further improvements) in investigating the possible effects of changes in the crevicular fluid composition on the developmental and regenerative processes in the juvenile periodontium.
Youngster
Definition:
(n.) A young person; a youngling; a lad.
Example Sentences:
(1) Everyone gets a bit excited with the whole ‘youth’ thing but, at our clubs, the managers wouldn’t just play any old youngster.
(2) The developmental challenges inherent in the stage of adolescence are particularly stressful for mildly retarded youngsters and contribute to a high incidence of behavioral disorders.
(3) The prevalence of the habit was higher: a) in men, both in the youngsters and their parents; b) in medical students than in those of the economic sciences; c) in parents with university education.
(4) But Hilton insists critics are wrong to see the group as ruthless youngsters who meet purely to further their own careers.
(5) Sigurdsson joined Reading as a youngster in 2005, and had loan spells at Crewe and Shrewsbury before breaking into the first team.
(6) Beta cell function, peripheral sensitivity to insulin and specific pancreatic autoimmunity were studied in 30 youngsters with cystic fibrosis (CF) accurately selected in order to fulfill the criteria for normal glucose tolerance.
(7) This paper describes a series of young patients hospitalized in a psychiatric facility because they presented symptoms indicative of a psychotic disorder when, in fact, the youngsters were dealing with the strain of keeping a family secret hidden.
(8) There may be cases in which youngsters have travelled overseas perhaps out of curiosity or with an interest but upon arriving shall we say in Turkey, through which a lot of these people are staged, get cold feet and decide they don’t want to pursue that objective.
(9) Calais's youths: the unaccompanied minors left in political limbo Read more Dubs, who was saved from the Nazis and brought to London in 1939 as part of the Kindertransport programme, has led a parliamentary campaign to take in youngsters from camps near Calais and elsewhere in Europe who, he says, are hugely vulnerable to exploitation, sexual violence and disease.
(10) In youngsters of severely diabetic mothers, during glucose infusion, hyperinsulinemia is associated with hyperresponsiveness of the beta-cells and insulin resistance.
(11) The youngsters who identified with her when they saw her in Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone in 2001 can feel that she has yet to let them down, nearly 16 years later.
(12) The effectiveness of a time-out intervention for adolescent psychiatric patients, adjudicated (delinquent) youth, and behaviorally disordered youngsters was explored in this study.
(13) In a joint report , seven anti-tobacco organisations said PMI is trying to recruit a new generation of youngsters, many of whom risk becoming hooked on tobacco for life.
(14) Hastily packing his one-man tent, the youngster set off walking from Idomeni, alone.
(15) Up to 20% of the senior school pupils may truant in a 2-week period and teachers report these youngsters to be more aggressive and to show more neurotic symptoms then the regular school attenders.
(16) This finding provides strong evidence that a comprehensive family-oriented outreach program for youngsters with chronic physical disorders can have long-term mental health benefits.
(17) In 15 patients the airway obstruction was completely relieved and these youngsters were extubated without difficulty.
(18) The performance of institutionalized delinquent youngsters on paired associate learning tasks was investigated to determine whether level of aspiration (LOA) statements were associated with improved performance under varying feedback conditions.
(19) The authors report data from a clinical-epidemiological survey of 322 youngster (143 m and 179 f) aged 4-16 with primary headache aimed at assessing latent time between precursors and onset of headache.
(20) The various factors that influence puberty and menarche reflect the total environment in which the youngster develops.