(n.) Morbid drowsiness; continued or profound sleep, from which a person can scarcely be awaked.
(n.) A state of inaction or indifference.
(v. t.) To lethargize.
Example Sentences:
(1) Lethargy and somnolence were reported on both capsule and tablet by several subjects at a time which corresponded with the maximum concentration of drug in plasma.
(2) Eight infants 6 months of age or younger had a prodromal viral illness followed by the rapid onset of lethargy, seizures, and coma, resulting in the diagnosis of Reye's syndrome.
(3) Fatigue, lethargy, and decline in performance status were marked in four of the patients.
(4) Suberylglycine (HOOC(CH2)6CONHCH2COOH) was found in the urine from a patient with C6-C10-omega-dicarboxylic aciduria and unexplained episodes of lethargy and unconsciousness.
(5) The most common clinical signs of B gibsoni infection were lethargy, anorexia, anemia, and thrombocytopenia.
(6) Mannitol intoxication is ordinarily characterized by confusion, lethargy, stupor, and if severe enough, coma.
(7) Exploratory abdominal surgery in a budgerigar with a history of lethargy, feather fluffing, and melena revealed a neoplastic mass associated with the jejunal muscularis.
(8) In later stages coughing, anorexia and lethargy occurred.
(9) There were also two episodes of lethargy, disorientation, and headache which cleared promptly with Mannitol.
(10) Lethargy, irritability, anorexia, fever, abdominal tenderness, and passage of blood in the stools were common clinical manifestations.
(11) Disseminated aspergillosis attributable to Aspergillus deflectus was diagnosed in a Springer Spaniel with lethargy, lameness, anorexia, weight loss, pyrexia, lymphadenopathy, hematuria, and urinary incontinence.
(12) This reports a case of a 2-year-old girl who ingested 90-92, 0.25 mg tablets of digoxin and within four hours, developed vomiting, lethargy, tachycardia and AV block (Mobitz type I and II).
(13) The results indicate that lethargy is an important symptom in patients with intussusception when occurring in association with vomiting, melena, or a palpable abdominal mass, or all three.
(14) Babies with diarrhea on Formula 3 showed symptoms between the 3rd and 5th days, and in each case lethargy, weight loss, dehydration, and in some, fever, were followed by diarrhea.
(15) Although trazodone therapy has been associated with lethargy, dizziness, drowsiness, and confusion in some patients, symptoms have been mild and can be further minimized by administering the drug either after meals or once daily at bedtime.
(16) The response to challenge with soy protein included diarrhea, vomiting, hypotension, lethargy, and fever.
(17) To simplify the analysis, she focuses only on the region south of the Sahara--excluding South Africa--in her overview of the slow progress and vast education needs of nurses caught in the web of their countries' socioeconomic and political chaos ... and lethargy.
(18) The clinical and physical signs appearing after intoxication include among other lethargy, decreased locomotor activity, piloerection, weight loss and perorbital bleeding.
(19) A 62-year-old woman with adequate renal function who consumed large quantities of magnesium citrate presented with lethargy and hypotension.
(20) André Schürrle, a peripheral figure at Chelsea, on his third start since New Year's Day, emerged from the visitors' initial lethargy to settle this derby and propel his side four points clear at the top of the Premier League table.
Vigor
Definition:
(n.) Active strength or force of body or mind; capacity for exertion, physically, intellectually, or morally; force; energy.
(n.) Strength or force in animal or force in animal or vegetable nature or action; as, a plant grows with vigor.
(n.) Strength; efficacy; potency.
(v. t.) To invigorate.
Example Sentences:
(1) A case of dissecting hematoma involving the left main, left anterior descending, and left circumflex coronary arteries is described in a patient who had received vigorous closed-chest cardiac resuscitation.
(2) A history of vigorous sports in the past was not protective.
(3) No cases of rheumatic fever and no acute nephritis appeared in spite of the vigorous immune response to both cellular and extracellular antigens of group A streptococci documented in 50% to 80% of patients, suggesting that strain variation may be a feature of rheumatogenicity as well as nephritogenicity of group A streptococcal pharyngitis.
(4) In support of this contention, 5R-4F3 grew very poorly under conditions that supported the vigorous growth of E beta bE alpha k-restricted T-cell clones from the same mouse.
(5) The low incidence of pneumonia regardless of the type of therapy may be attributable to vigorous, vigilant respiratory care in a population at high risk for developing pneumonia.
(6) The apparent Km for K+-ATP was 2.1 mM when the incubation mixture was vigorously stirred, and the effect of stirring indicated that the kinetics of K+-ATP hydrolysis are limited by external diffusion.
(7) They had mounted a vigorous lobbying campaign, both in public and behind the scenes, since the legislation first came to light this month .
(8) Abe Foxman, director of the Anti-Defamation League, a vigorous defender of Israel, called the speech “ill-advised”.
(9) A vigorous progressive physical and occupational therapy program producing tangible results does more for the patient's morale than any verbal encouragement could possibly do.
(10) In anesthetized cats, direct neural recording of vagal activity to the heart confirmed that vigorous reflex vagal activation during acute myocardial ischemia is associated with protection from ventricular fibrillation.
(11) The control, uninfected rats make vigorous primary and secondary antibody responses when challenged with keyhole limpet haemocyanin (KLH), human immunoglobulin (HuIg) or sheep red blood cells (SRBC).
(12) Policies recommending quarantine, isolation, mandatory testing of certain populations, and vigorous public education are explored.
(13) Preliminary clinical studies demonstrate that the progression of diabetic renal disease can be slowed by vigorous antihypertensive therapy.
(14) Parasite antigen responses appeared 2 weeks after challenge of C3H mice and remained vigorous for periods up to 6 months.
(15) However, Bryo induced only a marginal proliferative response as compared with the vigorous response induced by PMA.
(16) SF T cells were able to mount vigorous proliferative responses to recall antigen presented by autologous antigen-presenting cells.
(17) Results show that schistosome eggs are autonomous inducers of vigorous Th2-like effector responses.
(18) ANG II given as early as 10 days after surgery, and they drank reliably and vigorously but less in total volume to 100 ng i.c.v.
(19) However, because the potential exists for recurrence of the cardiac tumor, for enlargement of the cerebral lesions, or for late development of cerebral lesions, long term follow-up is mandatory and a vigorous work-up must be pursued if the patient again becomes symptomatic or develops central nervous system manifestations for the first time.
(20) Platelet concentrates collected by continuous flow automated apheresis (Fenwal CS-3000) were compared with those collected by manual apheresis to determine whether the prolonged centrifugation and vigorous resuspension affected platelet viability and in vitro function.