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Negligibly


Definition:

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Since all human cadaveric tissue is fixed whilst on the skeleton, we may assume that shrinkage of the muscles in such specimens is negligible.
  • (2) In group C there was a negligible increase of LVSWI despite a marked rise in PCWP.
  • (3) From this, it was suggested that a negligible amount of oestradiol was released from these compounds and that the oestradiol moiety was useful as a carrier for the nitrogen mustard moiety.
  • (4) However, the phosphorylation of a 73 kDa double band, which is negligible in the absence of added NaC1, is stimulated by this salt.
  • (5) Although T cells exposed to antigen in B-depleted LN of mu sm and irradiated mice gave negligible T proliferative responses in vitro, low but significant levels of primed T helper function were detected in a sensitive T helper assay in vivo.
  • (6) Factors of negligible importance prognostically were: complete sterilization at mammary and axillary level after radiotherapy, persistence of florid cancer tissue at mammary level and histiocytosis of the axillary lymph nodes.
  • (7) In addition, the trends in the three sets of data for the catalytic subunit indicate that ionic bonds are involved in binding PALA to the active site, and that non-productive binding by L-Asp is negligible under these experimental conditions.
  • (8) We feel that the above technique is simple and definitive with negligible complications.
  • (9) Activity peaked during the period corresponding to evening twilight and was negligible during the morning twilight period; in contrast, death feigning peaked during the morning twilight period.
  • (10) The adverse effects were negligible--one patient had light urticarial rash and pruritus.
  • (11) In contrast, corticosterone, testosterone, progesterone and oestradiol showed negligible ability to displace [3H]1 alpha,25-(OH)2D3 from its receptor.
  • (12) Despite its negligible amount, the DIssE RNA in virions appears to serve as the template for the synthesis of DIssE RNA in infected cells.
  • (13) Facial pain is a very constant phenomenon which does not- or only to a negligible degree--change over an agelong course.
  • (14) An abrupt decrease of the liver glycogen was found as well as a negligible rise of the blood sugar.
  • (15) In conclusion, respiratory morbidity is not negligible.
  • (16) The influence of sample preparation for electrophoresis was found to be negligible.
  • (17) "This age group feeds Radio 4's core audience and it would in my judgment be negligent not to [look at this]," Liddiment added.
  • (18) As far as the cardiovascular systems of the fetus and neonate are concerned the effects in the dosage used are negligible.
  • (19) Desaturation by 4 M MgCl2 indicated that the amount of endogenously bound hormone was negligible in our membrane preparations.
  • (20) With monoclonal antibody AA1, immunostaining was entirely specific for mast cell granules, and there was negligible background staining in a range of tissues including lung, tonsil, colon, gastric mucosa, skin, and pituitary.

Small


Definition:

  • (superl.) Having little size, compared with other things of the same kind; little in quantity or degree; diminutive; not large or extended in dimension; not great; not much; inconsiderable; as, a small man; a small river.
  • (superl.) Being of slight consequence; feeble in influence or importance; unimportant; trivial; insignificant; as, a small fault; a small business.
  • (superl.) Envincing little worth or ability; not large-minded; -- sometimes, in reproach, paltry; mean.
  • (superl.) Not prolonged in duration; not extended in time; short; as, after a small space.
  • (superl.) Weak; slender; fine; gentle; soft; not loud.
  • (adv.) In or to small extent, quantity, or degree; little; slightly.
  • (adv.) Not loudly; faintly; timidly.
  • (n.) The small or slender part of a thing; as, the small of the leg or of the back.
  • (n.) Smallclothes.
  • (n.) Same as Little go. See under Little, a.
  • (v. t.) To make little or less.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The effect of insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-I) on growth of small cell lung cancer (SCLC) cell lines was studied.
  • (2) Such a signal must be due to a small ferromagnetic crystal formed when the nerve is subjected to pressure, such as that due to mechanical injury.
  • (3) The Na+ ionophore, gramicidin, had a small but significant inhibitory effect on Na(+)-dependent KG uptake, demonstrating that KG uptake was not the result of an intravesicular positive Na+ diffusion potential.
  • (4) For some time now, public opinion polls have revealed Americans' strong preference to live in comparatively small cities, towns, and rural areas rather than in large cities.
  • (5) The predicted non-Lorentzian line shapes and widths were found to be in good agreement with experimental results, indicating that the local orientational order (called "packing" by many workers) in the bilayers of small vesicles and in multilamellar membranes is substantially the same.
  • (6) If Charles Spencer, 3rd Duke of Marlborough, who bought the island in 1738, were to return today he would doubtless recognise the scene, though he might be surprised that his small private buildings have grown into a sizable hotel.
  • (7) We conclude that chronic emphysema produced in dogs by aerosol administration of papain results in elevated pulmonary artery pressure, which is characterized pathologically by medial hypertrophy of small pulmonary arteries.
  • (8) As the percentage of rabbit feed is very small compared to the bulk of animal feeds, there is a fair chance that rabbit feed will be contaminated with constituents (additives) of batches previously prepared for other animals.
  • (9) The extent of the infectious process was limited, however, because the life span of the cultures was not significantly shortened, the yields of infectious virus per immunofluorescent cell were at all times low, and most infected cells contained only a few well-delineated small masses of antigen, suggestive of an abortive infection.
  • (10) The small units described here could be inhibitory interneurons which convert the excitatory response of large units into inhibition.
  • (11) Early stabilisation may not ensure normal development but even early splinting carries a small risk of avascular necrosis.
  • (12) Twenty patients with non-small cell bronchogenic carcinoma were prospectively studied for intrathoracic lymphadenopathy using computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).
  • (13) In addition, KM231 could detect a small amount of the antigen ganglioside in human gastric normal and cancerous mucosa and in gastric cancer cell lines by HPTLC-immunostaining.
  • (14) Two small populations of GLY + neurons were observed outside of the named nuclei of the SOC; one was located dorsal to the LSO, near its dorsal hilus, and the other was identified near the medial pole of the LSO.
  • (15) Because of the small number of patients reported in the world literature and lack of controlled studies, the treatment of small cell carcinoma of the larynx remains controversial; this retrospective analysis suggests that combination chemotherapy plus radiation offers the best chance for cure.
  • (16) Only small amounts of 3H oleic acid were converted.
  • (17) The pH gradient measured with dimethyloxazolidine-2,4-dione and acetylsalicylic acid was very small in both bacteria at a high pH above 8, and was not affected significantly by the addition of CCCP.
  • (18) The results also indicate that small lesions initially noted only on CT scans of the chest in children with Wilms' tumor frequently represent metastatic tumor.
  • (19) CT scan revealed a small calcified mass in the right maxillary sinus.
  • (20) We have previously shown that intratracheally instilled silica (quartz) produces both morphologic evidence of emphysema and small-airway changes, and functional evidence of airflow obstruction.