(a.) Pertaining to the origin or beginning; preceding all others; first in order; primitive; primary; pristine; as, the original state of man; the original laws of a country; the original inventor of a process.
(a.) Not copied, imitated, or translated; new; fresh; genuine; as, an original thought; an original process; the original text of Scripture.
(a.) Having the power to suggest new thoughts or combinations of thought; inventive; as, an original genius.
(a.) Before unused or unknown; new; as, a book full of original matter.
(n.) Origin; commencement; source.
(n.) That which precedes all others of its class; archetype; first copy; hence, an original work of art, manuscript, text, and the like, as distinguished from a copy, translation, etc.
(n.) An original thinker or writer; an originator.
(n.) A person of marked eccentricity.
(n.) The natural or wild species from which a domesticated or cultivated variety has been derived; as, the wolf is thought by some to be the original of the dog, the blackthorn the original of the plum.
Example Sentences:
(1) Our results suggest that the peripheral sensitivity to hypoxia declined more than that to CO2, implying a peripheral chemoreceptor origin for hypoxic ventilatory decline.
(2) These immunocytochemical studies clearly demonstrated that cells encountered within the fibrous intimal thickening in the vein graft were inevitably smooth muscle cell in origin.
(3) The nuclear origin of the Ha antigen was confirmed by the speckled nuclear immunofluorescence staining pattern given by purified antibody to Ha obtained from a specific immune precipitate.
(4) The origin of the aorta and pulmonary artery from the right ventricle is a complicated and little studied congenital cardiac malformation.
(5) The origins of aging of higher forms of life, particularly humans, is presented as the consequence of an evolved balance between 4 specific kinds of dysfunction-producing events and 4 kinds of evolved counteracting effects in long-lived forms.
(6) These cells contained organelles characteristic of the maturation stage ameloblast and often extended to the enamel surface, suggesting a possible origin from the ameloblast layer.
(7) We conclude that chloramphenicol resistance encoded by Tn1696 is due to a permeability barrier and hypothesize that the gene from P. aeruginosa may share a common ancestral origin with these genes from other gram-negative organisms.
(8) Typological and archaeological investigations indicate that the church building represents originally the hospital facility for the lay brothers of the monastery, which according to the chronicle of the monastery was built in the beginning of the 14th century.
(9) Plasma NPY correlated better with plasma norepinephrine than with epinephrine, indicating its origin from sympathetic nerve terminals.
(10) Interadjudicator agreement was stronger on 'originality' than on 'aesthetic pleasingness'.
(11) One rare case of blind-ending branch originating in the upper third of the ureter are described.
(12) It is my desperate hope that we close out of town.” In the book, God publishes his own 'It Getteth Better' video and clarifies his original writings on homosexuality: I remember dictating these lines to Moses; and afterward looking up to find him staring at me in wide-eyed astonishment, and saying, "Thou do knowest that when the Israelites read this, they're going to lose their fucking shit, right?"
(13) As the requirements to store and display these images increase, the following questions become important: (a) What methods can be used to ensure that information given to the physician represents the originally acquired data?
(14) The condition is compared to extrahepatic and intrahepatic biliary atresia of man and evidence is presented for regarding this case to be one of extrahepatic origin.
(15) The position of the cyst supports the theory that branchial cysts are congenital in origin.
(16) heterografts of GW-39, a CEA-producing colonic tumor of human origin, was demonstrated in radioimmunoassay using radioiodinated CEA purified from GW-39.
(17) The committee reviewed the history, original intent, current purpose, and effectiveness of meetings held on the unit; when problems were identified, suggestions for change were formulated.
(18) The relative strength of the progressions varies with excitation wavelength and this, together with the absence of a common origin, indicates the existence of two independent emitting states with 0-0' levels separated by either 300 or 1000 cm-1.
(19) Sickle and normal discocytes both showed membrane elasticity with reversion to original cell shape following release of the cell from its aspirated position at the pipette tip.
(20) With respect to family environment, a history of sexual abuse was associated with perceptions that families of origin had less cohesion, more conflict, less emphasis on moral-religious matters, less emphasis on achievement, and less of an orientation towards intellectual, cultural, and recreational pursuits.
Recondition
Definition:
Example Sentences:
(1) A pony-tailed local businessman, Hall rose to prominence during the referendum campaign when he used a reconditioned Green Goddess fire engine to distribute pro-independence literature.
(2) Relative to conditioning and reconditioning, extinction effected larger IRTs and smaller GSP amplitudes.
(3) In addition, cardiopulmonary reconditioning exercises are initiated to increase overall activity tolerance.
(4) She was treated successfully with a 600 k.cal diet and a 26-day physical reconditioning programme.
(5) The goal is to create an environment in which returning workers can rebuild psychological self-confidence and physical reconditioning by replicating their work routine.
(6) One of the pitfalls of describing Fry is the tendency to veer towards language that is recondite.
(7) It was demonstrated that the use of an FSOT column gives only a small decrease in the detection limit compared with a packed column; reconditioning of the FSOT column is, however, a disadvantage in routine measurements.
(8) During reconditioning, in the case of the sexually already mature pups, the weakest performance was observed in the offspring of mothers having received oral alcohol treatment.
(9) In 1961, based on results obtained with the particulate tracer ferritin, Farquhar, Wissig and Palade [15] proposed a functional model for the glomerulus and defined a role for each of its components in the filtration process: a) the basement membrane as the main filter; b) the endothelium as a valve, which by the number and size of its fenestrae, controls access to the filter; c) the epithelium as a monitor which partially recovers proteins that leak through the filter; and d) the mesangium which serves to recondition and unclog the filter by incorporating and disposing of filtration residues which accumulate against it.
(10) Summer and winter recondition camps are organized for children aged 6 to 17 years.
(11) A combination of aversive therapy and orgasmic reconditioning failed to produce the expected changes in sexual activities and arousal patterns.
(12) The capability for de- and reconditioning is a characteristic and unique property of precipitation membranes, not found in other membrane systems.
(13) Along with physical reconditioning, the cardiac rehabilitation program provides an opportunity to address risk factor modification, return to work, return to sexual activity, management of depression and anxiety, and the presence of risk factors in the patient's family.
(14) Early detection and treatment of possible complications and institution of a comprehensive plan for rehabilitation and reconditioning can improve the chances for a successful outcome.
(15) Low intensity exercise is effective in cardiac reconditioning and should be favored at least during the initial stages of a training regimen in view of the decreased orthopedic problems, added safety, high adherence level and tolerable working rate.
(16) This has been due both to the availability of automated reconditioning machines and powerful chemical cleaning and disinfecting agents.
(17) However, only eight subjects completed eight weeks of reconditioning.
(18) This includes physical therapy with breathing retraining, clapping and postural drainage, and exercise reconditioning, occupational therapy with attention to energy conservation in activities of daily living, psychological considerations, and vocational rehabilitation.
(19) Physical therapy with postural drainage, exercise reconditioning, and occupational therapy deserve attention.
(20) The motives of reproduction in women--the reasons why they want to have children--are experienced on three different levels: (1) as an elementary and universal human event which, however, event on casual observation betrays its recondite and complex motivation.