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Overgrowth


Definition:

  • (n.) Excessive growth.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Rapid overgrowth of all cultures with the E. coli necessitated the use of selective media containing antimicrobial agents to which the E. coli was sensitive.
  • (2) Tissue overgrowth (pannus) was seen in all but three prostheses.
  • (3) Susceptible rat strains develop hepatobiliary injury following the surgical creation of self-filling blind loops that cause small bowel bacterial overgrowth.
  • (4) We conclude that in patients receiving mechanical ventilation, the use of a prophylactic agent against stress-ulcer bleeding that preserves the natural gastric acid barrier against bacterial overgrowth may be preferable to antacids and H2 blockers.
  • (5) An overgrowth of bacteria was observed over the entire surface of the clips.
  • (6) The previous demonstration that sperm kept at body temperature (37 degrees C) had a marked deterioration in motility accompanied by an overgrowth of bacteria in the semen and a concomitant decrease in pH led to this study to test the hypothesis that the decrease in motility was caused by the bacteria or by bacterial alteration of seminal pH.
  • (7) Pathologic examination revealed no endometriosis, but examination of the distal appendix showed structural disorganization of its entire wall, with lack of proper differentiation of its normal coats and irregular overgrowth of fibroadipose, fibromuscular, and neural elements.
  • (8) Mutations of the lethal(1)discs large-1 (dlg) tumor suppressor gene of Drosophila cause neoplastic overgrowth of the imaginal discs.
  • (9) The microbial overgrowth syndrome of the small bowel (MOS) is characterized by clinically found symptoms of increased metabolic activities of microorganisms existing in a great number in the intestinal juice of these patients.
  • (10) "Neural overgrowth" and disturbed "recanalization process" are discussed in relation to the pathogenesis of myelomeningocele.
  • (11) Fifteen children who fulfilled the criteria of chronic non-specific diarrhea of infancy were evaluated for intestinal bacterial overgrowth.
  • (12) If not enough styloid is excised, osteophytic overgrowth will occur; if too much is excised, the carpus will sublux radially.
  • (13) Overgrowth of cartilage by inflamed synovium was seen within 3-6 days of induction of arthritis and by day 12 the interface between these two tissues was largely indistinguishable.
  • (14) This study shows the efficacy of both quinolones in eradicating gram-negative bacilli in the alimentary tract of bone marrow transplant patients; however, the finding of the overgrowth of resistant gram-positive organisms during treatment with these agents deserves further evaluation.
  • (15) With regular feeding, these cultures can be maintained for at least 3 weeks with no overgrowth by mononucleate cells, and with far less degeneration than with insulin as the only supplement.
  • (16) The inhibition, during the late phase, is mainly related to an overgrowth of the enteric bacteria.
  • (17) The establishment of myeloschisis was followed by local separation of the notochord from an open area of neural tube, but not by overgrowth of neural tissue.
  • (18) Complex combined vascular malformations with limb overgrowth need careful investigations to clearly define the vascular component and the management.
  • (19) One mode involves focal overgrowth of membrane bones, producing multiple hyperostoses which result in progressive craniofacial disfigurement and asymmetry.
  • (20) The progressive valgus deformity might have been caused by stimulation of overgrowth of the medial tibial metaphysis.

Rank


Definition:

  • (superl.) Luxuriant in growth; of vigorous growth; exuberant; grown to immoderate height; as, rank grass; rank weeds.
  • (superl.) Raised to a high degree; violent; extreme; gross; utter; as, rank heresy.
  • (superl.) Causing vigorous growth; producing luxuriantly; very rich and fertile; as, rank land.
  • (superl.) Strong-scented; rancid; musty; as, oil of a rank smell; rank-smelling rue.
  • (superl.) Strong to the taste.
  • (superl.) Inflamed with venereal appetite.
  • (adv.) Rankly; stoutly; violently.
  • (n. & v.) A row or line; a range; an order; a tier; as, a rank of osiers.
  • (n. & v.) A line of soldiers ranged side by side; -- opposed to file. See 1st File, 1 (a).
  • (n. & v.) Grade of official standing, as in the army, navy, or nobility; as, the rank of general; the rank of admiral.
  • (n. & v.) An aggregate of individuals classed together; a permanent social class; an order; a division; as, ranks and orders of men; the highest and the lowest ranks of men, or of other intelligent beings.
  • (n. & v.) Degree of dignity, eminence, or excellence; position in civil or social life; station; degree; grade; as, a writer of the first rank; a lawyer of high rank.
  • (n. & v.) Elevated grade or standing; high degree; high social position; distinction; eminence; as, a man of rank.
  • (v. t.) To place abreast, or in a line.
  • (v. t.) To range in a particular class, order, or division; to class; also, to dispose methodically; to place in suitable classes or order; to classify.
  • (v. t.) To take rank of; to outrank.
  • (v. i.) To be ranged; to be set or disposed, as in a particular degree, class, order, or division.
  • (v. i.) To have a certain grade or degree of elevation in the orders of civil or military life; to have a certain degree of esteem or consideration; as, he ranks with the first class of poets; he ranks high in public estimation.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Treatment termination due to lack of efficacy or combined insufficient therapeutic response and toxicity proved to be influenced by the initial disease activity and by the rank order of prescription.
  • (2) Despite a 10-year deadline to have the same number of ethnic minority officers in the ranks as in the populations they serve, the target was missed and police are thousands of officers short.
  • (3) Measures of average and cumulative rank were used to augment tests of the significance of correlations between different indicators.
  • (4) The programs are written in Fortran and are implemented on a Rank Xerox Sigma 6 computer.
  • (5) Significant differences in the pharmacological characteristics of the alpha 2 adrenoceptor were observed between the tissues with reference to both absolute drug affinities as well as rank order of drug potency.
  • (6) While superheroes like “superman” (21st in SplashData’s 2014 rankings) and “batman” (24th) may be popular choices for passwords, the results if they are cracked could be anything other than super – and users will only have themselves to blame.
  • (7) This analysis is based on a ranking of neighbourhoods according to the participation of young people in higher education.
  • (8) When histamine (5 micrograms) was injected into three different levels of the ventricular system, the magnitude and duration of the resulting increases in plasma epinephrine and glucose were in the following rank order: the third ventricle greater than aqueduct much greater than fourth ventricle.
  • (9) The rank order of potency of the peptides tested was VIP greater than rat (r) peptide histidine isoleucine = human (h) PHI greater than rGRF greater than bovine GRF = porcine PHI = VIP-(10-28) greater than hGRF greater than secretin greater than apamin greater than glucagon.
  • (10) In the latter case, the studies have resulted in a ranking of processes and treatment methods to protect the environment.
  • (11) Cefuzoname seems to be among the middle ranks of beta-lactam agents as far as penetration rate is concerned; however, when its potent antibacterial activity and broad spectrum are taken into account, the concentrations in CSF in patients with meningitis seem worth examining.
  • (12) They include two leading Republican hopefuls for the presidential race in 2016, Rand Paul and Marco Rubio; three of them enjoy A+ rankings from the NRA and a further eight are listed A. Rand Paul of Kentucky The junior senator's penchant for filibusters became famous during his nearly 13-hour speech against the use unmanned drones, and he is one of three senators who sent an initial missive to Reid , warning him of another verbose round.
  • (13) Using an explicit process, the Oregon Health Services Commission has completed the ranking of 714 condition-treatment pairs.
  • (14) Autonomy, sense of accomplishment and time spent in patient care ranked as the top three factors contributing to job satisfaction.
  • (15) On guinea-pig lung strip the rank order of potency was U-46619 greater than Wy17186 much greater than PGF2 alpha greater than PGE2 and responses to all agonists tested were blocked by AH19437 but not by SC-19220.
  • (16) In the UK, George Osborne used this to his advantage, claiming "Britain faces the disaster of having its international credit rating downgraded" even after Moody's ranked UK debt as "resilient".
  • (17) The eight senators, including the incoming ranking member Mark Warner of Virginia, wrote to Barack Obama to request he declassify relevant intelligence on the election.
  • (18) Hence, a priori haplotyping cannot exclude a particular CF mutation, but in combination with population genetic data, enables mutations to be ranked by decreasing probability.
  • (19) The rank order of potencies of the four AEDs was: (a) in young: CBZ > PHT > PhB > VPA; (b) in adult: CBZ > PhB > PHT > VPA.
  • (20) Patients clinically evaluated as effective tended to be so pathologically as well, as shown by Spearman's rank correlation test which gave a significant correlation between the clinical and pathological scores.

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