(a.) Belonging or related to the subject or matter in hand; fit or appropriate in any way; adapted to the end proposed; apposite; material; relevant; as, pertinent illustrations or arguments; pertinent evidence.
(1) Basing the prediction of student performance in medical school on intellective-cognitive abilities alone has proved to be more pertinent to academic achievement than to clinical practice.
(2) This empirical fact has in recent years been increasingly dealt with in pertinent German-language literature, the discussion clearly emphasizing the demand that programmes aimed at the vocational qualification of unemployed disabled persons be provided, along with accompanying measures.
(3) Methods are in development that will allow determination of absolute blood flow in pertinent vessels via IV-DSA.
(4) Among all subgroups, the odds ratios adjusted for pertinent confounders and interactions fluctuated randomly by about 0.9 and showed no consistent trend with increased alcohol consumption.
(5) It seems particularly pertinent to the assessment of the significance of "R on T" type of ventricular extrasystoles in myocardial infarction.
(6) The above observations concerning changes in the system of atrial hormones together with pertinent data in the literature suggest that a factor produced by the system may be involved in the complex mechanism of acceleration-induced effects on the animal body.
(7) Five clinically and microscopically confirmed cases of cardiac tamponade as the first manifestation of pulmonary adenocarcinoma are reported along with a review of pertinent literature.
(8) The pool concentrations are presented as a function of time in conditions in which various pertinent parameters of the system are modified.
(9) Pertinent information concerning impression making, sculpturing, coloring, and processing to insure esthetically and functionally accepted prostheses is presented.
(10) Three long-time and two ore three respectively shorter observations of scoliotics with syringomyelia are presented and the pertinent literature is discussed including the complex etiopathogenesis.
(11) Conventional dietary categories, particularly frugivory, are inadequate for organizing the behavioral and anatomical evidence pertinent to evolutionary adaptation.
(12) The varying potency of the nonoxynols with respect to their IC50 values corresponds to the pertinent lipophilic nature of each compound.
(13) This communication discusses seven cases of plasma cell tumors isolated to the head and neck and reviews the pertinent literature.
(14) Active Surveillance decreases the possibility of misidentifying abuse related deaths as accidental, and allows state agencies to follow abuse fatalities, collecting pertinent information and adjusting policy accordingly.
(15) The basic features of this scheme may be pertinent to the mechanisms by which hormone receptors normally modulate adenylate cyclase.
(16) The system also allows listing of both the radiographic findings pertinent to a specific diagnosis and all diagnoses in which a particular finding or combination of findings occur.
(17) At a time when the intrauterine diagnosis of hydrocephalus is commonplace and pioneering efforts of antenatal therapy are evolving, review of the chronology of treatment of this disorder becomes pertinent.
(18) The case histories are described and the pertinent literature is discussed.
(19) Pertinent data regarding the fate and transport of PCNB in air could not be located in the available literature as cited in the Appendix.
(20) Based on current medical knowledge and on pertinent ethical reasoning, it is argued and recommended that almost always, if possible, aggressive management should be favored.
Poignant
Definition:
(a.) Pricking; piercing; sharp; pungent.
(a.) Fig.: Pointed; keen; satirical.
Example Sentences:
(1) Totò was a legend in the Vesuvian city – a comedian of genius; poignant, mysterious.
(2) Fleeting though it may have been (he jetted off to New York this morning and is due in Toronto on Saturday), there was a poignant reason for his appearance: he was here to play a tribute set to Frankie Knuckles, the Godfather of house and one of Morales's closest friends, who died suddenly in March.
(3) One of the most poignant exchanges came when Tony was asked by @ juliangratton to sum up the last seven years of his life.
(4) The exercise yard is adorned with poignant children's paintings in response to school trips here.
(5) This double bind may be particularly poignant for grandparents in single mother families.
(6) This addition was particularly poignant as Andrew Jackson’s legacy includes the decision to sign the Indian Removal Act of 1830 , which gave the federal government power to expel Native American tribes from their land.
(7) This poignant letter, addressing Recep Tayyip Erdogan and written by one of the protesters in Istanbul's historic Taksim Square , was widely circulated on Turkey's social media.
(8) Treasure Island gives us an intense sense of place, and a poignant coming-of-age story full of moral ambiguity.
(9) Their songs ranged from the almost unbearably poignant ("Hand in Glove") to the frankly vulnerable ("How Soon is Now").
(10) The image of the France midfielder walking, head bowed, past the World Cup trophy is one of the more poignant in football history.
(11) The second series of BBC1’s hit drama Happy Valley ended on Tuesday night , bowing out in a wondrous blaze of confrontation, perceptive resolution and poignant revelation.
(12) Ed Miliband said: "This is a tragic and poignant reminder of the sacrifices made by our armed forces in serving our country with bravery and distinction."
(13) But the American author, already the recipient of the Man Booker International prize, the Pulitzer and the National Book award , said it was "particularly poignant for me to have gotten news of the award only a few weeks after the death of Carlos Fuentes, who received the award in 1994".
(14) A picture sits on each one of the chairs, decorated by poignant letters, orange flowers and gifts.
(15) Or perhaps we could focus on the relationship of Leia and Solo, now married, and there could be a heart-rendingly poignant study of their elderly existence together, rather like Michael Haneke's Amour , but set in space.
(16) Dern, all windblown white hair and stubble, is often entirely silent and withdrawn, and all the more compelling and poignant for that.
(17) On the basis of this limited but poignant experience, we propose an outline of steps in management to help others avoid similar problems.
(18) Yet the narratives in Benefits Street have a human and poignant quality, often presenting decent and compassionate people disenfranchised by an unfair society.
(19) Sandy Nairne, director of the NPG, said: "The Van Dyck self-portrait is a poignant portrait of great significance.
(20) It was poignant, afterwards, to hear Martínez try to put the human element into some perspective.