(v. t.) To date after the real time; as, to postdate a contract, that is, to date it later than the time when it was in fact made.
(v. t.) To affix a date to after the event.
(a.) Made or done after the date assigned.
(n.) A date put to a bill of exchange or other paper, later than that when it was actually made.
Example Sentences:
(1) These results suggest that high-risk pregnancies probably should not enter the postdate period since their doing so places the infant at serious risk.
(2) The postdate pregnancies in this relatively unselected population showed an increase in incidence of macrosomia and fetal heart rate abnormalities similar to those reported from referral centers.
(3) Postdatism and dysmaturity appear to contribute risk factors independently to infants admitted to the intensive care unit.
(4) Only one antepartum fetal death occurred in 1748 postdate pregnancies.
(5) One hundred four postdate pregnancies were managed according to a well-defined protocol calling for weekly oxytocin challenge tests and urinary estriols three times per week.
(6) A brief description of the definitions, incidence, and impact of postdate pregnancy is given for a baseline on which to base management decisions.
(7) In summary, ultrasound plays an important role in the evaluation of the postterm pregnancy, and its use should be considered in the following situations: 1) estimation of fetal weight in the potentially macrosomic infant before vaginal delivery is attempted; 2) frequent evaluation for oligohydramnios using the amniotic fluid index for the expectant management of the postdate pregnancy; 3) placental evaluation prior to elective induction of labor in a poorly dated pregnancy; and 4) evaluation of the postterm fetus for possible congenital abnormalities.
(8) Induction at 41.5 weeks' gestation or more comprehensive fetal surveillance than weekly nonstress testing are possible approaches to the management of postdates pregnancy, which need to be further studied.
(9) Postdatism, pregnancy-induced hypertension and rupture of the membranes were the major indications for induction of labor, accounting for 70% of the PGE2 group and 88% of the OA group.
(10) The medical-legal considerations associated with postdate pregnancies are not unlike those associated with the management of an uncomplicated pregnancy.
(11) It is recommended that: (1) pregnancies carried beyond 42 weeks do not require termination simply because they are post dates; (2) all postdate patients should be monitored during labor; (3) trained personnel to initiate neonatal resuscitation should be present at each postdate delivery.
(12) Older relatives were no more likely than younger ones to lose diagnoses nor to postdate their ages of first MDD onset.
(13) Patient's age, sex, whether or not dermographism predated or postdated onset of acne, symptoms of lesions, premenstrual flare, and history of atopy were recorded.
(14) The remaining 80% had a significantly lower incidence of postdatism, intrauterine growth retardation, and meconium-stained AF.
(15) A review of 46 perinatal deaths was conducted using a 1982 to 1985 regional perinatal network database of 6701 delivered postdate (greater than or equal to 42 weeks gestation) infants.
(16) Using a 1982-1985 regional perinatal network data base of 69,746 infants, a retrospective study was conducted to compare the perinatal outcome of 7,729 postdate infants (greater than or equal to 42 weeks' gestation) by maternal risk status.
(17) Compared with controls, the study group had a higher incidence of postdatism (36 versus 7%), intrauterine growth retardation (33 versus 8%), meconium-stained amniotic fluid (AF) (90 versus 9%), fetal heart rate (FHR) abnormalities upon admission to labor and delivery (58 versus 7%), and low 5-minute Apgar scores (46 versus 1.4%).
(18) Using a regional perinatal network database of 60,456 births, a study compared 3457 postdate (42 weeks or longer) infants to a control group of 8135 infants born at 40 weeks' gestation from 1982 through 1985.
(19) Amniotic fluid volume assessment is important particularly in cases of postdates and intrauterine growth retardation.
(20) Two groups of 32 patients each underwent oxytocin induction for postdatism, diabetes or hypertensive disorders of pregnancy.
Time
Definition:
(n.) Duration, considered independently of any system of measurement or any employment of terms which designate limited portions thereof.
(n.) A particular period or part of duration, whether past, present, or future; a point or portion of duration; as, the time was, or has been; the time is, or will be.
(n.) The period at which any definite event occurred, or person lived; age; period; era; as, the Spanish Armada was destroyed in the time of Queen Elizabeth; -- often in the plural; as, ancient times; modern times.
(n.) The duration of one's life; the hours and days which a person has at his disposal.
(n.) A proper time; a season; an opportunity.
(n.) Hour of travail, delivery, or parturition.
(n.) Performance or occurrence of an action or event, considered with reference to repetition; addition of a number to itself; repetition; as, to double cloth four times; four times four, or sixteen.
(n.) The present life; existence in this world as contrasted with immortal life; definite, as contrasted with infinite, duration.
(n.) Tense.
(n.) The measured duration of sounds; measure; tempo; rate of movement; rhythmical division; as, common or triple time; the musician keeps good time.
(v. t.) To appoint the time for; to bring, begin, or perform at the proper season or time; as, he timed his appearance rightly.
(v. t.) To regulate as to time; to accompany, or agree with, in time of movement.
(v. t.) To ascertain or record the time, duration, or rate of; as, to time the speed of horses, or hours for workmen.
(v. t.) To measure, as in music or harmony.
(v. i.) To keep or beat time; to proceed or move in time.
(v. i.) To pass time; to delay.
Example Sentences:
(1) In April, they said the teenager boarded a flight to Turkey with his friend Hassan Munshi, also 17 at the time.
(2) Neuromedin B (C50 6 x 10(-12) M) was 3 times less potent than bombesin-14.
(3) Since fingernail creatinine (Ncr) reflects serum creatinine (Scr) at the time of nail formation, it has been suggested that Ncr level might represent that of Scr around 4 months previously.
(4) Herpesviruses such as EBV, HSV, and human herpes virus-6 (HHV-6) have a marked tropism for cells of the immune system and therefore infection by these viruses may result in alterations of immune functions, leading at times to a state of immunosuppression.
(5) In contrast, resting cells of strain CHA750 produced five times less IAA in a buffer (pH 6.0) containing 1 mM-L-tryptophan than did resting cells of the wild-type, illustrating the major contribution of TSO to IAA synthesis under these conditions.
(6) 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.
(7) The proportion of motile spermatozoa decreased with time at the same rate when samples were prepared in either HEPES or phosphate buffers.
(8) Arachidic acid was without effect, while linoleic acid and linolenic acid were (on a concentration basis) at least 5-times less active than arachidonic acid.
(9) Van Persie's knee injury meant that Mata could work in tandem with the delightfully nimble Kagawa, starting for the first time since 22 January.
(10) Cantact placing reaction times were measured in cats which were either restrained in a hammock or supported in a conventional way.
(11) We conclude that first-transit and blood-pool techniques are equally accurate methods for determining EF when the time-activity method of analysis is employed.
(12) The effects of sessions, individual characteristics, group behavior, sedative medications, and pharmacological anticipation, on simple visual and auditory reaction time were evaluated with a randomized block design.
(13) An effective graft-surveillance protocol needs to be applicable to all patients; practical in terms of time, effort, and cost; reliable; and able to detect, grade, and assess progression of lesions.
(14) At the early phase of the sensitization a T-cell response was seen in vitro, characterized by an increased spleen but no peripheral blood lymphocyte reactivity to T-cell mitogens at the same time as increased reactivity to the sensitizing antigen was detected.
(15) The HBV infection was tested by the reversed passive hemagglutination method for the HBsAg and by the passive hemagglutination method for the anti-HBs at the time of recruitment in 1984.
(16) ), the concentration of AMPO in the hypothalamus was 5.4 times the concentration at 20 h after one injection.
(17) Trifluoroacetylated rabbit serum albumin was 5 times more reactive with these antibodies and thus more antigenic than the homologous acetylated moiety confirming the importance of the trifluoromethyl moiety as an epitope in the immunogen in vivo.
(18) The time of observation varied between 2 and 17 years.
(19) Lp(a) also complexes to plasmin-fibrinogen digests, and binding increases in proportion to the time of plasmin-induced fibrinogen degradation.
(20) 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.