(v. i.) To exist previously; to exist before something else.
Example Sentences:
(1) The major acute postoperative finding was aggravation of preexisting pharyngeal dysfunction.
(2) Preexistent diseases that could possibly be improved should be treated adequately before operation.
(3) As with abdominal abscess drainage, a preexisting fistula may be opacified only after several days of catheter drainage and cannot be predicted at the time of initial aspiration.
(4) Correlated roentgenographic and histomorphometric methods demonstrate that new bone develops by proliferation of preexisting osteoprogenitor cells lining the diploë and perivascular cells of the bone marrow stroma.
(5) The reconstructive operation performed in each case depended on the preexisting drainage procedure.
(6) In patients with preexistent congestive heart failure (CHF), predicted cumulative survival rates at 1, 3, and 5 years were 78%, 69%, and 57%, respectively, for group 1 (n = 23) and 90%, 83%, and 75%, respectively, for group 2 (n = 16).
(7) Irrespective of the exact incidence, 2 defined risk factors have been identified: preexisting renal disease and diabetes mellitus.
(8) A bifunctional fluorescent alkylating agent, dibromobimane, has been used to stabilize a preexisting primary loop in myosin subfragment 1 (S-1).
(9) We assert that OCD and AVN are relatively common, clinically significant lesions of the mandibular condyle often associated with preexisting internal derangement of the temporomandibular joint.
(10) A greater accumulation of the prodromi was furthermore found in younger patients, in hypertension and preexisting restriction of the heart function.
(11) Two radioactive peaks representing preexisting and newly synthesized Re were separated by sucrose density-gradient centrifugation.
(12) The usefulness of these scales, in relation to preexisting scales, is discussed.
(13) Three other genes are required for the longitudinal outgrowth of these axons along preexisting axon bundles as well as for the fasciculation of axons within these neuron bundles.
(14) In the absence of vimentin networks (MCF-7 cells), the initiation of desmin filament formation seems to start on the preexisting keratin filaments.
(15) It is not known if such natural cytotoxic activity represents background activity of preexisting clones of immunoglobulin-producing cells, cross-reacting antibodies appearing after immunization, physiological immune regulatory molecules, or components of an immune network.
(16) The functional abnormalities are the result of preexistent pulmonary disease or other disease processes that impair respiratory function, the anticipated effects of major surgery (e.g., pulmonary resection), and the complications of anesthesia and surgery.
(17) In contrast patients with preexisting pulmonary diseases or with impaired bronchopulmonary defense mechanisms may show harmful reactions even at concentrations which actually occur in urban and rural atmospheres.
(18) Tamoxifen administered on postnatal days 20-24, which is after the age of normal gland genesis, did not alter the number of preexisting glands.
(19) In a substantial number of cases preexisting limb ischemia may be promoted by failed attempts at vascular reconstruction, thus leading to severe wound healing complications and a higher level of amputation.
(20) However, the addition of analogs had little or no effect on the degradation of preexisting proteins, indicating that the introduction of abnormal proteins probably didn't overload the protein degradation system(s).
Preexistent
Definition:
(a.) Existing previously; preceding existence; as, a preexistent state.
Example Sentences:
(1) The major acute postoperative finding was aggravation of preexisting pharyngeal dysfunction.
(2) Preexistent diseases that could possibly be improved should be treated adequately before operation.
(3) As with abdominal abscess drainage, a preexisting fistula may be opacified only after several days of catheter drainage and cannot be predicted at the time of initial aspiration.
(4) Correlated roentgenographic and histomorphometric methods demonstrate that new bone develops by proliferation of preexisting osteoprogenitor cells lining the diploë and perivascular cells of the bone marrow stroma.
(5) The reconstructive operation performed in each case depended on the preexisting drainage procedure.
(6) In patients with preexistent congestive heart failure (CHF), predicted cumulative survival rates at 1, 3, and 5 years were 78%, 69%, and 57%, respectively, for group 1 (n = 23) and 90%, 83%, and 75%, respectively, for group 2 (n = 16).
(7) Irrespective of the exact incidence, 2 defined risk factors have been identified: preexisting renal disease and diabetes mellitus.
(8) A bifunctional fluorescent alkylating agent, dibromobimane, has been used to stabilize a preexisting primary loop in myosin subfragment 1 (S-1).
(9) We assert that OCD and AVN are relatively common, clinically significant lesions of the mandibular condyle often associated with preexisting internal derangement of the temporomandibular joint.
(10) A greater accumulation of the prodromi was furthermore found in younger patients, in hypertension and preexisting restriction of the heart function.
(11) Two radioactive peaks representing preexisting and newly synthesized Re were separated by sucrose density-gradient centrifugation.
(12) The usefulness of these scales, in relation to preexisting scales, is discussed.
(13) Three other genes are required for the longitudinal outgrowth of these axons along preexisting axon bundles as well as for the fasciculation of axons within these neuron bundles.
(14) In the absence of vimentin networks (MCF-7 cells), the initiation of desmin filament formation seems to start on the preexisting keratin filaments.
(15) It is not known if such natural cytotoxic activity represents background activity of preexisting clones of immunoglobulin-producing cells, cross-reacting antibodies appearing after immunization, physiological immune regulatory molecules, or components of an immune network.
(16) The functional abnormalities are the result of preexistent pulmonary disease or other disease processes that impair respiratory function, the anticipated effects of major surgery (e.g., pulmonary resection), and the complications of anesthesia and surgery.
(17) In contrast patients with preexisting pulmonary diseases or with impaired bronchopulmonary defense mechanisms may show harmful reactions even at concentrations which actually occur in urban and rural atmospheres.
(18) Tamoxifen administered on postnatal days 20-24, which is after the age of normal gland genesis, did not alter the number of preexisting glands.
(19) In a substantial number of cases preexisting limb ischemia may be promoted by failed attempts at vascular reconstruction, thus leading to severe wound healing complications and a higher level of amputation.
(20) However, the addition of analogs had little or no effect on the degradation of preexisting proteins, indicating that the introduction of abnormal proteins probably didn't overload the protein degradation system(s).