(a.) Previously required; necessary as a preliminary to any proposed effect or end; as, prerequisite conditions of success.
(n.) Something previously required, or necessary to an end or effect proposed.
Example Sentences:
(1) Confidence is the major prerequisite for a doctor to be able to help his seriously ill patient.
(2) The high participation percentage also shows that the prerequisite of screening, namely, a positive attitude on the part of the population, was as well fulfilled in the present project.
(3) For consistent identification of the normal pancreas, preliminary longitudinal scanning at, or near, the mid-line and subsequent oblique scanning in the long axis are necessary prerequisites in delineating the anatomic outline of the pancreas.
(4) This quantitative characterization of the properties of conduction and refractoriness of both the accessory pathway and ventriculoatrial conduction system and the relation between these characteristics and the accessory pathway location in ART patients provides additional insight into the prerequisites for the initiation and maintenance of this rhythm disturbance.
(5) She has imbued me with the confidence of encouraging other girls to dream alternative futures that do not rely on FGM as a prerequisite.
(6) The prerequisite for all champions is the refusal to cave in, so City's equaliser with only three minutes remaining was pleasing.
(7) To meet these prerequisites we have introduced some technical refinements: (1) computer-controlled rectilinear translations of the target in combination with different angular positions of the source and (2) computer-controlled rotations of the target around a vertical axis in combination with different angular positions of the source.
(8) Binding of the ilvY product at the O1 and O2 operator sites is co-operative and this ilvY protein-DNA complex in the presence of acetohydroxy acid isomeroreductase substrate is a prerequisite for RNA polymerase binding to the ilvC promoter as detected by DNase I protection experiments.
(9) These results point to HPV16 as one potential prerequisite for the first steps in the multistage development of human cervical cancer.
(10) Other experiments further implicated actin in the budding process during virus maturation, as there appeared to be a specific association of actin in vitro only with nucleocapsids that have terminated RNA synthesis, which is presumably a prerequisite to budding.
(11) We conclude that retained gastric peristaltic function is not a prerequisite for a good clinical outcome for swallowing and that despite vagotomy, the stomach continues to produce enough acid to maintain an acidic pH.
(12) The failure of agents which inhibit motility to inhibit capping of the normal lymphocytes suggests that active locomotion is not a direct prerequisite for capping.
(13) Compaction of the morula is a prerequisite for subsequent differentiation of the mouse embryo.
(14) Close cooperation of ophthalmological departments with vitreoretinal centres and early performance of urgent surgery are the basic prerequisites of better functional results of PPV in EHE.
(15) Oximeformation, for which keto acid production is a prerequisite, is discussed as part of the HA-tolerance.
(16) The capacity to sublimate and to foster sublimation in children is a prerequisite for normal motherhood.
(17) In addition, otoscopic accuracy is a prerequisite to optimal patient care.
(18) Such markers are prerequisites for therapeutic trials with potent drugs which are only justified for patients with fulminant hepatitis and patients with progression to chronicity.
(19) The article reviews practical aspects of tissue fixation and embedding protocols as well as methodologic aspects of the protein A-gold technique; careful control of these interrelated factors is the prerequisite for successful application.
(20) As a prerequisite for preparing bispecific antibody conjugates containing anti-tumor and anti-metal chelate binding sites that can be used for pretargeted immunoscintigraphy, monoclonal antibodies (Mabs) have been raised against an octahedral metal chelate synthetized from gallium (Ga) and the hexadentate ligand N,N'bis[2-hydroxy 5-(ethylene beta carboxy) benzyl] ethylenediamine N,N' diacetic acid (Ga-HBED-CC).
Requisite
Definition:
(n.) That which is required, or is necessary; something indispensable.
(a.) Required by the nature of things, or by circumstances; so needful that it can not be dispensed with; necessary; indispensable.
Example Sentences:
(1) This result contraindicates a general permissive-requisite role for forebrain NE for the mammalian brain's plasticity during its critical periods.
(2) Swarming is a requisite for mating in populations of Aedes communis and Ae.
(3) It is considered that foetal maturity is the pre-requisite before a decision to induce should be made in practice, and 3 criteria are essential: 1) a gestational length of greater than 320 days, 2) substantial mammary development, 3) the presence of colostrum in the mammae.
(4) It appears that channel catfish B cell mIg capping, presumably a requisite for immune function, can be significantly affected by environmental temperatures; most likely such effects are attributable to changes in plasma membrane viscosities.
(5) A requisite step in the biosynthesis of tRNA is the removal of 5' leader sequences from tRNA precursors.
(6) The results show that COMT is the major extraneuronal noradrenaline-metabolizing enzyme of rabbit aorta, that inhibition of COMT is a pre-requisite for any corticosterone-sensitive accumulation of noradrenaline, that there are two important extraneuronal compartments (compartments III and IV; Henseling et al., 1976a), and that inhibitors of extraneuronal uptake inhibit both, influx and efflux of noradrenaline.
(7) In both non-aligned and head-aligned modes, subject instructions pertaining to the second target light concerned only gaze; there was no requisite head position.
(8) Critical non-hemolytic swelling with resulting stress on the membrane appears requisite to slow phase hemolysis since more non-penetrant sucrose is required to prevent slow phase lysis rather than that which would be predicted from the intracellular colloid osmotic pressure due to hemoglobin.
(9) Distinctions between normal age-related changes and disease signs and symptoms are explained to provide emergency department nurses with the requisite information to care for the elderly appropriately.
(10) A requisite level of linoleic acid is needed for this promotion.
(11) These results are consistent with the postulate that the general transcriptive and replicative control processes operating during development may involve changes in the level of the requisite polymerases.
(12) The influence of pH, algal concentration, and algal growth phase on the requisite cationic flocculant dose is also reported.
(13) To ascertain the actual state of dental health among the school population, with a view to taking the requisite preventive and corrective measures.
(14) The pre-requisite for running such a programme is a systematic approach to these attitudes among the staff, and the prescribing patterns by physicians.
(15) Comparison with the structure of papain-stefin B complex indicates that the structure of the Gln-Val-Val-Ala-Gly sequence itself is not necessarily the essential requisite for inhibitory activity.
(16) It is shown what this can look like and what are the pre-requisites and general conditions to achieve it.
(17) These data suggest that the phenolic hydroxyl of Tyr 248 does not act as the requisite general acid catalyst but participates in ligand binding.
(18) The requisite conformation for blocking dopamine uptake appears to be defined by the combination resulting from superimposition of the CP-24,441 and nomifensine structures.
(19) It is suggested on the basis of the structural similarity that these heptalaminar complexes of close plasmalemmal apposition represent the structural equivalent of gap junctions and may be sites of intercellular communication requisite for transmural passage.
(20) Accurate reconstructions of all capsular ligament lesions and the reinforcement by threads of the requisite connective tissue transplants, show good stability and a good overall result four years after the operation in a relatively small number of patients.