(n.) The quality or state of being prudent; wisdom in the way of caution and provision; discretion; carefulness; hence, also, economy; frugality.
Example Sentences:
(1) The arches can be restored with atraumatic fixed prostheses but prudence is required.
(2) With every year and every budget its continued use was an annual testament to dependability, continuity and fiscal prudence.
(3) The unexpected presence of this previously unknown ADH variant in livers of M. nemestrina demonstrates the need for prudence in assignment of ADH isozymes.
(4) Although studies to date have failed to show conclusively that nurses and pharmacists are at risk to the carcinogenic, genotoxic and reproductive effects of these agents, prudence would dictate that every effort be taken to minimize their exposure during the handling and disposal of antineoplastic drugs.
(5) Until these data are available, we must maintain prudence in the selection (design) of premedicant regimens and carefully monitor all children receiving these "cocktails."
(6) Rather than get rid of the baby with the bathwater, could we not link morality with prudence and target abusive claims?
(7) He has six children: Prudence, from his first marriage, to Patricia; three by his second wife, Anna, who he divorced in 1999; and two young children with his current wife, Wendi.
(8) With care and prudence, many of these lesions can be successfully excised, or at least managed, so that the effect of these sometimes devastating lesions can be ameliorated.
(9) The Glazers must've expected that they were getting a wee, ginger, fledgling Ferguson; David Moyes surely imagined that the great day had come after years of stability and prudence at Goodison Park, frugally guarding the Toffees, he was finally to be given the reigns of the all-conquering devils.
(10) When using topical methods, prudence should prevail to avoid ingestion of fluoride.
(11) An appeal is made for prudence and not hysteria in relation to the use of mineral fibres of all types.
(12) And with the return of big-spending policies to combat the downturn, we have the tearing-up of the early Brown emphasis on prudence.
(13) We suggest that, though some prudence and caution is advised, this appears to be a safe and feasible adjunct in the treatment of cholelithiasis.
(14) The problem is very common, and it is hoped that with continued clinical prudence we can advance and improve our treatment modalities, particularly in those areas in which we fall so short!
(15) These findings draw attention to the cardiovascular side effects of interferon-alpha and advise prudence in high-risk patients.
(16) Odey, a veteran City agitator who has picked fights ranging from opposition to Railtrack's nationalisation to "shorting" the shares of struggling banks, was once married to Murdoch's oldest daughter, Prudence.
(17) "That is going to take some time, some care, and some prudence."
(18) Up the date any response is noted but the authors think that some prudence is necessary in the evaluation of the results especially because of the incomplete removal of disc in young patients.
(19) For this reason the authors recommend prudence and avoidance of very strong treatment.
(20) Appalling way to run an economy no wonder many top EU countries laugh at our so called economic "prudence".
Transitory
Definition:
(a.) Continuing only for a short time; not enduring; fleeting; evanescent.
Example Sentences:
(1) The results indicate that, regardless of the photoperiod, no clear functional relationship can be found between the avian pineal gland and thyroid function, although a transitory increase in T4 levels was seen in both pinealectomized and sham-operated birds shortly after the operations.
(2) In confirmation and extension of observations by Carp and his associates, brain tissue and sera from patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) were found to harbor an agent which induces a transitory depression in polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMN) in mice as well as in rats, hamsters, and guinea pigs.
(3) The data indicate that a transitory decrease in protein degradation accompanies the increase in protein synthesis on hormonal stimulation of the tissue.
(4) Most of these patients presented a definite stroke within less than one month's time following the last transitory ischemic accident.
(5) It has been established that the structure of depressive phases in sluggish simple schizophrenia includes specific psychopathological signs heralding defect formation and united by the notion "transitory syndrome".
(6) The time-related incidence of these cells entities--the appearance of "dusk" and "bright" cells at 5 min, transitory domination of "bright" cells and the nadir of "dusk" cells at 20 min, sporadic recognition of "bright" cells, lack of "dusk" cells at 45 min and the absence of both cell forms at 180 min--displayed that LP-reactive response promptly appeared and rapidly ceased.
(7) The results obtained showed that there was a significant inhibition of ACTH secretion during long-term treatment with antiovulatory compounds or estrogens, and in half of the cases, there was a delay in normalization of the pituitary-adrenal axis following interruption of the drug, supporting a state of transitory hypoadrenalism.
(8) The mean firing rates were significantly altered by either electrical or flash stimuli repeated 500 times at 0.97 Hz in those units which showed no transitory response.
(9) Delimitation of the pathological process in the lung is characterized by an increase in the number of T- and B-lymphocytes and considerable predominance of polygonally shaped cells with cytoplasmic outgrowths of different lengths and their subsequent replacement by a cell form transitory between T- and B-lymphocytes.
(10) However, it must be stated that no malignant lymphomas were demonstrated in our patients, although the disease can give rise to very pronounced, possibly transitory, lesions in the lymphatic tissue, easily misinterpreted as malignant.
(11) Usually, it is transitory and resolves spontaneously, but a long period with very fast heart rate and without atrio-ventricular synchrony contraction may cause low cardiac output.
(12) The present results demonstrate a histamine, H1-receptor-mediated arousal in the nucleus accumbens which follows transitory hypoactivity, possibly due to activation of presynaptic H3-receptors.
(13) The transitory suppression of L-dopa in patients with advanced Parkinson's disease improves motor response upon reintroduction of the drug although this improvement is not constant.
(14) No accurate information can be obtained from the sum of live and dead cells distinguished by means of double fluorescence staining, since a part of the sperm cell population is in a transitory state i.e.
(15) The tumoricidal activity obtained was transitory, and the level of activity was dependent upon the monokine concentration and the length of induction period.
(16) Since there exist transitory forms between diametrically opposite manifestations of such behavior, possibly the process of individual acquirement of capabilities necessary for fulfilling foraging function occurs.
(17) The asymmetry of the R - R intervals distribution is an index that helps to reveal the dynamics of the transitory processes, being in this respect superior to the intervalgramme.
(18) Horizontal treadmill exercise induced a marked (P less than 0.001) but transitory increase in the level of circulating corticosterone in the plasma of adult male ducks.
(19) In groups of patients with AH, appreciable differences were discovered in the main parameters of the transitory process.
(20) However, paraesthesia of the hands was observed in one case, transitory thrombocytopenia in one other patient, and increased alkaline phosphatases.