(n.) The act of calming, or the state of being calm.
Example Sentences:
(1) 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.
(2) Open field behaviors and isolation-induced aggression were reduced by anxiolytics, at doses which may be within the sedative-hypnotic range.
(3) However, the degree of sedation caused by diphenhydramine was significantly greater than that caused by cimetidine (P = .0001).
(4) Although lorazepam and haloperidol produced an equivalent mean decrease in aggression, significantly more subjects who received lorazepam had a greater decrease in aggression ratings than haloperidol recipients; this effect was independent of sedation.
(5) Adverse outcomes were reported more frequently by consultant physicians, by those who 'titrated' the intravenous sedative, and by those who used an additional intravenous agent, but were reported equally frequently by endoscopists using midazolam and endoscopists using diazepam.
(6) Alterations in mean systolic blood pressure appeared to be modest, consisting of a 10 percent decrease from the control level, related to sedation, and a 10 percent rise from baseline during the procedure, associated with a concomitant mild tachycardia.
(7) We have evaluated the action of hypnotics on the sleep-wakefulness cycle in freely implanted rats during their maximally active period because it is easier to estimate the duration of the sedative effect.
(8) A survey into the current usage of tracheal tubes and associated procedures, such as various sedation regimes and antacid therapy, in intensive care units was carried out in Sweden by sending a questionnaire to physicians in charge of intensive care units in 70 acute hospitals which included seven main teaching hospitals.
(9) The results show that both drugs possess sedative, antispasmodic, antipyretic, antiinflammatory, cardiotonic and hypotensive effects, the strength of effect and toxicity being similar.
(10) This suggests that the fluphenazine-induced sedation is not mediated via its effect on brain NA content, but is possibly due to the effect of the drug on NA turnover rates in the brain.
(11) The introduction of non-sedating H1-selective antihistamine drugs and local corticosteroids has been an important therapeutic advance.
(12) Neither a sedative nor other side effects could be seen.
(13) Sedation was measured by asking the subjects to complete visual analog scales.
(14) Smoking behaviour, self-reported mood and cardiac activity were examined in 12 "sedative" and 12 "stimulant" smokers, defined using Mangan and Golding's questionnaire.
(15) Patients in the reference group used more sedatives and long-acting nitroglycerine and had a lower return-to-work rate during the study period.
(16) A prospective study of the necessity of sedation, or analgesia, or both in total colonoscopy was performed.
(17) Fifteen consecutive patients on peritoneal dialysis who complained of chronic sleep disturbance and requested sedative were selected.
(18) Sedative interaction between midazolam and morphine was found to have a tendency for synergism (interaction coefficient of 1.56, P greater than 0.05) with decreased individual variability in the sedative response to the combination.
(19) Both drugs were relatively well tolerated, but trimipramine had a sedative effect which proved troublesome in some patients.
(20) None of the patients required anaesthesia, analgesics or sedatives.
Seduction
Definition:
(n.) The act of seducing; enticement to wrong doing; specifically, the offense of inducing a woman to consent to unlawful sexual intercourse, by enticements which overcome her scruples; the wrong or crime of persuading a woman to surrender her chastity.
(n.) That which seduces, or is adapted to seduce; means of leading astray; as, the seductions of wealth.
Example Sentences:
(1) Pictures of the Social Network star emerged on Twitter and Instagram on Wednesday, showing Garfield in full costume for Punchdrunk's current show, The Drowned Man , chewing seductively on a stick of straw .
(2) It is 17 years since Klein, then aged 30, published her first book, No Logo – a seductive rage against the branding of public life by globalising corporations – and made herself, in the words of the New Yorker , “ the most visible and influential figure on the American left ” almost overnight.
(3) It was ambitious, experimental and sometimes downright odd – but seductively, compulsively readable too.
(4) These originated in the Bou Denib oases in Morocco, and have a fine flavour and seductively smooth texture.
(5) But the opposite dentition can also dictate a fixture installation in the posterior region for a good occlusal stabilization: a specific modality of fixture installation in the pterygoid region has provided a seductive alternative.
(6) Other reasons for using a chaperone included a patient with emotional problems, a history of rape or sexual abuse, a seductive patient, an uncomfortable patient or physician, a first pelvic examination, and medicolegal issues.
(7) At the moment, alternative treatment start to emerge such as selective vascular catheterism with ejectable balloon which become more feasible and seductive.
(8) This was a man who publicly stated: ‘No amount of cajolery, and no attempts at ethical, or social seduction, can eradicate from my heart a deep, burning hatred for the Tory party.’ In today’s political climate, where politicians are careful, tentative, scared of saying what they feel for fear of alienating a part of the electorate; where under the excuse of trying to appear electable, all parties drift into a morass of bland neutrality; and the real deals, the real values we suspect, are kept behind closed doors – is it any wonder that people feel there is very little to choose between?
(9) I half expected it to end with the Houser brothers dressed as Papa Lazarou from League of Gentlemen staring into the camera and whispering seductively, "you all live in Los Santos now".
(10) A few of us went to see my friend Norman (Fatboy Slim) play at a nightclub called Seduction in Patong recently.
(11) Chris – lassoed from a parallel universe where Tom Cruise gave Hollywood a swerve to focus on taking his guitar-alt-musings to open mic spots instead – looks on, coldly dissecting technique and cutting to seduction tips.
(12) The third style, which included respondents most satisfied with their sexual responsivity, was characterized by women who were more aware of physiological changes during sexual arousal and who enjoyed gently seductive erotic activities, breast stimulation, and genital stimulation.
(13) He brought movement to modern architecture, and invented a version of it that was expressive and seductive , clearly not functional, and clearly different from the Germanic glass box of the Bauhaus.
(14) There had been some whispered talk leading up to this match of that seductive vice known as Messidependencia , with some fearing this team might become too centred on its No10, soft-pedalling to its detriment those other high-end attacking talents.
(15) His side were at their seductive best only once, on the stroke of half-time.
(16) There are also personal revolutions: the idea of the equal, committed, but "open" relationship, as practised by Jean-Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir , for whom "the game of love" – the rondo of seduction, rejection and change – never had to end.
(17) The user of audiovisual methods not only has to consider the special needs of the psychic ill, but also has to face critically the seduction ways of this potential medium.
(18) By means of seduction or its opposite, intimidation and the use of threats, the object is made to believe the content of the denying persons's inner or external world.
(19) More than 27m of the books, which tell of a billionaire's seduction of a college student, were sold in the UK and Commonwealth countries, Vintage Books said, with more than 45m copies sold in the US, and one million or more sold in Germany, France, Spain, Brazil, and Holland.
(20) "It's very seductive and I've done it a certain amount, but it does take a terrific toll.