(1) Once treatment began, no significant changes occurred in Group 1, but both PRA and A2 rose significantly in Groups 2 and 3.
(2) However, patients with GGBHS were significantly older (P less than .05).
(3) In each sheep there was a significant negative correlation between the glucose and corticosteroid concentrations in both maternal and fetal plasma, and there were positive correlations between the maternal and fetal plasma concentrations of glucose, and between the glucose and fructose concentrations of fetal plasma.
(4) Such a decrease significantly biased survival (p = 0.001).
(5) This may have significant consequences for people’s health.” However, Prof Peter Weissberg, medical director of the British Heart Foundation, which funded the work, said medical journals could no longer be relied on to be unbiased.
(6) It is supposed that delta-sleep peptide along with other oligopeptides is one of the factors determining individual animal resistance to emotional stress, which is supported by significant delta-sleep peptide increase in hypothalamus in stable rats.
(7) However, when first trimester specimens were analyzed, the direct-product measurements were significantly larger than the corresponding 3H2O assay results.
(8) The Na+ ionophore, gramicidin, had a small but significant inhibitory effect on Na(+)-dependent KG uptake, demonstrating that KG uptake was not the result of an intravesicular positive Na+ diffusion potential.
(9) Propranolol resulted in a significantly lower mean hourly, mean 24 h and minimum heart rate.
(10) In some other countries the patient-to-nurse ratio was significantly smaller.
(11) The findings indicate that there is still a significant incongruence between the value structure of most family practice units and that of their institutions but that many family practice units are beginning to achieve parity of promotion and tenure with other departments in their institutions.
(12) The significance of minor increases in the serum creatinine level must be recognized, so that modifications of drug therapy can be made and correction of possibly life-threatening electrolyte imbalances can be undertaken.
(13) The process of sequence rearrangement appears to be a significant part of the evolution of the genome and may have a much greater effect on the evolution of the phenotype than sequence alteration by base substitution.
(14) The low affinity of several N1-alkylpyrroleethylamines suggests that the benzene portion of the alpha-methyltryptamines is necessary for significant affinity.
(15) During control, no significant difference between systolic fluctuation (delta Pa) and pleural swings (delta Ppl) was found.
(16) Urinary ANF immunoreactivity was significantly enhanced by candoxatril in both groups (P less than 0.05 and P less than 0.01 in groups 1 and 2, respectively), with a more pronounced effect evident at the higher dose (P less than 0.01).
(17) Both lymph flow from cannulated pancreatico-duodenal lymphatics and intralymphatic pressure in the non-transected ones increased significantly.
(18) We conclude that the priming effect is not a clinically significant phenomenon during natural pollen exposure in allergic rhinitis patients.
(19) This study examined the [3H]5-HT-releasing properties of 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) and related agents, all of which cause significant release of [3H]5-HT from rat brain synaptosomes.
(20) However, the degree of sedation caused by diphenhydramine was significantly greater than that caused by cimetidine (P = .0001).
Smell
Definition:
(n.) To perceive by the olfactory nerves, or organs of smell; to have a sensation of, excited through the nasal organs when affected by the appropriate materials or qualities; to obtain the scent of; as, to smell a rose; to smell perfumes.
(n.) To detect or perceive, as if by the sense of smell; to scent out; -- often with out.
(n.) To give heed to.
(v. i.) To affect the olfactory nerves; to have an odor or scent; -- often followed by of; as, to smell of smoke, or of musk.
(v. i.) To have a particular tincture or smack of any quality; to savor; as, a report smells of calumny.
(v. i.) To exercise the sense of smell.
(v. i.) To exercise sagacity.
(v. t.) The sense or faculty by which certain qualities of bodies are perceived through the instrumentally of the olfactory nerves. See Sense.
(v. t.) The quality of any thing or substance, or emanation therefrom, which affects the olfactory organs; odor; scent; fragrance; perfume; as, the smell of mint.
Example Sentences:
(1) • young clownfish will lose their ability to "smell" the anemone species that they shelter in.
(2) Earlier recognition of foul-smelling mucoid discharge on the IUD tail, or abnormal bleeding, or both, as a sign of early pelvic infection, followed by removal of the IUD and institution of appropriate antibiotic therapy, might prevent the more serious sequelae of pelvic inflammation.
(3) The lid is fiddly to fit on to the cup, and smells so strongly of silicone it almost entirely ruins the taste of the coffee if you don’t remove it.
(4) A history and physical examination focused on signs and symptoms of chemosensory disorders, in combination with screening tests for taste and smell function, can quickly and easily delineate the general type and cause of the dysfunction.
(5) The coke sailed up my nasal passage, leaving behind the delicious smell of a hot leather car seat on the way back from the beach.
(6) "When I burp and pass wind the smell is absolutely horrendous.
(7) Examination of illustrative case reports demonstrates that the qualitative features of the Odorant Confusion Matrix offer additional insights to support etiologic diagnoses of disturbances in sense of smell.
(8) Receptor cells with cilia were observed, and although the olfactory system undergoes further differentiation during pouch life and although the olfactory epithelium and bulb of the newborn differs from that of the adult, these facts do not preclude the ability of the newborn to detect smell.
(9) Donna Sinclair, head of Options 4 Change, a charity working with black youths "I went to Brixton the morning after and the smell of burning, and what you could see told a huge story.
(10) 'The smell had become unbelievably bad by then', she said.
(11) Anything that good for you might be expected to smell foul and come in a medicine bottle, but the Mediterranean diet is generally considered to be delicious, except by those who hate olive oil.
(12) The media, smelling blood, has fallen into pack formation.
(13) It might smell close to pot, he said, but would be “tainted” because of all the other items and plants like poison oak burning along with it.
(14) Data from each subject were fitted by a compartmental model for zinc metabolism that was developed previously for patients with taste and smell dysfunction.
(15) Learning of the motor to the mother smell seems to occur yet in prenatal period.
(16) Guardian US environment correspondent Suzanne Goldenberg looked at the role cities would have to play in reducing emissions: At-risk cities hold solutions to climate change: UN report It is already taking shape as the 21st century urban nightmare: a big storm hits a city like Shanghai, Mumbai, Miami or New York, knocking out power supply and waste treatment plants, washing out entire neighbourhoods and marooning the survivors in a toxic and foul-smelling swamp.
(17) A sensory world beyond the care setting can be evoked through recorded birdsong or the smell of flowers.
(18) Similar messages delivered by previous populist, independent candidates like Ralph Nader and Ross Perot didn’t catch on because there was always that whiff of ego that voters like me could smell, coupled with lack of experience in government.
(19) Of the group returning the tests, seven employees reported having smell problems due to allergies or sinus disease.
(20) This is payback, without a doubt.” The workers recently won the support of Will Self, who supported a boycott of the venue, writing : “If the punters wake up and smell the crap coffee of corporate greed, perhaps we won’t be so keen on contributing to those revenues.