(n.) Profound sleep from which a person can be roused only with difficulty.
Example Sentences:
(1) On the basis of a clinical, laboratory and pathomorphological study the author describes soporous--comatose states in 26 patients among 300 with acute pneumonia.
(2) Improvement of the condition of patients who were in a state of coma-sopor on admission was attended by an increase of the neurotensin level and reduction of the prolactin content in the blood.
(3) The clinical signs showed: vomiting, dehydration, Kussamaul's respiration, sopor, stupor and in 5 cases a state of coma.
(4) Following the late H. H. Wieck acute organic psychoses which are characterized by a disturbance of wakefulness (syndromes of somnolence, sopor, coma), have to be distinguished from those with preserved wakefulness, which he called 'Durchgangssyndrom' (e.g.
(5) Nearly 62% of them were deeply soporous or comatose on admission (Mathew-Lawson grade 3 and 4), while in the control group only 31% of patients had such severely altered mental status.
(6) Since in the acute period of diffuse axonal craniocerebral trauma (CCT) the patient is comatose or, less frequently, soporous, only objective otoneurological signs (spontaneous nystagmus, altered caloric nystagmus, and traumatic damage to the otorhinolaryngological organs) may be revealed.
(7) Under the influence of hyperbaric oxygen therapy there was a more rapid restitution of consciousness and a relatively short development of soporous and comatose conditions.
(8) The authors specify the major signs of a moderate and deep stun, sopor, as well as moderate, deep and coma de passe.
(9) In addition to cough, conjunctivitis and a soporous state, accelerated respiration initially is an outstanding clinical symptom.
(10) A 36-year-old man was admitted because of sopor and dark urine after intravenous amphetamine injection.
(11) This was characterized by insomnia, agitation, mental derangement and, finally, sopor and I-II degree coma.
(12) In the soporous state hyperreflexia of the caloric nystagmus from 2 sides was encountered with its sharp tonicity, occasional drifts of the eyes in the direction of the slow phase of the nystagmus at the peak of the caloric reaction, or hyperreflexia and tonicity of the caloric nystagmus in one direction was revealed in loss of the slow phase of the caloric nystagmus in the other direction.
(13) A dependence was found of the increase in the prolactin level on the severity of impaired consciousness (coma-sopor, stunning) on admission of the patient; changes in the prolactin and neurotensin contents were detected during the examination.
(14) Compared with a control group of patients undergoing traditional therapy (sedative and multi-vitamin drugs), metadoxine showed a significant improvement of the values of gamma-GT, GPT, blood ammonia, blood alcohol and of neuropsychic and behavioural parameters such as agitation, tremor, asterixis, sopor and depression.
Spoor
Definition:
(n.) The track or trail of any wild animal; as, the spoor of an elephant; -- used originally by travelers in South Africa.
(v. i.) To follow a spoor or trail.
Example Sentences:
(1) Spoors says a number of these countries—for instance Switzerland, Luxembourg and Ireland—are responsible for the loopholes in the system and have an interest in protecting the status quo.
(2) While most countries feel the impact of tax avoidance, Oxfam Australia G20 coordinator Claire Spoors says it takes an especially profound toll on low-income countries.
(3) The median hearing thresholds as well as the 25 and 75 percentiles are worse in the present study compared with a sex and age matched non-noise-exposed reference group (Spoor and Passchier-Vermeer, 1969 International Audiology, 8, 328 336) and a screened otologically normal reference group (ISO, 7029).
(4) The committee believes that intake of natural U in water should be limited by considerations of toxicity to the kidney, and we believe that the metabolic model of Spoor and Hursh with a modified gastrointestinal (GI) absorption (1.4%) should be used to infer kidney content.
(5) Oxfam has been concerned that this is an OECD-G20 initiative that clearly leaves out the world’s poorest countries,” Spoors says.
(6) Two amputated lower legs were analyzed kinematically, according to Van Langelaan and Spoor's photogrammetric method; dynamically, by measuring moments (M) and recording vertical tibial translations (S); and finally by comparing the stepwise and continuous supination and pronation of one specimen (female 29).
(7) Many developing countries are likely to be cut out of that exchange because they do not have the capacity to ensure the confidentiality that is being prescribed,” Spoors says.
(8) Allowance for age and sex was made by using the presbyacusis values of SPOOR as the reference.
(9) Spoors said the recent leaked tax documents showing how thousands of major companies were legally minimising tax through tax deals involving Luxembourg proved that public reporting of country by country profits would be a much more effective deterrent.
(10) Claire Spoors, the G20 coordinator for Oxfam, said the leaked tax documents proved why public reporting of country by country profits would be much a more effective deterrent.
(11) They followed the oil rig's mashed-up trail, the rainbow-filmed liquid spoor, the tripod crater prints.
(12) But Spoors says developing countries need more than words from the G20: “There are 15 proposals in the BEPS project, and seven of them have been decided on in Cairns.
(13) Financial institutions and many other G20 governments do recognise the issue as a threat to growth and among them is next year’s host, Turkey,” said Oxfam spokeswoman Claire Spoors.
(14) Claire Spoors, the G20 coordinator for Oxfam, said the recent leaked tax documents showing how thousands of major companies were legally minimising tax through tax deals involving Luxembourg proved that public reporting of country by country profits would be much a more effective deterrent.