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Stagnancy


Definition:

  • (n.) State of being stagnant.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) In conclusion, stagnancy of urinary flow has been considered a factor easily causing infection.
  • (2) regions of flow separation, eddy formation and flow stagnancy.
  • (3) A basic and clinical study was made on the significance of stagnancy of urinary flow as a factor causing urinary tract infections.
  • (4) The longer the external urethral opening was clamped, the lower became the value of ID50, thus showing infection easily caused by urinary stagnancy in the bladder.
  • (5) There was markedly relationship between the pathogenesis of deficiency of Yang of the Spleen and Kidney and deficiency of Qi of Spleen with stagnancy of dampness and T cell immune dysfunction.
  • (6) A clinical study was carried out on different diseases with the syndrome including the stagnancy of Liver Qi, excess of Liver Wind and rising of Liver Fire with a new prescription according to TCM theory.
  • (7) It was found by comparative observation that the average survival time of the Spleen-Deficiency (SD) type patients was markedly longer than that of Phlegm-Dampness-Stagnancy (PDS), Qi- and Blood-Stagnancy (QBS) and Liver-Kidney-Yin-Deficiency (LKYD) types, indicating that the SD type patients might have a better prognosis, and that the Chinese herbal medicine was an alternative for treating intermediate and late carcinoma.
  • (8) Auxiliary points: for type of deficiency of both qi and blood, Zusanli (ST36), and Sanyinjiao (SP6) were added: for type of disharmony between Ying and Wei, Fengchi (GB20) and Hegu (LI4) were added; for type of stagnancy of qi and blood, Weiguan (TE5) and Taichong (LR3) were added; for type of wind-heat stagnating collaterals, Yifeng (TH17) and Yanglingquan (GB34) were added.
  • (9) The type of Qizhi Xueyu (energy stagnancy and blood stasis) is between the abovementioned two groups, with a 5-year survival rate of 40%.
  • (10) Typology of nephrotic syndrome according to TCM differentiation symptoms, all the 39 cases were divided into three types: (1) 13 cases of deficiency of Qi of the Spleen with stagnancy of dampness; (2) 9 cases of deficiency of Yang of the Spleen and Kidney; (3) 17 cases of deficiency of Yin of the Liver and Kidney.

Stagnant


Definition:

  • (a.) That stagnates; not flowing; not running in a current or steam; motionless; hence, impure or foul from want of motion; as, a stagnant lake or pond; stagnant blood in the veins.
  • (a.) Not active or brisk; dull; as, business in stagnant.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) On land, the pits' stagnant pools of water become breeding grounds for dengue fever and malaria.
  • (2) Disrupting stagnant fluid films augments peritoneal transport.
  • (3) When applied as diagnostic tests for the stagnant loop syndrome, the phenol excretion showed 2 false negative results, the p-cresol excretion 3 false negative and 2 false positive results, and the indican excretion 6 false positive results.
  • (4) phi PS5, a double-stranded DNA bacteriophage of Pseudomonas stutzeri JM604 that adsorbs specifically to the outer-membrane protein NosA, was isolated from stagnant irrigation ditch water.
  • (5) The need for cleanliness of latrines and removal of stagnant water was emphasized.
  • (6) Also, the nutritional improvement was probably concentrated during the 1970s, while little, if any, occurred after 1980; prospects for the 1990s point to a stagnant situation.
  • (7) The Treasury's independent forecaster said growth this year would be 0.6% – half its previous forecast of 1.2%, reflecting the stagnant economy – but said another recession may be avoided.
  • (8) Flow was stagnant in straight terminal models, with the aneurysm forming an extension of the afferent vessel, as long as the outflow through the branches of the bifurcation was balanced.
  • (9) With regard to a case report and the review of literature the authors point out that this uncommon but severe infection due to an aero-anaerobia bacteria, existing preferentially in stagnant or running water.
  • (10) Since IgA glomerular deposition occurred in patients with focal biliary and no hepatocellular dysfunction, it seems that the source of this polymeric IgA is related to its impaired serum clearance by a distorted and stagnant bile duct system.
  • (11) Hollande, whose government is deeply unpopular as he struggles to revive France's stagnant economy, last week reshuffled the cabinet with Manuel Valls, the dynamic former interior minister, named prime minister.
  • (12) It's happening because the broadcasters who have traditionally been the biggest investors in original British TV beyond the BBC are fishing in a stagnant or declining pool of advertising.
  • (13) Absorption of medium chain triglycerides (MCT) was estimated in 10 patients with stagnant loop syndrome (SLS).
  • (14) Graduate salaries are frozen at an average of £25,000, the first time in the survey's history that starting salaries have remained stagnant for two consecutive years.
  • (15) The combination of intraluminal bile acid deficiency and steatorrhea was most often encountered in patientswit h hepatic disease, ileal disorders, and in the stagnant loop syndrome.
  • (16) They also enhance glucose uptake by the various cells, thus allowing them to survive in a viable state in severe conditions such as those of metabolic acidosis characteristic of stagnant tissue fluids.
  • (17) The patient's first infection leading to bacteremia followed contamination of a mosquito bite by stagnant water.
  • (18) Special phenomena related to the small caliber of the needle include duct filling from "invisible" radicles, perivenous or periductal dissection of contrast, and pseudolesions in an incompletely decompressed stagnant bile column.
  • (19) Even when the mean flow was near zero in the critical segment, flow was not stagnant but oscillated in antegrade and retrograde directions throughout the cardiac cycle.
  • (20) Anoxic lesion in haemorrhagic shock may result in exclusion of the capillary circulation to the point of stagnant hypoxia.

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