(n.) The act of suspecting; the imagination or apprehension of the existence of something (esp. something wrong or hurtful) without proof, or upon very slight evidence, or upon no evidence.
(n.) Slight degree; suggestion; hint.
(v. t.) To view with suspicion; to suspect; to doubt.
Example Sentences:
(1) In one of 28 cases with LCIS examined by mammography there was suspicion of carcinoma.
(2) In the interim, sonographic studies during pregnancy in women at risk for AIDS may be helpful in identifying fetal intrauterine growth retardation and may help raise our level of suspicion for congenital AIDS.
(3) Moreover, it allows the clinician to be alert towards findings which could be missed when not carefully searched for and which may be useful to raise or strengthen the suspicion of this disease.
(4) Diagnosis depends on a high index of suspicion and appropriate investigative procedures.
(5) While research into the cause of altered pain perception in psychotic patients is continuing, clinicians should maintain a high index of suspicion of serious medical illness when evaluating such patients.
(6) A high index of suspicion of bilateral tumors and a thorough work-up resulted in the early diagnosis of small tumors.
(7) The development of renal insufficiency during enalapril therapy may be exacerbated by concomitant diuretic therapy and should raise the suspicion of underlying transplant renal-artery stenosis.
(8) a 90% correlation between the clinical suspicion and the biological identification.
(9) Usually, many studies are needed to confirm the suspicion of a vitamin B12 or folic acid deficiency.
(10) The levy would also confirm the dramatically changing nature of Pakistan's ties with its western partners, from a strategic alliance to a transactional relationship, with deep suspicions on both sides.
(11) Because of the suspicion that the oximino steroids were acting postcoitally, 17-beta-acetoxy-19-norandrost-4-en-3-one oxime was studied for its postcoital activity in rats.
(12) Dreyfus, an Alsatian Jew, was falsely accused of passing secrets to Germany in 1894 in a well-known historical episode that gave rise to suspicions of antisemitism in the French military establishment of the period.
(13) The endoscopic retrograde pancreaticography is indicated in relapsing chronic pancreatitis for proving or excluding of changes needing operation which are taken into consideration as partial factors of the relapsing course as well as in suspicion to a local pancreatitis complication and carcinoma of the pancreas.
(14) A high index of suspicion should be maintained when transplanting lungs containing Candida species, as we believe there is substantial evidence of donor transmission of the fungal agents.
(15) • Police would be given discretion to remove face masks from people on the street "under any circumstances where there is reasonable suspicion that they are related to criminal activity".
(16) Therapy should be discontinued on the suspicion of cholestatic injury or hepatomegaly.
(17) We first present the results of serial serum total amylase, pancreatic isoamylase, lipase, and immunoreactive trypsin tests in nine patients during the week after their admission to the hospital with a diagnosis of acute pancreatitis, and then compare the serum total amylase, lipase, and immunoreactive trypsin levels in the initial serum submitted for amylase analysis from 100 patients because of the clinical suspicion of acute pancreatitis.
(18) Those areas remain under the control of al-Shabaab, the Islamist insurgents, who have restricted access to those affected by famine because they view western aid agencies with suspicion.
(19) In high thoracic level lesion paraplegics monitoring heart rate was considered to be unreliable because of suspicion of injury to the sympathetic contribution to the cardiac plexus.
(20) Any ruling from the court that strengthens suspicions that Zardari may have had a hand in the memo could be politically damaging to him.
Suspiciously
Definition:
Example Sentences:
(1) One must be suspicious of any gingival lesion, particulary if there is a sudden onset of bleeding or hyperplasia.
(2) These findings in a patient with acute leukaemia are strongly suspicious of fungal infection, and percutaneous fine-needle aspiration under ultrasound or computed tomography-guidance is indicated.
(3) Spain's tax office is conveniently, some could say suspiciously, underfunded.
(4) Early biopsy of suspicious lesions followed by amputation of the digit in those proving positive is the treatment of choice.
(5) Despite this, the public is more suspicious than ever of the danger of pills.
(6) Two infants with previously abnormal or suspicious FAT, OCT, and intrapartum fetal heart tracings were stillborn.
(7) April 17, 2013 The third floor isn't doing so well either: Rebecca Berg (@rebeccagberg) Capitol police email Senate offices: Police "are responding to a suspicious envelope on the third floor of the Hart Senate Office Building."
(8) Thirty-six patients underwent biopsy of clinically suspicious lesions of the mucosa of the upper aerodigestive tract.
(9) Management of female patients includes careful inspection of the vulva with each full-skin or gynecologic examination, followed by biopsy of any suspicious lesion.
(10) Nearly 50% showed up with involvement of fixated and suspicious lymphnodes.
(11) One case classified as suspicious for malignancy by cytologic examination could be identified as cirrhotic nodule by further investigations.
(12) An area of translucence around a dense zone, appearing more clearly with traction, is suspicious.
(13) Bronchoscopic examination revealed endobronchial tumor or suspicious lesion in 63.2 percent cases.
(14) inflammation or regeneration) a "suspicious" cervical smear with a polyploid DNA-distribution pattern may reverse to normal cervical epithelium after normal conditions are restored.
(15) The standards undergirding a suspicious activity report are defined as: " Observed behavior reasonably indicative of preoperational planning related to terrorism or other criminal activity ."
(16) The patient's sexual partner was examined colposcopically, and no suspicious lesions were seen.
(17) The midwife in the maternity unit can look at the tracing and ask the patient to come if the tracing is insufficient or suspicious.
(18) But Cleveland city hall released out a statement that read: "Media reports of multiple calls to the Cleveland police reporting suspicious activity and the mistreatment of women at 2207 Seymour are false."
(19) I’m desperately sorry, says head who hired paedophile William Vahey Read more Investigators in the UK have already established that while Vahey was teaching in London from 2009 to 2013, teachers on four different trips reported his suspicious behaviour with pupils to the school.
(20) According to Sussex police, explosives experts investigated what was initially deemed a suspicious item discarded by the man and carried out a small controlled explosion.