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CONTROLLING
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Able to control or determine policy
Example:
a controlling interest in the firm
Classified under:
Similar:
dominant (exercising influence or control)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb control
Context examples:
They are usually treated by controlling how much hormone your body makes.
(Endocrine Diseases, NIH)
It is also being studied for controlling mucositis pain after chemotherapy and radiation therapy.
(Capsaicin, NCI Dictionary)
Digoxin helps the heart work normally by controlling the amount of calcium that goes into the heart muscle.
(Digoxin, NCI Dictionary)
TNAP has a positive influence on mineralization primarily by controlling the size of the inhibitory pool of PPi through its inorganic pyrophosphatase activity.
(Bone Mineralization Regulation Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)
The EPA is the US Government's watchdog agency responsible for controlling the pollution of air and water, pesticides, radiation hazards and noise pollution.
(Environmental Protection Agency, NCI Thesaurus)
Specifically, clobetasol propionate appears to induce phospholipase A2 inhibitory proteins, thereby controlling the release of the inflammatory precursor arachidonic acid from membrane phospholipids by phospholipase A2.
(Clobetasol Propionate, NCI Thesaurus)
What's more, the formation and dissolution temperatures could be independently controlled by controlling the ratios of disordered and ordered segments in the biomaterial.
(Biomaterial Artificial Protein Helps Heal Tissue, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
Applied to the scalp, the active tDCS targeted the brain region controlling behavior and reward.
(Brain stimulation limits calories consumed in adults with obesity, NIH)
A U.S. federal government agency whose mission is to protect public health by preventing and controlling disease, injury, and disability.
(CDC, NCI Dictionary)
Researchers found that intensively controlling a person’s blood pressure was more effective at slowing the accumulation of white matter lesions than standard treatment of high blood pressure.
(Intensive blood pressure control may slow age-related brain damage, National Institutes of Health)
