marked reduction
collocation in Englishmeaningsofmarkedandreduction
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marked
adjective
uk/mɑːkt/us/mɑːrkt/
A marked change or difference in behaviour or in a situation is very obvious ...
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reduction
noun
uk/rɪˈdʌk.ʃən/us/rɪˈdʌk.ʃən/
the act of making something, or of something becoming, smaller in size, amount, degree, ...
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(Definition ofmarkedandreductionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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They showed amarkedreductionin reading speed (up to about eight times compared to normal controls) and made a large number of errors.
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Further, these animals were characterized by amarkedreductionin body weight and an increase in lethality.
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The reduction of the space constant in states of high conductance is accompanied by amarkedreductionin the membrane time constant.
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Rapid population growth has resulted in amarkedreductionin the fallow period and the partitioning of farmlands into smallholdings.
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A further element is themarkedreductionin personal security that is experienced by all age groups.
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Professional speakers show amarkedreductionin singular concord relative to nonprofessional speakers.
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It may also cause some degree of direct myocardial depression, as suggested by themarkedreductionin fetal cardiac output.
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The postoperative electrocardiogram showed amarkedreductionof the biventricular hypertrophy.
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Markedreductionin the number of platelet tritiated imipramine binding sites in geriatric depression.
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During the evolution of the clinical phase of pre-eclampsia, they observed amarkedreductionin cardiac output and an increase in peripheral resistance.
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Amarkedreductionin the mean rate of water loss was recorded for intact acorns compared with those from which the pericarp had been removed.
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However, there was amarkedreductionin disability days and day off sick for the problemsolving group.
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Consistent with these observations, electroretinographic recordings showed amarkedreductionin response amplitude for both rod- and cone-mediated potentials.
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The physiological presentations begin with evidence that in rats, lactation provides amarkedreduction of pituitary adrenal activity, a 'buffering of the stress response'.
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Themarkedreductionin nerve acetylcholinesterase might be regarded as an adaptive process compensating for a reduction in acetylcholine synthesis.
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There was, however, amarkedreductionin fetal oxygen uptake when oxygen delivery was decreased by more than 55% (to <0.5mmol min71 kg71).
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Amarkedreductionin effective contrast was obtained within seconds, although complete recovery took minutes.
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Were we to leave the counter unadjusted, we would lose confluence ofmarkedreduction, and hence the uniqueness of complete developments as well.
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As the canopy closes, large-seeded species would continue to grow well, while small-seeded and fast-growing species would experience amarkedreductionin growth rate.
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