compensatory mechanism
collocation in Englishmeaningsofcompensatoryandmechanism
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compensatory
adjective
uk/ˌkɒm.pənˈseɪt.əri/us/kəmˈpen.səˌtɔːr.i/
given or paid to someone in exchange for something that has been lost or damaged, or to pay for something that has ...
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mechanism
noun[C]
uk/ˈmek.ə.nɪ.zəm/us/ˈmek.ə.nɪ.zəm/
a part of a machine, or a set of parts that ...
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This interactive andcompensatorymechanismmay account in part for variations in findings, depending on the age of the animal at the time of study.
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It remains to be discovered whether the effect was too small to be detected in these experiments, or whether somecompensatorymechanismwas at work.
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The latter is suggestive for acompensatorymechanism.
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It may therefore be deemed biologically inappropriate to devote the substantial neural machinery required to provide acompensatorymechanism.
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As the heart rate slows, thiscompensatorymechanismis overwhelmed, cardiac output falls and syncope occurs.
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The stiffening of the arterial wall that occurs in old age impairs this response and thus the initialcompensatorymechanismis lost.
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Left ventricular hypertrophy, however, does not seem to be acompensatorymechanismfor the increase of left ventricular early diastolic relaxation.
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The interpretation was that the selective reduction of social contacts in very old age is acompensatorymechanism, that allows for more investment in the maintenance of everyday functioning.
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Thus, fertility reduction can be viewed in many ways as acompensatorymechanismin the face of the changing demographic and economic circumstances perceived by families.
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I have two points to make about thecompensatorymechanism.
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It wants better budget discipline, management and a newcompensatorymechanismfor budgetary analysis.
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Two thirds of pensioners pay no tax, so tax-free savings are an inappropriate and unnecessarycompensatorymechanismfor them.
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I feel it is important, however, that thecompensatorymechanismapplied to the various headings should not jeopardise the financial package for codecided programmes, or the annual budget procedure.
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Parliament must ensure that thecompensatorymechanismwhich accompanies it is just and carefully regulated.
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Acompensatorymechanisminvolves the movement of cerebrospinal fluid from the cranial vault towards the spinal cord.
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For example, mice without leptin not only become massively obese but express abnormally high levels of hypothalamic endocannabinoids as acompensatorymechanism.
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Without the dysfunctional myosin protein the heart functioned more efficiently and this prevents the development of myocyte hypertrophy as acompensatorymechanism.
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As a response to hypoproteinemia the liver commences acompensatorymechanisminvolving the synthesis of proteins, such as alpha-2 macroglobulin and lipoproteins.
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