decreased sensitivity

collocation in English

meaningsofdecreaseandsensitivity

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decrease
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈdiː.kriːs/us
/ˈdiː.kriːs/
a ...
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sensitivity
noun
uk
/ˌsen.sɪˈtɪv.ə.ti/us
/ˌsen.səˈtɪv.ə.t̬i/
an ability to understand what other people need, and be helpful and kind ...
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(Definition ofdecreaseandsensitivityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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This is consistent withdecreasedsensitivityof the b-wave generator.
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Raising the probability cutoff to 0.70decreasedsensitivityto 33% and increased specificity to 96%.
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Prepartum severe depressive symptoms did not result indecreasedsensitivity.
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Surely, increased ordecreasedsensitivityto infections at a certain age is not the point when one is talking about children.
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Initially this is due todecreasedsensitivityto angiotensin and vasodilation provoked by increased blood volume.
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Furthermore, 26% of these participants also claimed that they also experienced an increased sensitivity to foods that were bitter and adecreasedsensitivityto salt.
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Tissues surrounding the pelvic organs may have increased ordecreasedsensitivityor irritation resulting in pelvic pain.
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These conditions featuredecreasedsensitivityto pain together with other neurological abnormalties, particularly of the autonomic nervous system.
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Risks include permanent scarring, infections, bleeding, irritation, and nerve damage leading to increased ordecreasedsensitivity.
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Hereafter, the cell became extremely responsive to every compression and graduallydecreasedsensitivityover the next few minutes.
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Bone scan is another useful alternative however substantial drawbacks includedecreasedsensitivity, early false negative results, and decreased conspicuity of findings due to age related metabolic changes in the elderly.
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However, their usefulness is limited bydecreasedsensitivityin early primary syphilis and during late syphilis, when a large number of untreated patients will be negative by these methods.
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