noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
inflammatory
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Other differences have been previously described with respect to the generation of other inflammatory mediators .
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This is not surprising considering that most inflammatory mediators have been shown to be able to stimulate enteric nerves.
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The rise in eicosanoid inflammatory mediators may have an important role in the pathophysiology of the early radiation bowel reaction.
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The superoxide generated may have a direct cytotoxic effect or it may interact with inflammatory mediators to modify the inflammatory process.
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Ketotifen may prevent the release of the inflammatory mediators from mast cells as well as from other inflammatory cells.
■ VERB
act
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If two adults are playing roles they can adopt quite a confrontational stance, challenging the children to act as mediators .
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She had created the situation in which the pupils had learned, had acted as mediator and had controlled their learning process.
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Conflict manager: resolving disputes, acting as a mediator . 7.
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They are subject to regulation by many neural, hormonal, and paracrine factors, acting via intracellular mediators .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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I see no basis for meaningful comparison between solicitors and mediators.
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There is also an independent service with trained mediators, most of them solicitors.
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There were no official mediators, licensed by an ecclesiastical hierarchy or set apart by apostolic ordination.