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Discover LudwigThe phrase "act selectively" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the need to make careful choices or decisions based on specific criteria or preferences.
Example: "In order to achieve the best results, we must act selectively when choosing our partners for this project."
Alternatives: "choose carefully" or "make selective choices".
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Thanks to its broad spectrum of action, it is possible to select the specific wavelength to act selectively on the melanin pigment of seborrheic keratosis.
Interestingly, if there are strong inhibitory inputs acting on the motor cortex contralateral to the missing limb, these inputs act selectively on muscles within the stump, as the more proximal biceps representation showed no asymmetry in the two agenesic subjects whereas in the other two subjects it appears to have undergone a disinhibition similar to that observed after traumatic amputation.
Although the drugs act selectively on cancer cells, they also can interfere with the generation and multiplication of cells involved in immune responses.
Moreover, none of the agents used to date are designed to act selectively upon the heart.
Triptans are drugs that act selectively as agonists on 5-HT1B/1D receproducingducing vasoconstriction of meningial vessels as well as direct action on central pathways of trigeminal transmission [46, 47].
The main results and correlations found in the literature and in our own work provide information on the nature of the active sites, and on the way they act selectively.
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It is certain that memory acts selectively and is highly deceptive.
A central nervous system depressant, meprobamate acts selectively upon the spinal cord and the higher centres in the brain.
Thus, cecropinXJ acts selectively on bacterial membranes.
Gliclazide MR acts selectively on adenosine triphosphate-dependent potassium (KATP) channels of the pancreatic β cell.
mIBG is an analogue of the "false" neurotransmitter guanetidine, a potent neuron blocking agent that acts selectively on sympathetic nerves.
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