The first Oxford dictionary to include it is the Oxford Dictionary of English (1998), whose definition I prefer to the rather vaguer alternatives in Chambers: 'indulging in or relating to stereotypically male behaviour and interests'.
As heart rate is the main determinant of cardiac output at exercise in children with normal heart structures, the VVI-R mode is an alternative to dual chamber transvenous pacing in young patients.
In response, Oklahoma legislators recently advanced bills that would authorize "nitrogen hypoxia" -- which causes death by depleting the oxygen supply in the blood -- as a gas chamber alternative to poisonous hydrogen cyanide gas.
To describe the presenting characteristics and management alternatives of posterior chamber intraocular lens (PC-IOL) dislocation secondary to dehiscence of the zonules supporting the capsular bag.
Tools such as formation testers provide a credible alternative, but closed-chamber tests (CCT) and/or slug tests are also helpful for situations in which large volumes of formation fluid are sampled.
An alternative, installing a containment chamber over the leaks and pumping the oil to the surface, will not be ready for at least several weeks and has never been tried at such depths.
But, compared with the alternative of a second chamber with real power and real legitimacy, it's a sad end to the hopes and promises of the first term.
The only alternative is a hypobaric chamber, which exposes subjects to low oxygen and isn't practical as a therapy.
Due to its physical and biological properties, it is an innovative alternative as nerve regeneration chamber, available in different sizes.
Therefore the probe seems to be an advantageous alternative to the pressure chamber for monitoring tree water status in hedgerow olive tree orchards.
Another possibility would be to find an alternative way into their chamber, such as drilling a shaft into the cave from the forested mountain above.
