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Discover LudwigThe phrase "arrest development" is not correct in English; it should be "arrested development." You can use it when referring to a state of stagnation or lack of progress, often in a psychological or developmental context.
Example: "His behavior reflects a sense of arrested development, as he struggles to take on adult responsibilities."
Alternatives: "stunted growth" or "developmental delay."
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The ability of 100 mM NaCl to arrest development was used to develop a "greening assay" to quantitate the salt-induced phenotypes of G-protein mutants (Additional file 3: Figure S2).
Staining of the chromatin with the fluorochrome Ho gives the opportunity to identify within a pool of oocytes isolated from the antral compartment of the ovary those that may develop to term (SN) from those that certainly arrest development soon after fertilisation (NSN) [ 25– 28].
"I don't know if you can arrest development.
New trials are being planned using anti-amyloid drugs to try to arrest development of Alzheimer's disease.
After Mr. Kaneko's arrest, development of the system was continued under the name Share by an anonymous programmer, according to information posted on the Web.
Timing may be delay or arrest development at an immature stage or may be precocious but asynchronous with other developmental features.
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Arrested Development!
"Arrested Development," but only slightly.
Arrested development or something.
Miranda than Arrested Development?
Call it arrested development.
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