complete absence

collocation in English

meanings of completeand absence

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complete
adjective
uk /kəmˈpliːt/ us /kəmˈpliːt/
very great or to the largest ...
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absence
noun
uk /ˈæb.səns/ us /ˈæb.səns/
the fact of not being where you are usually expected ...
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Examples of complete absence

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It seems that their results show a completeabsence of neutral or stable disturbances.
The completeabsence of any small clusters argues strongly against cryopreservation as the cause.
This variation is derived from the high prevalence of tendrillar climbers on some hosts and completeabsence from a number of other hosts.
To reiterate, there is no gradual, developmental curve in the effectiveness of relativized minimality, given the completeabsence of examples like (8) or (9).
The book's major weakness is its feel of a rapid thesis conversion undertaken in the completeabsence of an editor.
The lack of these signatures suggests a (nearly) completeabsence of gene conversion.
Such completeabsence of the muscular outlet septum was not present in any of the patients without the deletion.
All these sources of evidence are further reinforced by the completeabsence of genetic variability revealed by microsatellite markers.
Even a completeabsence of anticlericalism and anti-socialism would have left the problem of alliances still to be solved.
In both seasons, the ground-herbs layer had the lowest biomass, mainly due t o t he nearly completeabsence of frugivores.
However, the most striking feature of the treated animals was the almost completeabsence of parasitic elements within the lung.
Plasminogen-deficiency states associated with the completeabsence of plasminogen, as well as dysplasminogenaemias associated with reduced plasmin activity, have been described in humans.
In the case of a completeabsence, obviously all functions of the protein will be abolished, with or without partial compensation.
Surprisingly, there appears to have been a completeabsence of research into the evolution of ballooning dispersal across the taxonomic groups.
It has the appearance of a large rock, its density strengthened by a completeabsence of visible openings.
A value of zero represents the completeabsence of correlation.
It is also a reminder that the completeabsence of noise almost never occurs in nature.
If the goal of a research project requires a completeabsence of cone influence, then this transgenic mouse is not adequate.
Total color blindness is another rare disease that involves completeabsence of all cone function.
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