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in·dwell·ing

(ĭn′dwĕl′ĭng)

adj.

1. Dwelling or residing within.

2. Placed or implanted within the body, as a catheter or electrode.

An inner presence, as of a spirit or power.

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Adj.

indwelling - existing or residing as an inner activating spirit or force or principle; "an indwelling divinity"; "an indwelling goodness"

inward - relating to or existing in the mind or thoughts; "a concern with inward reflections"

indwelling

adjective

Forming an essential element, as arising from the basic structure of an individual:

built-in, congenital, connatural, constitutional, elemental, inborn, inbred, indigenous, ingrained, inherent, innate, intrinsic, native, natural.

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indwelling

adj permanente; — catheter catéter or sonda permanente

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It is to this indwelling, this universally diffused perception of what is just and noble, that the integrity of the Marquesans in their intercourse with each other, is to be attributed.

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The remote, indwelling expression went out of his eyes as he boomed

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This survey suggests that within a population of mostly adolescent and millennial evangelical Christians, they frequently recognize sound doctrine concerning events accompanying salvation, including the permanent indwelling of the Holy Spirit as a seal to salvation, forgiveness of sins, adoption into the family of God, placement within the universal church, and regeneration to a new person who can defeat sin.

Teleios Research Evaluates Christian Beliefs Concerning Salvation

Only patients with unilateral indwelling standard, polyurethane DJ stents with negative UC were included.

Bacterial Colonization of Ureteral Double-J Stents in Patients with Negative Urine Culture/Idrar Kulturu Negatif Olan Hastalarda Ureteral Cift-J Stentlerin Bakteriyel Kolonizasyonu

Several long-term indwelling interventional treatments for benign biliary stricture have been developed.

Long-term balloon indwelling technique for the treatment of single benign biliary stricture

NanoVibronix announced the publication of an independent study, entitled "The Effect of Surface Acoustic Waves on Bacterial Load and Preventing Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections in Long Term Indwelling Catheters," which was published in the December 2018 issue of Medical & Surgical Urology, a leading peer-reviewed journal in the field of urology.

NanoVibronix: UroShield reduced CFU count to 10,000 CFU or less in study

A CAUTI is a urinary tract infection that occurs in a patient who has (or had) an indwelling urinary catheter in place at the time of or within 48 hours prior to the onset of infection.

Implementing a CAUTI Prevention Program in an Acute Care Hospital Setting

Indwelling peritoneal catheters provide an alternative treatment approach and have been used for the palliative management of recurrent ascites in patients with end-stage malignant disease (4) and as an alternative to LVP for the treatment of RCA in patients who fail medical management.

Chronic peritoneal indwelling catheters for the management of malignant and nonmalignant ascites

Consequently, Jesus gave him a new heart and a new life fully empowered by the indwelling of the Holy Spirit: "Christ lives in me" (Galatians 2:20).

Something more powerful

Even without the white dove and the tongues of fire, their experience of the indwelling of the Holy Spirit was genuine.