(a.) Of or pertaining to the abdomen; ventral; as, the abdominal regions, muscles, cavity.
(a.) Having abdominal fins; belonging to the Abdominales; as, abdominal fishes.
(n.) A fish of the group Abdominales.
Example Sentences:
(1) Direct fetal digitalization led to a reduction in umbilical artery resistance, a decline in the abdominal circumference from 20.3 to 17.8 cm, and resolution of the ascites within 72 h. Despite this dramatic response to therapy, fetal death occurred on day 5 of treatment.
(2) In conclusion, abdominal Marlex-mesh rectopexy can be recommended as safe and effective treatment for rectal prolapse, despite some patients developing constipation and some remaining incontinent.
(3) Anaerobes, in particular Bacteroides spp., are the predominant bacteria present in mixed intra-abdominal infections, yet their critical importance in the pathogenicity of these infections is not clearly defined.
(4) To estimate the age of onset of these differences, and to assess their relationship to abdominal and gluteal adipocyte size, we measured adiposity, adipocyte size, and glucose and insulin concentrations during a glucose tolerance test in lean (less than 20% body fat), prepubertal children from each race.
(5) These are rare tumours comparable to abdominal desmoid tumours.
(6) Symptoms, particularly colicky abdominal pain, improved during the period of chelation therapy.
(7) The present retrospective study reports the results of a survey conducted on 130 patients given elective abdominal and urinary surgery together with the cultivation of routine intraperitoneal drainage material.
(8) An innovative magnetic resonance imaging technique was applied to the measurement of blood flow in the abdominal aorta.
(9) The superior mesenteric artery and the abdominal aorta made the mean angle of 35.5 degree in patients with normal left renal vein, the mean angle of 45.4 degrees in those with left renal vein compression without nutcracker phenomenon, and the mean angle of 11.9 degrees in those with nutcracker phenomenon.
(10) For the second propositus, a woman presenting with abdominal and psychiatric manifestations, the age of onset was 38 years; the acute attack had no recognizable cause; she had mild skin lesions and initially was incorrectly diagnosed as intermittent acute porphyria; the diagnosis of variegate porphyria was only established at the age of 50 years.
(11) Metastatic tumors of the small bowel from extra-abdominal sites are rare.
(12) It was considered worthwhile to report this case due to the problems which arose concerning the choice of a thoracic rather than abdominal route owing to the impossibility of associating cardiomyotomy with anti-reflux plastica surgery because of the reduced dimensions of the stomach.
(13) A patient with abdominal discomfort and hematemesis was found to have lower esophageal inflammation on endoscopy.
(14) The computer tomographic appearances of lesions of parenchymatous organs following blunt abdominal trauma are described in 13 patients (five liver, four renal, two splenic and two pancreatic injuries).
(15) Cholecystectomy provided successful treatment in three of the four patients but the fourth was too ill to undergo an operation; in general, definitive treatment is cholecystectomy, together with excision of the fistulous tract if this takes a direct path through the abdominal wall from the gallbladder, or curettage if the course is devious.
(16) The results obtained on fat cell membranes from abdominal subcutaneous adipose tissue demonstrated the following.
(17) Persons with clinical abdominal findings, shock, altered sensorium, and severe chest injuries after blunt trauma should undergo the procedure.
(18) In view of its infrequent and vague presentation, care is required to avoid overlooking the diagnosis of abdominal tuberculosis, particularly in the immigrant population.
(19) All four active treatment groups also experienced significantly more relief of pelvic-abdominal pain compared with placebo: piroxicam 40 mg for two days followed by three days of 20 mg (p = 0.002), piroxicam 40 mg for one day followed by four days of 20 mg (p = 0.023), piroxicam 20 mg for five days (p = 0.012), and ibuprofen (p = 0.011).
(20) Polypropylene mesh was used to repair the abdominal wall.
Uropod
Definition:
(n.) Any one of the abdominal appendages of a crustacean, especially one of the posterior ones, which are often larger than the rest, and different in structure, and are used chiefly in locomotion. See Illust. of Crustacea, and Stomapoda.
Example Sentences:
(1) The label was present in a spotty fashion or over a so-called uropod.
(2) Upon further incubation at 37 degrees C, Con A was internalized over the entire cell periphery of the rounded, untreated cells but on collagenase-treated PMNs was rapidly gathered into a cap overlying the uropod or protuberant region of cytoplasm where it was subsequently internalized.
(3) The most simple macrophage-lymphocyte cluster consisted of one macrophage, one large central lymphocyte with a blastoid appearance attached to the macrophage with a broad area of contact, and from a few to more than 20 small peripheral lymphocytes attached to the central lymphocyte by their uropods.
(4) During cell locomotion the fluorescent labels redistribute to the uropod and retraction fibers.
(5) Some lymphocytes with smooth surface showing uropods were also observed.
(6) Both flattening and elongation of the adherent cells are inhibited by low temperature, chelating agents, cytochalasin B, and vinblastine, while sodium azide selectively inhibits elongation and uropod formation.
(7) Analyses of electromyograms of untrestrained Emerita, before and after bilateral surgical ablation of the four nonspiking mechanoreceptive cells associated with each uropod, established that power strokes in 'treading water' are dependent upon proprioceptive feedback from the nonspiking cells.
(8) CF bound to the plasma membrane and was internalized on the membranes of vesicles and vacuoles, a process that was particularly prominent at the uropod of basophils exhibiting a polarized ('motile') configuration.
(9) Small fluctuations in their membrane potentials cause sustained change in activity of the motoneurons innervating the uropod muscles.
(10) Some cells were more irregular in shape, while others displayed clusters of polarized microvilli and small uropods.
(11) The results suggest a flow of CR3 from intracellular granules----lamellipodia and cell body----uropod----trailing filopodia during chemotaxis.
(12) We concluded that the continuous excitation of uropod motor neurons during the fictive abdominal movement was mediated, at least partly, by the local nonspiking interneurons.
(13) The results of all of our experiments on the uropod indicate that a conjunction of separate proximodistal, dorsoventral, and mediolateral component fields may give positional information for generating the uropod.
(14) When the animal was engaged in abdominal postural movement, all uropod motoneurons received sustained excitatory input.
(15) Uropod formation and inhomogeneous distribution were inhibited or reversed by cytochalasin B, but not by vinblastine or colchicine.
(16) The cap had a characteristic uropod form, enriched with intracellular organelles.
(17) Ultrastructural analyses showed, exclusively in delta-TCS1+ cells, nuclear deformations, uropod formation, and abundant cytoskeletal structures.
(18) On the contrary, on cells which had formed a uropod the labeled receptors and antigens appeared to be preferentially concentrated around the nucleus, and depleted over the uropod, and especially over the constriction at the base of the uropod.
(19) On the first and second days the transformation of lymphocytes into active cells with uropods is observed.
(20) In contrast, viruses were noted on the tip of the mouse HMC uropod by transmission electron microscopy.