(n.) A muscle which serves to draw a part out, or form the median line of the body; as, the abductor oculi, which draws the eye outward.
Example Sentences:
(1) Transcranial magnetic brain stimuli were applied to 9 normal subjects and compound muscle action potentials were recorded from the right abductor digiti minimi with surface electrodes.
(2) Both the extensor indicis and the abductor pollicis longus are functional synergists and are under voluntary control of the brain.
(3) This group includes patients with adductor involvement (phonatory dystonia, recurrent laryngeal nerve section failure, respiratory dystonia) and those with abductor involvement (whispering dystonia).
(4) Modifications of the Wilson bunionectomy and osteotomy procedure enable the surgeon to address multiple, individual abnormalities associated with the hallux abductor valgus deformity.
(5) The combination of triradiate epiphyseal closure and abductor muscle weakness secondary to superior gluteal nerve damage contributed to subsequent femoral head subluxation.
(6) In the hips with acetabular protrusion, preoperative values of the force were less than in that the trochanter united and postoperative increase in the abductor force was noted.
(7) Recordings were bilateral from the abductor pollicis brevis, tibialis anterior, and risorius.
(8) The abductor digiti minimi, elbow flexors and tibialis anterior were studied in five subjects.
(9) An analysis of the incidence and significance of leg shortening, limping, and abductor lurch is presented and some observations made on trochanteric overgrowth and the effect of surgery on the rate of femoral head reconstitution.
(10) Although the abducting parents tended to be male (55 percent, n = 205), the proportion of female abductors was higher than in previous research.
(11) In 3 ponies there was no return of abductor function and failure of graft survival.
(12) However, a case did present itself at Saint Michael's Medical Center involving a congenitally hypertrophic abductor digiti minimi muscle of the right foot.
(13) Multiple tendons for the abductor pollicis longus and a separate, severely narrowed sheath for the extensor pollicis brevis make nonsurgical treatment difficult at times.
(14) The compound muscle action potentials (CMAPs) from the abductor digiti minimi (ADM) and the biceps muscles (BICEPS) could be evoked with either stimulating technique in all 52 subjects tested.
(15) Twenty patients functioned at T12 levels or above, 30 patients had preservation of anterior thigh musculature, and 25 patients had posterior leg or hip abductor power.
(16) The optimal placement sites for eliciting motor evoked potentials from the abductor digiti minimi and abductor hallucis muscles by means of transcranial magnetic stimulation were determined using a commercially available circular coli.
(17) We used transcranial magnetic stimulation to map the cortical representations of 4 upper extremity muscles (abductor pollicis brevis, flexor carpi radialis, biceps, and deltoid) of 10 normal subjects.
(18) To simulate the "single leg support" phase of gait, fixtures were developed to load the femora under three different configuration: the VS (vertical shaft) configuration, with a vertically orientated femur having rotational freedom proximally and distally; the ITB (iliotibial band) configuration of a femur with rotational freedom positioned 11 degrees from the vertical, with a strain-gauge adjustable metallic simulation of the lateral muscles of the thigh; and the ABD (abductor) configuration of a femur with rotational freedom positioned 11 degrees from the vertical, with a strain-gauge adjustable metallic simulation of the abductor muscles.
(19) Early-burst cells were correlated most frequently with inspiratory muscles of the respiratory system and laryngeal abductor muscles.
(20) A statistical analysis of the error yields the following classes of correspondences: (a) Excellent: 1st Dorsal Interosseus (hand) = LI-4; Abductor Pollicis Brevis = Lu-10; Abductor Minimi Digiti = SI-4; 1st Dorsal Interosseus (foot) = LI-3; Tibialis Anterior = Curious Locus; Orbicularis Oculi = GB-1; Frontalis = GB-14; Splenius Capitis = GB-20; Sternocleidomastoid = LI-18; Semi Spinalis Capitis = BI-10.
Snatcher
Definition:
(n.) One who snatches, or takes abruptly.
Example Sentences:
(1) Nobody tells you how to placate the angry parents who think they’ve encountered the world’s frailest child-snatcher.
(2) QT: A series that I would like to put a spin on is the Invasion of the Body Snatchers.
(3) I recently saw Master Moves Mickey advertised on television and screamed like Donald Sutherland at the end of Invasion of the Body Snatchers .
(4) While it clearly demonstrates that they are not all child snatchers - and, indeed, take great lengths to keep families together - the series does little to dispel other stereotypical views of the profession as scruffily dressed, uncaring or negligent.
(5) I’m serious – it was like invasion of the body-snatchers.
(6) The coalition government was accused of making policy "on the hoof" yesterday after plans to remove free milk for the under-fives were summarily dropped by David Cameron amid fears it would remind voters of the "Thatcher milk snatcher" episode of the 1970s.
(7) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Share Share this post Facebook Twitter Pinterest close Personally, my favourite Nokia handset was the 7110 with the spring-loaded cover (as seen in the "The Matrix") Sadly our love affair was ended by a London bag-snatcher back in 2001 ( yes, I'm still cross about it ).
(8) He emptied two Uzi magazines on him.” “Our job was to kill criminals, rapists, [drug] pushers and snatchers.
(9) Lesson from 1971 Margaret Thatcher earned the unflattering sobriquet "Thatcher, Thatcher, milk snatcher" as education secretary in Edward Heath's government with the decision to axe free school milk for the over-sevens in 1971.
(10) The outfits sold on that occasion were those worn by her at the beginning of her career – when, in the words of a Christie’s expert, she acquired her ‘milk snatcher’ tag.
(11) As I write, the two top stories on the site are: “Pictured: The white gunman who shot dead NINE people in mass ‘race-hate’ shooting at historic black church in Carolina before sparing one woman and telling her, ‘Tell the world what happened’”; and “‘Romanian’ child-snatchers are caught trying to kidnap British children at Cyprus hotel by luring them into cars while disguised as waiters.” You get the idea.
(12) Thirty years ago, Jim Callaghan's useless Labour government was trounced by a certified snatcher of children's milk.
(13) That, or it's pods in the basement, Invasion Of The Body Snatchers-style, and "you're next!"
(14) "Bush's bodyguards couldn't handle San Telmo purse-snatcher," read a headline on the website of the country's official news agency, Telam, which said an unnamed government source had confirmed the ABC report, which was posted on their website.
(15) Last Monday, News Corp revealed in the Australian newspaper that it was taking legal action against the Daily Mail and accused its journalists of being “copy snatchers and parasites”.
(16) Her only concession to the Treasury was to withdraw free school milk for seven- to 11-year-olds, a gift to political opponents (who skilfully conjured the image of a woman withholding her teats from babies) that earned her the soubriquet "milk-snatcher".
(17) News Corp Australia has taken aim at its new local online competitor Daily Mail Australia, accusing the news website of plagiarism and labelling its journalists “copy snatchers and parasites”.
(18) This earned her the moniker "Thatcher, Thatcher milk-snatcher": she might as well have snatched the dummies out of babies' mouths, so loud was the outcry.
(19) Contrary to the view that social workers are simply child snatchers, the programme shows the complexity and challenges of working with damaged individuals and families, demonstrates that social workers are human, and captures the hostility that many encounter.
(20) Later, it was the “milk snatcher” policies of then education minister, Margaret Thatcher, that galvanised me into action.