(a.) Applied to one of the cases of the noun in Latin and some other languages, -- the fundamental meaning of the case being removal, separation, or taking away.
() The ablative case.
Example Sentences:
(1) Thin layers of carbon (20 microns) and vacuoles (30 microns) suggested a large temperature gradient along the tissue ablation front.
(2) It has a poor prognosis prior to the current combined treatment of surgical ablation, radiation to the surgical field, and chemotherapy for microscopic metastases.
(3) Future research and clinical evaluations should focus on the components of the learning and memory processes when the ramifications of temporal lobe ablations on cognitive function are studied.
(4) In blood, ablation of porcine aorta was feasible at a distance of 3 mm.
(5) RF ablation appears to be a safe and effective therapeutic option for drug-resistant ectopic atrial tachycardia and may be the preferred first-line therapy for those patients with depressed ventricular function.
(6) Certain untoward effects associated with the use of direct-current electrical catheter ablation of the ventricular endomyocardium have been noted.
(7) SMC ablation caused an increase of aggressive reactions to combined stimulation, revealed in the form of tendency for all animals.
(8) There was no significant difference in the wound-healing rate, but at 36 hours there was a reduction in wound-healing rate of the excimer ablated corneas.
(9) Sixteen patients with an accessory pathway were studied (eight surgical ablations, eight catheter ablations with radiofrequency energy).
(10) This report details the successful catheter ablation of a left free wall accessory pathway with radiofrequency energy.
(11) The absence of this facilitative influence following otocyst ablation becomes apparent just at the time synapses would normally be formed between the the primary auditory afferents and the brain stem auditory neurons.
(12) We compared the ablative efficiency on canine colonic mucosa of the THC:YAG laser with the clinically employed cw Nd:YAG laser.
(13) Their effect of vaporizing and ablating (photodecomposing) thrombi and their thermal injuring effect on adjacent tissues were compared and assessed in order to select optimal laser with little thermal injuring and more rapid vaporizing or ablating thrombi effect for laser angioplasty.
(14) The value of serum thyroglobulin assay employing a kit manufactured by Diagnostic Products Corporation in the detection of recurrence of thyroid carcinoma in patients treated by thyroidectomy and ablative therapy was assessed by clinical follow-up and radioiodine scanning of 122 patients over a 2-year period.
(15) A survey is given on the method of the transvasal intracardiac ablation in the treatment of atrial and ventricular tachyarrhythmias.
(16) Only two pts had a right bundle branch block after ablation.
(17) This unique physiological situation was created by crossing IGF-I Tg mice to GH-deficient, dwarf mice in whom somatotrophs were genetically ablated by the expression of a diphtheria toxin transgene in the somatotrophs.
(18) The addition of exogenous IL-2 was found to ablate the suppressive effects of steroids on lymphocyte blastogenesis.
(19) In this study, uninjured basal forebrain cholinergic neurons did not die after excitotoxic ablation of their target neurons in young adult rats, indicating that they are either not dependent on neurotrophic factors for survival or can obtain trophic support from other sources after target neurons are lost.
(20) The mortality of the renal ablation group was greater than that of the sham controls but not significantly different for the fish oil or the regular laboratory diet groups.
Unconnected
Definition:
Example Sentences:
(1) In particular, it is taken into account that the phospholipid membrane is composed of two layers which are in contact but unconnected.
(2) The notion of an unconnected unknown like him winning an equivalent prize in Spain was, he said, unthinkable.
(3) They possessed a range of absorption ability which was unconnected with HLA-B27 status.
(4) Perhaps surprisingly, he feels his choice of career is unconnected to either of his parents: it was just, he said, that he always loved to draw.
(5) Even though the reason for a reduced sodium pump function in essential hypertension is not yet clear, it may not be unconnected with the presence of an endogenous inhibitor or with genetic or diet-induced membrane defects, as previously proposed by other workers in this area of research.
(6) They may have some role unconnected with DIF signalling.
(7) If the carboxylic group is unconnected the retention time increases depending on the pka of the acid with increasing pH if no complete ionization exists.
(8) We conclude that the original findings were due to factors unconnected with the nature of the injected material.
(9) The secondary rise in CEA appeared to be unconnected with whether or not the primary tumor had been accompanied by raised plasma CEA.
(10) This unexpected result focuses two previously unconnected areas of research and suggests that integrins may have a special role to play in the defence of the gut mucosa.
(11) Other subjects were shown the same modes but in the form of parallel unconnected lines.
(12) An unconnected civil action brought against DS Beechey was settled in a separate legal process, the basis of which means we cannot comment further."
(13) These results demonstrate that unconnected CNS neurons quickly display at least some properties of excitability when cultured in a 3-D ECM.
(14) Perhaps it's not entirely unconnected that, in a period of enormous political uncertainty, the bestselling publications at the newsagent are reality magazines, and that documentary films are shown at the multiplex and non-fiction flies off the shelves.
(15) Through the study of an average of 291 serial sections of each recurrent tumor, it was found that four of eight recurrent basal cell carcinomas contained multiple foci of unconnected tumor.
(16) "The moment one is sort of made aware of that sort of thing it feels very… it's very hard to enjoy because it feels so absurd and unconnected to… how do you make use of it, or how do you channel it, or how do you even feel good about it because… because… you're patently aware it's not true."
(17) According to a review of the literature half of the cases are unconnected to classical psoriasis, whereas the other half is connected and mostly of (periodic) pustular character.
(18) After training, the relative depth thresholds for most figures approach those of the original unconnected parallel test lines.
(19) Moreover, a palpebral squamous cell carcinoma developed independently from the right lower lid and, unconnected with the epibulbar tumor, penetrated to the orbit.
(20) The essence of the concept has been to link a physically widely dispersed and apparently unconnected series of glandular structures by a common embryological derivation and their secretion of closely similar functional products.