(adv.) Side by side, with breasts in a line; as, "Two men could hardly walk abreast."
(adv.) Side by side; also, opposite; over against; on a line with the vessel's beam; -- with of.
(adv.) Up to a certain level or line; equally advanced; as, to keep abreast of [or with] the present state of science.
(adv.) At the same time; simultaneously.
Example Sentences:
(1) If the physician's office laboratory is not subject to regulations, the physician-director should personally direct the operation of his or her laboratory and keep abreast of the latest developments in laboratory medicine applicable to the specific areas of testing performed.
(2) "It keeps me abreast of what's going on," she says.
(3) This author would encourage practitioners to keep abreast of the current research and developments in this field as new techniques, materials, and therapies are in a constant state of flux.
(4) These guidelines are a revision of those published in 1986; they are based on the best available scientific evidence, and will be updated in the future to keep abreast of further developments in this field.
(5) This stuff is changing so much and so fast that it's almost impossible to keep abreast of it."
(6) "I also recall that I underlined these responsibilities a number of times in conversation with Senator Arbib at the time of his appointment when I emphasised his major responsibility was to keep abreast of the detail of the delivery process of the stimulus program where things could go wrong."
(7) The purpose is to assist busy practitioners, students, researchers, or scholars to stay abreast of these items of progress in radiology that have recently achieved a substantial degree of authoritative acceptance.
(8) I spent all weekend in Sheffield at the snooker, then was covering the Giro d'Italia for most of today, so am probably the most poorly informed person imaginable to keep you abreast of what's going on.
(9) The purpose is to assist busy practitioners, students, researchers, and scholars to stay abreast of these items of progress in anesthesiology, that have recently achieved a substantial degree of authoritative acceptance, whether in their own field of special interest or another.
(10) When they say antibiotic resistance is growing, I am inclined to believe them, and agree we should keep medical research abreast of the risk.
(11) Clegg contacted Miliband after a phone call by the PM, who was then kept abreast of the discussions from his own offices.
(12) Pharmacists need to keep abreast of the rapidly changing intravenous device marketplace to provide clinical expertise and leadership in the review and evaluation of high-technology drug delivery systems.
(13) Amid flag-waving, cheers and some tears, 650 troops from the brigade's 12 regiments marched six abreast through the city's streets to mark the end of a six-month tour of Helmand which exacted a heavy toll.
(14) It is recommended that the radiologist follow American College of Radiology guidelines for fetal surveys; obtain follow-up or a 2nd opinion in case of an abnormality; keep written notes of normal fetal structures; keep abreast of local case law and legislation; rescan patients after the technologist's exam; and document and report promptly all normal and abnormal findings.
(15) However, keeping abreast of these developments is essential to fully exploit the advantages of this technique.
(16) The NSA would keep US negotiators abreast of their rivals' positions, the document says.
(17) Dissemination of information is vital for keeping abreast of one's field, for planning studies and treatment regimens, and for avoiding unnecessary research.
(18) A direct relation between L-Dopa and consciousness improvement appears to be supported by: 1) the fact that the level of coma was stabilized for several days prior to L-Dopa treatment (see above); 2) the fact that consciousness improvement occurred abreast of L-Dopa dosage; 3) the observation in some patients that worsening followed the temporary withdrawal of L-Dopa treatment and, vice-versa, improvement followed its resumption.
(19) For what it's worth, they also remain the only two characters who are properly abreast of what's happening in the wider world: • Bert: "War or no war.
(20) The purpose is to assist busy practitioners, students, researchers, or scholars to stay abreast of these items of progress in pediatrics that have recently achieved a substantial degree of authoritative acceptance, whether in their own field of special interest or another.
Vessel
Definition:
(n.) A hollow or concave utensil for holding anything; a hollow receptacle of any kind, as a hogshead, a barrel, a firkin, a bottle, a kettle, a cup, a bowl, etc.
(n.) A general name for any hollow structure made to float upon the water for purposes of navigation; especially, one that is larger than a common rowboat; as, a war vessel; a passenger vessel.
(n.) Fig.: A person regarded as receiving or containing something; esp. (Script.), one into whom something is conceived as poured, or in whom something is stored for use; as, vessels of wrath or mercy.
(n.) Any tube or canal in which the blood or other fluids are contained, secreted, or circulated, as the arteries, veins, lymphatics, etc.
(n.) A continuous tube formed from superposed large cylindrical or prismatic cells (tracheae), which have lost their intervening partitions, and are usually marked with dots, pits, rings, or spirals by internal deposition of secondary membranes; a duct.
(v. t.) To put into a vessel.
Example Sentences:
(1) Arterial compliance of great vessels can be studied through the Doppler evaluation of pulsed wave velocity along the arterial tree.
(2) With aging, the blood vessel wall becomes hyperreactive--presumably because of an augmented vasoconstrictor and a reduced vasodilator responsiveness.
(3) Multiple overlapping thin 3D slab acquisition is presented as a magnitude contrast (time of flight) technique which combines advantages from multiple thin slice 2D and direct 3D volume acquisitions to obtain high-resolution cross-sectional images of vessel detail.
(4) In the course of the syndrome development blood vessel permeability was increased in the anterior chamber of the eye.
(5) Aside from these characteristic findings of HCC, it was important to reveal the following features for the diagnosis of well differentiated type of small HCC: variable thickening or distortion of trabecular structure in association with nuclear crowding, acinar formation, selective cytoplasmic accumulation of Mallory bodies, nuclear abnormalities consisting of thickening of nucleolus, hepatic cords in close contact with bile ducts or blood vessels, and hepatocytes growing in a fibrous environment.
(6) Two fully matured specimens were collected from the blood vessel of two fish, Theragra chalcogramma, which was bought at the Emun market of Seoul in May, 1985.
(7) Its pathogenesis, still incompletely elucidated, involves the precipitation of immune complexes in the walls of the all vessels.
(8) In one of the cirrhotic patients, postmortem correlation of sonographic, angiographic, and pathological findings showed that the dilated vessels seen on sonography were cystic veins draining normally into the portal vein rather than portosystemic anastomoses.
(9) The observed pulmonary hypertension is probably the result of the left heart insufficiency and is being discussed with regard of the histopathological alterations in the heart muscle and the pulmonary vessels.
(10) DNA synthesis by endothelium subsequently increased and within 48 hr new blood vessel formation was detected.
(11) There was immediate resolution of paresthesia following mobilization of the impinging vessel from the nerve.
(12) After examining the cases reported in literature (Sacks, Barabas, Beighton Sykes), they point out that, contrary to what is generally believed, the syndrome is not rare and cases, sporadic or familial, of recurrent episodes of spontaneous rupture of the intestine and large vessels or peripheral arteries are frequent.
(13) The relationship between pressure at the functional site of origin of intracranial collateral channels (Pstem) and systemic pressure allows an estimation of the size of vascular channels from which collateral vessels originate.
(14) The release of possible peptide hormones into the interpeduncular cistern, where a pool of cerebrospinal fluid and large blood vessels occur, cannot be excluded.
(15) It is suggested that intra-endothelial conduction of electrical signals from capillaries to the resistance vessels may be involved in the local regulation of blood flow in the intact heart.
(16) Type C-like particles were found inter- and intracellularly in gland and vessel lumina and scattered in the connective tissue.
(17) We have characterized the effects of adenosine, the A1-receptor agonist N6-(L-2-phenylisopropyl)-adenosine (PIA) and the A2-receptor agonist 5'-(N-ethyl)-carboxamido-adenosine (NECA), in isolated human pulmonary vessels.
(18) It appears that the viscosity of the arterial wall must be the major source of attenuation in the larger arteries, while the viscosity of the blood plays a significant role only in the smaller vessels.
(19) In the choroid, VIP-immunoreactive fibers were seen mainly in close association with the choroidal blood vessels.
(20) Resistance vessels play a predominant role in limiting systemic arterial pressure in the orthostatic position.