(n.) A name given to several species of plants; as, smallage, wild celery, parsley.
(v. i.) Continued pain, as distinguished from sudden twinges, or spasmodic pain. "Such an ache in my bones."
(v. i.) To suffer pain; to have, or be in, pain, or in continued pain; to be distressed.
Example Sentences:
(1) Analysis of conjugated discharges ACHs showed that they appeared predominantly periodically (87% of cases).
(2) By means of two monoclonal antibodies, which were directed against external and internal acetylcholine (ACh) receptor epitopes, we were able to visualize ACh-receptors on OHCs.
(3) At 100 microM-ACh the apparent open time became shorter probably due to channel blockade by ACh molecules.
(4) ACh released from the vesicular fraction was about 100-fold more than could be accounted for by miniature end-plate potentials; possible causes of this overestimate are discussed.
(5) The nature of the putative autoantigen in Graves' ophthalmopathy (Go) remains an enigma but the sequence similarity between thyroglobulin (Tg) and acetylcholinesterase (ACHE) provides a rationale for epitopes which are common to the thyroid gland and the eye orbit.
(6) The response selectivity, such as orientation and direction selectivities, of cortical cells was not affected by the depletion of ACh.
(7) Acetylcholine (ACh) induces a K+ current in rabbit cardiac Purkinje fibres.
(8) This paper examines the chiral nature of the covalent conjugates formed upon reaction of acetylcholinesterase (AchE) with enantiomeric cycloheptyl, isopropyl, and 3,3-dimethylbutyl methylphosphonyl thiocholines.
(9) The results suggest that AH5183 does not bind to the ACh transporter recognition site on the outside of the vesicle membrane, and thus it might inhibit allosterically.
(10) In the absence of prostigmine, increasing the concentration of ACh in the synaptic cleft did not change the time constant for decay of end-plate currents.
(11) We examined the effect of propentofylline on two adenosine actions in the rat hippocampus; the A2-mediated stimulation of 3H-cAMP accumulation and the A1-mediated inhibition of 3H-ACh release.
(12) Neuromuscular transmission and muscle sensitivity to acetylcholine (ACh) were studied in vitro in soleus and extensor digitorium longus (EDL) from 6 hr to 4 months after the injection of toxin.3.
(13) These results suggest that different molecular factors might mediate the effects on GABA and ACh synthesis.
(14) At the adult neuromuscular junction, acetylcholine (ACh) receptors are highly localized at the subsynaptic membrane, whereas, embryonic myotubes before innervation have receptors distributed over the entire surface.
(15) Nitric oxide (NO) induced tetrodotoxin-resistant NANC relaxation, similar to that induced by electrical stimulation or acetylcholine (ACh).
(16) In senescent rats, however, the proportions of salt-soluble and detergent-soluble AChE may differ from those in young rats.
(17) In addition, in these animals blood AChE and butyrylcholine esterase (BuChE) activities were determined.
(18) Roles of the LHA dopaminergic and cholinergic systems in CTS learning were investigated by electrophoretic application of dopamine (DA) and acetylcholine (ACh), and their antagonists.
(19) The absence of ACh therefore appears to reduce the cortical response to stimulation, while background activity values do not change.
(20) As stimulus rate was decreased, blockade of secretion resulted from fewer stimuli but no difference in ACh content was found between stimulated and unstimulated glands.
Earache
Definition:
(n.) Ache or pain in the ear.
Example Sentences:
(1) As compared with younger Rs, older respondents perceived intestinal flu to be relatively less serious-but earache, sprained toe, indigestion, having a tooth filled, stiff neck, and hangover to be relatively more serious.
(2) The traditional ways of treating earache among the Lappish people have been charted.
(3) If I complained of earache, he would whip out his otoscope and peer inside my ear, soon rumbling my deception.
(4) Parents were advised to seek prompt attention if symptoms of earache, fussiness, or fever recurred at any time during the 30-day study period.
(5) The pain most often experienced was less severe than an earache or toothache, more severe than a menstrual pain or headache.
(6) The 4 divers experienced no tinnitus, hard of hearing and earache during compression and decompression.
(7) The frequency and correlates of earache were studied prospectively among 335 consecutive episodes of acute otitis media with effusion (AOME) diagnosed in a suburban pediatric practice.
(8) The appearance of the tumour was heralded by earache and deafness, followed years later by wide local destruction of the temporal and parietal bones, base of skull, facial palsy and multiple distant metastases.
(9) Redness of the completely bulging tympanic membrane was associated with an increased likelihood of earache.
(10) There was also resolution of pharyngeal pain, earache, dysphagia and adenopathy.
(11) Wilson says: "What we desperately need is somewhere else to send urgent care patients to, people with things like earache.
(12) On average, the patients rated the pain as being less than earache or toothache, but more than headache or bachache.
(13) It is furthermore accompanied by statistically valied symptoms like upper respiratory infections, cough, earache, ear discharge, fever, mouth breathing and at times feeding difficulty during infancy and childhood.
(14) In view of the ineffectiveness of the treatments administered (occlusal releasing gutter, antiinflammatory agents) and due to occurrence of severe episodes of earache refractory to conventional analgesics, we request that a CT-scan be obtained to evidence the process invading the pterygopalatine fossa.
(15) The Lappish treatment principles for earache are discussed in relation to modern knowledge of pain relief.
(16) Of note is the fact that the cord palsy of a herpetic lesion can be short-lived and that earache is a common symptom.
(17) In the further course of the illness night sweat, nightly fever up to 38 degrees C and weight loss of 7 kg in two months, as well as severe treatment-resistant earache developed.
(18) Detection of all cases of AOME among young children requires a high index of suspicion, even in the apparent absence of earache.
(19) Earache and itching were reported in 22.5% and 7.0%, respectively, and 7.0% experienced impaired hearing.
(20) Facial pain, earache, headache, difficulty with chewing, and joint noise during mandibular function are symptoms.