(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.
Toothache
Definition:
(n.) Pain in a tooth or in the teeth; odontalgia.
Example Sentences:
(1) It was to find out if here is a relation between "toothache" and airhygienic influences.
(2) A case is reported of a patient with sudden onset, generalized toothache accompanied with a numb chin and lower lip.
(3) Studies indicated that each person could have three to four days of dental pain a year which could be equivalent to 200 million days of toothache per year in the United Kingdom.
(4) He has lost 10kg since he arrived on Manus and he sleeps poorly, troubled by a toothache and infection.
(5) However, compared to the third graders, younger children were less likely to reject proximity to a sick person and naughty behavior as causes of toothaches.
(6) Perceived dental health of the study sample (N = 1,658) was notably lower in the presence of a toothache, increasing numbers of decayed teeth, and worsening periodontal health.
(7) Previous dental experience was decided on the basis of three questions related to extraction, fillings, and toothache.
(8) The effectiveness of benzocaine in relieving toothache pain verifies previous studies; however, a difference between 10% and 20% benzocaine could not be demonstrated probably because of two factors: 1) the present experiment had a small sample size, and 2) there was no direct measurement of duration of local anesthesia.
(9) We report the case of a 24-year-old man who ingested 17 g of equine phenylbutazone over a 24-hour period to treat the pain of a toothache.
(10) Described as Blencathra's "shining beacon" by Alfred Wainwright, who also wrote that the sight of it at close quarters was sufficient "to make a beholder forget all other worries, even a raging toothache", Sharp Edge is a Lake District accident blackspot.
(11) Their carriage rates were compared with a University group comprising normal healthy students, academic staff, technicians and ancillary personnel and with a cohort of otherwise healthy toothache patients.
(12) Toothache of nonodontogenic origin may be better differentiated with the use of differential diagnostic blockade.
(13) The relative severeness of toothache and two non-dental symptoms (headache, stomach complaints) was judged by men and women (n = 47).
(14) The pain most often experienced was less severe than an earache or toothache, more severe than a menstrual pain or headache.
(15) Even though the majority of the subjects preferred preservation (59%) when having toothache, exodontia was the treatment of choice in a large proportion of subjects (41%).
(16) He is down on his hands and knees every time he hears the doorbell ring, he shakes like a toothache every time he hears the phone sing.
(17) They keep popping up!” Late in the morning, a tall 16-year-old with terrible toothache came in.
(18) These studies are discussed in relation to various dental clinical problems such as hypersensitive teeth, episodic toothache, early onset of periapical lesions, dental anesthesia, and possible roles for sensory fibers and neuropeptides in tissue defense and healing.
(19) A functional definition of AO includes (1) continuous pain in and about a tooth or teeth, (2) pain present for longer than 4 months, (3) inadequate local cause (no abnormality detected on dental radiographs), and (4) anesthetic blockade gives equivocal relief of toothache.
(20) It is observed at the Dental OPD that some of the patients suffer from toothache are due to tooth fracture.