(v. t.) To subjoin, annex, or add at the close or end; to append to; to fix to any part of; as, to affix a syllable to a word; to affix a seal to an instrument; to affix one's name to a writing.
(v. t.) To fix or fasten in any way; to attach physically.
(v. t.) To attach, unite, or connect with; as, names affixed to ideas, or ideas affixed to things; to affix a stigma to a person; to affix ridicule or blame to any one.
(v. t.) To fix or fasten figuratively; -- with on or upon; as, eyes affixed upon the ground.
(n.) That which is affixed; an appendage; esp. one or more letters or syllables added at the end of a word; a suffix; a postfix.
Example Sentences:
(1) This is best accomplished with a continuous stream of normal saline from a 1-I bag which is attached to an intravenous line with a 16-gauge Teflon catheter placement sleeve affixed to the distal end of the line.
(2) A device for computed tomography (CT)-guided percutaneous punctures that is not affixed to the patient and can be used even when the gantry is tilted was developed and tested.
(3) We propose a linguistic analysis of the correlation in terms of Kiparsky's (1982, 1985) level-ordering model plus an additional ordering condition on affixes: default (regular) affixes cannot serve as input to compounding processes.
(4) The correlation was similar if the meter was affixed instead directly to the scalp with collodion gel, and the clinical reliability improved.
(5) A locking mechanism with a suture affixed to the distal portion of the mushroom tip is described.
(6) The group antigen did not affix to mouse erythrocytes in vivo.
(7) By contrast, monolayer-coated dimyristoyl-PC magnetic structures are inferior with respect to both their reactivation potency and their ability to strongly affix cytochrome-c oxidase and to improve the thermal stability of the enzyme.
(8) The Antelope on Mitcham Road has a choice of three open fires where you can affix your undergarments.
(9) Photos of the first president hang from branches, have been affixed to tea stalls, and even encircle a giant banner showing Turkey's prime minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, dressed as Hitler.
(10) Radiopaque markers of 4 mm diameter were affixed to the pharyngeal wall by suction.
(11) Based on longitudinal data from impaired and unimpaired monolingual German-speaking children, we find a striking, statistically significant correlation: plural affixes that are used in overregularizations, namely -n or -s, are left out within compounds.
(12) An external localizing device, consisting of a series of tubes visible on MR, is affixed to an individually fitted thermoplastic mask.
(13) In this study the transverse flexural stiffnesses of five preformed arch wires were quantified in each of three activation directions at five separate sites on simulated dental arches to which appliances were affixed.
(14) In previous studies it was shown that fixed platelets bearing covalently-bound fibrinogen participate passively in release-related aggregation, and that thrombospondin is the released compound which specifically and selectively recognizes the affixed fibrinogen.
(15) The revisions were performed not for aseptic loosening but for causes in which all the implants were securely affixed to bone.
(16) The in vitro experiment involved palladium 103 seeds placed into a Silastic seed holder, which was affixed into standard 14-mm gold eye plaques.
(17) Availability of distinctive cues affixed on the objects' sides facilitated solution of the symmetrical orientations.
(18) RNA polymerase bound last to form a preinitiation complex, but it was less stably affixed than any of the factors.
(19) While affixing your e-signature to an online petition is a new and somewhat direct way to "petition your government for a redress of grievances", I am most concerned with advocating for more immediate and effective manners of protest.
(20) Facebook Twitter Pinterest The end of the paper tax disc Facebook Twitter Pinterest After more than 90 years affixed to British motorists’ cars, the tax disc is no longer needed from today.
Encrust
Definition:
(v. t.) To incrust. See Incrust.
Example Sentences:
(1) There were no cases of stent migration or occlusion due to encrustation of bile.
(2) Mid-shaft sections of 100% silicone (Bardex) and hydrogel-coated latex (Biocath) catheters were subjected to controlled in vitro encrustation conditions for periods of up to 18 weeks.
(4) Implantation of a pure carbon stomal prosthesis offers the potential advantages of high biocompatibility, lack of encrustation, and elimination of stomal stenosis which is frequently associated with cutaneous ureterostomy.
(5) The Arbor was supported by Artangel , the arts commissioning body that produced Rachel Whiteread's House , her 1993 cast of a condemned terraced home, and Roger Hiorns's Seizure (2008), an empty council flat encrusted with cobalt-blue crystals.
(6) Corynebacterium D2, a saprophytic microorganism of skin, causes alkaline encrusted cystitis in patients with a previous bladder injury.
(7) Severe urge incontinence and encrustation were never seen.
(8) Six pediatric patients with progressive upper tract dilatation were noted to have stomal encrustation and ulceration.
(9) All rats survived the exposure regimen, although significant decreases in body weight and encrustation of the eyes, nose, or mouth were observed.
(10) No side effects have been related to the stents, and no encrustations or calculi have formed.
(11) Salt encrustation apparently occurred when rapid cooling of the lake resulted in supersaturation and crystallization of the dissolved salt.
(12) Previous to this report D2 organisms have been associated only with alkaline-encrusted cystitis and struvite stones in urology.
(13) On an otherwise ordinary-looking, potholed street in the district of Victoria Island in Lagos, Nigeria , is a stone encrusted gate with personalised initials.
(14) Alkaline encrusted cystitis is an infrequent process, almost forgotten by urologists.
(15) It is believed that they are less likely to be obstructed by encrustations during long-term use.
(16) Biliary re-obstruction occurred in five patients due to tumor overgrowth above or below the prosthesis (four patients) or bile encrustation (one patient).
(17) More often than not in Perlman's career it has been swaddled, daubed, be-horned, encrusted and variously garlanded with the work of the great pioneering makeup technicians of the last 30 years, including Rick Baker, Dick Smith and Stan Winston (Perlman is, all else apart, a crucial figure in the history of movie makeup).
(18) Growth of bacteria in biofilms on the inner surface of catheters promotes encrustation and may protect bacteria from antimicrobial agents.
(19) Catheter encrustation was studied using scanning electron microscopic (SEM) analysis.
(20) They discuss possible theories of pathogenesis of the encrusted plaques, and question how far corynebacterium, group D2, could be concerned in the genesis of such lesions.