(prep.) Behind in place; as, men in line one after another.
(prep.) Below in rank; next to in order.
(a.) Next; later in time; subsequent; succeeding; as, an after period of life.
(a.) Hinder; nearer the rear.
(a.) To ward the stern of the ship; -- applied to any object in the rear part of a vessel; as the after cabin, after hatchway.
(prep.) Later in time; subsequent; as, after supper, after three days. It often precedes a clause. Formerly that was interposed between it and the clause.
(prep.) Subsequent to and in consequence of; as, after what you have said, I shall be careful.
(prep.) Subsequent to and notwithstanding; as, after all our advice, you took that course.
(prep.) Moving toward from behind; following, in search of; in pursuit of.
(prep.) Denoting the aim or object; concerning; in relation to; as, to look after workmen; to inquire after a friend; to thirst after righteousness.
(prep.) In imitation of; in conformity with; after the manner of; as, to make a thing after a model; a picture after Rubens; the boy takes after his father.
(prep.) According to; in accordance with; in conformity with the nature of; as, he acted after his kind.
(prep.) According to the direction and influence of; in proportion to; befitting.
(adv.) Subsequently in time or place; behind; afterward; as, he follows after.
Example Sentences:
Regrowth
Definition:
(n.) The act of regrowing; a second or new growth.
Example Sentences:
(1) The aim of this investigation was to find the location and the histological characteristics of cells that were the source of tumour regrowth after single dose irradiation.
(2) Forage contents of CP and ash showed a cubic (P less than .05) response to advancing stage of regrowth, with highest (23.6 and 11.0%, respectively) and lowest (14.7 and 9.1%, respectively) values for both fractions occurring at wk 1 and 5, respectively.
(3) Lymph proliferative disorders with a high mitotic rate, and large tumor burden, regardless of histologic features, should be treated prophylactically against tumor lysis if regrowth between cycles occurs.
(4) Only 1.3% SLS reduced the rate of epithelial healing after three times a day drop application as determined using planar measures of epithelial regrowth.
(5) The kill-kinetic demonstrated that deptomycin had greater activity at all concentrations tested than the other cell wall-active agents; regrowth was seen, however, at lower concentrations.
(6) Tumor regrowth occurred unless the tumor circulation and the adjacent normal tissue circulation were both destroyed.
(7) From a zero baseline, plaque regrowth at day 5 was significantly reduced by chlorhexidine compared to peroxyborate; and, in turn, significantly reduced by peroxyborate compared to the other rinses.
(8) It is advocated that conservative surgery for cholesteatoma be followed up in two years by another elective surgical exploration to check for and dispose of possible cholesteatoma regrowth.
(9) This short time suggests that early axonal regrowth is initiated and controlled at the distal axon.
(10) In order to investigate the molecular basis of this control, we utilized Northern and Western blot techniques to measure changes in the expression of individual genes during the early phase of prostate regrowth.
(11) However, oval window problems such as footplate refixation, perilymph fistula, otosclerotic regrowth, and lateralized oval window membrane in 60% of cases often complicated prosthesis displacement.
(12) There were no significant differences between the two treatment groups in the time to negative culture, time of onset of new hair growth, complete regrowth of hair and time to scalp clearing.
(13) A crucial manifestation of malignant gliomas is the regrowth of already-invaded neoplastic cells after surgical intervention.
(14) With FU and FUR, conditions could be achieved that resulted in complete cell death (no regrowth), but high concentrations and long exposure times were required with FU.
(15) Both clear-cut benign and transitional sebaceous neoplasms should also be recognized as having the potential to undergo an ominous clinical regrowth upon subtotal excision and a complete squamous transformation.
(16) Following axotomy, the regrowth of peripheral axons takes longer in older individuals than in young ones.
(17) Following at LD10 dose of BCNU the surviving clonogenic tumor cells increase in number after latency period of 2 to 4 days; during regrowth the cell doubling time is 40 hours.
(18) Furthermore, the increase in the number of cells in G2 phase correlated with the radiosensitivity of the tumors as assessed by measurements of regrowth delays.
(19) Regrowth of tumor occurred within 60 days of treatment in the responding patients.
(20) Five of the six tumor lines examined showed either no response to MeCCNU or regrowth after an incomplete response.