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Alveolate


Definition:

  • (a.) Deeply pitted, like a honeycomb.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Since the classical extraction was not possible because of the rooth mass and the alveol wideness, we did the alveotomia.
  • (2) A marked peripheral predominance of the interstitial densities was seen in all seven cases of fibrosing alveolitis and in the patient with rheumatoid lung, in marked contrast with the two cases of hypersensitivity pneumonitis in whom a central distribution of the changes was seen.
  • (3) Lymphocytic alveolitis must be added to the expanding clinical spectrum of acute HIV-1 infection.
  • (4) A case of atypical extrinsic allergic alveolitis in a 13-year-old is reported.
  • (5) Qualitative assessment of lung HA has previously demonstrated that HA is accumulated in the edematous interstitial alveolar space during the alveolitis phase of bleomycin injury.
  • (6) This cross-sectional study was undertaken after the discovery of cobalt-related fibrosing alveolitis and bronchial asthma in diamond polishers occupationally exposed to cobalt.
  • (7) The CT appearance of lymphangioleiomyomatosis differs quite distinctly from that of other diseases that can cause cystic air spaces, such as fibrosing alveolitis, neurofibromatosis, and bronchiectasis, and less distinctly from pulmonary emphysema and eosinophilic granuloma.
  • (8) A specific pattern in which fibrosis was distributed posteriorly in the lower zones, laterally in the middle zones, and anteriorly in the upper zones was seen in 11 patients with cryptogenic fibrosing alveolitis and in four with asbestosis.
  • (9) Three cases of allergic alveolitis due to indoor humdification systems are described.
  • (10) The significance of the persisting alveolitis, despite treatment, is not known at present.
  • (11) Histologically the most conspicuous were the findings of the hyaline alveolar membrane and the cellular atypia of endothel of the alveoles and the lymph-ducts.
  • (12) Supernatant radioactivity correlated with the presence of neutrophil alveolitis, but not with BAL transferrin concentrations.
  • (13) It is over 25 years since Scadding first defined the term fibrosing alveolitis.
  • (14) Wood-trimmers' disease, generally called extrinsic allergic alveolitis, which affects workers in sawmills, is thought to be caused by fungal diaspores.
  • (15) Two cases of methotrexate-induced fibrosing alveolitis are reported.
  • (16) However, although the immune and inflammatory cells situated in the lung modulate the lesions in the respiratory tree, it may be reasonable to propose the hypothesis that the evaluation of the clinical state of patients with sarcoidosis might take into account the degree of the alveolitis.
  • (17) However, the amount of IL-2 produced by lung T-cells (BALT IL-2) showed a significant negative correlation with the intensity of alveolitis.
  • (18) These results indicate that daily oral prednisolone therapy may suppress the alveolitis in certain patients with chronic silicosis and bring about a significant improvement in lung functions and gas exchange.
  • (19) Although occasional pathologic descriptions of open-lung biopsies have recognized the presence of inflammatory cells, suggesting a similarity to "lone" cryptogenic fibrosing alveolitis, the two conditions have never been formally compared.
  • (20) A subclinical inflammatory alveolitis as assessed by BAL cell analysis may be present in a high proportion of symptomless patients with immunological systemic disorders and with normal chest roentgenogram.

Like


Definition:

  • (superl.) Having the same, or nearly the same, appearance, qualities, or characteristics; resembling; similar to; similar; alike; -- often with in and the particulars of the resemblance; as, they are like each other in features, complexion, and many traits of character.
  • (superl.) Equal, or nearly equal; as, fields of like extent.
  • (superl.) Having probability; affording probability; probable; likely.
  • (superl.) Inclined toward; disposed to; as, to feel like taking a walk.
  • (n.) That which is equal or similar to another; the counterpart; an exact resemblance; a copy.
  • (n.) A liking; a preference; inclination; -- usually in pl.; as, we all have likes and dislikes.
  • (a.) In a manner like that of; in a manner similar to; as, do not act like him.
  • (a.) In a like or similar manner.
  • (a.) Likely; probably.
  • (a.) To suit; to please; to be agreeable to.
  • (a.) To be pleased with in a moderate degree; to approve; to take satisfaction in; to enjoy.
  • (a.) To liken; to compare.
  • (v. i.) To be pleased; to choose.
  • (v. i.) To have an appearance or expression; to look; to seem to be (in a specified condition).
  • (v. i.) To come near; to avoid with difficulty; to escape narrowly; as, he liked to have been too late. Cf. Had like, under Like, a.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The effect of insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-I) on growth of small cell lung cancer (SCLC) cell lines was studied.
  • (2) It was found that the skeletal muscle enzyme of the chick embryo is independent of the presence of creatine and consequently is another constitutive enzyme like the creatine kinase of the early embryonic chick heart.
  • (3) The rash presented either as a pityriasis rosea-like picture which appeared about three to six months after the onset of treatment in patients taking low doses, or alternatively, as lichenoid plaques which appeared three to six months after commencement of medication in patients taking high doses.
  • (4) The influence of the various concepts for the induction of lateral structure formation in lipid membranes on integral functional units like ionophores is demonstrated by analysing the single channel current fluctuations of gramicidin in bimolecular lipid membranes.
  • (5) We also show that proliferation of primary amnion cells is not dependent on a high c-fos expression, suggesting that the function of c-fos is more likely to be associated with other cellular functions in the differentiated amnion cell.
  • (6) Comparison of wild type and the mutant parD promoter sequences indicated that three short repeats are likely involved in the negative regulation of this promoter.
  • (7) The data indicate that ebselen is likely to be useful in the therapy of inflammatory conditions in which reactive oxygen species, such as peroxides, play an aetiological role.
  • (8) Although solely nociresponsive neurons are clearly likely to fill a role in the processing and signalling of pain in the conscious central nervous system, the way in which such useful specificity could be conveyed by multireceptive neurons is difficult to appreciate.
  • (9) Nulliparous women were also more likely to discontinue the condom because of pregnancy, as were non-Protestants and the Australian-born.
  • (10) Thus adrenaline, via pre- and post-junctional adrenoceptors, may contribute to enhanced vascular smooth muscle contraction, which most likely is sensitized by the elevated intracellular calcium concentration.
  • (11) That means deciding what job they’d like to have and outlining the steps they’ll need to take to achieve it.
  • (12) It is likely that trunk mobility is necessary to maintain integrity of SI joint and that absence of such mobility compromises SI joint structure in many paraplegics.
  • (13) I remember talking to an investment banker about what it felt like in the City before the closure of Lehman Brothers.
  • (14) As players, we want what's right, and we feel like no one in his family should be able to own the team.” The NBA has also said that Shelly Sterling should not remain as owner.
  • (15) Such was the mystique surrounding Rumsfeld's standing that an aide sought to clarify that he didn't stand all the time, like a horse.
  • (16) It comes in defiant journalism, like the story televised last week of a gardener in Aleppo who was killed by bombs while tending his roses and his son, who helped him, orphaned.
  • (17) A tiny studio flat that has become a symbol of London's soaring property prices is to be investigated by planning, environmental health and fire safety authorities after the Guardian revealed details of its shoebox-like proportions.
  • (18) But at the same time I didn't feel like, 'Aw, I'm home!'
  • (19) "They wanted to pass it almost like a secret negotiation," she said.
  • (20) One-nation prime ministers like Cameron found the libertarians useful for voting against taxation; inconvenient when they got too loud about heavy-handed government.

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