(n.) The inclosed space near the point where two lines meet; a corner; a nook.
(n.) The figure made by. two lines which meet.
(n.) The difference of direction of two lines. In the lines meet, the point of meeting is the vertex of the angle.
(n.) A projecting or sharp corner; an angular fragment.
(n.) A name given to four of the twelve astrological "houses."
(n.) A fishhook; tackle for catching fish, consisting of a line, hook, and bait, with or without a rod.
(v. i.) To fish with an angle (fishhook), or with hook and line.
(v. i.) To use some bait or artifice; to intrigue; to scheme; as, to angle for praise.
(v. t.) To try to gain by some insinuating artifice; to allure.
Example Sentences:
(1) A slight varus angle of 2.1 degrees became apparent.
(2) The optimal size for stimulation was between 5 degrees and 12 degrees (visual angle).
(3) The dependence of fluorescence polarization of stained nerve fibres on the angle between the fibre axis and electrical vector of exciting light (azimuth characteristics) has been considered.
(4) Contact angles of Silafocon A and PMMA were relatively uninfluenced by front surface radii between 7.7 and 8.85 and 7.3 to 8.8 mm, respectively.
(5) Angle closure glaucoma is a well-known complication of scleral buckling and it is of particular interest when it occurs in eyes with previously normal angles.
(6) Projection obliquity resulted in consistent underestimation of DPR angle.
(7) Instead of later renal failure and, of course, mental retardation, it was the histological features of the fetus eyes which permit to diagnose and exhibit both congenital cataract and irido-corneal angle dysgenesis.
(8) The superior mesenteric artery and the abdominal aorta made the mean angle of 35.5 degree in patients with normal left renal vein, the mean angle of 45.4 degrees in those with left renal vein compression without nutcracker phenomenon, and the mean angle of 11.9 degrees in those with nutcracker phenomenon.
(9) A neodymium YAG (Nd:YAG) laser was evaluated in a dog ulcer model used in the same manner as is recommended for bleeding patients (power 55 W, divergence angle 4 degrees, with CO2 gas-jet assistance).
(10) We set a new basic plane on an orthopantomogram in order to measure the gonial angle and obtained the following: 1) Usable error difference in ordinary clinical setting ranged from 0.5 degrees-1.0 degree.
(11) By measurement and analysis of the changes in carpal angles and joint spaces, carpal instability was discovered in 41 fractures, an incidence of 30.6%.
(12) The penetration coefficient, determined by the surface tension, contact angle and viscosity, is a measure of the ability of a liquid to penetrate into a capillary space, such as interproximal regions, gingival pockets and pores.
(13) Bohler's angle may be reconstituted with apparent reduction of the posterior facet when projected laterally; however, Broden's and axial views show persistent widening and split of the posterior facet.
(14) The advantages of the incision through the pars plana ciliaris are (1) easier approach to the vitreous cavity, (2) preservation of the crystalline lens and an intact iris, and (3) circumvention of the corneal and chamber angle complications sometimes associated with the transcorneal approach.
(15) These patients did not have narrow anterior chamber angles preoperatively, and several were aphakix with surgical iris colobomas.
(16) Seventy-eight patients presented optochiasmal arachnoiditis: 12 had trigeminal neuralgia; 1, arachnoiditis of the cerebellopontile angle; 6, arachnoiditis of the convex surface of the brain; and 3, the hypertensive hydrocephalic syndrome due to occlusion of the CSF routes.
(17) In this paper, we develop functions suggested by and regression fit to crystallographic data which allow three of these torsion angles, alpha (O3'-P-O5'-C5'), delta (C5'-C4'-C3'-O3') and epsilon (C4'-C3'-O3'-P), to be calculated as dependent variables of those remaining.
(18) An angle of 40 degrees or more was supposed to be a pathological kyphosis.
(19) The lower neck flexion is 35 degrees and extension of the plane of the face 15 degrees, each angle measured relative to horizontal.
(20) Two homosexual men, 35 and 42 years old, had bilateral acute angle-closure glaucoma in association with the acquired immune deficiency syndrome.
Engle
Definition:
(n.) A favorite; a paramour; an ingle.
(v. t.) To cajole or coax, as favorite.
Example Sentences:
(1) The tumor frequency increased 8.5-fold after the drug was discontinued (New Engl J Med 318: 1633-1637, 1988).
(2) A pseudomonad was isolated from the fluoroacetate-producing plant Dichapetalum cymosum (Hook) Engl.
(3) The only detailed analysis of dialysis termination by viable patients was reported by Neu and Kjellstrand (N Engl J Med 1986; 314: 14-20) from the USA.
(4) (I. Madrazo, R. Drucker-Colin, V. Diaz, J. Martinez-Mata, C. Torres, and J. J. Becerril, 1987, N. Engl.
(5) (Liu, S.-C., Zhai, S., Palek, J., Golan, D., Amato, D., Hassan, K., Nurse, G., Babona, D., Coetzer, T., Jarolim, P. Zaik, M. and Borwein, S. (1990) N. Engl.
(6) In data of the U.S. Collaborative Prenatal Study (CPS), the Drug Epidemiology Unit (DEU) reported a relative risk of about 2.3 between maternal female sex hormone exposure during months 1 to 4 of pregnancy and cardiovascular malformation in infants (Heinonen et al., '77a N. Engl.
(7) Narrow proton nuclear magnetic resonance (1H-NMR) linewidths from plasma have been associated with the presence of malignancy (Fossel et al., New Engl.
(8) Using sequential techniques, we conducted computer simulations of two fixed-sample-size clinical studies from the literature - a trial of hepatitis B vaccine in homosexual men (N Engl J Med 1980;303:833-841) and a trial of the pneumatic antishock garment in hypotensive patients with penetrating abdominal trauma (Ann Emerg Med 1987;16:653-658).
(9) [Gruppuso, P.A., Gordon, P., Kahn, C. R., Cornblath, M., Zeller, W. P. & Schwartz, R. (1984) N. Engl.
(10) Bryla, R. Schneerson, J.B. Robbins, T. Crampton, B. Trollfors, M. Cadoz, D. Schulz, and J. Armand, N. Engl.
(11) Although years of follow-up will be needed, our results confirm Piro et al's observation (N Engl J Med 322: 1117, 1990) that 2CdA appears to be highly effective in the treatment of hairy cell leukemia.
(12) Mortality from potentially avoidable causes of death in Sweden 1974-85 for ages 0-64 years was analysed, based on a list published by Rutstein et al., [N Engl J Med 294: 582, 1976] of conditions that were suggested to serve as negative indicators of the quality of health care.
(13) Recently, there has been interest over detection of malignant tumors by water-Suppressed Proton Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy (1 HNMR) of plasma lipoproteins (N. Engl.
(14) What does your dog mean to you, asks Engle of her subjects.
(15) The mitotic block is also observed in cells carrying a null mutation in bimE, obtained by molecular disruption of the gene (Osmani, S.A., Engle, D.B., Doonan, J.H., and Morris, N.R.
(16) On Hampstead Heath, where filmmaker Vanessa Engle is lurking with her camera.
(17) 171 min for the second alkylation; these data may be compared with those for phosphoramide mustard (Engle, T.W.
(18) This study was performed to assess the ability of the average linewidths of the methyl and methylene resonances from the proton nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectrum of human plasma to distinguish reliably between a normal, apparently healthy population and untreated patients with cancer as was suggested by a recent report (Fossel et al, N Engl J Med 1986; 315: 1369-1376).
(19) Immunoglobulin gene rearrangement analysis and somatic cell hybridization techniques were used to examine the malignant cell population in an unusual patient with hairy cell leukemia and macroglobulinemia (N Engl J Med 296:92, 1977).
(20) Administration of hydralazine in patients with pulmonary hypertension has been reported to cause excessive systemic vasodilatation, limiting its clinical utility (N Engl J Med 1982; 306: 1326).