(n.) A cavern or cavity, esp. an anatomical cavity or sinus
Example Sentences:
(1) (1) Gastrin release is suppressed primarily by direct contact of acid with the antrum.
(2) The CL was also longer in the duodenum, whereas the CD was shortened, indicating a reduction of the wave movements from the stomach antrum to the duodenum in the ranitidine periods.
(3) In both the gastric antrum and the duodenum, the first appearance of CCK-li preceded the functional activity of its target tissues.
(4) In 40 patients with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus, the number of gastrin cells in the mucous membrane of the antrum of the stomach was measured by immunohistochemistry according to the method of L. Sternberger.
(5) The endoscopic picture is highly characteristic and consists of parallel erythematous folds in the antrum.
(6) In 18 of the 118 stomachs the focal concentration of the parietal cells near the duodenum was greater than the other part of the antrum, reaching more than 50% of the parietal cells of the average fundic gland.
(7) In 12 patients (25-76 years-old) gastric emptying was quantified by scintigraphy after ingestion of 300 ml Tc-99m-labelled orange juice; simultaneously, the region of the gastric antrum was measured in 5-minute intervals in the aortic longitudinal section.
(8) Serum, antrum, and duodenum from PCV patients, unoperated duodenal ulcer (DU) patients and control subjects were studied.
(9) Half of the patients (50.6%) had Campylobacter organisms in the antrum of the stomach.
(10) The prerequisites to achieve this goal are: the radical exenteration of the mastoid, antrum and epitympanum, the maximal reduction of the volume of the cavity by extensive lateral removal of bone and the adequate shaping of the cavity walls by obliteration of the bone pockets.
(11) The majority of abnormalities involved the gastric antrum (68%).
(12) The larger molecular forms of gastrin predominated in the fetal compared with the adult antrum.
(13) Ventilatory conditions, or the existence of soft tissue density, were evaluated by HRCT at such locations as the supratubal recess, mesotympanum, anterior and posterior parts of the tympanic isthmus, epitympanum, and mastoid antrum.
(14) A rare case of neurofibroma of the maxillary antrum is reported.
(15) The histology of gastric mucosa in endoscopic biopsies taken from the antrum and body was also analysed.
(16) The semi-liquid test meal allowed suitable sonographic measurement of cross-sectional areas of the antrum in all 14 subjects.
(17) The fasting and postprandial serum gastrin levels were high in one patient with recurrence, whose antrum was preserved as long as 3 cm proximal to the pyloric ring; this was longer than that described in our original method of PPG.
(18) A 35-year-old patient was parenterally fed for a total of 170 days because of a twice reoperated gastric ulcer followed by a gastric-antrum small intestinal fistula.
(19) The authors report a case of diffuse gastric polyposis predominating in the antrum.
(20) Barium studies revealed the diaphragm as a persistent, circumferential defect in the distal antrum, often associated with peptic ulcers or gastric outlet obstruction.
Tantrum
Definition:
(n.) A whim, or burst of ill-humor; an affected air.
Example Sentences:
(1) He learned many of the other crucial skills that were either lacking, or absent: the ability to point, and imitate; the habit of commenting on his surroundings; how to divert his energy away from tantrums into productive activity.
(2) In the song Christmas and Owen argue that if women were a Pot Noodle it would be "farewell to nagging and random tantrums".
(3) Patients with Down's syndrome usually have mild and pleasant temperaments, rarely exhibiting temper tantrums or behavioral problems.
(4) In other changes to the DSM, abnormally bad and frequent temper tantrums will be diagnosed as DMDD, meaning disruptive mood dysregulation disorder.
(5) Just recall the market's "taper tantrums" in May 2013, when then Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke suggested a far more modest turn in monetary policy.
(6) It really accentuates the inherent slapstick in every Steven Gerrard shank, and every Joachim Löw tantrum.
(7) They need to pass our bill.” A tantrum is not far off.
(8) Inside the US, states and cities have said they will continue to honour their commitments, regardless of Trump’s tantrum.
(9) The IMF describes the markets’ so-called “taper tantrum” earlier this year, after Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke mooted the idea of “tapering” QE, as a “mini stress test”, which helped to reveal how investors might respond as monetary policy returns to normal.
(10) A little five-year-old has a tantrum, well these kids had a tantrum on a big scale.
(11) In Experiment 1, we developed an assessment method for identifying situations in which behavior problems, including aggression, tantrums, and self-injury, were most likely to occur.
(12) We learned it first from the Washington Post, which revealed explosive details of a Trump temper tantrum over the refugee resettlement deal the Turnbull government spent months stitching together with the Obama administration.
(13) Bernie Sanders, with the presidential gravitas of a toddler, first attempted to shout his usual stump speech over the protestors, and then scolded them for interrupting him and held what one could only describe as a mini public tantrum.
(14) Nail-biting (25.0%) was the commonest associated neurotic trait, followed by enuresis (20.9%), temper-tantrum (12.5%), etc.
(15) For starters, whereas the 2013 taper tantrum caught markets by surprise, the Fed’s intention to hike rates this year, clearly stated over many months, will not.
(16) Weekend newspaper supplements retailed gossipy accounts of how The Satanic Verses had failed to win the Booker prize, with malicious claims regarding Rushdie's tantrums when this happened.
(17) He was by turn patient, stubborn and just too damn good, winning a contest marked by swearing, stare-downs, minor tantrums, an odd time violation and some artful tennis on a chill, still night on Rod Laver Arena, with the man himself among an enthralled audience.
(18) Several observers criticised Kagame's Twitter tantrum as exhibiting a lack of dignity.
(19) Germany had not anticipated the brilliance of his semi-final display at Euro 2012, and yet this is still a young player prone to tantrums and, as against the Czechs in qualification, disciplinary issues.
(20) He had a temper tantrum after a show in San Diego, and we had to leave the dressing room because it was so bad.