(n.) Hence: A full collection or set of implements, or utensils, for a given duty, experimental or operative; any complex instrument or appliance, mechanical or chemical, for a specific action or operation; machinery; mechanism.
(n.) A collection of organs all of which unite in a common function; as, the respiratory apparatus.
Example Sentences:
(1) One thing seems to be noteworthy in their opinion: the bacterial resistance of the germs isolated from the urine is bigger than the one of the germs isolated from the respiratory apparatus.
(2) The suits ensures the conditions for the function of the musculoskeletal apparatus and the cardiovascular system which are close to those on the Earth.
(3) In addition, transitional macrophages with both positive granules and positive RER, nuclear envelope, negative Golgi apparatus (as in exudate- resident macrophages in vivo), and mature macrophages with peroxidatic activity only in the RER and nuclear envelope (as in resident macrophages in vivo) were found.
(4) We applied a flow cytometry apparatus (FCM) to differentiating Exophiala dermatitidis, E. moniliae and E. jeanselmei from each other.
(5) This heretogeneity occurred mainly as a progressive, decreasing gradient in the first half of this pathway, between the rough endoplasmic reticulum and the mi-cisternae of the Golgi apparatus.
(6) The relation of the surface of the excretory apparatus to the whole kidney was studied.
(7) Electron microscopy revealed a well-developed rough endoplasmic reticulum, an enlarged Golgi apparatus and many highly electron-dense secretory granules resembling those of Clara cells.
(8) This, however will not result in normal lower leg bones, as can be concluded from the fact that spontaneous fractures have occurred partly even in the locomotor apparatus after the pseudarthroses had healed.
(9) A compensator connected to the section consisting of the pump-main line-operating member and including a pneumatic resistance and a flaxid non-elastic container enables it in combination with the feedback to maintain through the volumetric displacement of the gas, or changing the pump diaphragm position, the stability of the gas volume in the pneumatic transmission element of the assisted circulation apparatus.
(10) Especially in the old patients (over 70 years) the incisional hernias represents an invalidating pathology whose treatment, for the high incidence of associated diseases of respiratory and cardiocirculatory apparatus in the aged, offers difficulties connected both to surgical methods and to the perioperative evaluation and preparation of patients.
(11) Marked pain and great difficulty in introducing the apparatus made its use limited in respectively 15% and 14.5% of cases.
(12) The apparatus can be constructed from commercially available, inexpensive components.
(13) Non-inflammatory calcific disease of the mitral valve apparatus is a common finding in elderly patients.
(14) Transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) is a semi-invasive examination that provides better images of the atrium than classical transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) due to the anatomical positioning of the captor and the high frequency Doppler apparatus used.
(15) Quite the contrary, in cases of higher nervous activity disturbances, destruction of the organelles and desintegration of spine apparatuses is clearly pronounced.
(16) The strong magnetic field of the super-conducting MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) apparatus could cause problems in the presence of metallic foreign material, such as the metal clips and loops of intraocular lenses and steel as suturing material.
(17) Evidence for Golgi apparatus-associated processing of oligosaccharides in the ER was obtained by lectin-gold cytochemistry revealing the presence of the galactose (beta 1----4)N-acetylglucosamine sequence and sialic acid residues.
(18) In the cis-trans axis of the Golgi apparatus the following compartments were observed: (a) On the cis face there was a continuous osmiophilic tubular network referred to as the cis element; (b) a cis compartment composed of 3 or 4 NADPase-positive saccules perforated with pores in register forming wells that contained small vesicles; (c) a trans compartment composed of 1 or 2 TPPAse-positive elements underlying the NADPase ones, followed by 1 or 2 CMPase-positive elements that showed a flattened saccular part continuous with a network of anastomotic tubules.
(19) This monoclonal antibody stains only the juxtaglomerular apparatus; values determined by this RIA did not change before and after activation.
(20) The novel directions in the study of the brain molecular genetic apparatus can be examinations of chromosomal behavior in the cells in various brain regions and genome imprinting.
Materiel
Definition:
(n.) That in a complex system which constitutes the materials, or instruments employed, in distinction from the personnel, or men; as, the baggage, munitions, provisions, etc., of an army; or the buildings, libraries, and apparatus of a college, in distinction from its officers.
Example Sentences:
(1) Bone firmness and risk of fracture depend on factors like bone density, bone structure, elasticity of bone materiel and many others.
(2) Since materiel factors in accidents have remained relatively constant, more emphasis must be placed on training and selection of our aircrews and supervisors.
(3) The second was the attempts by states - some of them highly unstable and repressive - to develop nuclear weapons programmes, CW and BW materiel, and long-range missiles.
(4) The co-existence of both private and public medicine led to different use of materiel (5,500 to 5,800 exams per machine in the public versus 8,600 in the private sector and a higher productivity in the profit-making establishments.
(5) Now effectively under joint Anglo-French leadership, the war was a high-risk adventure from the start, long on aspiration and desperately short on clear tactical aims, planning and materiel.
(6) UN sanctions state that members shall prevent the direct or indirect supply, sale or transfer of all arms and materiel to North Korea, including related spare parts but excluding small arms and light weapons.
(7) The project is now managed by the AWD Alliance - a consortium involving the Defence Materiel Organisation, ASC and Raytheon Australia.
(8) An ICD committee composed of staff from the pharmacy, nursing, bioinstrumentation, and materiel management departments was created to identify and solve problems with the existing system of ICD management.
(9) Clinical and radiological signs are: 1) Impossible elbow extension against gravity, 2) Flecks of avulsed osseous materiel from the olecranon on lateral elbow radiograph.
(10) The three-hour display of some of the men and materiel of Pakistan’s lavishly resourced military included representatives of all three services, fly pasts by screeching fighter jets and processions of missile launchers and tanks.
(11) The White House press office issued a statement that did not directly blame the Russian side in the conflict but said: "While we do not yet have all the facts, we do know that this incident occurred in the context of a crisis in Ukraine that is fuelled by Russian support for the separatists, including through arms, materiel and training."
(12) The Hon Mal Brough MP and I have agreed that he will stand aside as special minister of state and minister for defence materiel and science pending the completion of inquiries by the police,” a statement by the prime minister, Malcolm Turnbull , said.
(13) • A senior US official has said that Russian forces “now have complete operational control of the Crimean Peninsula.” The same official also estimated that 6,000 Russian forces “with considerable materiel” were in the region and were flying in reinforcements.
(14) Sudden in-flight incapacitation caused by these increased +Gz forces could be disastrous with loss of materiel and human life.
(15) Having backed Turnbull’s challenge against Tony Abbott’s leadership in September, Brough was elevated to the position of special minister of state and was also appointed as the minister for defence materiel and science.
(16) In our "in vitro" binding conditions progabide itself was virtually ineffective (IC50 greater than 100 microM) so only RRA active materiel plasma concentrations were studied.
(17) the upper respiratory tract mucosa and knowing the physiopathological importance of the muco ciliary complex in preventing dust, microbs and other particulate foreign materiel to penetrate the epithelium, the therapeutic importance of such a simple non toxic and unharmful chemical compound must be stressed.
(18) A section is included on the relationship between nursing and the materiel management department, its main collaborator in product evaluation.
(19) Perhaps the first sign of real Iranian involvement will come when protesters look across the Gulf for materiel to fight off the government and foreign forces.
(20) Dannatt offered to speak to Bernard Gray, the civilian chief of defence materiel.