(n.) The putting of things in juxtaposition, or side by side; also, the condition of being so placed.
(n.) The state of two nouns or pronouns, put in the same case, without a connecting word between them; as, I admire Cicero, the orator. Here, the second noun explains or characterizes the first.
Example Sentences:
(1) Interaction of viable macrophages with cationic particles at 37 degrees C resulted in their "internalization" within vesicles and coated pits and a closer apposition between many segments of plasmalemma than with neutral or anionic substances.
(2) Close apposition of macrophages and lymphocytes was observed, and cellular contact was demonstrated.
(3) The development of the first molar was examined from the dental lamina stage through apposition.
(4) We postulate that the apposition of trophotaenial epithelium to the internal ovarian epithelium constitutes a placental association equivalent to a noninvasive, epithelioform of an inverted yolk sac placenta.
(5) Histologic examination of different levels of the nutrient arteries revealed many intraosseous pathologic vascular changes in apposition to the ischemic episode of the femoral head.
(6) The tibial shafts of OVX rats compared to SHAM controls showed elevated periosteal mineral apposition rate and endocortical bone formation parameters.
(7) 1,25 (OH)2D3 was expected to stimulate mineral apposition rate of alveolar bone on the tension side.
(8) Histologic study showed that the growth of transplanted auricular cartilage is achieved jointly by two mechanisms, namely interstitial growth and appositional growth.
(9) Bone ingrowth was greatest when hydroxylapatite was in direct apposition to bone.
(10) It is an eerily apposite image from the year the outbreak of the Spanish civil war inaugurated a new age of slaughter.
(11) Furthermore, after four months of skeletal inactivity, bone mass and other parameters of osseous metabolism, including bone formation and mineral apposition rates were unchanged over summer values.
(12) Regions of severe degeneration were characterized by the complete loss of the photoreceptors and apposition of the external limiting membrane to the retinal pigment epithelium.
(13) In the present experiments, neurons were plated together in close apposition as pairs or as triads, with the tip of one Retzius cell touching the soma of another.
(14) Plasma membranes of ovarian luteal and adrenal cortical cells from "microvillar channels," a unique extracellular compartment formed by the close apposition of flattened microvillar surfaces.
(15) Appositional rates were calculated from measurements of distance between fluorescent mineralized tissue markers.
(16) The different levels of magnesium in the diets of the cows had no significant effects on the numbers of osteons which were labelled nine weeks, five weeks or one week before parturition, or on the numbers of osteons which took more than one label or on the bone apposition rate.
(17) A specific, consistent pattern of bone apposition and resorption was observed after advancement genioplasty.
(18) Thus, for implants utilizing direct bone apposition fixation, it appears that of the parameters investigated, implant surface texture is the most significant.
(19) The signal for RBC removal: in analogy with a recent model for recognition and removal of oxidant-stressed or senescent RBC, we propose removal of fava bean damaged RBC be mediated by apposition of antiband 3 antibodies and complement C3 fragments, recognized as non-self recognition signal by monocytes and macrophages.
(20) Most notably, canaliculi are often present at appositional membranes which are flanked by abundant gap and tight junctions.
Appositive
Definition:
(a.) Of or relating to apposition; in apposition.
(n.) A noun in apposition.
Example Sentences:
(1) Interaction of viable macrophages with cationic particles at 37 degrees C resulted in their "internalization" within vesicles and coated pits and a closer apposition between many segments of plasmalemma than with neutral or anionic substances.
(2) Close apposition of macrophages and lymphocytes was observed, and cellular contact was demonstrated.
(3) The development of the first molar was examined from the dental lamina stage through apposition.
(4) We postulate that the apposition of trophotaenial epithelium to the internal ovarian epithelium constitutes a placental association equivalent to a noninvasive, epithelioform of an inverted yolk sac placenta.
(5) Histologic examination of different levels of the nutrient arteries revealed many intraosseous pathologic vascular changes in apposition to the ischemic episode of the femoral head.
(6) The tibial shafts of OVX rats compared to SHAM controls showed elevated periosteal mineral apposition rate and endocortical bone formation parameters.
(7) 1,25 (OH)2D3 was expected to stimulate mineral apposition rate of alveolar bone on the tension side.
(8) Histologic study showed that the growth of transplanted auricular cartilage is achieved jointly by two mechanisms, namely interstitial growth and appositional growth.
(9) Bone ingrowth was greatest when hydroxylapatite was in direct apposition to bone.
(10) It is an eerily apposite image from the year the outbreak of the Spanish civil war inaugurated a new age of slaughter.
(11) Furthermore, after four months of skeletal inactivity, bone mass and other parameters of osseous metabolism, including bone formation and mineral apposition rates were unchanged over summer values.
(12) Regions of severe degeneration were characterized by the complete loss of the photoreceptors and apposition of the external limiting membrane to the retinal pigment epithelium.
(13) In the present experiments, neurons were plated together in close apposition as pairs or as triads, with the tip of one Retzius cell touching the soma of another.
(14) Plasma membranes of ovarian luteal and adrenal cortical cells from "microvillar channels," a unique extracellular compartment formed by the close apposition of flattened microvillar surfaces.
(15) Appositional rates were calculated from measurements of distance between fluorescent mineralized tissue markers.
(16) The different levels of magnesium in the diets of the cows had no significant effects on the numbers of osteons which were labelled nine weeks, five weeks or one week before parturition, or on the numbers of osteons which took more than one label or on the bone apposition rate.
(17) A specific, consistent pattern of bone apposition and resorption was observed after advancement genioplasty.
(18) Thus, for implants utilizing direct bone apposition fixation, it appears that of the parameters investigated, implant surface texture is the most significant.
(19) The signal for RBC removal: in analogy with a recent model for recognition and removal of oxidant-stressed or senescent RBC, we propose removal of fava bean damaged RBC be mediated by apposition of antiband 3 antibodies and complement C3 fragments, recognized as non-self recognition signal by monocytes and macrophages.
(20) Most notably, canaliculi are often present at appositional membranes which are flanked by abundant gap and tight junctions.