(n.) The lower division of an entablature, or that part which rests immediately on the column, esp. in classical architecture. See Column.
(n.) The group of moldings, or other architectural member, above and on both sides of a door or other opening, especially if square in form.
Example Sentences:
(1) The two Art Deco restaurants in the 1930s building, which were once home to the Atlantic Bar & Grill and Titanic, have been painstakingly restored, from the timber veneer, marble pillars and gold leaf architraving to the brass fittings, apple green ceiling and original wallpaper.
(2) The "architrave" created rests on the tensor tympani while the palisaded epitympanum and antrum plasty allows ventilation of the antrum.
Taenia
Definition:
(n.) A genus of intestinal worms which includes the common tapeworms of man. See Tapeworm.
(n.) A band; a structural line; -- applied to several bands and lines of nervous matter in the brain.
(n.) The fillet, or band, at the bottom of a Doric frieze, separating it from the architrave.
Example Sentences:
(1) In group V, five cases of Taenia saginata parasitosis were studied showing a weak positive reading.
(2) Genomic and cDNA actin clones were isolated from Taenia solium gene libraries.
(3) Short segments of portions of taenia coli of the guinea-pig averaging 54 mum X 219 mum X ca.
(4) Smooth muscle cells of taeniae fixed under 1 gram load were about 515 mum long.
(5) However, some facts observed contradict the validity of this hypothesis for coronary artery SMC in contrast to taenia caeci: 1) elevation of external Ca2+ concentration did not affect the time course of ICa inactivation; 2) inactivation of In.s., i.e.
(6) Three monoclonal antibodies specific for cysticercal antigens, which did not show any cross-reactivity with Taenia solium or Taenia saginata antigens, were selected.
(7) Ca sensitivity and energy dependence in the contractile proteins of the glycerinated taenia coli of guinea pig were studied.
(8) Cold storage (2 degrees C) treatment progressively reduced noradrenaline uptake by the taenia caecum of the guinea-pig.
(9) The effect of cisapride (R51619) on intrinsic cholinergic nerve activity of human sigmoid taenia coli muscle strips (taenia) was assessed using radiolabelling techniques.
(10) Single cells were prepared from the guinea-pig taenia caecum and used for the study of drug-receptor interactions.
(11) The properties of alkaline phosphatase present in Taenia crassiceps cysticerci were studied.
(12) The quinolinehydrazones of the 1-phenyl-2,5-dimethyl-3-pyrrolcarboxaldehyde were tested in vivo against Hymenolepis nana and Taenia taeniaeformis and proved inactive.
(13) Tablets of micronised nitroscanate (nominal particle size 2--3 microns) were given to a total of 190 dogs that had been experimentally infected with either Echinococcus granulosus or Taenia hydatigena.
(14) The effects of protein kinase C activation by 12-O-tetra-decanoyl-phorbol-13-acetate (TPA) on the functions of guinea-pig smooth muscle taenia coli have been studied, using double-sucrose-gap method.
(15) light between 340-380 nm produced a maximum relaxation of the taenia coli.
(16) Phosphorus-31 nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectra (103.2 MHz) were obtained from rabbit portal vein, urinary bladder, and taenia coli smooth muscle.
(17) These results suggest that the inhibitory action of dehydrocorydaline on the relaxation or contraction, produced by nicotine and electrical nerve stimulation, is due to blockade of noradrenaline release from the adrenergic nerve terminals in both the taenia caecum and pulmonary artery.
(18) The only recent reports of cestode studies in these countries have been on reports of new species in animals and on prevalence rates of cestode parasites in humans; Taenia solium and cysticercosis, Taenia saginata and Hymenolepis nana, etc.
(19) An ammonium sulfate-soluble fraction of Taenia hydatigena cyst fluid (ThFAS) was further evaluated for use in the immunodiagnosis of cysticercosis.
(20) The inhibitory actions of adenosine diphosphate (ADP), adenosine monophosphate (AMP), adenosine and 16 adenine nucleotide and nucleoside analogs on the isolated guinea-pig taenia coli preparation were compared with those of adenosine triphosphate (ATP).