(n.) A square hall lighted from above, into which rooms open at one or more levels.
(n.) An open court with a porch or gallery around three or more sides; especially at the entrance of a basilica or other church. The name was extended in the Middle Ages to the open churchyard or cemetery.
(n.) The main part of either auricle of the heart as distinct from the auricular appendix. Also, the whole articular portion of the heart.
(n.) A cavity in ascidians into which the intestine and generative ducts open, and which also receives the water from the gills. See Ascidioidea.
Example Sentences:
(1) Injection of carbachol into the AV3V produced the expected natriuresis, which was accompanied within 20 min by a dramatic rise in the plasma ANP concentration and a rise in ANP content in the medial basal hypothalamus, the neurohypophysis, and particularly the anterior hypophysis but without alterations in the content of ANP in the lungs or the right or left atrium.
(2) 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.
(3) We report a case of tamponade due to an effusion of blood which had occurred two weeks after an aorto-coronary bypass and was unusually located behind the left atrium.
(4) The radio-activity of 99mTc of the entire cardiac blood pool including the large vessels (T), the right ventricle including the right atrium (RV) and the left ventricle (LV) was calculated from the 30 degrees anterior oblique cardiac pool scintigram.
(5) Each study consisted of a 2-h control period followed by 4 h of increased lung microvascular pressure produced by inflation of a balloon in the left atrium.
(6) Ultrastructurally, the atrial myocardial cells in all three patients were hypertrophied, and two patients had evidence of focal cell degeneration; the atrium was markedly dilated, but atrial arrhythmias were not noted.
(7) Multiple determination of size, shape, and diameter of the left atrium were made during the control state and under conditions of varied ventricular outflow resistance in intact anesthetized dogs with markers chronically attached to the mitral annulus and the valve cusps.
(8) The right atrium thrombosis in the region of Chiari network resulted in the thromboembolism of the left pulmonary artery this being an immediate cause of death.
(9) Just prior to the end of the infusion period, 51Cr-labeled microspheres were injected into the left atrium to measure regional myocardial blood flow.
(10) Two-dimensional echocardiography revealed enlargement of the left ventricle, left atrium, and aortic root as well as dilatation of the left main coronary artery.
(11) The fistula was ligated by an access through the right atrium with good nearest and long-term results.
(12) M-mode and two dimensional echocardiography demonstrated abnormal echoes in the left atrium, the density being 22.7 Hounsfield Unit.
(13) His bundle recordings and premature atrial stimulation from coronary sinus, mid-right atrium and high-right atrium were performed in a patient with repetitive supraventricular tachycardias.
(14) Earlier surgical correction of this disorder was associated with the problem of stenosis at the anastomotic site with the left atrium.
(15) Although the histologic changes in the right atrium and contralateral lung are worrisome, no cardiac nor pulmonary problems arose over the 1 year follow-up.
(16) The visualized turbulent flow was consistent with a ventriculoseptal defect but also appeared to extend posteriorly into the left atrium in a direct line with the septal communication.
(17) After control conditions were established, PDG was injected into the right atrium.
(18) Echocardiograms showed good left ventricular function and a large coil of apparent thrombus in the right atrium prolapsing into the right ventricle.
(19) An unusual appearance of echoes behind the aorta bulging into the left atrium in diastole on both the M-mode and cross-sectional echo suggested this diagnosis prior to cardiac catheterization.
(20) Inotropic and chronotropic effects were determined in vitro in cat papillary muscle and right atrium, respectively.
Debt
Definition:
(n.) That which is due from one person to another, whether money, goods, or services; that which one person is bound to pay to another, or to perform for his benefit; thing owed; obligation; liability.
(n.) A duty neglected or violated; a fault; a sin; a trespass.
(n.) An action at law to recover a certain specified sum of money alleged to be due.
Example Sentences:
(1) In the bars of Antwerp and the cafes of Bruges, the talk is less of Christmas markets and hot chocolate than of the rising cost of financing a national debt which stands at 100% of annual national income.
(2) Madrid now hopes that a growing clamour for future rescues of Europe's banks to be done directly, without money going via governments, may still allow it to avoid accepting loans that would add to an already fast-growing national debt.
(3) Profit for the second quarter was £27.8m before tax but the club’s astronomical debt under the Glazers’ ownership stands at £322.1m, a 6.2% decrease on the 2014 level of £343.4m.
(4) The government did not spell out the need for private holders of bank debt to take any losses – known as haircuts – under its plans but many analysts believe that this position is untenable.
(5) However, civil society groups have raised concerns about the ethics of providing ‘climate loans’ which increase the country’s debt burden.
(6) The pump function of the heart (oxygen debt dynamics), the anaerobic threshold (complex of gas analytical indices), and the efficacy of blood flow in lesser circulation (O2 consumption plateau) were appraised.
(7) In the UK, George Osborne used this to his advantage, claiming "Britain faces the disaster of having its international credit rating downgraded" even after Moody's ranked UK debt as "resilient".
(8) Thus, the decreased hyperemic response after arrest suggests a reduced energetic debt with CSC compared with ARC and may indicate superior myocardial protection with CSC.
(9) It was the ease with which minor debt could slide into a tangle of hunger and despair.
(10) Most (86 percent) had educational debt (mean = $20,500), and more than half of those with debt were making loan payments.
(11) Silvio Berlusconi's government is battling to stay in the eurozone against mounting odds – not least the country's mountain of state debt, which is the largest in the single currency area.
(12) However in a repeat of the current standoff over the federal budget, the conservative wing of the Republican party is threatening to exploit its leverage over raising the debt ceiling to unpick Obama's healthcare reforms.
(13) It would cost their own businesses hundreds of millions of pounds in transaction costs, it would blow a massive hole in their balance of payments, it would leave them having to pick up the entirety of UK debt.
(14) Nevertheless we know that there will remain a large number of borrowers with payday loans who are struggling to cope with their debts, and it is essential that these customers are signposted to free debt advice.
(15) Finally, there is that pesky matter of public debt, which is still 90% of eurozone GDP.
(16) The ONS said it was possible that these one-off items and a rise in tax receipts in January could bring the overall debt figure within the OBR's £80.5bn forecast.
(17) This causes a time lag, with money continuing to be taken until the SLC is made aware that the debt has been settled.
(18) Unsecured lending rose slightly during the month, with outstanding debt increasing by £331m, after contracting by £114m in April.
(19) He said: "Advanced economies are still confronted with high levels of public and private debt, which act as brakes on the recovery.
(20) Portugal's slide towards a Greek-style second bailout accelerated after its principal private lenders indicated that they were growing weary of assurances from Lisbon that it could get on top of the country's debts.