(a.) Odd; having no fellow; not one of a pair; single; as, the azygous muscle of the uvula.
Example Sentences:
(1) The authors studied the development of collateral circulation between the thoracic duct and the azygous vein system, in 30 adult dogs, after thoracic duct ligature.
(2) Similar decreases in hepatic venous pressure gradient and azygous blood flow--an estimation of superior portosystemic shunts--were observed after both drugs, whereas hepatic blood flow was not modified.
(3) Surgical correction of this previously unreported defect was accomplished by creating an atrial septal defect and constructing a baffle to direct the blood flow from the azygous vein to the left atrium.
(4) The azygous, splenic, mesenteric, and portal veins were displayed in both groups.
(5) Azygous blood flow, as a measure of collateral circulation including that through varices, is always reduced, but the effects on portal pressure, whether measured directly or by the wedged hepatic venous pressure, are variable.
(6) Inferior vena-caval obstruction is suggested when an enlarged azygous vein is seen on chest radiography, or when superficial collateral veins draining upwards are visible on the abdomen and chest.
(7) The polysplenia syndrome is the association of multiple spleens, situs inversus, congenital heart disease, and azygous continuation of the inferior vena cava.
(8) Both catheters functioned well but were noted on follow-up radiographs to have repositioned themselves, one into the azygous vein and the other into the internal jugular vein.
(9) This report describes a patient with a fusiform aneurysm of an azygous anterior cerebral artery (ACA) associated with a ruptured saccular aneurysm at its distal end.
(10) In 3,263 cases of portal hypertension, various methods of porta-systemic shunt or portal-azygous disconnection were applied with reasonable results.
(11) A 55-year-old man developed a pulmonary metastasis to the azygous lobe from a malignant fibrous histiocytoma of the thigh.
(12) Familiarity with the CT appearances of the hemiazygos and azygous veins can prevent their being mistaken for normal or enlarged lymph nodes.
(13) Ligation of the cranial vena cava (CrVC) distal to the entrance of the azygous vein resulted in chylothorax in 7 of 10 dogs.
(14) The rate of portal-azygous disconnection surgery has increased in recent years, constituting 40.1% of the various types of operation.
(15) Portal pressure and gastroesophageal collateral (azygous) blood flow are similar in patients with cirrhosis with or without a history of variceal bleeding.
(16) Emboli were seen in association with some infarcts and were evenly distributed in the two hemispheres (37 emboli on the right and 40 on the left, with the midline azygous artery occluded in four animals).
(17) Isolated single vascular muscle cells from azygous vein of rats were used to make measurements of intracellular Ca2+ release, using a differential interference contrast 2 wavelength system and the Ca2+ indicator arsenazo III (Az III).
(18) Chest radiograph may show an enlarged azygous shadow.
(19) Sonologists should be familiar with the frequency of resolution and the ultrasonic appearance of the normal fetal azygous vein.
(20) In the azygous region O2 uptake did not increase significantly.