(a.) Destitute of the natural or common covering on the head or top, as of hair, feathers, foliage, trees, etc.; as, a bald head; a bald oak.
(a.) Destitute of ornament; unadorned; bare; literal.
(a.) Undisguised.
(a.) Destitute of dignity or value; paltry; mean.
(a.) Destitute of a beard or awn; as, bald wheat.
(a.) Destitute of the natural covering.
(a.) Marked with a white spot on the head; bald-faced.
Example Sentences:
(1) Our knowledge of the pathogenesis of ordinary baldness is far from complete but a genetic predisposition is necessary and androgen production must be present.
(2) Antiandrogen therapy for androgen-induced baldness is in its infancy.
(3) "The idea that there is this contrast between a world of subtlety, and a world of bald, flat generalisations doesn't sound like what it's like at all.
(4) A left scalp skin flap (2.5 by 7 cm) based on the superficial temporal artery and vein was transferred to the bald area, with microvascular anastomosis to the superficial temporal vessels on the right side.
(5) One milliliter of solution was applied twice daily over 150 cm2 of bald scalp to each subject for 6 days.
(6) T-shirts were rush-printed overnight, showing his bald, burly head above the logo: "Hi, I'm Joe Plumber and Obama is a punk."
(7) She had frontal balding, mid-face hypoplasia, a small nose, macrostomia with down-turned corners of the mouth, gingival hypertrophy, and hypoplasia or absence of the clitoris.
(8) Improvements in the technique and instrumentation used in hair transplantation have led to the production of better grafts, a more natural hairline, a greater number of grafts from a donor site, the effective control of postoperative bleeding, and the reduction of large areas of baldness prior to hair transplantation.
(9) The operative indications are difficult because of the variety of baldness and the multiple techniques available.
(10) These operations allow massive transfer of genetically determined permanent hair to the cosmetically deficient areas of the scalp, whether the condition of baldness is the result of injury or hereditary factors.
(11) Use of this method for the treatment of bitemporal recessions and type 6 male pattern baldness is discussed in detail.
(12) Currently, the technique is most frequently used in scalp surgery for correction of male pattern baldness.
(13) Reported effects of balding reflected considerable preoccupation, moderate stress or distress, and copious coping efforts.
(14) The pathology of the bald scalp showed the presence of tubular epithelial structures devoid of hair bulbs extending from the epidermis to the deep dermis and the superficial hypodermis.
(15) The main problem in conventional operations for baldness has certainly been the resultant scar.
(16) Six new types of developmental mutants were obtained from the bald variant bld-1 after treatment with mutagens (UV light, gamma radiation, nitrous acid) and after natural selection.
(17) Since substantial 3 beta HSD activity was present in the cytosol, and cytosol of B glands showed increased 3 beta HSD activity, the increased conversion of DHA to AD may be a critical step for androgenic action and may be responsible for excessive androgenicity in male-pattern baldness.
(18) Larger "bald heads" occur favourable at the "deep" acetabula revealing high CE-angles and at low CCD-angles.
(19) In the patient with LGD on entry, there was an aggregate of very large cells covered by short microvilli with bald patches.
(20) The established format sounds a bit staid until Balding starts discussing it.
Nott
Definition:
(a.) Shorn.
(v. t.) To shear.
Example Sentences:
(1) "I'm led to believe that Notts County used to play their home games at Trent Bridge, The Oval hosted an FA Cup final and Bramall Lane used to be a cricket ground, but are there any other cricket grounds that have hosted either league or international football matches?"
(2) We're back again in the morning to see what happens at Chester-le-Street, which will bring Notts level with Somerset on games played and clarify the County Championship equation for next week.
(3) These results strongly suggest that the effect of temperature on agglutination by lectins may essentially be due to a structural transition of the lectin itself and nott only to modification of cell surface properties.
(4) The former Notts County player Labadie must now decide to appeal against the charge.
(5) Nott has been characterized as a physician, anatomist, anthropologist, and ethnologist.
(6) The last substantive review was pushed through by John Nott in league with the Treasury in 1982.
(7) We examined the cardiovascular function as well as the structure of the muscular pulmonary arteries in patients who had died while enrolled in the National Institutes of Health nocturnal oxygen therapy trial (NOTT).
(8) He batted rather well, too, scoring only 19 but playing a sensible supporting role to allow Paul Franks, Andre Adams and Luke Fletcher to throw the bat as Notts added 84 for their last three wickets after Steven Mullaney had gone in the first over to Liam Plunkett.
(9) A medical school building was constructed east of the Mobile City Hospital, and was equipped with an elegant collection of anatomic models acquired by Nott during his travels in western Europe in 1859.
(10) I had a brilliant year playing for him at Notts County.
(11) Johnson, who played for Birmingham City, Derby and Notts County as a defender, will meet the other nine members of the IAB for the first time this month after the establishment of the panel in December.
(12) Chris Hughton at Norwich, Chris Powell at Charlton and Keith Curle at Notts County are currently the only black managers operating in the top four divisions.
(13) Hughes was released three years into his sentence and was almost immediately signed by Oldham, later moving on to Notts County and Port Vale, and he currently plays for Forest Green Rovers in the Conference Premier.
(14) At Chester-le-Street Durham are making Notts work hard to take their County Championship title.
(15) The Nocturnal Oxygen Therapy Trial (NOTT) and Medical Research Council (MRC) trial have clearly indicated that long-term oxygen therapy (LTO) improved survival in patients with hypoxemic chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), but the mechanisms accounting for this improved survival could not be established.
(16) There were plenty of opportunities for a diplomatic settlement but the Argentinian junta was "more intransigent than the prime minister", Nott recalled.
(17) League One side Notts County have sacked manager Shaun Derry following their poor recent run of results.
(18) In the second half, though, the characters' paths cross, as they mingle desultorily at an all-night bash that's reminiscent of the poolside party in La Notte.
(19) The tests studied included monocular estimate method (MEM) dynamic retinoscopy, Nott dynamic retinoscopy, low neutral dynamic retinoscopy, the binocular cross cylinder test, lens accommodative rock (facility), distance (near-far) accommodative rock, negative relative accommodation (NRA), and positive relative accommodation (PRA).
(20) If you want to go down that road, the Football League’s 12 founding members in 1888 were Accrington Stanley, Aston Villa, Blackburn Rovers, Bolton Wanderers, Burnley, Derby County, Everton, Notts County, Preston North End, Stoke City, West Bromwich Albion and Wolverhampton Wanderers.