(n.) Existence, as opposed to nonexistence; state or sphere of existence.
(n.) That which exists in any form, whether it be material or spiritual, actual or ideal; living existence, as distinguished from a thing without life; as, a human being; spiritual beings.
(n.) Lifetime; mortal existence.
(n.) An abode; a cottage.
(adv.) Since; inasmuch as.
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Metaphysics
Definition:
(n.) The science of real as distinguished from phenomenal being; ontology; also, the science of being, with reference to its abstract and universal conditions, as distinguished from the science of determined or concrete being; the science of the conceptions and relations which are necessarily implied as true of every kind of being; phylosophy in general; first principles, or the science of first principles.
(n.) Hence: The scientific knowledge of mental phenomena; mental philosophy; psychology.
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(1) It reduced serum AP levels, increased serum Ca levels, increased bone ash weight, epiphyseal and metaphyseal bone volume, with a concomitant reduction in epiphyseal and metaphyseal bone marrow volume.
(2) Was all the entanglement research done in the meantime, including Einstein's, unscientific metaphysics?
(3) There is approximately a 25% decrease in aggregation from regions of the rib distal to the metaphyseal-growth plate junction (69%) to the region proximal to it (50%).
(4) Recent immunofluorescent and histochemical data did not detect changes in the concentration of proteoglycans between noncalcified and calcified cartilage in fetal bovine growth plate or metaphyseal bone.
(5) Osteopetrosis is diffuse and is associated with important metaphyseal widening as well as epiphyseal irregularities and often carpal and tarsal supernumerary bones.
(6) Cranial metaphyseal dysplasia, particularly in its autosomal recessive form, leads to reduced intelligence and life expectancy of the patients.
(7) The proximal tibial metaphyses of ten New Zealand white rabbits were excavated and filled with sheets of polyvinyl alcohol, into which a suspension of B. fragilis cells was injected on the right side, while saline was used on the left side.
(8) This article investigates this question by examining the views of the logical positivists, Karl Popper and Imre Lakatos, and concludes that the practice of science and psychotherapy involves metaphysics in (a) problem choice, (b) research and therapy design, (c) observation statements, (d) resolving the Duhemian problem, and (e) modifying hypotheses to encompass anomalous results.
(9) Moonlight wins best picture Oscar, after Warren Beatty gives gong to La La Land Read more “Peak blackness is a rare metaphysical anomaly that can only occur when an amalgam of black excellence comes together at the same societal intersection,” he said.
(10) Neither the metaphyses nor epiphyseal ossification centres were affected by the condition.
(11) The diaphyseal and metaphyseal regions of the lower limb were most commonly affected, with a particular predisposition for the knee.
(12) When diffuse increased metaphyseal activity is present on a Tc-99m MDP bone scan in a patient with malignant disease, the possibility of bone marrow metastases should be pursued by marrow aspiration and biopsy.
(13) Thirteen of 20 immature tibiae with the periosteal defects at their proximal metaphyses showed osteochondromas covered by hyaline cartilage caps.
(14) The microarchitecture of the rat metaphyseal nutrient artery, the major blood supply to the calcifying epiphyseal growth plate, was studied by light microscopic serial sections, model reconstruction of serial sections, and scanning electron microscopy of plastic corrosion castings.
(15) Bone-age was advanced and bones were slender and osteoporotic with metaphyseal thickening.
(16) Computerized histomorphometry of sections from the upper tibia showed decreased epiphyseal bone volume and increased bone marrow volume; decreased height of hypertrophic cartilage in the growth plate and decreased amount of persisting cartilage in the metaphyseal bone trabeculae were also observed.
(17) Metaphyseal trabeculae from 1,25(OH)2D3 and placebo-treated rats were examined.
(18) An extensive author, primarily on medical subjects and laterally turning to metaphysical, moral and religious works, he gained a reputation among intellectuals world-wide.
(19) From a metaphyseal focus, there is spread in several directions.
(20) The author reports a family study of fronto-metaphyseal dysplasia in a 2 months-old child, in his mother and maternal grand-mother.