(n.) The act of blocking up; the state of being blocked up.
Example Sentences:
(1) The blockage of the tubular system by the calcium oxalate deposits leads to a temporary reversible increase in serum urea and serum creatinine.
(2) Instead, we discovered that the size of the basal cisterns around the brain stem enabled us to predict blockage earlier and more reliably.
(3) In some of the rabbits, a rise in antibody Level occurred without appearance of weakness, while it is still likely that AChR antibody could be necessary for the induction of neuromuscular blockage.
(4) If beta-blockage does not cause lowering of aqueous humor secretion, in itself responsible for the maintenance of intraocular pressure, what is the mechanism of action?
(5) Other characteristics of the LHP that were demonstrated include: a lack of blockage by GABAA receptor antagonists, a probable voltage sensitivity (decrease in amplitude in the depolarizing direction), and an apparent brief onset latency (less than 10 ms) when the early IPSP was blocked by picrotoxin.
(6) Furthermore, cycloheximide administered prior to or along with ACTH resulted in the blockage of any new transcription of the cytochrome P-450(11)beta gene as evidenced from the level of RNA.
(7) Speculatively, the blockage by dbcAMP of the morphogenetic cascade in the co-cultured system may be related to the inhibition by dbcAMP of testis cord formation in organ cultures of fetal gonads reported by others.
(8) Another potential cause of a blockage in the discussions was the future of Maria Eagle , the shadow defence secretary.
(9) Blockage of these sites leads to aggregation patterns in which the side-by-side contacts of aggregating cells are abolished.
(10) At necropsy, a stricture was found at the ileocecal junction that resulted in blockage and dilation of the ileum proximal to the stricture.
(11) These findings indicate alternative metabolic pathways may be operational in newborn rat brain enabling it to circumvent major blockage in thiamine-dependent reactions.
(12) Cultures incubated with 3.6 microM-cycloheximide for up to 9 h and supplemented with p-nitrophenyl beta-D-xyloside during the last 75 min of treatment showed increased synthesis of [3H,35S]chondroitin sulphate, demonstrating that UDP-hexose precursors for glycosaminoglycan synthesis are not rapidly depleted on blockage of protein synthesis.
(13) The difference was because of the high incidence of blockage of the stents causing recurrent jaundice, but the stents could easily be replaced.
(14) Despite a 30% rate of luminal blockage in stents retrieved after indwelling times up to 3 months, the incidence of clinical obstruction in stented tracts up to 3 months was 4%, confirming other reports that significant urine flow occurs around rather than through hollow, vented stents.
(15) This might indicate a toxic metabolic blockage in the transformation of monoiodotyrosine to diiodothyronine.
(16) Blockage of the balloon system was possibly caused by twisting the system to reach and pass the lesion in the branch of left circumflex coronary artery.
(17) Hysteroscopic hydrotubation may be an alternative treatment for tubal blockage.
(18) For H(+) ion blockage, a simpler model, in which H(+) enters the channel only from the bathing medium, is found to be sufficient.
(19) The pathological findings included intestinal stasis, intestinal blockage, acute intestinal rupture and intestinal rupture with peritonitis.
(20) Christmas 2013 caused 2,635 sewer blockages in Yorkshire alone.
Plunger
Definition:
(n.) One who, or that which, plunges; a diver.
(n.) A long solid cylinder, used, instead of a piston or bucket, as a forcer in pumps.
(n.) One who bets heavily and recklessly on a race; a reckless speculator.
(n.) A boiler in which clay is beaten by a wheel to a creamy consistence.
(n.) The firing pin of a breechloader.
Example Sentences:
(1) Parameters evaluated were rotation speed, plunger frequency, medium volume, medium type, medium sampling location, number of plunger ribs, and number of gum pieces.
(2) The second person exerts sufficient pressure on the plunger of the syringe to produce intermittent minimal flow of saline.
(3) Plunger loads were alternated so that each was used, initially, 50% of the time.
(4) When marked resistance to withdrawal of the plunger occurs and on release the plunger rebounds to its original position the oesophagus has been intubated.
(5) The ease of insertion without a plunger and gloves (inserter tube diameter 3 mm) and the ease of removal (force of traction approximately 1 N) mean safety also for the medical and paramedical fitter of the CU SAFE 300 IUD.
(6) A standard plastic luer hub allows the trephine to be used with a syringe, either a standard type or one with a spring-assisted plunger.
(7) The plunger is operated by hand to homogenize a sample in 2-20 microliter of buffer in a tube.
(8) Prostaglandins are not suited for menstrual regulation; use of the Karman catheter with pressure on the plunger instead of negative pressure has proven very successful.
(9) The toxic material originated from zinc compounds that were present in the rubber stopper and plunger of the container and that subsequently leached into the formulation.
(10) Two methods, the so-called "oil drop" and "Teflon plunger" methods, were designed to monitor lipase hydrolysis of natural long-chain triacylglycerols through the variation with time of the oil-water interfacial tension.
(11) 'Micropets' of different volumes are easily made from inexpensive, commercially available Drummond 100 microliter glass tubes (bores) fitted with teflon plungers.
(12) An unmanned spacecraft with a giant telescoping plunger would fly to the asteroid, suck it in, and secure it in a truly industrial-strength Hefty bag of sorts.
(13) This does not just apply to shale gas operations – conventional gas drilling also produces leaks, which can be stanched by a variety of technologies, including one known as "plunger lift".
(14) The suspension cultivation in test tube with cotton plunger could not support the schizogony of P. vivax, while other groups could at least complete two schizogony cycles.
(15) He recommends filter coffee, with "plungers, pour overs , siphons , Aeropress etc" using water two minutes off the boil, and 60g a litre for all filter coffees.
(16) We suggest that for optimal PO2 determinations syringes should not only allow minimal air contamination but also have plungers that reduce injection pressure to a minimum.
(17) The required thin layer of the fluid is created between the cellulose tube walls and its metal cap, that functions as a plunger.
(18) Adding ATP (1 mM) to myosin B suspension and mixing was carried out by hand, using a mixing plunger, and also using the automatic adder mixer.
(19) Intraocular pressure as a function of plunger weight and the reading of measurement is shown in mmHg.
(20) A simple method is described which highlights the leaching of 2-mercaptobenzothiazole and 2-(2-hydroxy-ethylthio)benzothiazole from the rubber plunger-seals of disposable syringes: contact of rubber with bidistilled water, extraction of this liquid with chloroform, chromatography on silica gel with the solvents previously studied and spraying with N-chloro-2,6-dichloro-p-benzoquinone monoimine.