(n.) A shoot or secondary stem growing from the main stem, or from a principal limb or bough of a tree or other plant.
(n.) Any division extending like a branch; any arm or part connected with the main body of thing; ramification; as, the branch of an antler; the branch of a chandelier; a branch of a river; a branch of a railway.
(n.) Any member or part of a body or system; a distinct article; a section or subdivision; a department.
(n.) One of the portions of a curve that extends outwards to an indefinitely great distance; as, the branches of an hyperbola.
(n.) A line of family descent, in distinction from some other line or lines from the same stock; any descendant in such a line; as, the English branch of a family.
(n.) A warrant or commission given to a pilot, authorizing him to pilot vessels in certain waters.
(a.) Diverging from, or tributary to, a main stock, line, way, theme, etc.; as, a branch vein; a branch road or line; a branch topic; a branch store.
(v. i.) To shoot or spread in branches; to separate into branches; to ramify.
(v. i.) To divide into separate parts or subdivision.
(v. t.) To divide as into branches; to make subordinate division in.
(v. t.) To adorn with needlework representing branches, flowers, or twigs.
Example Sentences:
(1) He added: "There is a rigorous review process of applications submitted by the executive branch, spearheaded initially by five judicial branch lawyers who are national security experts and then by the judges, to ensure that the court's authorizations comport with what the applicable statutes authorize."
(2) The adjacent gauge was separated from the ischemic segment by one large nonoccluded diagonal branch of the left anterior descending artery.
(3) Subsequently, the study of bundle branch block and A-V block cases revealed that no explicit correlation existed between histopathological changes and functional disturbances nor between disturbances in conduction (i.e.
(4) This result demonstrates that branching enzyme belongs to a family of the amylolytic enzymes.
(5) One rare case of blind-ending branch originating in the upper third of the ureter are described.
(6) An anatomic study of the peroneal artery and vein and their branches was carried out on 80 adult cadaver legs.
(7) According to the national bank, four Russian banks were operating in Crimea as of the end of April, but only one of them, Rossiisky National Commercial Bank, was widely represented, with 116 branches in the region.
(8) The present study was done in order to document the ability of the eighth cranial nerve of the bullfrog (Rana catesbeiana) to regenerate, the anatomic characteristics of the regenerated fibers, and the specificity of projections from individual endorgan branches of the nerve.
(9) Mechanisms by which a defect in the synthesis of dolichol-oligosaccharides might alter the degree of beta-1,6 branching in N-linked carbohydrates are discussed.
(10) Arterial-type flows produced a pair of vortex sinks downstream of the branching port.
(11) The ACoA branches were divided into the small and the large.
(12) It is possible that the elements provide common precursor proteins that reach the secretory intermediate lobe cells through their dendritic branches.
(13) Limitations include the facts that the tracer inventory requires a minimal survival period, can only be done postmortem, and has low resolution for cuts of the vagal hepatic branch.
(14) So we concluded that duplications and accessories should be thought to have similar meanings with the ordinary branching patterns of MCA in the occurrence of aneurysms.
(15) In the case with a more distally situated VSD, the bundle branches skirted the anterior and distal walls of the defect.
(16) Our results show that stenosis of about one-third of the original external diameter of the artery and vein of the pedicle in our model did not have any significant influence on the survival of the flap and ligation of the femoral artery distal to the branch to the flap did not produce any statistical difference in the viability of the flap.
(17) Autopsy revealed a primary intimal sarcoma with osteogenic elements arising in the posterior leaflet of the pulmonary valve and obstructing the main pulmonary artery and its right branch.
(18) Three cases with intermittent left bundle branch block were studied by means of an intracavitary electrode, which allowed the potential of the bundle of His to be measured, and was also used for the extrastimulus method of study.
(19) 500-MHz H-NMR spectroscopy of the oligosaccharides derived from gamma-seminoprotein, a human seminal plasma glycoprotein, revealed considerable microheterogeneity both with respect to the degree of branching and with regard to the peripheral sugars.
(20) The behavior of the retrograde H deflection in respect to the first extra beat following the premature QRS complex helped in excluding bundle branch reentry.
Pendulous
Definition:
(a.) Depending; pendent loosely; hanging; swinging.
(a.) Wavering; unstable; doubtful.
(a.) Inclined or hanging downwards, as a flower on a recurved stalk, or an ovule which hangs from the upper part of the ovary.
Example Sentences:
(1) The intrauterine source can effect pendulous displacements in linear or non-linear patterns without preparatory dilatation.
(2) The 'pendulating' or 'inspiratory abdominal' respiration and the sinistro- or dextrocardia are often diagnostic.
(3) She presented to the antenatal clinic at 31 weeks' gestation in distress because of a large, pendulous abdomen and preterm labor.
(4) Breasts reconstructed in this manner have remained pendulous structures.
(5) Recovery of spermatozoal production was also observed following spontaneous cure of chorioptic mange lesions in a ram whose scrotum had become severely thickened and pendulous due to long-standing chrorioptic mange.
(6) The morbid adenoid with atelectatic eardrum was differentiated from the large posterior type of adenoid of the healthy eardrum, by the pendulous projection over the choana especially in swallowing.
(7) It is reported about an own observation of an endobronchial, pendulous, polypoid chondrolipoma (hamartoma) which is located near the tracheal bifurcation.
(8) Can a breast-shaped skin envelope that is pendulous be formed through the use of a shaped expander?
(9) The endothelium over intimal plaques was not as pendulous as endothelium surrounding plaques.
(10) A technique for repair of fossa navicularis and distal pendulous urethral strictures includes elevation of a ventral flap of penile skin, which is inverted and interposed into a distal urethrotomy.
(11) Our experience consists of 81 patients with 89 operations with 302 anastomoses of lymphatic vessels blocked by some disease or surgical resection of benign tumors or consequent to plastic surgery (abdomen pendulous, resection of lipomas of the inguinal region of the thigh, plastic surgery of the thigh), orthopedic operations on the knee or to the stripping of varicose veins.
(12) The left and right ventricular sacs are alternately pumped by the pendulous moving actuator, with the left sac attached to the actuator and a free right ventricle.
(13) Results appear to be excellent when the procedure is used for strictures of the pendulous urethra.
(14) "G osh," gasps Lucy Worsley, peering intently at Edward I's pendulous swags.
(15) Surgical removal of adipose tissue is a widely practised form of plastic surgery most often aimed at correcting cosmetic defects after extreme weight reduction such as a pendulous abdomen.
(16) In all the patients with P pulmonale chest x ray showed a low cardiothoracic ratio, a considerably depressed diaphragm, and a pendulous heart.
(17) We talk some more about Mad Men , about: "The swirl and sound and fury of it… For a show that is as dour and moody and pendulous as ours, we have fun."
(18) The urethra can be divided into both anatomic (prostatic, membranous, bulbar, and pendulous) and functional (anterior and posterior) segments.
(19) A 23-year-old male with clinically diagnosed Lowe syndrome had bilateral cataracts, glaucoma, pendulous nystagmus, severe mental and growth retardation, hypotonia, areflexia, joints hyperextensibility, proteinuria, aminoaciduria, and metabolic acidosis.
(20) One of the great advantages of autogenous reconstruction over implants is that the breast remains soft, supple, and warm, improving with time as the scars begin to fade and becoming more natural and pendulous.