(n.) Having or containing bulbs, or a bulb; growing from bulbs; bulblike in shape or structure.
Example Sentences:
(1) Vague denture complaints and complaints about a bulbous face were related to "neuroticism".
(2) We followed up 48 patients operated on for bulbous or penile strictures caused by inflammation or by urethral irritation following endoscopic manipulation or catheterization.
(3) Similar to previous cases in the literature this girl presented with proportionate intrauterine and postnatal growth retardation, normocephaly, triangular face with bulbous nose, long eyelashes, short upper lip, small vermilion border of upper lip, dorsally rotated ears, deep nuchal hair line, hirsutism, and clinodactyly of little fingers.
(4) However, the bulbous part was considerably blunter and the "U"-shaped part much larger in circumference in comparison to the lower incisor.
(5) Using a new sample of 16 human brains (F = 8, M = 8), it was found that the splenial portion of the corpus callosum was larger and more bulbous in females than in males.
(6) Since 1979, 12 patients with obliterated urethras (ten membranous, two bulbous) have been treated by direct vision urethrotomy using a second cystoscope or sound passed through the previously placed suprapubic tract as a guide.
(7) In Rhinolasius, one receptor possesses a short bulbous cilium without a rootlet, with a septate desmosome of the pleated sheet (comb) type and a weakly developed electron-dense band beneath it.
(8) The filaments did not taper and had large bulbous irregularities at the ends.
(9) This is a reasonable first procedure for restoring continuity of traumatically obliterated membranous and bulbous urethras.
(10) Women tended to have 1) a smaller cross-sectional callosal area (CCA); 2) a larger fraction of CCA in the posterior fifth of the CC; 3) more slender CCs; and 4) more bulbous splenia.
(11) Two types of bulbous projections were observed in the ventricular lumen close to the ependymal surface.
(12) The cell processes contained cytoplasmic varicosities at various intervals along their lengths; and their endings often expanded into bulbous, vesicle-filled process terminals.
(13) The inner ends of the cells project into the ventricular cavity as bulbous or apical protrusions which contain many organelles, especially MVBs.
(14) In addition, the prosthecae of these fusiform caulobacters do not have crossbands, they are somewhat wider than the stalks of Caulobacter and the pseudostalks of Asticcacaulis, and they terminate in a bulbous tip.
(15) The prominent finding in the amygdaloid complex of SDAT was that swollen and bulbous TH-immunoreactive neurites were found in association with neuritic plaques, which have not, rarely if any, been found in controls.
(16) Observations made with a scanning electron microscope confirm the binding of the stereocilia to a matchhead-like bulbous terminal at the apex of the kinocilium in frog saccular receptor cells.
(17) Due to the bulbous shape of the stump prosthetic fitting of modern appliances no longer presents problems.
(18) Some meandering evaginations were also observed as, rarely, were small spherical or bulbous projections.
(19) The immunoreactive cells consisted of two subtypes; the rod-dominant ON-type with a large soma and a large bulbous axon terminal, and the cone-dominant ON-type with a small soma and small axon terminal.
(20) Three papillary tumors as large as a grain of rice or a pea were found in his fossa navicularis, besides on panendoscopic examination, a small papillary tumor was found on the bulbous urethra.
Hyacinth
Definition:
(n.) A bulbous plant of the genus Hyacinthus, bearing beautiful spikes of fragrant flowers. H. orientalis is a common variety.
(n.) A plant of the genus Camassia (C. Farseri), called also Eastern camass; wild hyacinth.
(n.) The name also given to Scilla Peruviana, a Mediterranean plant, one variety of which produces white, and another blue, flowers; -- called also, from a mistake as to its origin, Hyacinth of Peru.
(n.) A red variety of zircon, sometimes used as a gem. See Zircon.
Example Sentences:
(1) Hyacinth Bucket finagling her way into the company of mass murderers."
(2) It’s unfortunate, but you have to destroy some areas to save the city Victor Coenen Ahok deployed squadrons of workers to clean the rivers of their choking surface carpets of rubbish and water hyacinths.
(3) Anyone caught exporting or possessing invasive species such as grey squirrels, ruddy ducks and water hyacinth in the EU will soon face heavy fines and confiscations, under a new blacklist filed at the WTO, which the Guardian has seen.
(4) Diagnosis of Escherichia coli septicemia and enteritis in a hyacinth macaw (Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus) was based on lesions such as generalized hyperemia and hemorrhages in visceral organs, fibrinonecrotic lesions in the intestine, and isolation of E coli in pure culture from the heart blood, liver, and intestine.
(5) Both species are most abundant in the presence of aquatic vegetation, but they differ in their respective associations with the water hyacinth, Eichhornia crassipes.
(6) Dermatophilosis was diagnosed in the area of Saint-Hyacinthe in October 1978.
(7) Birch twig and marguerite most frequently induced symptoms, followed by strongly smelling flowers such as hyacinth, lilac, and lily of the valley.
(8) Sam-samping had 4.79% total oligosaccharides and hyacinth bean or batao, 3.66%.
(9) René Théophile Hyacinthe Lënnec is famous chiefly for the invention of the stethoscope.
(10) The effect of electroplating factory effluent in different concentrations (viz., 0.1, 0.2, 0.4, 0.6, 0.8, 1.0, 1.5, 2.0, 2.5, 3.0, and 4.0%) on the germination and growth of hyacinth beans (Dolichos lablab) and mustard seeds (Brassica compestris) was studied.
(11) The aquatic weed--water hyacinth [Eichhornia crassipes (Mart) Solms] showed a remarkable capacity to withstand the effects of pH changes ranging from 5 to 8 in the aquatic environment.
(12) The water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes) may be used as a sensitive biological indicator for continuously monitoring trace quantities of toxic heavy metals in aquatic systems.
(13) The metal content in the hyacinth bean plants increased with increasing effluent concentration but after 1.0% effluent concentration, the concentration of all the metals (Ca, Mg, Na, K, Cu, Zn, Fe) decreased in the plants except Cr, which increased throughout.
(14) But someone who lives or works here has put a couple of drooping geraniums on a first-floor windowsill, a touchingly modest, personal attempt at home-making, more human in scale than all the tulips, hyacinths and pansies planted in vast quantities in the gardens along the road, which have been landscaped into luxury-hotel-style anonymity.
(15) It is a sandy patch of land surrounded by water in which bare-chested boys in dugout canoes paddle among the hyacinths.
(16) A total of 30 isolates of Treponema hyodysenteriae collected in the Saint-Hyacinthe (Quebec, Canada) area were serotyped by agar gel double immunodiffusion by using extracted lipopolysaccharide and hyperimmune rabbit antisera.
(17) Harvested hyacinths represent a useful product which could be converted into compost, or used directly as a soil amendment.
(18) "It's disgusting," said Hyacinth Rattray, who featured in episode two in a subplot that followed the street's unsuccessful attempt to win a prize in the Britain in Bloom competition.
(19) Stabilization ponds followed by hyacinth culture constitute an economical, low energy treatment system which reduces significantly those potential health hazards associated with wastewaters.
(20) For example, gay culture holds a special place for those who put on an extravagantly brave front (think Hyacinth Bucket); or for those who maintain strength against the odds, or who face rejection or adversity (or their own demons) with style.