(n.) The material of repair in fractures of bone; a substance exuded at the site of fracture, which is at first soft or cartilaginous in consistence, but is ultimately converted into true bone and unites the fragments into a single piece.
(n.) The new formation over the end of a cutting, before it puts out rootlets.
Example Sentences:
(1) In later phases, mast cells appeared in the newly formed marrow in the external callus.
(2) The mitotic activities of various cellular components of callus tissues in different periods after tibial fracture of rat were studied with 3H-thymidine labeling and electron radioautographic method.
(3) The fractures, which appeared on roentgenograms as transverse radiolucent zones with variable callus formation, healed slowly or not at all despite treatment with calcium and vitamin D. They resembled pseudofractures (Looser's transformation zones) radiologically, but the biochemical and histologic findings were those of idiopathic osteoporosis rather than osteomalacia.
(4) The normal process of fracture healing was described in which the dual role of external callus was stressed, firstly in providing immobilisation of the fragments and secondly in providing the first bony bridge between the fragments.
(5) Pinwheel inclusions (PWs) were found in cells of callus tissue derived from explants of secondary phloem parenchyma of carrot (Daucus carota) storage root and grown on a basal medium containing zeatin and indoleacetic acid or coconut milk, naphthalene acetic acid, or combinations of these.
(6) However, we failed to demonstrate any remarkable IL-1 inhibitory activity in each fraction after gel filtration high-performance liquid chromatography of the psoriatic scale extracts or in that of extracts from the plantar callus.
(7) The lack of periosteal callus appears to be the result of a small gap and rigid fixation, rather than related to strains induced in the bone.
(8) The ages of the callus were three, five, eight, and 11 days after the fracture, that is, from before the cartilage was demonstrable on Day 5 until the enchondral bone formation started on Day 11.
(9) Biochemical analysis of the callus is reminiscent of bone from early stages of human development and normal fracture healing (e.g.
(10) Origin of roots from calluses was not accompanied by formation of buds.
(11) While some gymnasts seem more ethereal than corporeal, Beth's blisters and calluses have always been obvious.
(12) Bet v I, the major birch pollen allergen, could be extracted easily from pollen, and in low amounts from callus and leaves.
(13) In the surrounding external callus Types I, II, and III were present, but Type III was not noted in the later stages of healing.
(14) Lipids from callus cultures and suspension cultures of higher plants constitute 5 to 8% of the dry tissue's weight.
(15) Histological investigation showed that the medullary cavity was closed after 2-3 weeks, chiefly by endosteal callus.
(16) The plate-fixed bones healed more rapidly, with less periosteal callus and less angulation of the fragments, than those treated with a cast.
(17) These findings indicate that the oxygen tension around the cathode was diminished in advance of the electrically stimulated callus formation.
(18) There is increased metabolism of glycosaminoglycan collagen synthesis, and transformation of fibrous and cartilaginous callus, combined with mineralization of the latter and intensified vascular invasion into bone.
(19) Bone union can be achieved under external fixation through different pathways, ranging from callus-free gap healing under a rigid neutralization configuration to direct-contact healing with periosteal new bone formation under axially dynamized stable fixation.
(20) We compare the gene activity in heterozygotes versus homozygotes, and show variation in activity between plants regenerated independently from the same transformed callus.
Wart
Definition:
(n.) A small, usually hard, tumor on the skin formed by enlargement of its vascular papillae, and thickening of the epidermis which covers them.
(n.) An excrescence or protuberance more or less resembling a true wart; specifically (Bot.), a glandular excrescence or hardened protuberance on plants.
Example Sentences:
(1) The presence of areas of condyloma, as well as capsid antigens, indicates that lesions containing HPV 16 share certain similarities with conventional warts associated with other HPVs.
(2) The types of human papillomaviruses (HPVs) were similar in warts of butchers from these slaughterhouses and of 63 butchers from various slaughterhouses all over the country.
(3) The goat isolates were obtained from animals with various disease conditions including respiratory tract disorders, vulvovaginitis, and wart-like lesions on the eyelid.
(4) The Broken King by Philip Womack Photograph: Troika Books The Sword in the Stone begins with Wart on a "quest" to find a tutor.
(5) We present a patient whose genital warts were recalcitrant to treatment.
(6) Warts were confined to the lips in 27 (56%) of 48 patients with meatal warts; in an additional 5 patients with meatal warts the warts arose from deep in the fossa navicularis and in 16 patients with meatal warts there were additional warts in the fossa navicularis invisible on clinical examination.
(7) There was no cross-reactivity between these two viruses, neither with HPV1 responsible for plantar warts nor with HPV2 inducing common warts.
(8) No correlation between the atypical changes and the type of previous therapy for the warts was found.
(9) These findings were confirmed by examination of the experimental cases on the basis of the gross diameter of the warts.
(10) By means of hybridization of nucleic acid, we detected DNA specific for papilloma virus, type 6a, in a caruncle papilloma of a 45-year-old female patient suffering from genital warts.
(11) Liquid nitrogen spray followed by light electrodesiccation treatment is helpful in the management of flat warts, small skin tags, seborrheic keratoses, and cherry angiomas.
(12) To evaluate the association of genital herpes, genital warts, gonorrhea, and trichomoniasis with the occurrence of subsequent tubal infertility, 321 women who had tubal infertility were interviewed concerning their history of these sexually transmitted diseases (STD).
(13) Podofilox 0.5% offers potential advantages in safety and cost over podophyllin resin therapy of genital warts.
(14) About 1 ml of cream per lesion was applied to the warts for 20 to 105 minutes before the operation.
(15) The transmission rate was higher in couples who engaged in anal sex (OR, 2.8; 95% CI, 1.3 to 6.3); in women reporting vaginitis (OR, 4.9; 95% CI, 2.4 to 10.2) or genital warts (OR, 33.3; 95% CI, 4.5 to 244.1); and in those using intrauterine devices (OR, 3.1; 95% CI, 1.4 to 7.1).
(16) Penile intraepithelial neoplasia was significantly (P less than 0.001) more common among subjects with no history of non-genital warts.
(17) Anogenital infection with HPV is multicentric; external anogenital warts and subclinical CIN lesions often exist concurrently.
(18) In benign tumours (virus wart, seborrhoeic keratosis, keratoacanthoma), there was an ordered pattern of EGFR expression.
(19) Past episodes of herpes zoster and of skin and genital warts were also associated with significantly increased HD risks.
(20) Fifteen children with anogenital warts are presented.