(n.) a dry fruit or pod which is made up of several parts or carpels, and opens to discharge the seeds, as, the capsule of the poppy, the flax, the lily, etc.
(n.) A small saucer of clay for roasting or melting samples of ores, etc.; a scorifier.
(n.) a small, shallow, evaporating dish, usually of porcelain.
(n.) A small cylindrical or spherical gelatinous envelope in which nauseous or acrid doses are inclosed to be swallowed.
(n.) A membranous sac containing fluid, or investing an organ or joint; as, the capsule of the lens of the eye. Also, a capsulelike organ.
(n.) A metallic seal or cover for closing a bottle.
(n.) A small cup or shell, as of metal, for a percussion cap, cartridge, etc.
Example Sentences:
(1) When the posterior capsule was sectioned, no significant changes were noted in the severity of the sag or the rotation.
(2) The supravesical portion showed a cystic appearance with a capsule in the space of Retzius.
(3) Compliance during dehydration was 7.6 and 12.5% change in IFV per millimeter Hg fall in IFP (micropipettes) in skin and muscle, respectively, whereas compliance in subcutis based on perforated capsule pressure was 2.0% change in IFV per millimeter Hg.
(4) Initiation of the alternative pathway by the cryptococcal capsule is characterized by a lag in C3 accumulation and the appearance of a limited number of focal initiation sites which resemble those observed when the alternative pathway is activated by zymosan and nonencapsulated cryptococci.
(5) In the univariate life-table analysis, recurrence-free survival was significantly related to age, pTNM category, tumour size, presence of certain growth patterns, tumour necrosis, tumour infiltration in surrounding thyroid tissue and thyroid gland capsule, lymph node metastases, presence of extra-nodal tumour growth and number of positive lymph nodes, whereas only tumour diameter, thyroid gland capsular infiltration and presence of extra-nodal tumour growth remained as significant prognostic factors in the multivariate analysis.
(6) The reduction is believed due to the currently used pre-prepared disposable or reusable capsules containing the amalgam versus formerly mixing the ingredients manually.
(7) Interfering macromolecular serum components were left outside the capsule during the centrifugation or forced dialysis.
(8) In ten patients, 11 infarcts involving mainly the internal capsule have been examined pathologically.
(9) However, the walker 256 intramuscular tumor did not respond to ARA-C capsules implanted, and the animals died at the same rate as the controls, with large ulcerated tumor masses and some metastasis.
(10) Morphological results demonstrated that 30 Gy irradiated animals showed extensive necrosis primarily in the fimbria, which extended into the internal capsule, optic nerve, hippocampus, and thalamus.
(11) In the capsule of the fibrocartilage cells, parallel orientated filaments exhibit a periodical arrangement.
(12) The pinocytotic vesicles were also encountered in the capsular smooth muscle cells in the capillary endothelial cells which were located between the secretory epithelial cells and the acinar capsule.
(13) A pathogenetic mechanism is postulated to explain the subacute evolution of fluid collection with diffusion of proteolytic enzymes between the splenic capsule and parenchyma.
(14) Postprandially, the capsule remained in the stomach for the duration of the 6-hour observation period.
(15) By using one of the preparations tested (Panzytrat 20,000), it was possible to reduce the number of capsules that had to be taken daily.
(16) Two types of mechanoreceptor have been found in the articular capsule of the knee joint of the domestic cat--Ruffini corpuscles and Pacinian corpuscles.
(17) The author maintains that the osteoma of the brachial muscle as well as post-traumatic periarticular calcifications, occur in the muscle mass or in the tendon that prolongs it, or in the articular capsule, as a result of surgical treament and post-operative immobilization, and only exceptionally following orthopaedic treatment of traumatic lesions.
(18) Histologically, 3-week explants showed only small areas of neointima with myofibroblasts and endothelial cells; the outer capsules were infiltrated by lipid-laden macrophages.
(19) Both organisms have previously been found to be sequestered in the posterior lens capsule by histological and microbiological examination of excised capsular specimens.
(20) Capsule breaks had no significant risk factors at the 0.01 level.
Orchid
Definition:
(n.) Any plant of the order Orchidaceae. See Orchidaceous.
Example Sentences:
(1) The presence of flat feet and excessive laxity of the joints, associated with the characteristic facies, macro-orchidism, and behavior, justifies a referral for developmental and genetic evaluation.
(2) The discovery that drones of the Japanese honeybee (Apis cerana japonica) pollinate the oriental orchid (Cymbidium pumilum) is reported.
(3) Pat MacNamara, our host at the excellent Orchid House B&B, shows us the way.
(4) the mannose-specific lectins from the orchid species Cymbidium hybrid (CA), Epipactis helleborine (EHA) and Listera ovata (LOA) were highly inhibitory to human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) and type 2 (HIV-2) in MT-4, and showed a marked anti-human cytomegalovirus (CMV), respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and influenza A virus activity in HEL, HeLa and MDCK cells, respectively.
(5) A case of hypersensitivity pneumonitis is presented which was associated with exposure to Cryptostroma corticale from non-maple bark chips used to grow orchids.
(6) And if you believe her and Behan's rhetoric, it seems clear that the CQC would never again treat an Orchid View with such kid gloves.
(7) Severe testicular hypogonadism accompanied bilateral macro-orchidism, normal penis, and unilateral hydrocele.
(8) Here, the Liberty print of the orchid set is replaced by the cobra lily ( Darlingtonia californica ) , the CPS logo.
(9) I guess some jokes are like those rare orchids that appear only once in a generation, then disappear again.
(10) Every force had its own way of recording things, if a boy had gone missing a few times they wouldn’t even report it, and sometimes they would have a missing-person report and it was never followed up.” Stoodley said all the information from Operation Orchid should be within Scotland Yard.
(11) Protocorm pieces of the orchid Cymbidium were aseptically cultured either without phytohormones, or with one of the growth promoting substances, auxin cytokinin, and gibberellin.
(12) She was a formidable woman who liked orchids and postcards, her older sister, Jacqueline, told the newspaper.
(13) Photograph: Christian Sinibaldi for the Guardian On the wall of the Orchid project , a London charity dedicated to ending FGM, is a series of newspaper cuttings that reveal how the movement to stamp out the practice – which affects more than 130,000 women in England and Wales, according to new figures – has gained momentum.
(14) "A number of the concerns identified in the recent past with hospital services in the NHS have been echoed at Orchid View and it is right that the scrutiny and demands for improvement in the NHS are also expected from the independent sector."
(15) Collings said she welcomed a further criminal investigation into the running of Orchid View and called the inquest a "wake-up call" for the industry.
(16) The Guardian can reveal that intelligence linking a member of Cooke’s gang, Lennie Smith, to the Elm House guest house came into the Orchid inquiry, but was never followed up.
(17) Following the case, Judith Charatan, whose mother Doris Fielding died of natural causes, said: "I quickly realised that everything that had appealed to me about Orchid View being a safe place for my mum was just cosmetic.
(18) Vis has orchards of 1,000-year-old carob trees, rare orchids, plants and herbs that are dying out elsewhere in the Mediterranean, the most densely developed and visited tourist region in the world.
(19) The Guardian asked the Metropolitan police on Wednesday for the whereabouts of the Orchid files, but they refused to comment.
(20) Most of them are delicate orchids who won’t say anything.” He said British businesses would benefit from leaving the EU in the long run through increased democratic accountability.