(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.
Shank
Definition:
(n.) See Chank.
(v.) The part of the leg from the knee to the foot; the shin; the shin bone; also, the whole leg.
(v.) Hence, that part of an instrument, tool, or other thing, which connects the acting part with a handle or other part, by which it is held or moved.
(v.) That part of a key which is between the bow and the part which enters the wards of the lock.
(v.) The middle part of an anchor, or that part which is between the ring and the arms.
(v.) That part of a hoe, rake, knife, or the like, by which it is secured to a handle.
(v.) A loop forming an eye to a button.
(v.) The space between two channels of the Doric triglyph.
(v.) A large ladle for molten metal, fitted with long bars for handling it.
(v.) The body of a type.
(v.) The part of the sole beneath the instep connecting the broader front part with the heel.
(v.) A wading bird with long legs; as, the green-legged shank, or knot; the yellow shank, or tattler; -- called also shanks.
(v.) Flat-nosed pliers, used by opticians for nipping off the edges of pieces of glass to make them round.
(v. i.) To fall off, as a leaf, flower, or capsule, on account of disease affecting the supporting footstalk; -- usually followed by off.
Example Sentences:
(1) Retroreflective markers were placed on the posterior shank and foot of each subject.
(2) Similar results were obtained using either cold or labeled interferons in rabbits; moreover, the effect of albumin was confirmed in the pig by simultaneously injecting 131I-interferon (in saline) and 125I-interferon (in albumin solution) in the left and right subcutis of the shanks, respectively.
(3) Semiconductor strain gauges mounted on the shanks of a custom machined eye forceps and an ultrasonic method of making continuous duction measurements of the eye have proved feasible.
(4) Method features are the following: i) hard drying of the glass, ii) rehydration of one channel and weak wetting of the other with a three-methylchlorosilane solution before pulling, iii) simultaneous presence of water and silane in the two channels during pulling, iv) gradual silanization from the tip to the shank.
(5) The stainless steel shank is a cathodic component of a three-way galvanic cell, whereas the silver soldered joint is an anodic component.
(6) It incants the motto of the Bill Shankly school of cliche: that football is not a matter of life and death, it is far more important.
(7) Shank length, body weight, fertility, sexual maturity and egg weight were intermediate.
(8) Pigmentation levels were significantly higher in plasma and skin of roxarsone medicated chickens in two experiments and in shanks in one experiment.
(9) Controlled rigidity is provided by the incorporation of a spring steel shank between the sponge insole and the hard wearing plastic sole.
(10) It really accentuates the inherent slapstick in every Steven Gerrard shank, and every Joachim Löw tantrum.
(11) Both the Sultan and Cochin breeds were shown to possess two shank-feathering loci, and the data suggested that one of the loci in the Sultan contained the Pti-1L allele.
(12) The Spirit of Shankly and Spion Kop 1906 believe that given the fact there has been this reconsideration by the owners, it is only fair and appropriate that we reconsider our next steps until the full impact of these changes can be established.
(13) Weight gain and shank length at 28 days were less for males started on 15% protein in both experiments.
(14) Hens were sampled according to shank coloration (Grades 1 to 3) and egg production was monitored.
(15) However, shank motoneurons did not innervate the thigh when motor nerve transection was combined with amputation of the hindlimb just above the presumptive knee.
(16) Shanks’ comments are likely to stoke further fears about the fate of the UK car market in the wake of Brexit.
(17) Nickel deprivation resulted in: ultrastructural changes in the liver with the most obvious abnormality in the organization of the rough endoplasmic reticulum; altered gross appearance, reduced oxidative ability, and decreased lipid phosphorus in the liver; altered shank skin pigmentation that was associated with a decrease in yellow lipochrome pigments; and lower hematocrits.
(18) The porco bafassá (pork shank marinated for 12 hours in wine, saffron and coconut milk, £6.50) is a house favourite, as is the caldo de pé de galinha com amendoim (chicken foot and peanut soup, £2).
(19) 4.33am BST 64 mins: Altidore throws his head back in frustration as Bradley nudges a ball to him on the edge of the box, and the Sunderland striker spins, but misjudges the bounce of the ball so that his kick shanks high over the bar.
(20) Experimental below-knee prostheses incorporating suitably designed plastic shanks and alignment devices can withstand high static loads and exhibit long fatigue lifetimes in excess of 2 million cycles.