(1) The fibrous matrix and cartilage formed within the nonunion site transformed to osteoid and bone with increased vascularity.
(2) In reconstruction of the orbital floor, homograft lyophilised dura or cialit-stord rib cartilage are suitable, but the best materials are autologous cartilage or silastic or teflon.
(3) To selectively stain polyanionic macromolecules of growth plate cartilage and to prevent artifacts induced by aqueous fixation, proximal tibial growth plates were excised from rats, slam-frozen, and freeze-substituted in 100% methanol containing the cationic dye Alcian blue.
(4) Altering the time of PMA exposure demonstrated that PMA inhibited chondrocyte phenotypic expression, rather than cell commitment: early (0-48 h) exposure to PMA (during chondrocytic commitment in vitro) had little inhibitory effect on the staining index, whereas, exposure from 49-96 h (presumably post-commitment) and 0-96 h had moderate and strong inhibitory effects, respectively, on cartilage synthesis.
(5) 2) Neurotropin had no effect on the autolytic degradation of cartilage, but promoted the incorporation of 14C-acetate into the proteoglycan in the articular cartilage of rabbits.
(6) A complete review of the literature was made which shows that most chondrosarcomas occur in middle-aged males originating most often from the posterior cricoid lamina, next from the thyroid cartilage.
(7) For comparison, the expression of genes encoding type II collagen and cartilage proteoglycan core protein was also examined.
(8) In osteoarthritic cartilage, compared with normal cartilage, there was no increase in water binding but water content increased by 9 per cent and the avidity with which the newly bound water was held also increased.
(9) They were identified by the immunoblotting technique in extracts of chick articular cartilage from various sites and in extracts of cartilage from other species.
(10) A lysosomal membrane labilizer, vitamin A, exacerbated the cartilage pathology, whereas a stabilizer, cortisone, retarded it.
(11) The complete thyroid cartilage is dissected out, and then a horizontal cut is made through the cricoid cartilage.
(12) The buccal glands of adults of the Southern Hemisphere lamprey Geotria australis consist of a pair of small, bean-shaped, hollow sacs, embedded within the basilaris muscle in the region below the eyes and to either side of the piston cartilage.
(13) These observations suggest that the function of BMG is to evoke mesenchymal cell differentiation into prechondroblasts during the latent or migratory morphogenetic phase while the effect of the culture medium is to provide the bionutritional requirements for synthesis of hyaline cartilage matrix by chondrocytes during the patent phase of development.
(14) The cartilage of the concha is a valuable substitute of the bridge and the posterior wall of the external auditory conduct.
(15) the synovium has a) a direct, presumably enzymatic action on cartilage matrix and b) an indirect effect mediated through the chondrocytes.
(16) New insights into the biochemical and cell-biological alterations occurring in articular cartilage during the early phase of osteoarthrosis (OA) have been gained in the past decade by analysing experimentally induced osteoarthrosis in animals, mostly dogs and rabbits, while early phases of OA in humans so far have escaped diagnostic evaluation.
(17) The use of SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis of the cyanogen bromide derived peptides from fibrous cartilage collagens enabled to calculate type I to type II collagen ratio in this tissue.
(18) After transplantation chondrocytes from regenerated cartilage reconstructed cartilage in one out of ten transplants.
(19) Chemically isolated separate preparations of the non-aggregating protein-chondroitin-keratin sulphate (PCKS) fraction from the hyaline cartilage and hyaluronic acid (HUA) of the vitreous body and of the umbilicus were investigated by electron microscopy.
(20) Standard methods of glycosaminoglycan separation were used to confirm the presence of hyaluronic acid in sheep and rabbit articular cartilage.
Slash
Definition:
(v. t.) To cut by striking violently and at random; to cut in long slits.
(v. t.) To lash; to ply the whip to.
(v. t.) To crack or snap, as a whip.
(v. i.) To strike violently and at random, esp. with an edged instrument; to lay about one indiscriminately with blows; to cut hastily and carelessly.
(n.) A long cut; a cut made at random.
(n.) A large slit in the material of any garment, made to show the lining through the openings.
(n.) Swampy or wet lands overgrown with bushes.
Example Sentences:
(1) October 23, 2013 3.55pm BST Another reason to be concerned about the global economy - Canada's central bank has slashed its economic forecasts for the US.
(2) Supermarkets are slashing the price of cauliflower because a relatively warm start to the year has produced a glut of florets.
(3) But in April, this was reduced to 70% as ministers tried to slash the welfare bill.
(4) We write to deplore the coalition's withdrawal of support from the hugely successful school sport partnerships (" Michael Gove's plan to slash sports funding in schools splits cabinet ", News).
(5) It’s just one piece of New York’s air quality strategy, which also aims at slashing greenhouse gas emissions 80% from 2005 levels by 2050, says Mark Chambers, director of the mayor’s Office of Sustainability.
(6) It’s clear from our time in government that the Tories target will be slashing support for families.
(7) Perhaps an independent Scotland would offer a restrained alternative to Westminster's current slash and burn.
(8) The energy and climate change secretary, Ed Miliband, said the new policy balanced three challenges: the need to ensure the security of the UK's energy supply, the need to build a low-carbon economy and the need to slash greenhouse gas emissions.
(9) Forrest noted Fortescue’s rivals Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton had a break-even price of about US$30 a tonne, and the latter announced plans on Tuesday to slash costs at its WA iron ore mines to US$16 a tonne.
(10) The company this week announced it would attempt to slash wages at its Australian manufacturing plants.
(11) That line in the accounts reveals that costs were slashed by 32%, or £2m, to £4.3m – without which the company would have booked another loss.
(12) A leading thinktank has forecast that Britain will remain mired in recession this year, and slashed growth forecasts for almost all members of the G7 group of leading industrial nations.
(13) Detainees have seen their time allowed outside cells slashed, and been forced to undergo humiliating body cavity searches if they want to speak to lawyers, it has been claimed.
(14) Unlike many music hack days, this is a commercial contest: the winning hack – as judged by Slash, BitTorrent founder Bram Cohen and investor Ben Parr – will earn its creator an autographed guitar, $1,000 and “the chance to have Slash use the winning hack with the release of his new album”.
(15) Payet was at it again before Zaza and Antonio slashed at a couple of other presentable chances.
(16) At the same time, local authorities are being offered cash to approve house building, but the budget for affordable housing has been slashed by 50%.
(17) Amsterdam Uber drivers have been blocked in by taxi drivers and one reported having his tyres slashed.
(18) As a result, today it is slashing the cost of a Sky+ HD box by two-thirds to £49.
(19) Ofcom has slashed the £20m-plus per year cost of ITV and Channel 5 regional broadcasting licences to almost zero, in recognition of the cost of delivering public service obligations such as news and current affairs.
(20) But within North Rhine-Westphalia – which includes the cities of Cologne, Düsseldorf, Essen, and the industrial Ruhr region – it would appear that the CDU's arguments that the state needed to make sacrifices to slash its €180bn (£144bn) debt backfired.