(n.) The act or process of inclosing in, or covering with, a case or thin substance, as plaster, boards, etc.
(n.) An outside covering, for protection or ornament, or to precent the radiation of heat.
(n.) An inclosing frame; esp. the framework around a door or a window. See Case, n., 4.
Example Sentences:
(1) Intestinal dilatation seemed in all cases a response to elevated CO2 only.
(2) By presenting the case history of a man who successively developed facial and trigeminal neural dysfunction after Mohs chemosurgery of a PCSCC, this paper documents histologically the occurrence of such neural invasion, and illustrates the utility of gadolinium-enhanced magnetic resonance scanning in patient management.
(3) A report is presented of 6 surgically-treated cases of recurrent cervical carcinoma.
(4) Guillain Barré syndrome following herpes zoster is rare and only 25 cases have been reported to date.
(5) In 49 cases undergoing systemic lymphadenectomy 32 were found to have glandular involvement, of which both aortic and pelvic nodes were positive in 17 cases (53.1%), aortic nodes positive but pelvic negative in six (18.8%), and pelvic nodes positive but aortic negative in nine (28.1%).
(6) These channels may, at least in some cases, be responsible for the generation of pacemaker depolarizations, thereby regulating firing behaviour.
(7) Weddellite calcification was associated with benign lesions in 16 cases, but incidental atypical lobular hyperplasia and lobular carcinoma in situ were present, each in one case.
(8) The fine structure of neurofibrillary tangles in the hippocampal gyrus, substantia nigra, pontine nuclei and locus coeruleus of the brain was postmortem studied in a case of progressive supranuclear palsy.
(9) Together these results suggest that IVC may operate as a selective activator of calpain both in the cytosol and at the membrane level; in the latter case in synergism with the activation induced by association of the proteinase to the cell membrane.
(10) In one of 28 cases with LCIS examined by mammography there was suspicion of carcinoma.
(11) Only 81 cases are reported in the international literature.
(12) Single-case experimental designs are presented and discussed from several points of view: Historical antecedents, assessment of the dependent variable, internal and external validity and pre-experimental vs experimental single-case designs.
(13) The data from this experience as well as others previously reported can yield prognostic indicators of survival in cases of accidental hypothermia.
(14) Subsequently, the study of bundle branch block and A-V block cases revealed that no explicit correlation existed between histopathological changes and functional disturbances nor between disturbances in conduction (i.e.
(15) The procedure was used on 71 occasions, and in each case a clinical diagnosis was made and compared with the cytological diagnosis made independently by a pathologist.
(16) The Cole-Moore effect, which was found here only under a specific set of conditions, thus may be a special case rather than the general property of the membrane.
(17) The analysis is based on the personal experience of the authors with 117 cases and the review of 223 cases published in the literature.
(18) The histological pattern of tumor was identified in 28 cases.
(19) In all cases the polyarthritis is cured by anti-inflammatory treatment in 1-6 months.
(20) This is a fascinating possibility for solving the skin shortage problem especially in burn cases.
Casino
Definition:
(n.) A small country house.
(n.) A building or room used for meetings, or public amusements, for dancing, gaming, etc.
(n.) A game at cards. See Cassino.
Example Sentences:
(1) It is the only fully-fledged casino to open in the region, outside Lebanon.
(2) Besides, Francis says, once their reformation had gone on longer than their initial career, the rest of the band were starting to feel wary about just playing the old material, particularly when they found themselves booked to play a Canadian casino, the kind of venue that is traditionally the preserve of oldies acts: "It was just sort of symbolic, like ha-ha, here we are, at the casino.
(3) Casino Royale, whose rights had been individually sold off by Fleming in 1955, eventually passed to Eon in 1999 as a result of an agreement between Eon’s backers MGM and rival Hollywood studio Sony – thereby clearing the way for the 2006 version.
(4) In a sideways reference to his own description of investment banks as casinos, King acknowledged it is almost impossible to measure risk and for regulators to keep up.
(5) But living in modern Britain feels like being one of a family of anxious, squabbling children whose parents have abandoned us to get drunk at the casino.
(6) The deal gave Penn a Las Vegas casino for a fraction of what it cost to build the 390-room resort.
(7) Adelson has touted the merits of a Trump trip to Israel and is working with conservative allies to lay the groundwork for a visit this summer, according to multiple sources close to the casino owner.
(8) He is totally comfortable around Wall Street and bankers.” Trump’s effort to characterize himself as without obligation to the financial sector despite his long record of loans and debt restructuring during episodic turbulence in his business career, including the bankruptcy of Trump Hotels & Casino Resorts in 2004, is likely to raise eyebrows.
(9) "Our longer-term strategic objective is to become the market leader in online poker, casino, sports and bingo."
(10) By stepping back from some of the more radical solutions suggested before the election – such as the complete separation of high street banks from "casino" investment banks proposed by business secretary Vince Cable – the commission left the banks "secretly quite pleased", according to Bruce Packard, banks analyst at Seymour Pierce.
(11) The incident occurred inside an elevator at an Atlantic City casino in February, when Rice and Janay Rice were engaged.
(12) He used his Daily Telegraph column to challenge the prevailing wind in the wake of the Libor rate-rigging scandal by warning against regulating banks to "the point that they are too nervous to lend" or getting rid of "casino" investment banking to focus instead on "good old high-street stuff".
(13) Relying on Turner and his successors to patrol the floor of the casino perfectly is asking for trouble.
(14) A 1981 report by a New Jersey regulator also shows a $7.5m loan from the patriarch, and years later he bought $3.5m in gambling chips to help his son pay off the debts of a failing casino, which was found to have broken the law by accepting them .
(15) Combined with Jewish retirees, blacks and white casino workers, Latinos form the Democratic base in and around Las Vegas.
(16) Icahn bought Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump’s troubled New Jersey casino operations out of bankruptcy in March.
(17) With a major strategic industry on the point of a collapse, the prime minister went on holiday , the chancellor was lying low after his catastrophic budget, and the business secretary had jetted off to laud the free market in an Australian casino.
(18) It will promote an environment that is consistent with effective competition; it will challenge abusive monopoly behaviour, take steps to promote competition where customers are being disadvantaged (for instance, in retail banking) and promote long-term investment rather than the casino capitalism that has disadvantaged the UK’s economy and social cohesion.” Facebook Twitter Pinterest On the BBC’s Newsnight programme Ed Balls, the shadow chancellor, forgets the name of the Labour’s small businesses leader, Bill Thomas.
(19) That's more moral centre, or law-enforcement presence, than you'll find in GoodFellas and Casino combined.
(20) Casino Royale is arguably his best book, and when eventually it was filmed with Daniel Craig in 2006 (there had been a sad, jokey, non-canonical version in 1967), it was unquestionably the closest the movie series has come to capturing the spirit of Fleming's early work.