(n.) A hollow place; a hollow; as, the abdominal cavity.
Example Sentences:
(1) The content of the cavities was not stained by any of the immunocytochemical reactions applied.
(2) Membranes of this material were filled with islets of Langerhans and implanted in the peritoneal cavity of rats.
(3) In three of these patients this was associated with the presence of a previously well established abscess cavity.
(4) Our experience indicates that lateral rhinotomy is a safe, repeatable and cosmetically sound procedure that provides and excellent surgical approach to the nasal cavity and sinuses.
(5) All patients with localized subaortic hypertrophy had left ventricular hypertrophy (left ventricular mass or posterior wall thickness greater than 2 SD from normal) with a normal size cavity due to aortic valve disease (2 patients were also hypertensive).
(6) In the 12 prognostically most favourable ears the cavity was repneumatized.
(7) Scintigraphic pictures of the uterine cavity and oviducts were obtained with a Jumbo Toshiba gamma-camera; they were subsequently analysed by an Informatek SIMIS-3 data processing system.
(8) The cercaria, microcercous in type, is liberated and actively penetrates a second terrestrial pulmonate where development to the free metacercarial stage takes place in the pericardial cavity.
(9) A new technique to obliterate the mastoid volume or to reduce an old cavity by means of hydroxyapatite granulate is presented.
(10) In general, air from the mediastinum far more often enters the left pleural cavity than the right one.
(11) The advantages of the incision through the pars plana ciliaris are (1) easier approach to the vitreous cavity, (2) preservation of the crystalline lens and an intact iris, and (3) circumvention of the corneal and chamber angle complications sometimes associated with the transcorneal approach.
(12) The rational surgical methods of treatment in 85 patients with suppurative hepatic echinococcosis penetrating into the abdomen cavity are presented.
(13) Finally, carcinoma of the oral cavity in India can be said to be at least two diseases.
(14) A pilot study was undertaken to determine the prevalence of gas in the puerperal endometrial cavity and to determine whether this finding has any relationship to the mode of delivery or to the development of puerperal endometritis.
(15) The authors present a quite unused technique that helps to simplify the cavity preparation in Operative Dentistry.
(16) In several eyes, apparent intraretinal blood-filled cavities were seen acutely in the macular region and elsewhere.
(17) These views are very practical for inferior synovial cavity arthrograms performed in the dental operatory since panoramic radiographic machines have become common in modern dental practices.
(18) Aspergillomas generally arise from saprophytic colonization of a pre-existing pulmonary cavity with Aspergillus, and may be complicated by life-threatening hemoptosis.
(19) Failues of PAFD occurred primarily with the presence of phlegmonous collections and cavities with fistulous connection to bowel.
(20) n. from the body cavity of Scomber scombrus from the Indian ocean is described.
Suppository
Definition:
(n.) A pill or bolus for introduction into the rectum; esp., a cylinder or cone of medicated cacao butter.
Example Sentences:
(1) Diclofenac sodium suppositories 150-200 mg day-1 were compared with placebo in a double-blind study during the first 3 days after uvulopalatopharyngoplasty in 40 patients with habitual snoring or obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome.
(2) The in vitro and in vivo results show that the release of indomethacin from fatty-base suppositories stored at a high temperature is less than the release from those stored at a low temperature.
(3) After liberation of 5-ASA in the terminal ileum (only slow release oral preparations of 5-ASA) and colon (5-ASA suppositories and enemas), 5-ASA is only partly absorbed.
(4) Rectal suppository is a well-known form of medication and its use is increasing.
(5) The administration of PGE2 vaginal suppositories offers an effective and safe technique for the induction of labor in patients with IUFD.
(6) The absorption times of the two drugs from suppositories with cocoa butter and Witepsol H 15 were relatively short.
(7) In vitro release of benzocaine from some commercially available suppositories was compared with experimental preparations.
(8) The adsorption in humans of nitrofurantoin from seven suppository bases was studied using urinary excretion measurements.
(9) The results show that both hydrocortisone (H) and prednisolone-21-hexanoate (P) are rapidly (tmax = 2-3 h) and significantly (H: 60-78%, P: 47-58%) absorbed from suppositories and thus can also cause systemic effects.
(10) Three cases of adenocarcinoma of the lower esophagus and cardia which is considered to be difficult to control by radiotherapy alone, were given radical irradiation combined with FT-207 suppository.
(11) In volunteers the activity of various doses of a nasal spray and of a suppository of salmon calcitonin was compared to a placebo and to the parenteral route of administration.
(12) When vomiting occurs early in the attack, treatment is best given by suppository, inhalation or intramuscular injection.
(13) Primary eye irritation of MCG suppository of CMZ was studied in rabbits.
(14) Treatment consisted of daily intravaginal application of one of the following regimens: 80-mg terconazole suppositories for 3 days, miconazole nitrate suppositories for 7 days or placebo suppositories for 7 days.
(15) Further studies in pregnant women showed that PGE2 administered in special vaginal suppositories resulted in: 1) 1 case at the 23rd week of pregnancy, the expulsion of the dead fetus by inserting 2 suppositories (4 mg PGE2 each) with the induction delivery time of 2 hours 20 minutes, and 2) one case in which the expulsion occurred after 1 suppository with an induction delivery time of 4 hours 30 minutes.
(16) We were enlightened by this therapeutic experience, so we attempted combination therapy using pepleomycin suppositories to supplement intra-cavitary irradiation, for the 11 selected patients who were suffering from uterine fluor.
(17) Oral administration gave higher values for mean residence time (MRT) and absolute bioavailability (F) compared to suppository dosage forms.
(18) 1 group (non-diaphragm) had a 20 mg. suppository inserted every 4 hours high in the vaginal fornix.
(19) Patients were divided into three treatment groups: one group received the drug intravenously, another as suppositories and the third one by both routes.
(20) The women were all 9 weeks pregnant, and received 600 mg RU-38486 orally at 10.30 hr, followed 48 hours later by a vaginal suppository containing 1 mg 16,16- dimethyl-trans-2-PGE1 (Gemeprost, May and Baker).