(n.) The hundredth part of a meter; a measure of length equal to rather more than thirty-nine hundredths (0.3937) of an inch. See Meter.
Example Sentences:
(1) After the unsuccessful treatment with classical methods by skin grafting, a mixed myocutaneous Latissimus Dorsi and cutaneous parascapular flap allow the coverage of 25 centimetres of the scalp in his larger axis.
(2) The original metric system based on lenght (centimetre), mass (gramme) and time (second) has proved inadequate.
(3) One square centimetre samples were taken from equivalent areas in each case of the rumen, reticulum, omasum and abomasum of 38 embalmed Karakul lambs.
(4) Since it was introduced, in 1984, as an alternative to surgical commissurotomy, percutaneous balloon mitral commissurotomy has been performed in a large number of patients with mitral valve stenosis, significantly improving the valvular function with a final area of 2 square centimetres.
(5) They are 80 centimetres which will forever be part of the black history of the World Cup.
(6) The trick is that the service will run, not along thin telephone fibres, but chunky electricity cable, a centimetre thick.
(7) From the vantage point of my 10-centimetre porthole, I glimpsed life forms with outlines like blown glass occasionally drifting past our lights, while small crustaceans hovered around like flies, keeping pace with our descent.
(8) And we won't budge a single centimetre from Ukrainian land.
(9) In each case a point on the iliac crest two to three centimetres posterior to the anterior superior iliac crest had been used as the anterior landmark for the positioning of the pelvic pin guide.
(10) The use of the centimetric test in 45 cases of clinical suspicion of carpal tunnel syndrome in which classical electromyographic data were insufficient was able to confirm the diagnosis in 32 cases and exclude it in 10 cases.
(11) Somatometry was performed on the stature and LLPS in centimetres, the latter being measured from the upper edge of the first lumbar vertebral body, to the promonitorium, along the anterior surface of the spine.
(12) The range fell by half a centimetre in children who took any of six common corticosteroids used for treating asthma.
(13) The method, free of untoward effects, makes possible the diagnosis of hepato-splenic tumor lesions less than one centimetre in diameter.
(14) One square centimetre samples were taken from analogous areas of the rumen, reticulum, omasum and abomasum of 38 embalmed Karakul lambs.
(15) And unfortunately for Apple , a picture of Wolf's book jacket clearly displays the title on iTunes just centimetres to the left of the starred-out version.
(16) The blade probably penetrated several centimetres into his brain and, said the human bones expert Jo Appleby, he would have been unconscious at once and dead almost as soon.
(17) It is recommended that patients with AAA of five centimetres or more should be advised surgery if premature death is to be avoided.
(18) Slimane changed 90% of the production and new specifications were introduced – from lining (silk) to number of stitches per centimetre.
(19) A diameter of one to two centimetres corresponds to grade I, two to three centimetres corresponds to grade II and greater than three centimetres to grade III.
(20) Within the rostral one centimetre of the Echidna beak, three specialised receptors were found: a mucous sensory gland, a rod-like structure, and an innervated epidermal pit.
Decimeter
Definition:
(n.) Alt. of Decimetre
Example Sentences:
(1) The thymus of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients was exposed to combined action of bitemporal UHF electric field and decimeter waves to study immunomodulating effect of the combination.
(2) We used decimeter waves; wave length of 69 cm and a frequency of 433.92 MHz.
(3) Central AS of the II degree of activity was more sensitive to decimeter waves while for peripheral and rhizomelic forms the results of crysonal phonophoresis were more positive.
(4) The trend in immunobiological responses to transcerebral action of decimeter microwaves was studied in intact rabbits.
(5) Less therapeutic response to the direct stimulation of the adrenals with decimeter waves stems from the deficient function of the latter consequent to long-term corticosteroid therapy.
(6) the cellular-divisional (of the non-nervous tissues) related to the egg and the neural-extensive originating in the sperm and characterized by sprouting of processes even several decimeters long from a single nerve cell body.
(7) It was shown that the thyroid gland exposure to decimeter waves at these intensities resulted in functional shifts in energy and plastic processes in myocardium and capillary blood supply.
(8) Besides, effects of decimeter waves on mice thymocyte-induced expression of Thy-1 antigen were studied.
(9) The authors used a new noninvasive method, decimeter radiothermometry, to measure cerebrocranial temperature in 68 patients with brain tumors.
(10) The projection zones of the thymus and adrenal glands of the test animals were subjected to the action of decimeter, or ultrahigh frequency (UHF), waves, while the corresponding zones of the control animals were subjected to imitation UHF irradiation.
(11) A study was made of the effects of microwave irradiation of different intensity within decimeter and centimeter ranges in vitro on the guinea-pig thymocyte-induced receptor expression to their own and rabbit erythrocytes.
(12) Continuous 10-day exposure of the heart and adrenal regions of rabbits with myocardial infarction to electromagnetic field produced by decimeter waves leads to activation of kallikrein-kinin system.
(13) The effect of decimeter electromagnetic waves, ultrasound, induction therapy, crysanol phonophoresis was compared in relevant treatment of 180 AS patients.
(14) Electron microscopy studies using automatic ultrastructural morphometry have determined changes in cardiomyocyte ultrastructure on exposure of the heart area to decimeter waves.
(15) Bitemporal exposure of the adrenals to UHF electric field and decimeter waves was studied as a component of combined therapy for stage I-II chronic SLE.
(16) To study the sensitivity of some central brain structures to the action of an electromagnetic field of decimeter waves (EMF of DW) a dynamic investigation of single unit activity was undertaken.
(17) The exposure of the thyroid to decimeter waves initiated PIR by 2.5-fold activation of medullar lymphocytes and by a 80% increase in the thymic function.
(18) No response was achieved in combined action on the thyroid of the electric field and decimeter waves.
(19) The combined exposure to bitemporal UHF electric field and decimeter waves of the adrenals doubles glucocorticoid synthesis abolishing the inhibitory action of the UHF therapy on thyroid function resultant in much more suppressed PIR.
(20) An animal experimental study on solid Walker-tumors was undertaken to determine the therapeutic effects utilizing hyperthermy in the form of combined decimeter wave megavolt treatment.