(n.) A large box of wood, or other material, having, like a trunk, a lid, but no covering of skin, leather, or cloth.
(n.) A coffin.
(n.) The part of the body inclosed by the ribs and breastbone; the thorax.
(n.) A case in which certain goods, as tea, opium, etc., are transported; hence, the quantity which such a case contains.
(n.) A tight receptacle or box, usually for holding gas, steam, liquids, etc.; as, the steam chest of an engine; the wind chest of an organ.
(v. i.) To deposit in a chest; to hoard.
(v. i.) To place in a coffin.
(n.) Strife; contention; controversy.
Example Sentences:
(1) The results also indicate that small lesions initially noted only on CT scans of the chest in children with Wilms' tumor frequently represent metastatic tumor.
(2) This article reviews the care of the chest-injured patient during the intensive care unit phase of his or her recovery.
(3) A comparison of chest pain description was performed between MI and non-MI subjects.
(4) After a review of the technical development and application of staplers from their introduction to the present day, the indications to the use of this instrument in all gastroenterological areas from the oesophagus to the rectum as well as in chest, gynaecological and urological surgery specified.
(5) Radiological findings on chest X-rays taken two weeks after BAI were evaluated according to Takeuchi's criteria.
(6) A case of dissecting hematoma involving the left main, left anterior descending, and left circumflex coronary arteries is described in a patient who had received vigorous closed-chest cardiac resuscitation.
(7) None of these were apparent on prior roentgenograms of the chest.
(8) A nine-year-old male child presented with a history of recurrent chest infections and breathlessness.
(9) The first source attended was a private practitioner for 53 % of the patients, another private medical establishment for 4 %, a Government chest clinic for only 11 % and another Government medical establishment for 17 %, 9 % went first to a herbalist and 5 % went to a drug store or treated themselves.
(10) Chest X-ray revealed multiple nodular lesions in both lung fields.
(11) Five normovolemic patients undergoing cardiac catheterization for atypical chest pain syndrome volunteered for this study.
(12) Of the 2,472 patients with chest pain evaluated by the emergency medical technicians, 453 (18%) were diagnosed with AMI during hospitalization.
(13) Persons with clinical abdominal findings, shock, altered sensorium, and severe chest injuries after blunt trauma should undergo the procedure.
(14) Fibreoptic bronchoscopy should be undertaken in patients suspected of having a pulmonary complication of AIDS, even if the chest radiograph is normal.
(15) The effect on mortality, serious ventricular arrhythmias and chest pain seemed to be similar in different age groups.
(16) A chest X-ray examination showed a large mediastinal mass on the right.
(17) ECG and chest impedance were continuously monitored and recorded.
(18) Treatment was always surgical, with the following procedures: Laparotomy and chest drainage tube in 7 cases (21%), thoracotomy in 12 cases (36%) and a combined thoracoabdominal approach in 14 (43%).
(19) Spirometry and lung volumes, diffusing capacity of carbon monoxide, chest radiograph, methacholine airway challenge, and bronchoalveolar lavage were done.
(20) In four of the empyemas, PCD was used successfully after incomplete or unsuccessful chest tube drainage.
Clavicle
Definition:
(n.) The collar bone, which is joined at one end to the scapula, or shoulder blade, and at the other to the sternum, or breastbone. In man each clavicle is shaped like the letter /, and is situated just above the first rib on either side of the neck. In birds the two clavicles are united ventrally, forming the merrythought, or wishbone.
Example Sentences:
(1) The actuarial 4-year rate of continuous disease control above the clavicles was 78% for Stage II.
(2) While acromioclavicular joint injury is not uncommon, a complete posterior dislocation in which the distal clavicle penetrates and is entrapped by the trapezius muscle is among the most rare.
(3) Radiologically, the clavicles, the sternum and the first ribs are grossly enlarged with complete fusion between them.
(4) It is stated that the clavicle contributes significantly to the stability of the shoulder girdle, and that in man the presence of this bone represents an increase in the degree of freedom of the upper extremity mobility pattern, dependent on the transversal shape of the thoracic diameter.
(5) Upper thoracic fractures that involved the clavicles, scapula, sternum, and ribs were present in four patients.
(6) A unique feature of the AF-associated musculoskeletal syndrome is osteolytic lesions that occur most frequently in the clavicle, sternum, long bones, and ilium.
(7) Fractures of the clavicle, while common, are associated with few serious complications.
(8) In cases of severely restricted movement or severe pain resection of the medial clavicle may be considered.
(9) In our opinion resection of the sternal end of the clavicle should not be used in old traumatic dislocation.
(10) Partial resection of the anterior undersurface of the acromion, excision of the coracoacromial ligament or of the lateral end of the clavicle (and most commonly a combination of all three measures), were the methods used to achieve decompression.
(11) Condensing osteitis of the clavicle, better defined as aseptic enlarging osteosclerosis of the clavicle, is a rare and benign idiopathic lesion.
(12) A case of ipsilateral distal clavicle fracture and sternoclavicular joint dislocation is reported.
(13) Since there is no history of trauma in this case the dislocation is interpreted as a habitual lateral dislocation of the clavicle.
(14) The distal 6 cm of an infusion port catheter embolized to the right heart after spontaneous fracture of the catheter at the point where it passed between the clavicle and first rib.
(15) Shortening of the osteotomized clavicle by only 1 cm leads to an increase of these forces by about 40%.
(16) This is especially true when treating deep-seated tumors located below the clavicle.
(17) The prognostic factors analyzed included biopsy status of the neck, N stage, neck treatment, node mobility, node location, T stage, primary site, and control of disease above the clavicles.
(18) Although almost 100 cases of osteolysis of the distal clavicle have been reported in the literature, none have occurred in females (Neer and Rockwood, 1984).
(19) Although fractures of the humerus, scapula, and clavicle are common throughout life, most problems encountered between the ages of 15 and 60 are related to the ligaments, tendons, and muscles of the shoulder girdle.
(20) The surrounding connective tissue and the perichondrium showed weak type I collagen expression, while the zones of desmal ossification like the clavicle gave a strong signal.