(n.) The lower extremity of the face below the mouth; the point of the under jaw.
(n.) The exterior or under surface embraced between the branches of the lower jaw bone, in birds.
Example Sentences:
(1) This modification allows for precision of movement, ease of repositioning, and adaptation of rigid skeletal stabilization of mobilized osseous segments in the chin.
(2) This investigation presents a commentary about two researches locating the terminal hing axis (THA) in totally edentulous people determined through the guided and not guided methods with chin compression.
(3) A case is reported of a patient with sudden onset, generalized toothache accompanied with a numb chin and lower lip.
(4) The first group was treated with functional appliances, the second with Begg light wire, and the third with chin cups.
(5) The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of the chin cap on bone remodeling by elucidating the characteristics and distribution of SGP at various parts on the mandible.
(6) The patient acquired this fungus by cutting his chin on a wooden floor.
(7) They win this game, it could be fear the Gillette shaved chin.
(8) The clockwise rotational movement which occurs with this treatment modality has, additionally, a favourable effect on the anterior facial height and in many cases on the position of the chin.
(9) Not all hemotympanums represent basilar skull fractures, especially when they occur in association with chin trauma.
(10) The victim was named yesterday as Tyrone Donovan Gilbert, of Longsight, Manchester, who was drinking with more than 100 other friends of Ucal Chin, also 23, killed in a drive-by shooting last month.
(11) Growth of the lower anterior teeth and alveolar bone compensated for the incremental vertical spaces which were induced by superior displacement of the premaxilla and inferior repositioning of the chin.
(12) It’s all well and good standing in a gallery and stroking your chin, but if you cast your eyes to the left and summon the concentration it takes to read the little rectangle of artistic blurb next to it, all of that context and explanation really helps transform that weird bit of twisted wire your kid could make into something deep and primal pulled from the soul.
(13) Injection of autologous adipose tissue removed via liposuction has been used clinically for facial contouring, the aging face, furrows, facial atrophy, acne scars, nasolabial folds, chin, and various other surgical defects.
(14) In addition, the amount of anterior displacement of the upper and lower anterior teeth were significantly larger than that of the premaxilla and the chin.
(15) Having drawn soft profile and perpendicular to face plane (Na-Pg) from the tips of lips, chin and nose, thicknesses of soft tissue are measured.
(16) We therefore measured electromyographic activation of the masseters during inspiratory resistance loading and compared it with activation of chin muscles and alae nasi in 10 normal subjects.
(17) Skeletal classifications were based on the relationship of the maxilla to the mandible; the three classifications were straight profile, retrusive chin profile, and prognathic profile.
(18) Barton then flung a half-hearted elbow at Tevez's chin or chest and the City player went down ridiculously easily.
(19) I lied to her, I said I will come,” he says, rubbing his unshaven chin.
(20) Indications in maxillo-facial surgery are the correction of "double chin" deformity and increased submental fullness after orthognathic surgical procedures as mandibular setback, as well as an adjunct to rhytidectomy.
Gab
Definition:
(n.) The hook on the end of an eccentric rod opposite the strap. See. Illust. of Eccentric.
(1) The mutations with pleiotropic effects on the metabolism of nitrogenous compounds are not linked to the gab cluster.
(2) In this paper, the authors report the therapeutic effects of Ginseng-Aconitum-Bupleurum (GAB) injection on septic shock complicated with DIC induced by intravenous injection of live E. Coli in dogs.
(3) The experimental results indicated that the survival rate at 48 h after intravenous injection of live E. Coli was 30% in saline group, 80% in GAB, 90% in dexamethasone (Dex) group.
(4) Our experience documents a high rate of invasive GABS infections in a defined Native American population.
(5) One hundred patients with impetigo were prospectively enrolled in a study to determine the current etiology and comparative therapeutic efficacy of two oral antimicrobial agents active against both group A beta-hemolytic streptococci (GABS) and Staphylococcus aureus.
(6) Case reports involving 28 patients with severe GABS-related illnesses with onset from November 1989 through October 1990 were received by the DOH.
(7) The GAB assay will facilitate future studies on the biochemical mechanisms by which GnRH antagonists induce changes in the bioactivity of circulating FSH.
(8) She had the gift of the gab and was able to convince prospective interviewees that they were on to a good thing."
(9) We have studied four patients with autopsy-proved GAB who had, respectively, Hodgkin's lymphoma, herpes zoster, neurosarcoidosis, and no associated illness.
(10) Since no complete description of public child care and pediatric activities in Mecklenburg has been given in the past, the present publication is intended to do more than fill an existing gab in regional pediatric history.
(11) With regard to molecular weight patterns, SIVcpz-ant differs from SIVcpz-gab' an HIV-1-related virus isolated from a wild-captured chimpanzee in Gabon.
(12) Instead, his pitch was that he was a dealmaker and salesman who could use his gift of the gab and “art of the deal” to break gridlock in Washington DC.
(13) The same gift of the gab that a good hotel manager deploys to schmooze an irate guest complaining about draughts made the difference between life and death; he cajoled and coaxed, flattered and deceived, lied and bribed.
(14) Interactions are quantified by inclusion of an interface free energy, delta GAB, in the thermodynamics of unfolding for multidomain proteins.
(15) We observed a high incidence of invasive GABS disease among Native Americans at a small rural community hospital between 1982 and 1991.
(16) Among the GABS isolates from our patients, 8 (80%) of 10 evaluated for M-protein antigens were nontypeable.
(17) Prescreened on cynomolgus monkeys, GAB could significantly prolong skin grafts when given prophylactically.
(18) Pab and Gab, but obviously none of the other Aab investigated in this study, are of diagnostic value in chronic inflammatory bowel disease.
(19) Physicians should be aware of the possibility of an increasing incidence of invasive GABS disease in children, as well as its manifestations, which may include toxic shock-like syndrome.
(20) A series of "stretched" methotrexate (MTX) analogues containing up to five 4-aminobutyryl (Gab) spacers between the 4-amino-4-deoxy-N10-methylpteroyl (MeAPA) moiety and the glutamate (Glu) side chain was prepared.