(n.) A painful erection of the penis, usually with downward curvature, occurring in gonorrhea.
Example Sentences:
(1) In the past straightening and lengthening of the penis were not given adequate consideration, and penile elongation was limited to release of dorsal skin chordee only.
(2) Herein we report on 7 children with hypospadias and dorsal chordee.
(3) This procedure incorporates correction of chordee, distal urethral mobilization and glans plasty in patients with coronal or distal subcoronal hypospadias.
(4) The technique is used in distal penile and glanular hypospadias in the absence of chordee.
(5) Moderate chordee was not necessarily a contraindication to the use of this procedure, provided the chordee could be corrected without moving the meatus proximally.
(6) Relatively minimal trauma can upset this balance of elasticity, leading to disabling chordee.
(7) A one stage urethroplasty using a tubulated and reversed flap was carried out by the authors in 74 cases of hypospadias with chordee between 1978 and 1988.
(8) Based on our findings it appears that the Hodgson XX (modified Asopa) procedure provides excellent results for patients with hypospadias and chordee.
(9) The etiology of coincidental chordee without hypospadias and Klinefelter's syndrome is unknown.
(10) The principles of repair in secondary cases as well as primary cases include wide mobilization of the corpora to gain length, resection of dorsal chordee to straighten the shaft, augmentation of urethral length with a graft, secure closure of the corpora over the urethra to avoid a fistula, wide mobilization of the mons to place hair-bearing skin in proper location and Z-plasty closure.
(11) The operative technique includes some innovative points: penile straightening is realized by urethral mobilization (without detaching it from the glans) to excise the chordee, and then urethroplasty according to Duplay and glanuloplasty are performed.
(12) The technique is useful in distal penile and glanular hypospadias without chordee or meatal stenosis.
(13) Only those patients with originally distal and mid shaft hypospadias plus chordee were included in this series.
(14) Three basic types of primary urethroplasty were used: 1) a modified 2-stage Cecil urethroplasty after separate straightening, 2) a modified 1-stage Denis Browne procedure after prior correction of chordee and 3) a 1-stage combined repair of hypospadias and chordee.
(15) The surgical management of a patient with 180-degree penile torsion, balanitic hypospadias, and chordee is presented.
(16) Cells cultured from adjacent tunica, dermis and lymphocytes from the same patients were karyotypically normal, as were cultures derived from control (chordee and penile scar) patients.
(17) A surgical technique for correction of hypospadias with chordee in one stage is described.
(18) The incision and the correction of the various elements that contribute to the chordee are described in detail.
(19) Of the patients 58 (72%) underwent single or multiple dorsal plications, in addition to the usual procedures, to correct chordee completely.
(20) Pituitary and gonadal functions in 16 prepubertal boys with chordee without hypospadias by stimulation of gonadotropin releasing hormone or human chorionic gonadotropin were compared to those of age-matched normal boys.
Curve
Definition:
(a.) Bent without angles; crooked; curved; as, a curve line; a curve surface.
(a.) A bending without angles; that which is bent; a flexure; as, a curve in a railway or canal.
(a.) A line described according to some low, and having no finite portion of it a straight line.
(a.) To bend; to crook; as, to curve a line; to curve a pipe; to cause to swerve from a straight course; as, to curve a ball in pitching it.
(v. i.) To bend or turn gradually from a given direction; as, the road curves to the right.
Example Sentences:
(1) As a consequence, similar response curves were obtained for urine specimens containing morphine or barbiturates.
(2) When the data correlating DHT with protein synthesis using both labelling techniques were combined, the curves were parallel and a strong correlation was noted between DHT and protein synthesis over a wide range of values (P less than 0.001).
(3) These observations were confirmed by the killing curves in pooled serum obtained at peak and trough levels.
(4) However, there was no statistically significant difference in mean areas under the LH and FSH curves in the GnRH-treated groups.
(5) Regression curves indicate that although all three types of pulmonary edema can be characterized by slightly different slopes, the differences are statistically insignificant.
(6) In the cannulated group, significant decreases (P less than 0.05) in the area under the elimination curve (AUC), the volume of distribution at steady-state (Vdss) and the mean residence time (MRT) were observed.
(7) The reproducibility of the killing-curve method suggests that at least two different concentrations should be used and that a decrease in viable counts below 2 log10 after 24 hours does not exclude a synergistic action.
(8) The curve of mitoses peaked at the same time as that of TK activity but was only 68% as extensive.
(9) The effect of these drugs was estimated from the cell growth curve and DNA histogram determined by flow cytometry.
(10) However, there was not a relationship between the contraction curve of the gallbladder and the bile flow into the duodenum.
(11) The total "dose" to the tissue of individual metabolites was determined by the area under the curve (AUC).
(12) However, those studies used partial maximal expiratory flow volume (PMEFV) curves to assess lung function.
(13) Blood gas variables produced from a computed in vivo oxygen dissociation curve, PaeO2, P95 and C(a-x)O2, were introduced in the University Hospital of Wales in 1986.
(14) They were more irregularly curved and consisted of various substances.
(15) The duration of action correlated with the elimination half-life of the drug (r = 0.87; P less than 0.003) and area under the plasma concentration curve (r = 0.72; P less than 0.03).
(16) The slope of the thermal inactivation curve of enterotoxin A in beef bouillon (initial pH 6.2) was found to be approximately 27.8 C (50 F) with three different concentrations of toxin.
(17) A relatively new method of estimating that date and constructing a corresponding Kaplan Meier curve is presented.
(18) To know the relation between the signal intensity and sodium concentration, sodium concentration--signal intensity curve was obtained using phantoms with various sodium concentrations (0.05-1.0%).
(19) In testing the contribution of the long, curved stem to the torsional stability of uncemented prostheses by comparing it with other stems, the long, curved stem was the most stable, followed by a shorter straight stem, and a short, proximally curved stem.
(20) After using the OK method to obtain a distance curve for height, we introduce a new method (VADK) to derive velocity and acceleration curves from the fitted distance curve.