(n.) An amphitheatrical circle for sports; a circus.
Example Sentences:
(1) CIRC also recommended ‘that, unlike in the past, everything that occurs during committee meetings should be recorded in the minutes’.
(2) Am J Physiol 1987;253 (Heart Circ Physiol 22):H184-H193).
(3) The investigations were performed simultaneously with those described in Part I (Circ Res 1986; 58:552-564), where the effects of cholesterol feeding on vascular reactivity in rabbit arteries (n = 8 in each group) selected at random from the same group of animals was studied.
(4) Reflex changes in renal nerve activity during LAD + CIRC were abolished by interruption of cardiac sympathetic afferent pathways (n = 5).
(5) These responses were dependent on interruption of flow to a small proximal CIRC branch, and postmortem examination revealed that it perfused the sinus node region.
(6) In 22 patients, 10 controls and 12 patients with aortic stenosis before (pre) and after (post) valve replacement the systolic stiffness index k (circ-1) was determined using tipmanometry and frame by frame angiocardiography.
(7) Sixteen dogs were instrumented chronically with a left circumflex (CIRC) Ameroid constrictor, and with CIRC, left anterior descending (LAD), aortic, left atrial and pulmonary artery (PA) catheters.
(8) Following application of a critical stenosis to the circumflex coronary artery (CIRC), animals were placed on total bypass with vented, fibrillating hearts.
(9) To examine the alterations of intracellular Ca2+ ([Ca2+]i)-handling mechanisms in cultured vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) of rat aorta (Shin et al Circ Res 1991;69:551-556), we stimulated VSMCs by extracellular high K+, caffeine, and angiotensin II and evaluated Ca2+ influx through voltage-dependent Ca2+ channels, Ca(2+)-induced Ca2+ release, and inositol trisphosphate-dependent Ca2+ release from internal stores.
(10) One-minute occlusion of the circumflex (CIRC) coronary artery resulted in marked negative chronotropic responses and consistent alterations in atrial electrograms.
(11) Systolic myocardial stiffness constant was 15 circ-1 in controls, 14 circ-1 in preoperative and 12 circ-1 in postoperative AS patients (P less than 0.01 vs. controls).
(12) Myocardial metabolic consequences of subtotal and total coronary artery occlusion were compared in dogs during LAD and CIRC occlusion and in human subjects with subtotal and total anterior coronary artery occlusion.
(13) Same goes for Sarah Silverman, whose HBO comedy special is in the running for outstanding variety special and Lena Heady for her steely turn as Circe in Game of Thrones.
(14) Photograph: Silvia Marchetti The Parata inlet, 3km from the crowded Frontone beach, is where Odysseus (on his way back home from burning Troy) was bewitched by the sorceress Circe, who made him her slave.
(15) Regional myocardial metabolism was examined by means of coronary venous sampling in dogs having acute nonsimultaneous occlusions of the left anterior descending (LAD) and circumflex (CIRC) coronary arteries.
(16) After EA, mean arterial pressure fell 10% (P less than .001); myocardial blood flow increased 275% (P less than .001) in the nonischemic left circumflex artery (CIRC) area and increased 82% (P less than .01) in the occluded LAD area.
(17) In the Odyssey , Circe warns Odysseus against the Sirens "who enchant all who come near them".
(18) Previous studies of the renal papilla of the rat have suggested that the vasa recta capillaries can be well approximated by elliptical cylinders (C. Holliger, K. V. Lemley, S. L. Schmitt, F. C. Thomas, C. R. Robertson, and R. L. Jamison, 1983, Circ.
(19) A cluster analysis, using one co-occurrency texture feature (S-HOMOG), one density feature (S-DI), and two geometrical features (S-AREA and M-CIRC), showed that two clusters (C1 and C2) were present in the total group of CIN III and CIN.INV lesions.
(20) It feels fitting that someone should have had a supernatural experience: in Greek myth and Euripides' play, Medea is the granddaughter of the sun-god Helios and niece of Circe, a witch.
Circumcise
Definition:
(v. t.) To cut off the prepuce of foreskin of, in the case of males, and the internal labia of, in the case of females.
(v. t.) To purify spiritually.
Example Sentences:
(1) Lack of circumcision, past history of GUD and urethritis were significantly associated with HIV seroconversion.
(2) One hundred male infants were studied at the Kingston General Hospital, Kingston, Ontario, to determine the incidence and complications of routine circumcision.
(3) The best treatment would appear to be prevention of the complication by adequate instruction to personnel doing routine circumcisions.
(4) Circumcision is the only surgical procedure, excluding cord-clamping and cutting, which is routinely performed on normal, healthy newborn infants, usually during the first two or three days of life.
(5) In a controlled series of 167 circumcised patients, receiving optimal ante-natal and intra-partum care in hospital, we observed only short-term complications at delivery, with no long-term effects on the mother or the baby.
(6) Up to 23,000 girls under the age of 15 are thought to be at risk of FGM, which is also known as female circumcision or female genital cutting.
(7) "What it means to be a 'proper' man and the fact that it has been reduced to the practice of circumcision is detrimental not only to the young men who go through the process but to society as a whole."
(8) Parents who take their daughters abroad to be circumcised could be sentenced to 14 years in prison, if proposed legislation becomes law.
(9) Therapeutical circumcision (posthectomy) in nine patients presenting with diffuse penile warts.
(10) We circumcise all our children, they say it’s good for our girls,” said Naga Shawky, a 40-year-old housewife, as she walked along streets near Sohair’s home.
(11) The results indicate a common core of physical but diverse cultural reasons for circumcision and justify ready access to circumcision from the military surgeon.
(12) Of 140 boys coming to day-case elective circumcision between the ages of 3 months and 14 years (mean 4.3 years), the commonest cause was a congenital phimosis (42.8%).
(13) A high proportion (56.4%) claimed to have been circumcised by examination revealed that 24.5% had no clinical evidence of circumcision.
(14) It feels like rape every time.” Taina Bien Aime, director of the Coalition Against Trafficking in Women and a long-time anti-FGM campaigner, says comparisons between male and female circumcision are unhelpful.
(15) Despite the vogue for conservatism, circumcision still has an important part to play in the management of troublesome foreskins in children.
(16) Circumcision practices for 409 African ethnic groups were corresponded with national estimates of HIV infection levels.
(17) A trial of videotaped "informed consent" counseling was undertaken to determine whether such counseling could affect the parental choice about circumcision.
(18) The procedure is simple, safe and much less traumatizing than the conventional circumcision.
(19) Annually thousands of teenage boys from the Xhosa tribe embark on a secretive rite of passage in Eastern Cape province, spending up to a month in seclusion where they study, undergo circumcision by a traditional surgeon, and apply white clay to their bodies.
(20) The circumcised men had significantly fewer symptoms (P = 0-0058).