(n.) The act of moving or revolving around, or as in a circle or orbit; a revolution; as, the periodical circuit of the earth round the sun.
(n.) The circumference of, or distance round, any space; the measure of a line round an area.
(n.) That which encircles anything, as a ring or crown.
(n.) The space inclosed within a circle, or within limits.
(n.) A regular or appointed journeying from place to place in the exercise of one's calling, as of a judge, or a preacher.
(n.) A certain division of a state or country, established by law for a judge or judges to visit, for the administration of justice.
(n.) A district in which an itinerant preacher labors.
(n.) Circumlocution.
(v. i.) To move in a circle; to go round; to circulate.
(v. t.) To travel around.
Example Sentences:
(1) Circuit weight training does not exacerbate resting or exercise blood pressure and may have beneficial effects.
(2) Hypertrophy is restricted to subdivisions of the inferior olive included in recurrent cerebello-mesencephalic-olivary circuits.
(3) The ability of autoregulate blood flow in the extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) circuit is critical to prevent cavitation and air embolism.
(4) To explain some of these results a theoretical model is presented to demonstrate that while short circuiting can block the passive ionic movement, it will cause an increase in the energy consumption of the system and introduce certain important changes in the ionic barriers and e.m.fs.
(5) DNase I microspheres were then introduced into the extracorporeal circuit which resulted in an acceleration of degradation of acid precipitable 125I-nDNA.
(6) A wide range of development possibilities for the printed circuit microelectrode are discussed.
(7) Our results were consistent with the modern anesthesia standard in closed circuit t.i.
(8) One hour after terminating the extacorporeal circuit, the C.O.P.
(9) These effects are not accompanied by significant changes in the transmural electrical potential difference or short-circuit current.
(10) Evidence is reviewed suggesting that this latter system may involve a corticostriatal circuit.
(11) Several attempts at circuit interruption of type 1 atrial flutter by means of surgical or catheter techniques have been published.
(12) To eliminate pacing stimulus afterpotential and detect an evoked response, a hardware feedback circuit and a software template matching algorithm were used to produce a triphasic charge-balanced pacing pulse.
(13) Four blood filters included in the extracorporeal circuit were removed one by one at 30-minute intervals.
(14) In the ECMO patient, cardiac stun syndrome and electromechanical dissociation can be confused with low circuit volume, pneumothorax, or cardiac tamponade.
(15) The transport system was analyzed in terms of an equivalent circuit model comprising a proton motive force (PMF), an active conductance (LH) in series with the pump, and a parallel or passive conductance which may be ignored in this preparation.
(16) The type 3 pattern occurred when the antidromic wavefront of early premature beats captured the original circuit exit.
(17) Polymethacrylate coated charcoal was inserted in the dialysis circuit before the dialyzer.
(18) Since our system is adjusted with square waveforms and composed of a simple analog circuit, it can be compensated easily in real time.
(19) The circuit training exercise program, therefore, appears to be an effective method for improving the fitness level of alcoholic patients.
(20) Thus, neurons of the habenula and interpeduncular nucleus are under the direct and indirect influence of septal neurons within the limbic forebrain circuit.
Circumference
Definition:
(n.) The line that goes round or encompasses a circular figure; a periphery.
(n.) A circle; anything circular.
(n.) The external surface of a sphere, or of any orbicular body.
(v. t.) To include in a circular space; to bound.
Example Sentences:
(1) Direct fetal digitalization led to a reduction in umbilical artery resistance, a decline in the abdominal circumference from 20.3 to 17.8 cm, and resolution of the ascites within 72 h. Despite this dramatic response to therapy, fetal death occurred on day 5 of treatment.
(2) The patterns observed were: clusters of granules related to the cell membrane; positive staining localized to portions of the cell membrane, and, less commonly, the whole cell circumference.
(3) The oblique interface between corneal and scleral stroma determines the appearance of the surgical limbus whose landmarks vary around the circumference of the globe but predictably correlate with structures of the anterior chamber angle.
(4) Total body fat decreased from 55.8 to 41.4 kg and lean body mass and arm muscle circumference (AMC) remained unchanged.
(5) The variations of the elastic properties and the density around the circumference of both the immature osteopetrotic femur and the unaffected femur were found to be similar to those previously measured on normal adult bovine femora.
(6) Weight, arm circumference and muscle area-for-height were calculated.
(7) Arm muscle circumference was significantly reduced in males.
(8) Chest and biceps circumferences increased 4.2% and 3.1%, respectively; abdomen and thigh circumferences did not significantly change; body fat decreased 16.8%; and body mass increased 2.3%.
(9) Serial measurements of proximal interphalangeal joint circumference using a single joint that was selected as being 'worst' on clinical grounds or the largest joint at baseline were compared with the mean of all 10 joints in patients with active rheumatoid arthritis receiving second-line drugs.
(10) On admission she was found to be a well-nourished infant with a head circumference of 56 cm, bulging anterior fontanelle and mental retardation.
(11) Although changes in circumference are most often used, volumetric changes have been reported to be more sensitive and thus more effective.
(12) Closely associated with alcoholic hyalin and often found along its entire circumference, were bundles of fine filaments in parallel arrangement of much smaller size.
(13) Heights, weights and head circumferences were obtained from two groups of primary school children: 1016 children from throughout Oxfordshire, a rural county with few areas of deprivation, and 219 children from an economically deprived part of the city of Newcastle on Tyne.
(14) The affected family members had normal stature, normal occipitofrontal circumference, and no other medical problems.
(15) Measurements of cross-sectional muscle areas of the upper-arm and mid-thigh from MRI images were compared to corresponding estimates from anthropometric measurements of limb circumferences and skinfold thicknesses in 25 normal, healthy, elderly persons.
(16) In the second placebo controlled experiment 150 mg im testosterone enanthate administration was associated with enhanced rigidity of NPT but with no effect on frequency or circumference change of NPT and no effect on frequency of REM.
(17) Cannon bone circumference at weaning was increased (P less than .05) by growth implants.
(18) In order to assess the efficacy of therapy, manual measurement of the circumference of thigh and leg and echotomography were performed in order to measure the thickness of the muscle layer.
(19) A defect was created in the thoracic trachea in nine piglets (10 kg) by excising a segment from the entire thoracic trachea proximal to the right upper lobe bronchus (3 to 3.5 cm in length) and 30% of the circumference in width (1 to 1.5 cm).
(20) The results indicated significant negative correlations between maternal plasma zinc and albumin-bound zinc concentrations and plasma copper concentration in the third trimester of pregnancy and mid-arm circumference and ponderal index.