(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.
Circumferentially
Definition:
(adv.) So as to surround or encircle.
Example Sentences:
(1) Incubation of the platelets for intervals of 30 to 60 minutes with the microtubule-stabilizing agent taxol preserved the circumferential bundle after extraction with Triton X-100 even after washing five times.
(2) However, there was no statistically significant difference between the two groups for ejection fraction, velocity of circumferential fiber shortening, percent fractional shortening, systolic time intervals, wall stress and ratio of wall stress-systolic volume.
(3) The circumferential stress in the vessel wall was greatly increased by diabetes; great errors will result if the opening angle is ignored.
(4) The M angle correlates significantly with invasive (final diastolic pressure in the left ventricle, ejection fraction) and with non-invasive (top speed of shortening of the circumferential fibre) indicators of left ventricular function.
(5) Fatale haemoptysis occurred as a result of circumferential caustic erosion to the right intermediate bronchus caused by a tablet of ferrous sulphate which remained in contact for 4 days.
(6) The progressive replacement occurs in a circumferential pattern, but most heavily at the bone-prosthesis interface.
(7) This dual tissue response accomplishes substantial reductions in the circumferential and longitudinal stresses from the levels that would be reached at equivalent pressures in the absence of these geometric changes.
(8) In this system the arteries and veins run parallel to each other throughout the uterus except for the inner circumferential plexus to which veins are predominantly distributed.
(9) We evaluated systolic time intervals (pre-ejection period and ventricular ejection time), M-mode parameters (fractional shortening and mean circumferential shortening) and Doppler flow velocities (mean peak velocity of aortic and pulmonary arteries) of left and right ventricles.
(10) Thus, the circumferential extent of hypokinesis in patients with acute myocardial infarction is greater for proximal than mid- or distal occlusions of the left anterior descending but not the right coronary artery.
(11) The relationship between velocity of circumferential fiber shortening and wall stress was similar in both groups before ECMO, during ECMO, and after hydralazine administration.
(12) The advantage of circumferential resection and some technical aspects are discussed.
(13) Trans-, long- and short-axial images were interpreted quantitatively by circumferential profile analysis, and the extent of fibrotic tissue (%FIB) was estimated by integrating hypoperfused areas in six to eight consecutive short-axial slices.
(14) In addition, multiple simultaneous recordings of the electrical activities from each muscle layer were obtained showing that within the circular muscle layer electrical oscillations were phase locked in the circumferential direction and along the long axis of the colon.
(15) Barium studies revealed the diaphragm as a persistent, circumferential defect in the distal antrum, often associated with peptic ulcers or gastric outlet obstruction.
(16) Similarly, the largest strains are radial to facilitate the formation of a large coaptation area, while the circumferential strains are explained by the extension to the crimped collagen fibres.
(17) Although most filaments were outside the circumferential band of microtubules and the cisternae of the open canalicular system, individual filaments dipped down into the cytoplasm and were found between the microtubules and in association with other membranes.
(18) Intraoperative end-systolic meridional and circumferential stresses fell significantly in patients with aortic stenosis but remained unchanged in those with aortic regurgitation.
(19) Endoscopic laser therapy is concluded to provide rapid, safe and excellent control of local symptoms in most patients with inoperable colorectal carcinoma, to be less useful when the tumour is large and circumferential and not effective in patients with incontinence.
(20) By 15 days, a dense accumulation of blastema cells is present beneath the apical cap, and these cells are preferentially oriented in a circumferential direction.