(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.
Hypocycloid
Definition:
(n.) A curve traced by a point in the circumference of a circle which rolls on the concave side in the fixed circle. Cf. Epicycloid, and Trochoid.
Example Sentences:
(1) Axial hypocycloidal tomography is now an indispensable part of the diagnostic evaluation of patients with suspected orbital tumours and the procedure is complementary to other non-invasive investigations of the orbit, such as axial computerized tomography and ultrasonography.
(2) Six examiners, three radiologists and three oral surgeons, independently measured the distance from the alveolar crest to the upper border of the mandibular canal in transverse hypocycloidal tomograms of the mandible.
(3) The requirements for reproduction on thin bony walls at tomography with hypocycloidal movement are defined and discussed.
(4) Thirty-six temporomandibular joints (TMJs) in 28 symptomatic patients (aged 14-40 years) with rheumatic disease (mostly rheumatoid arthritis) were studied with magnetic resonance (MR) imaging and hypocycloidal tomography.
(5) The hypocycloidal polytomographic temporal bone studies performed on 2683 patients were reviewed, and the radiographic appearance of the vestibular aqueduct was evaluated.
(6) Hypocycloidal (frontal and temporal) tomography of the base of the skull is compared with high resolution computed tomography (HR-CT) with respect to dose and clinical usefulness.
(7) For preliminary evaluation of the temporal bone, a combination of conventional radiographs and hypocycloidal tomography in the frontal projection is advocated.
(8) Hypocycloidal images of a head phantom were subjectively ranked for image quality, and contrast, spatial frequency spectra, and Wiener noise spectra were measured.
(9) Previous reports have described the use of metrizamide cisternography combined with either hypocycloidal tomography or computerized tomography; however, direct, dynamic, real-time visualization of the fistula is difficult with instillation of a minimal dose of metrizamide using those methods.
(10) The techniques described include simple plain film roentgenography (and its contrast-related applications: dacryocystography, orbital venography, and angiography), axial hypocycloidal tomography, computed tomography, ultrasonography, and magnetic resonance imaging.
(11) Fractures are best evaluated by conventional roentgenograms with linear or hypocycloidal tomography.
(12) In the second group, the preoperative endoscopic findings were dominated by disease in the middle meatus and in the area of the anterior ethmoid, verified either by conventional hypocycloidal or computed tomography.
(13) Modulation Transfer Functions (MTF) for tomographic imaging with linear, circular, hypocycloidal and spiral motion are given.
(14) The EMI-Scanner had a diagnostic accuracy of 84%; orbital venography, 84%; axial hypocycloidal tomography, 71%; and ultrasound, 76%.
(15) With exception of one woman in whom it probably had been missed by hypocycloidal tomography, no demonstrable prolactinoma developed.
(16) This paper presents a technique for accurate localization of these fistulae, using metrizamide cisternography combined with both hypocycloidal tomography and computed tomography.
(17) The following radiographic techniques were used: periapical and panoramic radiography, hypocycloidal tomography, and computed tomography (CT).
(18) Pneumoencephalography with hypocycloidal polytomography is interpreted as both an empty sella, and evidence of a pituitary adenoma.
(19) Cisternography with metrizamide (Amipaque) and hypocycloidal tomography was found to depict cisternal anatomy with detail and precision not obtainable with any other technique.
(20) Each patient had a combined tomographic examination consisting of 15 degrees linear movement followed by 34 degrees hypocycloidal movement.