(n.) The exterior line which determines the form or magnitude of a body; outline; periphery.
(n.) The act of limiting, or the state of being limited, by conditions or restraints; bound; confinement; limit.
Example Sentences:
(1) This approach to circumscription is inspired by the influential work of John McCarthy at Stanford University.
(2) The authors describe the radiographic appearance and the investigation techniques for circumscript lipoma in the subcutaneous tissue, in the muscles and for a large diffuse symmetric lipomatosis.
(3) Evidence is presented to show that numerical taxonomy is of proven value both for the circumscription and identification of Streptomyces species.
(4) The lesion in question presents itself clinically as a basal cell carcinoma on the face and histopathologically as a neoplasm typified by small size, sharp circumscription, and a unique combination of kinds of follicular differentiation, namely, follicular germs and infundibula.
(5) Iodine-induced thyrotoxicosis (IIT), due to iodine application in high amounts in patients with circumscript or disseminated thyroid autonomy, is complicated by a prolonged course, mainly due on the body's resistance to conservative therapy with thiourea derivates.
(6) Radiologically, 15 patients showed a focal solitary manifestation of lymphogranulomatosis, whereas in 19 patients multiple, plane or circumscript areas of shadow were seen in one or both lobes of the lung.
(7) A change was seen in the indications during the past 5 years: While choledocholithiasis after cholecystectomy remained the main indication, EST is performed with increasing frequency in patients with common bile duct stones having their gallbladder in situ as a definitive method with low complications (only 0.61% emergency cholecystectomies): Circumscript papillary stenosis became quite a rare indication.
(8) Correlation between ultrasound and computed tomography proved that non-haemorrhagic HIE produces global or circumscript high echogenicity in the first week after the hypoxic event whereas computed tomography shows pathologic hypodensity in the same areas.
(9) In this disease unusual circumscript and large calcareous deposits of the basal ganglia and scattered gyriform calcifications of the occipito-parietal cortex were shown on plain skull x-rays and their paraventricular localization demonstrated on pneumoencephalotomogram.
(10) The patients were selected for interstitial irradiation on the basis of histological classification, location and circumscription of their tumours (106 pilocytic astrocytomas, 251 astrocytomas WHO grade II, 29 oligodendrogliomas, 44 oligo-astrocytomas, 75 anaplastic astrocytomas and 34 glioblastomas).
(11) Histological type, histological grade, nuclear pleomorphism, tubule formation, intraductal growth pattern, tumour margin circumscription, tumour necrosis and inflammatory cell reaction were semiquantitatively analysed with special reference to disease outcome during the mean follow-up 12.8 years.
(12) Prevalence of coronary abnormalities (circumscript coronary stenoses, diffuse vessel obliteration or dilated angiopathy) increased from 14.9% in the first to 66.7% in the fifth year.
(13) The results indicate that the method is of value for the separation of actinomycetes at and below the species level, in the detection and circumscription of novel actinomycetes, and for the detection of identical and duplicated strains.
(14) The etiology of radiologic signs of circumscript parenchymatous lesions is multivarious.
(15) In all patients at least one of these procedures was performed in addition to CT. CT proved to be a valuable noninvasive method in detecting and differentiating circumscript liver lesions such us metastases, primary liver tumors, solitary cysts and polycystic disease, abscesses, and echinococciasis.
(16) Our results prove CT to be a valuable non-invasive tool in the evaluation of circumscript liver disease.
(17) With a rate of 94% true positive diagnoses, CT proved to be superior to gamma imaging with radiocolloids (81% true positives) in diagnosing circumscript liver diseases (n = 31).
(18) The paucity of axillary lymph node metastases and the circumscription of these neoplasms belied their aggressive clinical behavior.
(19) ); evidence of chronic liver disease; differentiation between intra- and extrahepatic cholestasis; evidence of a circumscript lesion of the liver; associated reaction of the liver in connection with other extrahepatic diseases.
(20) The patient in case 1 had multifocal myelolipomas, involving both the lung and retroperitoneum, that mimicked malignancy, and the patient in case 2 had a single diffuse retroperitoneal myelolipoma without circumscription.
Romance
Definition:
(n.) A species of fictitious writing, originally composed in meter in the Romance dialects, and afterward in prose, such as the tales of the court of Arthur, and of Amadis of Gaul; hence, any fictitious and wonderful tale; a sort of novel, especially one which treats of surprising adventures usually befalling a hero or a heroine; a tale of extravagant adventures, of love, and the like.
(n.) An adventure, or series of extraordinary events, resembling those narrated in romances; as, his courtship, or his life, was a romance.
(n.) A dreamy, imaginative habit of mind; a disposition to ignore what is real; as, a girl full of romance.
(n.) The languages, or rather the several dialects, which were originally forms of popular or vulgar Latin, and have now developed into Italian. Spanish, French, etc. (called the Romanic languages).
(n.) A short lyric tale set to music; a song or short instrumental piece in ballad style; a romanza.
(a.) Of or pertaining to the language or dialects known as Romance.
(v. i.) To write or tell romances; to indulge in extravagant stories.
Example Sentences:
(1) However, in genres such as westerns, sci-fi and romance, well over 50% of sales could be in ebook form.
(2) 23 May More films to see in 2014 • 2014 preview: thrillers • 2014 preview: comedy • 2014 preview: Oscar hopefuls • 2014 preview: science fiction • 2014 preview: romance • 2014 preview: drama • This article was amended on Thursday 2 January 2014.
(3) This component of a more comprehensive study of Houdini focuses on the unusual reification of his family romance fantasies, their endurance well beyond the usual boundaries in time, their kinship with mythological themes, and their infusion with the ambivalence that is often addressed toward the true parents.
(4) While the multiplexes seem to be racing to make filmgoing expensive and unglamorous, here was romance.
(5) In high school, I was having this mad, passionate romance.
(6) The contemporary family romance myth of the secret benefactor as rescuer is described.
(7) The following year he played a philosophising, brutal hitman in the film True Romance, written by Quentin Tarantino , which paved the way for his lead role in The Sopranos, the gangster family saga that ran for six seasons from 1999.
(8) When notoriously snooty indie website Pitchfork reviewed True Romance, it gave it an 8.3, which is significant of the coolster demographic she reaches across the Atlantic.
(9) Gareth Neame, managing director of Carnival Films, which produces the show, said: "We promise all the usual highs and lows, romance, drama and comedy played out by some of the most iconic characters on television."
(10) But given its popularity, it is little wonder that negotiating "Facebook divorce" status updates has become another unhappy event for failed romances, over when to launch the site's broken-heart icon out into the glare of the world's news feed.
(11) Rumours of their romance were fuelled when, after dinner meetings in Hong Kong, they were seen holding hands.
(12) Witherspoon began working in films aged 14, making an instant impression after being cast in the lead role for the 1991 teen romance The Man in the Moon.
(13) Olympic medals, Nobel prizes, the colour of coffee romances, prestige credit cards and superior chocolate from Terry's to Wispa .
(14) You can pick up your Daredevil comic at Secret Headquarters ( thesecretheadquarters.com ), romance a date at Cafe Stella (3932 Sunset Boulevard; 001 323 666 0265), and grab some Humboldt Fog at Cheese Store of Silver Lake ( cheesestoresl.com ).
(15) The high-tech production sticks closely to the original story charting the rise and romance of amateur boxer Rocky Balboa, played by Drew Sarich.
(16) China has been courting Robert Ocholla with the awkward intensity of a high-school romance.
(17) She described a concentrated process of grooming by the entertainer, who kept up an intermittent and almost entirely romance-free sexual liaison with her until her late 20s.
(18) Amazon already has imprints for cult fiction (47North), thrillers (Thomas & Mercer), romance (Montlake Romance), children's books (Amazon Children's Publishing), foreign literature (AmazonCrossing), as well as its main imprint AmazonEncore, which launched in 2009.
(19) Well here's what they'll someday learn if they have a soul; there's no romance in a mouse click.
(20) The sidebar is dominated by the French romance Blue is the Warmest Colour, winner of the Palme d'Or award at the Cannes film festival, and the dark Italian satire The Great Beauty, which swept the European film awards last weekend.