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Coll


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To embrace.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Roentgenograms of 40 rereduced Colles' fractures are reviewed in order to answer the following questions.
  • (2) The relative importance of each of these factors was studied in a series of 14 patients with malunited Colles' fractures and severe disabilities.
  • (3) "It was a certain kind of titillation the shop offered," the critic Matthew Collings has written, "sexual but also hopeless, destructive, foolish, funny, sad."
  • (4) When the fracture patients were examined, we found also generalized bone deficit as the prominent feature, amounting to about 20% of the premenopausal level for Colles' and spinal fractures, and about 25% for femoral neck-fracture.
  • (5) A case of flexor pollicis longus tendon rupture as a complication of a Colles' fracture in a 17-year-old male is described.
  • (6) The results indicate that contact with the occupational therapist shortly after the injury is valuable in patients with stable Colles' fractures.
  • (7) Prostatic specific antigen (PSA), glycoprotein with molecular weight of 34000, was first identified by Wang and Coll.
  • (8) In Colles fracture good functional results can be achieved by conservative treatment.
  • (9) A prospective radiological and functional assessment has been performed on 235 consecutively treated displaced Colles' fractures.
  • (10) A comparison between the functional end results of Colles' fractures, treated in two different hospitals, was performed by a follow up study of 100 patients from each hospital 18-24 months after fracture.
  • (11) Of 19 patients with an increase in the scapholunate gap, five were eventually considered to have significant scapholunate instability, two in association with Colles' fractures.
  • (12) The demonstration of fluorescent catecholamines and horseradish peroxidase (HRP) in the same neuron has been achieved in the Rat in two ways: by submitting vibratome sections to a modified glyoxylic acid fluorescence method followed by the usual procedure to reveal HRP; or by combining the last procedure with the cryostat technique of Chiba et coll.
  • (13) The inactive complex is very stable and can be isolated free of other components by 48 h of dialysis at 4 degrees C (Murphy, A. J., and Coll, R. J.
  • (14) An unusual case of traumatic neuritis of ulnar nerve associated with Colles's fracture is described.
  • (15) In an experimental work published in 1973, it was found, that it was possible to preserve pig kidneys with up to one hour of warm ischemia for 24 hours using pretreatment with chlorpromazine and subsequent preservation with simpel hypothermia (Collings C2-solution).
  • (16) Untreated shunts and shunts heparinized according to a modification of the method of Eriksson et coll.
  • (17) In contrast, binding to Coll was increased only 1.2-fold with Mg++, and 1.7-fold in Mn++, as compared to the level seen with Ca++.
  • (18) Flexor tendon ruptures are a very rare complication of Colles' fracture.
  • (19) A practical classification of Colles' fractures according to intra-articular fracture lines was shown to be useful in assessing the severity of these fractures.
  • (20) Cardioangiographic scores of coronary artery obstructions and corresponding myocardial involvement (MCOS), presence of collaterals (CollS), and asynergy of the left ventricular wall (LVMS) as well as the left ventricular ejection fraction (EF) were examined in 67 patients with coronary heart disease.

Poll


Definition:

  • (n.) A parrot; -- familiarly so called.
  • (n.) One who does not try for honors, but is content to take a degree merely; a passman.
  • (n.) The head; the back part of the head.
  • (n.) A number or aggregate of heads; a list or register of heads or individuals.
  • (n.) Specifically, the register of the names of electors who may vote in an election.
  • (n.) The casting or recording of the votes of registered electors; as, the close of the poll.
  • (n.) The place where the votes are cast or recorded; as, to go to the polls.
  • (n.) The broad end of a hammer; the but of an ax.
  • (n.) The European chub. See Pollard, 3 (a).
  • (v. t.) To remove the poll or head of; hence, to remove the top or end of; to clip; to lop; to shear; as, to poll the head; to poll a tree.
  • (v. t.) To cut off; to remove by clipping, shearing, etc.; to mow or crop; -- sometimes with off; as, to poll the hair; to poll wool; to poll grass.
  • (v. t.) To extort from; to plunder; to strip.
  • (v. t.) To impose a tax upon.
  • (v. t.) To pay as one's personal tax.
  • (v. t.) To enter, as polls or persons, in a list or register; to enroll, esp. for purposes of taxation; to enumerate one by one.
  • (v. t.) To register or deposit, as a vote; to elicit or call forth, as votes or voters; as, he polled a hundred votes more than his opponent.
  • (v. t.) To cut or shave smooth or even; to cut in a straight line without indentation; as, a polled deed. See Dee/ poll.
  • (v. i.) To vote at an election.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) For some time now, public opinion polls have revealed Americans' strong preference to live in comparatively small cities, towns, and rural areas rather than in large cities.
  • (2) Many hope this week's photocalls with the two men will be a recruiting aid and provide a desperately needed bounce in the polls.
  • (3) The move comes as a poll found that 74% of people want doctors to be allowed to help terminally ill people end their lives.
  • (4) In a poll before the debate, 48% predicted that Merkel, who will become Europe's longest serving leader if re-elected on 22 September, would emerge as the winner of the US-style debate, while 26% favoured Steinbruck, a former finance minister who is known for his quick-wit and rhetorical skills, but sometimes comes across as arrogant.
  • (5) Polls indicated that anger over the government shutdown, which was sharply felt in parts of northern Virginia, as well as discomfort with Cuccinelli's deeply conservative views, handed the race to McAuliffe, a controversial Democratic fundraiser and close ally of Bill and Hillary Clinton.
  • (6) Numerous voters reported problems at polling stations on Tuesday.
  • (7) Yet, polls have Maryland voters approving same-sex marriage by 14 to 20 points.
  • (8) It is worth noting though that the government is reaping scant reward in the polls even though the economy has expanded by more than 3% over the past year and – according to the IMF – will be the fastest growing of the G7 economies this year.
  • (9) Unfortunately for the governor, he could win both states and still face the overwhelming likelihood of failure if he doesn't take Ohio, where the poll found Obama out front 51-43.
  • (10) As it was, Labour limped in seven points and nearly two million votes behind the Conservatives because older cohorts of the electorate leant heavily to the Tories and grandpa and grandma turned up at the polling stations in the largest numbers.
  • (11) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Nick Clegg and the Liberal Democrats have suffered a dramatic slump in support as a result of their role in the coalition and are now barely ahead of the Greens with an average rating of about 8% in the polls.
  • (12) He won the Labour candidacy for the Scottish seat of Kilmarnock and Loudon in 1997, within weeks of polling day, after the sitting Labour MP, Willie McKelvey, decided to stand down when he suffered a stroke.
  • (13) The poll – which sets the stage for a tense and dramatic run to referendum day – suggests that, among the undecideds, more are inclined to vote Remain than Leave.
  • (14) The report's authors warns that to limit their spending councils will have "an incentive to discourage low-income families from living in the area" and that raises the possibility that councils will – like the ill-fated poll tax of the early 1990s – be left to chase desperately poor people through the courts for small amounts of unpaid tax.
  • (15) The polling evidence on this is very clear: the EU is not the primary concern of Ukip voters .
  • (16) Given that a post-poll economy still registers as a crucial issue among undecided voters, and that matters economic are now his BBC day job, that was hardly surprising.
  • (17) It also cancelled the results from 21 polling stations in Libreville.
  • (18) In this vision, people will go to polling stations on 18 September with a mindset somewhere between that of a lobby correspondent and a desiccated calculating machine.
  • (19) Donald Trump and the 'war on women': GOP confident mogul will lose the battle Read more Governor Scott Walker, who recently signed a restrictive 20-week abortion ban in Wisconsin , also opposes abortion without exceptions and has said voters agree, though polls tell a different story.
  • (20) Then they look at a poll and assume that a poll is a proxy for what is really going on.” Facebook Twitter Pinterest David Cameron and Crosby during the London mayoral campaign in 2012.

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