(a.) Coming from, being on, or directed toward, the side; as, collateral pressure.
(a.) Acting in an indirect way.
(a.) Related to, but not strictly a part of, the main thing or matter under consideration; hence, subordinate; not chief or principal; as, collateral interest; collateral issues.
(a.) Tending toward the same conclusion or result as something else; additional; as, collateral evidence.
(a.) Descending from the same stock or ancestor, but not in the same line or branch or one from the other; -- opposed to lineal.
(n.) A collateral relative.
(n.) Collateral security; that which is pledged or deposited as collateral security.
Example Sentences:
(1) It also provides mechanical support for the collateral ligaments during valgus or varus stress of the knee.
(2) Furthermore echography revealed a collateral subperiosteal edema and a moderate thickening of extraocular muscles and bone periostitis, a massive swelling of muscles and bone defects in subperiosteal abscesses as well as encapsulated abscesses of the orbit and a concomitant retrobulbar neuritis in orbital cellulitis.
(3) In the caudal spinal trigeminal nucleus (Vc), the collaterals of one half of the periodontium afferent fibers terminated mainly in lamina V at the rostral and middle levels of Vc.
(4) In addition to terminating at the brachial segments, they had one to three collaterals to the upper cervical cord (C3-C4), where the propriospinal neurons projecting to forelimb motoneurons are located.
(5) The relationship between pressure at the functional site of origin of intracranial collateral channels (Pstem) and systemic pressure allows an estimation of the size of vascular channels from which collateral vessels originate.
(6) The diagnosis of an arterial injury may be readily apparent, but the excellent upper-extremity collateral circulation may create palpable distal pulses despite a significant proximal arterial injury.
(7) When collateral marginal vessels were eliminated, adjacent arterial blood flow decreased to control levels and venous flow virtually stopped.
(8) Systemic collateral arteries were present in all 38 patients.
(9) The data reported here, in combination with the published literature, suggest that the collaterals of roughly 300 G hair fibers overlap at any given point at middle levels of the cuneate nucleus.
(10) This effect was related to a decrease in collateral flow because animals exhibiting the highest increase in perfusion deficit presented the greatest increase in infarct size (r = -0.92, p = 0.003).
(11) The constrictor may be used for studies on the development of collaterals as well as on therapeutic measures in chronic ischemia of the myocardium.
(12) The extent of coronary artery disease and collateral blood supply in Groups I and II were directly related (p = 0.012).
(13) Other angiographic procedures also revealed marked hepatopetal collaterals (cavernous transformation) entering the liver through the hilum.
(14) Tissue necrosis was evaluated using tetrazolium staining and was normalized to the principal baseline predictors of infarct size including anatomic risk zone (microsphere autoradiography) and coronary collateral flow.
(15) Many factors can influence the severity and evolution of ischemic injury, perhaps the most important being the extent of residual (or collateral) flow to the affected tissue.
(16) However, at angles of flexion of 30 degrees or less, the amount of posterior translation after section of only the lateral collateral ligament and the deep structures was similar to that noted after isolated section of the posterior cruciate ligament.
(17) Coronary collateral blood flow was measured with tracer microspheres in 3 different experimental conditons in the dog heart: 1. after occlusion of a large coronary artery in the in situ beating heart, 2. after occlusion of a small coronary artery in the in situ beating heart and 3. after occlusion of a large coronary artery in the isolated, empty beating, blood-perfused heart.
(18) Two of them, the radiocapitate and deep radioscapholunate, insert on the scaphoid, whereas the collateral ligament courses to the distal pole of the scaphoid.
(19) EF was correlated with the degree of collateral supply and one of them (22%) ended in sudden death.
(20) Labeled axons were first detected in the segment of optic nerve lying distal to the crush site 1 week after injury and had extended as far as 2.3 mm beyond the crush site by 60 days postinjury, growing at a rate similar to that at which the collateral branches of developing ganglion cell axons extend into their targets.
Unbeatable
Definition:
Example Sentences:
(1) We went through a run of results where we were almost unbeatable but since then we have tailed off a bit.
(2) More important than that in a short series they had an almost unbeatable trio in probable Cy Young winner Max Scherzer, a quality starter having his best season in Anibal Sanchez and Justin Verlander-In-A-Down-Year (which is still pretty good).
(3) Tancock is all but unbeatable over a single length, but has never been as strong over double the distance.
(4) Miami fans were exiting American Airlines Arena, the yellow rope was already up , and b'ball fans thought they were about to witness the San Antonio Spurs win their fifth NBA Championship by knocking out a Miami Heat team that was almost unbeatable during the regular season .
(5) Given the fallout from the Brexit vote, this was a competitive category this year, but Perloff’s rant about business rates is unbeatable.
(6) Dave Forsey, chief executive, said: "Despite tougher comparisons during the period, Sports Retail continues to perform well driven by our on-going focus on exceptional quality, unbeatable value and availability.
(7) I tried not to think the Kenyans were unbeatable, just gave it my all and as I hit the bell, [I thought], ‘Don’t regret this last lap.’” The field events were delayed by 20 minutes because of the heavy rain that flooded the runways and the women’s pole vault in particular veered dangerously close to farce.
(8) The Conservative party is neither strong nor unbeatable.
(9) These prices would be good value for a pretty ordinary B&B in a regional town – for chic digs in London, where you can easily pay £100 for access to a small dingy moth sanctuary, they’re basically unbeatable.
(10) Social atomisation may be the best sales strategy ever devised, and continuous marketing looks like an unbeatable programme for atomisation.
(11) As a Scot, maybe I've a bias towards the wildness and the colours of this landscape, but the beauty of the timeless West Highland coast on such a sun-drenched day is unbeatable.
(12) but became nearly unbeatable when he made his way back into the lineup.
(13) N’Golo Kanté is simply unbeatable in midfield and captain Wes Morgan has come on leaps and bounds too.
(14) One patient had unbeating nystagmus that diminished with upgaze, downgaze, or convergence.
(15) Caballero could not keep out Emre Can’s impudent little pitch-wedge to get the penalties underway but thereafter he was unbeatable, diving to his left to turn away a decent attempt by Lucas Leiva, a hesitant one from Philippe Coutinho, and then the other way to beat out Adam Lallana’s effort for his third successive save.
(16) The BBC boys are full of praise for Walker, with Terry Venables describing him as ‘unbeatable’.
(17) But cutting the price further this week, Tony Baines, managing director for corporate buying at Aldi, said: “In order to deliver outstanding quality at unbeatable prices, we have reduced the retail price of our Back to School uniform package from £4 to £3.69.” Lidl said its collection – comprising 41 separate items and including 100% cotton fabrics and leather shoes – could save British families with two children up to £2,854 over their entire primary school education.
(18) What a terrible indictment of a golfer who was once judged unbeatable on a Sunday afternoon.
(19) No matter who we’re playing, we play three in midfield – Drinkwater in the middle and Kanté either side,” explained the club’s chief scout, Steve Walsh, in a fairly unbeatable description that tells us all we need to know.
(20) If the lack of a hate figure was the gaping hole for the yes side, Nick Clegg provided an unbeatable one for the noes.