(n.) Composed of two or more parts; composite; not simple; as, a complex being; a complex idea.
(n.) Involving many parts; complicated; intricate.
(n.) Assemblage of related things; collection; complication.
Example Sentences:
(1) All mutant proteins could associate with troponin I and troponin T to form a troponin complex.
(2) Cellulase regulation appears to depend upon a complex relationship involving catabolite repression, inhibition, and induction.
(3) In addition, intravenous injection of complexes into rabbits showed optimal myocardial images with agents of intermediate lipophilicity.
(4) The various evocational changes appear to form sets of interconnected systems and this complex network seems to embody some plasticity since it has been possible to suppress experimentally some of the most universal evocational events or alter their temporal order without impairing evocation itself.
(5) The half-life of 45Ca in the various calcium fractions of both types of bone was 72 hours in both the control and malnourished groups except the calcium complex portion of the long bone of the control group, which was about 100 hours.
(6) Lp(a) also complexes to plasmin-fibrinogen digests, and binding increases in proportion to the time of plasmin-induced fibrinogen degradation.
(7) It has recently been suggested that procaine penicillin existed in solution in vitro and in vivo as a "procaine - penicillin" complex rather than as dissociated ions.
(8) It involves creativity, understanding of art form and the ability to improvise in the highly complex environment of a care setting.” David Cameron has boosted dementia awareness but more needs to be done Read more She warns: “To effect a cultural change in dementia care requires a change of thinking … this approach is complex and intricate, and can change cultural attitudes by regarding the arts as central to everyday life of the care home.” Another participant, Mary*, a former teacher who had been bedridden for a year, read plays with the reminiscence arts practitioner.
(9) These membrane perturbation effects not observed with bleomycin-iron in the presence of a hydroxyl radical scavenger, dimethyl thiourea, or a chelating agent, desferrioxamine, were correlated with the ability of the complex to generate highly reactive oxygen species.
(10) The peak molecular weight never reached that of a complete 2:1 complex.
(11) Similar to intact crayfish, animals with an isolated protocerebrum-eyestalk complex, exhibit competent circadian rhythms in the electroretinogram (ERG).
(12) In the second approach, attachment sites of DTPA groups were directed away from the active region of the molecule by having fragment E1,2 bound in complex, with its active sites protected during the derivatization.
(13) An initial complex-soma inflection was observed on the rising phase of the action potential of some cells.
(14) Electron spin resonance studies indicate the formation of two vanadyl complexes that are 1:1 in vanadyl and deferoxamine, but have two or three bound hydroxamate groups.
(15) A complex linkage between the cytoskeleton and the extracellular matrix is illustrated both in the cord forming Sertoli and granulosa cells, and in the adjacent mesenchymal cells.
(16) When the eye was dissected into anterior uveal, scleral, and retinal complexes, prostaglandin D2 was formed in the highest degree in all the complexes, whereas prostaglandin E2 and F2 alpha formation was specific to given ocular regions.
(17) The possibility that both IL 2 production and IL 2R expression are autonomously activated early in T cell development, before acquisition of the CD3-TcR complex, led us to study the implication of alternative pathways of activation at this ontogenic stage.
(18) The disassembly of the synthetase complex is consistent with the structural model of a heterotypic multienzyme complex and suggests that the complex formation is due to the specific intermolecular interactions among the synthetases.
(19) The differential diagnosis is more complex in Hawaii due to the presence of granulomatous diseases such as tuberculosis and leprosy.
(20) Therapeutic possibilities for hepatogenous anaemia of complex genesis are discussed.
Multiplex
Definition:
(a.) Manifold; multiple.
Example Sentences:
(1) Our multiplex gene regulatory system (MGR) allows the establishment of transgenic lines that harbor inducible potentially lethal transgenes.
(2) The second national multiplex was handed to 4 Digital, but was handed back after Channel 4 pulled out.
(3) We report a male infant with arthrogryposis multiplex congenita (AMC) who survived for 19 weeks following birth at 36 weeks gestational age.
(4) While the multiplexes seem to be racing to make filmgoing expensive and unglamorous, here was romance.
(5) The important otolaryngological manifestations of arthrogryposis multiplex congenita (AMC), which heretofore have not been described in otolaryngological and other specialty journals, are reviewed.
(6) SATAPEC is a computerized system built in the Laboratory for recording over 256 multiplexed channels and for automatic processing of cardiac electrical potentials.
(7) Arthrogryposis multiplex congenita is a rare disorder of skeletal muscle development which is characterized by deforming contractures of the joints, but seldom affects the temporomandibular joint.
(8) Cinema chains in the UK and abroad fear relaxation of the window in case film lovers decide to save their pennies and see new releases at home rather than travelling to their nearest multiplex.
(9) We analysed six multiplex pedigrees of schizophrenia for linkage to two DNA probes mapping to the chromosome 5q11-q13 region where linkage to a gene for schizophrenia was recently reported.
(10) The technique identified the main transitions for the sutures and frequency multiplexing was used to define the variation of modulus with time.
(11) The histologic, enzyme histochemical, and ultrastructural findings were those of steatocystoma multiplex.
(12) This especially because the pathogenesis of Arthrogryposis multiplex is unknown.
(13) A total of 17 such children were studied; of these, seven were from three multiplex families and two fathers from these families had diabetes.
(14) For quick and prenatal analysis the authors used multiplex PCR.
(15) The strategy, called a "multiplex study design," employs (1) multiple collaborating centers, (2) multiple experts in the diagnoses being studied at each site, and (3) multiple diagnostic criteria sets so that alternative definitions of disorders can be compared in terms of (4) multiple external validity criteria, such as familial aggregation, course, and differential response to treatment.
(16) Simultaneous imaging of proton and sodium is achieved using a new two coil system and a time-multiplexing technique with a 1.5 T NMR imaging system.
(17) This information was used to develop a multiplex amplification system that could identify the genus Mycobacterium and then distinguish between M. avium and M. intracellulare, two commonly encountered mycobacteria other than tuberculosis.
(18) We thus investigated polymorphisms of INS and neighbouring loci in random diabetics, IDDM multiplex families and controls.
(19) Although Multiplex will be glad to receive some extra cash for the project, it will simply mean that its total loss on Wembley drops from £183m to £148m.
(20) Multiplex PCR allows for an assay of the gene of interest and assures that the amplification process proceeds as expected with the use of a companion control genome primer set.