(n.) The act or process of condensing or of being condensed; the state of being condensed.
(n.) The act or process of reducing, by depression of temperature or increase of pressure, etc., to another and denser form, as gas to the condition of a liquid or steam to water.
(n.) A rearrangement or concentration of the different constituents of one or more substances into a distinct and definite compound of greater complexity and molecular weight, often resulting in an increase of density, as the condensation of oxygen into ozone, or of acetone into mesitylene.
Example Sentences:
(1) Here we report that sperm from psr males fertilizes eggs, but that the paternal chromosomes are subsequently condensed into a chromatin mass before the first mitotic division of the egg and do not participate in further divisions.
(2) These studies indicate that at each site of induction during feather morphogenesis, a general pattern is repeated in which an epithelial structure linked by L-CAM is confronted with periodically propagating condensations of cells linked by N-CAM.
(3) The propionyl-CoA condensing enzyme which catalyzes the first step in the biosynthesis of 2-methylbutyrate and 2-methylvalerate by Ascaris muscle appears to exist in at least three forms in the mitochondria of this parasitic nematode.
(4) Because the contour length of these loops was proportionate to the DNA content of the superinfecting lambda phage, it was concluded that the fibers contained DNA condensed 6.5-fold in blocks of about 250 base pairs.
(5) Allyl 4-O-benzyl-alpha-L-rhamnopyranoside was converted into allyl 4-O-benzyl-3-O-methyl-alpha-L-rhamnopyranoside and this was condensed with 2,3,4-tri-O-acetyl-alpha-L-rhamnopyranosyl chloride to give a disaccharide derivative which was converted into allyl 4-O-benzyl-2-O-(2,3-O-isopropylidene-alpha-L-rhamnopyranosyl)-3-O-methyl -alpha- L-rhamnopyranoside.
(6) Moderately dense fragments are interpreted as originating from dying cells in which the cytoplasm is undergoing condensation.
(7) In the scope of our research about the antimicrobial activity of aldehyde-amin-condensates a number of partly new unsymmetrically substituted animals was synthesized by reaction of formaldehyde with different secondary amines.
(8) They are thought to represent condensations of dense bodies in degenerating tumor cells.
(9) The blood lymphocytes were small with scanty cytoplasm, densely condensed nuclear chromatin, and deep clefts originating in sharp angles from the nuclear surface.
(10) The 2-substituted phenoxy-6-methoxy-8-aminoquinolines (4-6) were afforded by reduction of the corresponding 8-nitroquinolines (1-3) which were obtained by condensation of 2-chloro-6-methoxy-8-nitroquinoline and substituted phenols.
(11) Both main-stream and side-stream cigarette smoke condensates and some fractions, containing water-soluble bases, water-insoluble bases, and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, were found to induce AHH activity in lung and liver, the lung being induced to the greatest extent.
(12) Ultrastructurally, transgenic domains were often intimately connected with constitutive heterochromatin and were highly condensed.
(13) This paper describes a new method of condensation (focusing) of extended volumes of mixtures of proteins (or other ampholytes) into an isoelectric spectrum of discrete zones located at points of a pH gradient corresponding to the pI value of the individual proteins.
(14) 4, 323-340, 1978) has a ts defect in its regulatory mechanism for the initiation of chromosome condensation, the so-called, premature chromosome condensation (PCC) being induced at a nonpermissive temperature (Nishimoto, T. et al.
(15) Chemical analysis of the smoke concensate of bidis and cigarettes showed that condensate from bidis had a higher benzo[a]pyrene level than was observed in cigarette smoke condensate, when compared on the basis of the mass (mg) burnt.
(16) On very rare occasions there is missorting such that aggregates of condensed secretory proteins and viruses occur together in post-Golgi vesicles.
(17) The reductions are carried out at the nanogram to microgram level with borane, reacting the solid sample with condensed reagent vapor.
(18) These data suggest that the main route for the formation of the carbon skeleton of aspartate was by a C(3) plus C(1) condensation, with the C(3) unit derived from the isopropyl carbons of valine and the C(1) unit probably from carbon dioxide.
(19) Once an apical hard tissue barrier is formed, a permanent root canal filling can be safely condensed.
(20) While the antiserum against gamma 3-MSH labelled all the secretory granules including intrasaccular condensations in the Golgi apparatus, antisera against alpha-MSH only labelled extra-Golgi secretory vesicles (SV).
Inspissate
Definition:
(v. t.) To thicken or bring to greater consistence, as fluids by evaporation.
(a.) Thick or thickened; inspissated.
Example Sentences:
(1) We present an unusual case in which inspissated bile caused irregularity and obstruction of the common bile duct that radiographically simulated a cholangiocarcinoma.
(2) The proper interpretation of the level of block can fall prey to the mistake of incomplete aspiration of the thick, inspissated bile in the obstructed biliary tree before injection of contrast material.
(3) Cholangiograms were abnormal in 63 (80%) transplants with biliary strictures; inspissated bile formation, bile leak and T-tube malposition occurring in 50, 23, 14 and three transplants respectively.
(4) Pancreatic lesions were detected in 52 (65%) of these, and could be classified into three broad categories: acinar dilatation by inspissated secretions (24 cases), acute pancreatitis (recent or remote, 18 cases), and opportunistic infections or cancers affecting the pancreas (23 cases).
(5) Thick inspissated bile can cause intrinsic echoes in the gallbladder that can be mistaken for gallstones.
(6) All infants with either neonatal hepatitis (six) or inspissated bile syndrome (three) had demonstrable gastrointestinal excretion either on the first or second DISIDA study.
(7) These patterns appear to represent inspissated or hydrated sinus contents, respectively.
(8) Tube cholecystostomy may also be useful for irrigation of the biliary tract in infants with inspissated bile syndrome.
(9) Inspissated mucous collections that form at the tip of the SCOOP 1 (Transtracheal Systems, Denver, Colorado) catheter have been reported but are usually easily expectorated by the patient.
(10) To our knowledge, this is the first reported case in which inspissated bile appeared to be a complication of total parenteral nutrition.
(11) Focal occlusion of bronchioles with inspissated mucus, such as that associated with small airway disease, was found in 4 horses.
(12) In three cases, the obstruction was due to inspissated meconium, simulating the features of meconium ileus in one, meconium plug in the second, and associated with perforation of the terminal ileum in the third.
(13) The subnormal ionic transport leads to dehydration of extra cellular fluids and the development of thickened inspissated mucous secretions.
(14) Surgical exploration confirmed the diagnosis of extrahepatic biliary obstruction by severely inspissated bile.
(15) The ductular epithelium undergoes squamous changes and within the ductular lumina, secretions become inspissated.
(16) These strains also digest casein, liquefy inspissated serum actively and survive longer at 45 degrees C and are referred to as LC (large colony) strains.
(17) At laparotomy, thick inspissated bile was flushed from the biliary tree and prompt resolution of the jaundice followed.
(18) One individual required exploratory laparotomy, and inspissated tablets were found in the ileum.
(19) Gross findings included dehydration, subcutaneous emphysema and hemorrhage, atrophy of the thymus, fetal death with concomitant necrosis of cotyledons, thickened wall of the gallbladder, inspissated bile, edema of abomasal folds, mucoid enteritis, linear hemorrhage and edema of the rectal mucosa, and secondary pneumonia.
(20) Gallbladder distention, biliary stasis, and bile inspissation, thought to be important in the pathogenesis of this disease, are enhanced with the use of hyperalimentation, and this potential complication is being seen with increasing frequency in seriously ill or injured patients who are being fed parenterally.