(n.) A pipe, canal, channel, or passage for conveying water or fluid.
(n.) A structure forming a reservoir for water.
(n.) A narrow passage for private communication.
Example Sentences:
(1) A conduit of a diameter of 23 mm was made by hand with a glutaraldehyde preserved xenopericardial graft.
(2) A reduction of salmonellae during the passage of the pump and pressure conduit-pipe, combining east- and west-side of Kiel fjord, could be seen.
(3) In controls the conduit emptied mainly by means of low pressure, to-and-fro activity.
(4) All but 1 of 12 patients who underwent total cystectomy with ileal conduit diversion also underwent various transurethral procedures for treatment of the primary bladder lesions.
(5) LAD to LCCA collaterals serve as functionally significant bidirectional perfusion conduits, and monitoring of collateral perfusion development is practical by measuring the step reduction in LCCA flow upon abrupt release of an LAD occlusion.
(6) Their chief conduits in Damascus have been leading members of the Assad clan, but not necessarily Bashar al-Assad himself.
(7) "There is understandable scrutiny on how we are doing things and that should act as a conduit to look at labor issues across the region.
(8) New structures reported are mesoboscis retractor muscles, the formation of 3 ligament strands from the proboscis retractor muscles, a teloboscis inflator muscle, and conduit through the protrusor muscle sheath.
(9) Following reported successes with chemically fixed human umbilical veins (HUV), we have attempted to develop smaller diameter blood conduits and have improved the currently prevalent techniques of fixation, preparation and storage to generate more convenient surgical products.
(10) This patient underwent total cystectomy with ileal conduit and histopathological staging was pT3bNOMO.
(11) Heterograft conduits so far have been unsuccessful in the aortocoronary position in humans.
(12) No correlation between the conduit pressure and the occurrence of ureteral reflux was found.
(13) Fontan's operation in Doty's modification was performed which involves the establishment of a wide direct connection between the right atrium and the pulmonary artery without the use of valves or a conduit.
(14) The 66 patients were subdivided into four groups according to the type of conduit harvested (single left internal thoracic artery or saphenous vein) and the type of material used for the sternal closure (steel wires or nylon yarns).
(15) In patients with nearly total loss of ureters the pyelotransverse conduit is an effective surgical solution and may prove more comfortable to the patient than bilateral percutaneous nephrostomies.
(16) In imaging porcine whole blood under steady laminar flow, under certain conditions a hypoechoic region was observed to appear near the center of the flow conduit.
(17) BD technique was tested in vitro with the use of nonstenotic valves in fresh conduits.
(18) We report a case in which papillary lesions developed in an ileal conduit that had been constructed for management of nonmalignant disease.
(19) In the present study, the physiological characteristics of the ITA graft were demonstrated as a viable conduit with flow adaptability and growth potential.
(20) Right ventriculography showed no contraction of the right ventricular free wall at the anastomosis to the conduit and poor contraction around the anastomosis in G-1.
Hookah
Definition:
(n.) A pipe with a long, flexible stem, so arranged that the smoke is cooled by being made to pass through water.
Example Sentences:
(1) You can throw tarts at the Queen of Hearts, help the Caterpillar smoke his hookah pipe, make Alice grow as big as a house and then shrink again.
(2) Wasn’t it unbecoming of the man dubbed the new Terrence Malick to direct scenes with genial tokers discussing pioneering methods of joint construction , or hookah-puffing sex-pest wizards ?
(3) David Moyes was “not impressed” by newspaper pictures of Van Aanholt apparently smoking such a hookah at a central Newcastle shisha lounge this summer and has made it clear that he will not countenance any repeats.
(4) The tobacco smoking habits of male and female rural subjects using hookah were associated with increased Cd levels in hair and nails.
(5) What is more, hummus has not supplanted peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, hookahs have yet to be installed in congressional chambers, male elected officials continue shaving their facial hair, Egyptian soap operas and al-Jazeera have yet to replace Fox News and CNN, and the Iron Sheik , sadly, is still not the White House spokesman.
(6) In Alewa, turbaned men sit in groups smoking hookah pipes, buffalo are hosed off in the middle of stone-laid roads and dogs catch the mid-morning rays of an Indian winter sun.
(7) The Caterpillar will smoke his hookah in a new way when you tilt your iPad, or you can throw more pepper the second time around.
(8) The unit sent officers to infiltrate student groups, mosques, religious bookstores, hookah bars and any predominantly Muslim areas to spy on people.
(9) It's not just because the Tubino brothers keep their shop packed high with cannabis pipes, herb grinders and rolling paper – or because of the giant green hookah in the display window – that would-be customers are pouring in.
(10) An early job as a mail boy at an advertising agency (where, just like Mary Ann, I was required to raise the American flag every morning for my conservative boss) brought me into daily contact with a Mona-esque copywriter who declared herself "creative" by flaunting a hookah and a Victorian toilet in her office.
(11) His frustration, his alienation, blossomed into the caterpillar at the hookah and Humpty Dumpty and the Mad Hatter.