(a.) Flowing together; meeting in their course; running one into another.
(a.) Blended into one; growing together, so as to obliterate all distinction.
(a.) Running together or uniting, as pimples or pustules.
(a.) Characterized by having the pustules, etc., run together or unite, so as to cover the surface; as, confluent smallpox.
(n.) A small steam which flows into a large one.
(n.) The place of meeting of steams, currents, etc.
Example Sentences:
(1) In group III, multiple confluent ulcers were produced in the cheek pouch on one side, with a single ulcer in the contralateral cheek pouch; no drug was applied, and the tissues were prepared for histology.
(2) The proteins that were increased or decreased in rate of synthesis as B103 cells became confluent were in general not the same proteins that were increased or decreased in rate of synthesis as B9 cells reached confluence, indicating that most of the changes do not reflect growth control responses common to all cells.
(3) Confluent monolayers of capillary endothelial cells derived from Mongolian gerbil brain were irradiated with a single exposure of x-rays, and their radiosensitivity and sequential changes in morphology, staining intensity for factor VIII-related antigen (F VIII RAg), and capacity to produce prostacyclin (PGI2) were examined.
(4) Immunofluorescence and immunoelectronmicroscopy experiments demonstrated that while tight junctions demarcate PAS-O distribution in confluent cultures, apical polarity could be established at low culture densities when cells could not form tight junctions with neighboring cells.
(5) This demonstrated that 24 infants had adequate-sized right and left pulmonary arteries (19 confluent, 5 nonconfluent).
(6) The effects of coronary reperfusion on the uptake of digoxin by ischemic myocardium were studied in 17 open chest dogs undergoing anterior wall infarction produced by snaring confluent branches of the left coronary arterial system.
(7) Exposure of confluent UMR-106 cells to PTH (10(-9)-10(-7) M) induced a concentration-related stimulation of the Na-dependent Pi transport (NaPiT).
(8) Development of normal haematopoiesis was effective in spite of poor stromal cell development--a confluent adherent layer as classically described in serum conditions was never achieved.
(9) The increase in Con A fiber-binding seems to be specific for EGF, since it was not observed in response to insulin, prostaglandin F2alpha or a higher serum concentration, which also initiate cell devision of confluent quiescent 3T3 cells.
(10) The results indicate that in confluent cultures, cells with high GGT activities have significantly higher cellular GSH content, and a linear correlation exists between the glutathione content and the logarithm of the GGT activity.
(11) We report here that dimethylsulfoxide (DMSO): suppresses radiation-induced transformation in vitro, even when DMSO treatments begin as late as 10 days post-irradiation (when cells are in the confluent, stationary phase of growth); inhibits the 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate (TPA) enhancement of radiation-induced transformation in vitro; does not affect the expression of transformed cells as foci (when surrounded by non-transformed cells); and may be affecting radiation-induced transformation through its solvent properties (i.e.
(12) Epidermal growth factor added to cultures on solid or porous supports caused proliferation of epithelial-type cells to give a confluent monolayer but did not increase the expression of differentiated function.
(13) The effects of confluent holding recovery on survival, chromosomal aberrations, and progression through the life cycle after subculture of human diploid fibroblasts X-irradiated during density inhibition of growth have been examined.
(14) To examine the molecular traffic and sites of metabolism of PAF released in the vascular wall, we used a coculture system in which endothelial cells are grown on micropore filters suspended over confluent cultures of vascular smooth muscle cells.
(15) Confluent monolayers of the fibroblasts were grown in petri dishes.
(16) Primary rat astrocyte cultures were used to isolate a macrophage population that does not adhere to the confluent glial cells.
(17) Seropositive patients tended to have lower serum aspartate aminotransferase, gamma-globulin, and bilirubin levels than seronegative counterparts, and they did not have histologic features of confluent necrosis at initial assessment.
(18) Adenosine deaminase (ADA) activity was localized at the surface membrane of the mouse C-1300 neuroblastoma by incubation of a confluent tissue culture monolayer grown on Lux-Permanox cultureware with 6-chloropurine ribonucleoside (CPR).
(19) In confluent normal human skin fibroblasts, dNTP pool size was quantitated by the formation of [3H]TTP from [3H]thymidine; DNA repair was examined by repair replication in cultures irradiated with UV light.
(20) Non-confluent monolayers of HeLa cells were treated with various concentrations (10(-5)-10(-8) M) of dithranol or butantrone for 45 min.
Macrocephalous
Definition:
(a.) Having a large head.
(a.) Having the cotyledons of a dicotyledonous embryo confluent, and forming a large mass compared with the rest of the body.
Example Sentences:
(1) When examined during gastrulation, however, Xenopus laevis and Rana pipiens macrocephalic embryos produced by GV injection as well as macrocephalic embryos produced by the hybrid cross, Rana septentrionalis female X Rana catesbeiana male, all exhibit alterations in the pattern of gastrulation.
(2) 2 dimensional basicranial form was defined by linear dimensions, Fourier coefficients and medial axis lengths from lateral cephalographs of age-sex matched samples of microcephalics, macrocephalics and normocephalics.
(3) We conclude that enlargement of the subarachnoid space in macrocephalic children is often a benign entity.
(4) They were a 2-year-old, short, macrocephalic and autistic girl, and a 5-year-old boy.
(5) A patient with partial deletion of the long arm of chromosome 11[del(11)(q23.3----qter)] had macrocephalic trigonocephaly, growth and mental retardation, congenital heart defect, and characteristic facial appearance familiar to that of 33 other reported patients with this deletion.
(6) It was based on the digitized mandibular outlines of three age-sexed samples of microcephalics, macrocephalics, and normocephalics.
(7) Evaluation of the derived medial axis lengths and branch point distances indicated complex patterns of mandibular shape contrasts between microcephalics and macrocephalics on the one hand and normocephalics on the other.
(8) Eighteen macrocephalic children with enlargement of the subarachnoid space (ESAS), with or without mild ventricular dilatation, were followed prospectively to a mean age of 56 months.
(9) To clarify indications and limits of computer assisted tomography and positive ventriculography the results of both methods were compared with each other retrospectively in 55 macrocephalic newborns and infants.
(10) The aims of the study were an evaluation of the usual criteria of macrocephaly and the drafting of a differentiated approach to the investigation of macrocephalics.
(11) We report on a family with X-linked hydrocephalus: progressive increase in head circumference (OFC) led to the diagnosis in 3 patients; however, in 5 with normal OFC, the initial diagnosis had been "nonspecific" mental retardation, until identification of relatedness between 3 macrocephalic boys suggested segregation of a major Mendelian gene.
(12) A better estimation of the intracranial volume of the macrocephalic children was obtained by means of the "Utrecht Head Measure", the product of OFC-squared and the head height.
(13) All six patients with severe OI (type III) had cortical atrophy on computed tomographic scan and three were also macrocephalic.
(14) Age is positively correlated with the percentage of microcephalic, macrocephalic and duplicate heads and coiled tails and negatively correlated with the percentage of no tail spermatozoa: these age-related variations are involved in the 90th percentile.
(15) Ventriculocentesis of the macrocephalic fetus was performed and abortion induced.
(16) Of six affected children, two had hyperbilirubinaemia, one muscular hypotonia, one was underweight for gestational age, one was macrocephalic, and one had supraventricular extrasystoles.
(17) One is a severely retarded, macrocephalic boy, who had the characteristic laboratory findings of Canavan disease and progressive leucodystrophy on neuro-imaging.
(18) Comparison of the clinical and radiologic characteristics of subarachnoid widening in macrocephalic children and in normocephalic or microcephalic children showed no significant differences.
(19) Of the 12 reported patients with deletions limited to band 13q14, seven had normal intelligence and five were macrocephalic.
(20) The data indicate that the shape contrasts between the mandibles of macrocephalics and microcephalics are more complex than traditionally envisaged and emphasize the need for further study to ascertain the effect of genetic and environmental influences on mandibular form.