(n.) A flexible tube for connecting the ends of glass tubes in pneumatic experiments.
(n.) A device for holding two parts of an electrical conductor in contact.
Example Sentences:
(1) Proheads of bacteriophage lambda which carry the connector of phage phi 29 instead of that of lambda have been produced in vitro.
(2) The system called PRONG (Parallel Recording Of Neural Groups) includes a microelectrode, a lightweight reusable connector, a 24-channel FET-hybrid preamplifier, a 3-band 24-channel amplifier, a 24-channel spike monitor, high-speed digital and analog interfaces and a computer.
(3) The design of linear nucleic acid molecules or molecules containing single-stranded loops or connectors is also possible through application of the procedure.
(4) A model for a general connector to account for the common functions carried out by these viral assemblies is discussed together with the possible role of the channel for DNA translocation.
(5) This device delivers a volume of gas at a controlled pressure to a jet located in the patient connector proximal to a standard single lumen endotracheal tube.
(6) Displacement in the periphery of the finishing line and for the major connector in each mode was extremely small compared to the amount of downward pressure on the mucose and the labio-lingual displacement of natural teeth.
(7) Open the phone just enough to reveal the metal bracket covering the home button cable, remove it with tweezers, and pry the connector up from its socket.
(8) To investigate the usefulness of a simplified Master's two step test (s-MTT) for preschool children aged 4-6, s-MTT was carried out in our pediatric cardiology clinic using a new stair and connector for joining the leads from each child to the ECG machine.
(9) This article describes the use of a round bar connector that will aid the preservation of bone support for two isolated mandibular canines when a fixed partial denture replacing the anterior teeth is contraindicated.
(10) In vitro DNA packaging activity in a defined system derived from bacteriophage phi 29 depends upon the chemical integrity of the connector protein p10.
(11) The current infection control guidelines for anesthesia breathing circuits require single-patient use or high-level disinfection of breathing tubes, y-connector, and reservoir bag.
(12) Features that may be important for the folding and function of this MnSOD include: (1) a cis-proline in a turn preceding the first long helix; (2) a residue inserted at position 30 that distorts the helix near the first Mn ligand; and (3) the locations of glycine and proline residues in the domain connector (residues 92 to 99) and in the vicinity of the short cross connection (residues 150 to 159) that links two strands of the beta-sheet.
(13) The instrument consists of three elements, namely: The cecal foramen holder, the giraffe shaped connector and the pointer needle.
(14) After cutting the major connector, the base movement increased in all three planes with the different forces applied.
(15) The peritonitis rates observed with various peritoneal dialysis techniques and connectors are analyzed based on literature results and a large center experience.
(16) For fixing the catheter, a satisfactory result is obtained by cutting the protruding end to 15-20 cm, attaching a connector, and suturing it to the skin of the temporal region.
(17) Topoisomerase I treatment of the complexes followed by deproteinization suggested that supercoils were restrained by the connectors.
(18) Marginal discrepancies of the castings on the dies and the length of the castings were compared before and after sectioning the castings at the connectors.
(19) Increasingly complex devices to carry out exchanges in continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) have failed to improve on the peritonitis rates of the Italian 'Y' system which uses simple flushing along with antiseptic to sterilise the connectors.
(20) A disposable Y-connector for use when two infusions are connected to the same channula has been tested.
Pigtail
Definition:
(n.) The tail of a pig.
(n.) A cue, or queue.
(n.) A kind of twisted chewing tobacco.
Example Sentences:
(1) Perforations of the left atrial or ventricular wall and extravasations of contrast medium during transseptal left heart catheterisation or angiocardiography can be eliminated by replacing the normally used transseptal catheters by Pigtail-catheters.
(2) The configuration of pigtail DSA catheters should reduce or prevent damage to vessel wall due to extravasation.
(3) In our Department we use a simple respiratory equipment consisting of a modified mask elbow and a pigtail bag.
(4) Searching for the evolutionary origins of these polymorphisms, we have sequenced five DRB clones isolated from a cDNA library of a pigtail macaque (Macaca nemestrina) B lymphocyte line.
(5) We have treated ten patients by means of internal drainage by using double pigtail catheters.
(6) Myocardial blood flow was measured by radioactive microspheres (15 micron diam) injected via a pigtail catheter into the left ventricle during light sedation (closed-chest flow measurements); following thoracotomy, a second set of microspheres was injected via a catheter into the left atrium (open-chest flow measurements, n = 5).
(7) Seven long stenoses were treated by continuous stenting, with a double pigtail stent.
(8) We report the successful insertion of polyurethane double-pigtail stents (made for transpapillary endoscopic insertion) by the percutaneous transhepatic route in five patients.
(9) We conclude that in the majority of patients with double pigtail ureteral stents vesicoureteral reflux occurs at a low grade during vesical filling and at a high grade during voiding.
(10) In 21 patients with a long-standing internal ureteral double-pigtail catheter we demonstrated the adverse effect of a full bladder on upper system drainage.
(11) We prospectively studied 60 ischemic patients with 5F catheters (Pigtail and Amplatz) using the percutaneous right brachial artery approach (group I), in order to compare this technique with two groups of 100 patients each randomly studied by the femoral route with either 5F (group II) or 8F (group III) catheters (Pigtail and Judkins).
(12) After confirmation by needle aspiration, one of two methods of percutaneous catheter introduction were used: (1) a modified Seldinger technique for placement of an 8 French pigtail catheter and (2) a trocar catheter technique for placement of a 12 or 16 French catheter.
(13) The signs and symptoms produced by 4 different types of 7F double pigtail catheters, including Cook polyurethane pigtail stent, Surgitek Silitek Uropass, Cook C-Flex and Van-Tec Soft stent, were analyzed prospectively.
(14) Bile-duct diameter had no influence on flow rate in pigtail stents.
(15) A pliable, easy to place, double pigtail, internal ureteral stent made of elastomeric polyurethane is described.
(16) Contrast material injections into the aorta were made through a 4-F multiple side-hole pigtail catheter inserted percutaneously from the brachial artery.
(17) In 16 of 191 patients the initial attempt to place a double-pigtail internal ureteric stent by conventional methods was unsuccessful.
(18) A high flow right angled 5 gauge polyethylene pigtail catheter was used in 24 patients for aorto-femoral angiography via the transbrachial approach.
(19) Percutaneous pigtail drainage of pleura fluid or air is simple, safe, effective, and substantially less traumatic than standard chest-tube placement.
(20) In nine cases we performed endoscopic retrograde pancreatic drainage (ERPD) by inserting 7-Fr pigtail catheters via the papilla into the cyst or into the main pancreatic duct.