(n.) The condition of standing or adhering together, or being fixed in union, as the parts of a body; existence; firmness; coherence; solidity.
(n.) A degree of firmness, density, or spissitude.
(n.) That which stands together as a united whole; a combination.
(n.) Firmness of constitution or character; substantiality; durability; persistency.
(n.) Agreement or harmony of all parts of a complex thing among themselves, or of the same thing with itself at different times; the harmony of conduct with profession; congruity; correspondence; as, the consistency of laws, regulations, or judicial decisions; consistency of opinions; consistency of conduct or of character.
Example Sentences:
(1) The findings are more consistent with those in studies of panic disorder.
(2) We have determined the genomic structure of the fosB gene and shown that it consists of 4 exons and 3 introns at positions also found in the c-fos gene.
(3) No consistent relationship could be found between the time interval from SAH to operation and the severity of vasospasm.
(4) The NORPLANT-2 rod system on the other hand consists of only 2 rods.
(5) These four antigens consisted of S of MNSs blood group, Lua of Lutheran blood group, and K and Kpa of Kell-Cellano blood group.
(6) Neither the plasma prolactin level nor urinary excretion of aldosterone and ADHshowed any consistent change throughout the dive.
(7) Taken together these results are consistent with the view that primary CTL, as well as long term cloned CTL cell lines, exercise their cytolytic activity by means of perforin.
(8) Maximal covalent binding of [4,5-14C]ronidazole to DNA also required four-electron reduction, consistent with previous studies of the covalent binding of this agent to immobilized sulfhydryl groups [Kedderis et al.
(9) However, there was no consistent protocol for the method or duration of drug administration.
(10) Mapping of the cross-link position between U2 and U6 RNAs is consistent with base-pairing between the 5' domain of U2 and the 3' end of U6 RNA.
(11) 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.
(12) Projection obliquity resulted in consistent underestimation of DPR angle.
(13) Control incubations revealed an inherent difference between the two substrates; gram-positive supernatants consistently contained 5% radioactivity, whereas even at 0 h, those from the gram-negative mutant released 22%.
(14) Aside from these characteristic findings of HCC, it was important to reveal the following features for the diagnosis of well differentiated type of small HCC: variable thickening or distortion of trabecular structure in association with nuclear crowding, acinar formation, selective cytoplasmic accumulation of Mallory bodies, nuclear abnormalities consisting of thickening of nucleolus, hepatic cords in close contact with bile ducts or blood vessels, and hepatocytes growing in a fibrous environment.
(15) LH and FSH levels in the group which were given low dose progesterone only, rose consistently after BSO and these patterns were similar to those seen in the control group.
(16) The estimated DNA compaction ratio (approximately 3-fold) is consistent with a significant degree of nucleosome unfolding in the hyperstimulated BR genes.
(17) The results are consistent with our previous suggestion that lethality for virulent SFV infection results from a lethal threshold of damage to neurons in the CNS and that attenuating mutations may reduce neuronal damage below this threshold level.
(18) Changes in renal renin levels after the administration of glycerol were not significant, although lower renal renin values were consistently found in rabbits with more severe impairment of renal function.
(19) We conclude that the rat somatosympathetic reflex consists of an early excitatory component due to the early activation of RVL-spinal sympathoexcitatory neurons with rapidly conducting axons and a later peak that may arise from the late activation of these same neurons as well as the early activation of RVL vasomotor neurons with more slowly conducting spinal axons.
(20) The in vivo approach consisted of interspecies grafting between quail and chick embryos.
Viscidity
Definition:
(n.) The quality or state of being viscid; also, that which is viscid; glutinous concretion; stickiness.
Example Sentences:
(1) Chronicity and obliteration of the appendiceal lumen with abnormally viscid mucus may lead to concealed perforation and be responsible for the atypical presentation.
(2) The dilation of the cervical canal is made easier and sometimes the embryo is aborted if a viscid preparation containing Prostaglandin F 22 is injected intracervically 12 hours prior to the scheduled procedure.
(3) The results showed that methylcysteine increased sputum volume, reduced the viscidity of sputum, and significantly improved the subjective assessments of ease of expectoration and severity and frequency of cough, leading to a definite improvement in the patients' clinical state.
(4) Administration of mucodin improves bronchial clearance promoting normalization of bronchial permeability; a positive time course of viscid-elastic indices of the sputum is noted in comparison with the control group.
(5) At autopsy, more than half of the right lower lobe of the lung was occupied by a pale whitish, viscid and glossy tumour mass.
(6) The influence of the loading velocity on Young's modulus was evaluated, and revealed an elastic and a viscid component, and that an asymptotic limit applies.
(7) The formation of viscid colonies and inability to grow in a medium without sodium chloride or at 37 C were additional characteristics of these organisms.
(8) Three dimensional laminar, viscid flow is developed for Newtonian fluids which provides absolute values for axial, radial and tangential velocity fields everywhere if the dimensions of the vessel are known and two simultaneous axial velocities e.g.
(9) These may be detected in cell culture by developmental techniques, in which progenitors form colonies in viscid or semisolid media in response to appropriate stimulation.
(10) Simultaneous recording of thrombloelastogram, coagulbbogram, and platelet degranulation demonstrated that processes of viscid metamorphosis of platelets and fibrin filaments sedimentation were followed by active clot contraction.
(11) MIE is characterized by partial or complete bowel obstruction, resulting from abnormally viscid mucofaeculant material in the terminal ileum and right colon.
(12) They were non motile and viscid colonies were formed.
(13) It contains fluid secretion, yellowish translucent and viscid in character.
(14) Since the compensatory potentials of vasomotor factors at this level are also very high, the collateral viscidation is not only facilitated but by the same token partially compensated.
(15) These values demonstrate a decrease in the pulmonary blood flow rate and an increase in its volume as well as improvement of the elastic-viscid properties of blood vessel walls.
(16) An analysis of bile composition following orthotopic liver transplantation in the rhesus monkey showed that during rejection only small quantities of viscid bile were produced and that this was associated with increased cholesterol saturation.
(17) Considerably more alarming was a series of photographs of Linder and an American gallerist accomplice covered in a wild array of gloopy, dripping colour; in one image, only the artist's eyes were recognisable, such was the quantity of what seemed to be viscid pigment.
(18) Biliary obstruction was caused by viscid mucus in two patients with congenital bile duct abnormalities.
(19) At surgery, all specimens were viscid or pastelike with no evidence of hemorrhagic products as a cause for the MR findings.
(20) The investigations were performed with roentgeno-television control using viscid contrast substances (propyliodone) and gel-like triiodinated liquid contrast media (verografin, urografin, triombrast, etc.).