(a.) Without break, cessation, or interruption; without intervening space or time; uninterrupted; unbroken; continual; unceasing; constant; continued; protracted; extended; as, a continuous line of railroad; a continuous current of electricity.
(a.) Not deviating or varying from uninformity; not interrupted; not joined or articulated.
Example Sentences:
(1) This trend appeared to reverse itself in the low dose animals after 3 hr, whereas in the high dose group, cardiac output continued to decline.
(2) An automated continuous flow sample cleanup system intended for rapid screening of foods for pesticide residues in fresh and processed vegetables has been developed.
(3) Injection of resistant mice with Salmonella typhimurium did not result in the induction of a population of macrophages that expressed I-A continuously.
(4) The rise of malaria despite of control measures involves several factors: the house spraying is no more accepted by a large percentage of house holders and the alternative larviciding has only a limited efficacy; the houses of American Indians have no walls to be sprayed; there is a continuous introduction of parasites by migrants.
(5) It is followed by rapid neurobehavioral deterioration in late infancy or early childhood, a developmental arrest, plateauing, and then either a course of retarded development or continued deterioration.
(6) IgE-mediated acute systemic reactions to penicillin continue to be an important clinical problem.
(7) "The Samaras government has proved to be dangerous; it cannot continue handling the country's fate."
(8) The program met with continued support and enthusiasm from nurse administrators, nursing unit managers, clinical educators, ward staff and course participants.
(9) Here we show that this induction of AP-2 mRNA is at the level of transcription and is transient, reaching a peak 48-72 hr after the addition of RA and declining thereafter, even in the continuous presence of RA.
(10) At the heart of the payday loan profit bonanza is the "continuous payment authority" (CPA) agreement, which allows lenders to access customer bank accounts to retrieve funds.
(11) Of course the job is not done and we will continue to remain vigilant to all risks, particularly when the global economic situation is so uncertain,” the chancellor said in a statement.
(12) Arthrotomy with continuous irrigation appears to be more effective in decreasing long-term residual effects than arthrotomy alone.
(13) At the same time the duodenum can be isolated from the stomach and maintained under constant stimulus by a continual infusion at regulated pressure, volume and temperature into the distal cannula.
(14) As May delivered her statement in the chamber, police helicopters hovered overhead and a police cordon remained in place around Westminster, but MPs from across the political spectrum were determined to show that they were continuing with business as usual.
(15) Arterial oxyhaemoglobin saturation (SaO2) was monitored continuously during normal labour in 33 healthy parturients receiving pethidine and nitrous oxide for analgesia.
(16) Results in May 89 emphasizes: the relevance and urgency of the prevention of AIDS in secondary schools; the importance of the institutional aspect for the continuity of the project; the involvement of the pupils and the trainers for the processus; the feasibility of an intervention using only local resources.
(17) I hope this movement will continue and spread for it has within itself the power to stand up to fascism, be victorious in the face of extremism and say no to oppressive political powers everywhere.” Appearing via videolink from Tehran, and joined by London mayor Sadiq Khan and Palme d’Or winner Mike Leigh, Farhadi said: “We are all citizens of the world and I will endeavour to protect and spread this unity.” The London screening of The Salesman on Sunday evening wasintended to be a show of unity and strength against Trump’s travel ban, which attempted to block arrivals in the US from seven predominantly Muslim countries: Iran, Iraq, Libya, Sudan, Somalia, Syria and Yemen.
(18) These episodes continued for the duration of the suckling test and were enhanced when a second pup was placed on an adjacent nipple.
(19) Elongation of existing RNA primers by the human polymerase-primase was semi-processive; following primer binding the DNA polymerase continuously incorporated 20 to 50 nucleotides, then it dissociated from the template DNA.
(20) Definite tumor regression, improvement of some clinical symptoms, and continuous remission over 6 mo or more were observed in six, nine, and three patients, respectively.
Cusp
Definition:
(n.) A triangular protection from the intrados of an arch, or from an inner curve of tracery.
(n.) The beginning or first entrance of any house in the calculations of nativities, etc.
(n.) The point or horn of the crescent moon or other crescent-shaped luminary.
(n.) A multiple point of a curve at which two or more branches of the curve have a common tangent.
(n.) A prominence or point, especially on the crown of a tooth.
(n.) A sharp and rigid point.
(v. t.) To furnish with a cusp or cusps.
Example Sentences:
(1) But at least one customer signalled that America's gun lobby might be on the cusp of a moment of introspection.
(2) Multiple determination of size, shape, and diameter of the left atrium were made during the control state and under conditions of varied ventricular outflow resistance in intact anesthetized dogs with markers chronically attached to the mitral annulus and the valve cusps.
(3) The edge of the valve leaflet and the other 2 cusps were intact.
(4) However, the height of the hypoconid, which was the highest in the lower molar cusps, showed almost the same mean value as the height of the upper three principal cusps, indicating that the height of the main functional cusp, in both upper and lower first molars, was almost the same.
(5) In lower second deciduous molars, the buccal margin of the cavity was positioned 1.7 mm medially to the summit of the distobuccal cusp and 1.2-1.3 mm medially to the summits of the other buccal cusps.
(6) A high origin of the right coronary artery or location of the left coronary artery adjacent to a pulmonary cusp or branch may complicate the tunnel-type repair.
(7) In the remainder a wide spectrum of abnormalities was found such as prolapse of the mitral valve (in 13.6%), bicuspid aortal valve with a medium regurgitation (4.5%), hypoplasia of the coronary cusp of the aortal valve (4.5%), dilatation of the ascending aorta with a residual significant stenosis at the site after operation of coarctation of the thoracic aorta (4.5%), subaortal defect of the interventricular septum (4.5%) and slight left ventricular hypertrophy in patients with arterial hypertension (9.1%).
(8) The ruptures and calcifications of the cusps were most commonly observed in commissure.
(9) The commonest cause of failure in young patients was calcification, while in older patients it was cusp rupture.
(10) The results indicate that the tongue-to-teeth contact area of each sound differ from the others, however, it's range is confined within cervical half of lingual surface of incisors and lingual cusps of molars.
(11) In the light of experience acquired in our Echocardiography Laboratory, we recommend, in accordance with data from the literature, the exclusive use of pulsed Doppler and measurement of valve orifices by two-dimensional imaging at the point of insertion of the aortic and sigmoid cusps as well as at the mitral ring.
(12) In 9 of 21 rats a fair or good result was observed, although it did not seem possible to create a fully competent valve with only one cusp blade in the 1.5-mm-diam caval veins.
(13) He underwent single cusp replacement in January 1967.
(14) Then the graft was cut longitudinally on the side of the non-coronary cusp so as to make operative procedure easier.
(15) Destruction of the cusps was seen in three cases and calcification of the cusps developed in three cases.
(16) In a small number of cases, the amount and type of cuspal movement and the degree of dye penetration was variable, depending on cavity design and the composite used, but generally cusp movement was unaffected by variation in cavity outline.
(17) Cardiac ultrasonography demonstrated multiple, central diastolic aortic valve cusp echoes consistent with a thickened, calcified, tricuspid aortic valve.
(18) In conclusion, transesophageal echocardiography and color flow Doppler are superior to transthoracic imaging in estimating bioprosthetic mitral, but not aortic regurgitation, in differentiating valvular from paravalvular regurgitation, and in demonstrating thickened valves due to cusp degeneration.
(19) The valve was composed of 4 cusps of different size and shape.
(20) In conclusion, TAV occurred more frequently at the noncoronary cusp than at the right or left coronary cusp.