(1) He said: “Almost daily we hear from parents desperate to escape the single cramped room of a B&B or hostel that they find themselves struggling to raise their children in.
(2) Toxicity included an increase in body weight, cushingoid effects, muscle cramps, and tremors in both groups.
(3) Primary amenorrhea and cyclic, cramping lower abdominal pain was the common symptoms of all the patients.
(4) The 1st gynecologic consultant was called after the patient experienced severe cramps and passage of part of a placenta.
(5) Among the observed side effects were moderate pelvic cramps (20.9%), nausea (27%), fainting (4.8%); 61.3% of the women complained of fatigue.
(6) When there's a very limited stock of social housing, and very long waiting lists for people who need it, and lots of big families living in very cramped conditions, that isn't wrong at all.
(7) They also complained of exercise-induced stiffening and cramps of their leg muscles.
(8) Mark Leech, editor of ConVerse , the national newspaper for prisoners, said the former MP should expect "to find himself in a prison reception that is cramped, cold and busy – with up to 200 prisoners being processed each day".
(9) Despite a cramping, high-concept production set in a psychiatric ward, Richardson gave us a Richard resembling a monstrous child whose ravening will had yet to be curbed by social custom.
(10) He took Jessica's mobile out of her pocket; he carried their bodies down the stairs and, after checking no one was around, bundled them into the cramped boot of his car, bending their legs to fit them in; he collected petrol and bin bags (to protect his feet and thus conceal evidence); he drove to Lakenheath and found a lonely track; he got out where the vegetation grew thickly and he rolled the two girls down into the ditch; he climbed into the ditch and cut off their clothing - their red football shirts and their tracksuit trousers, their knickers, Holly's black bra which she and her mother had bought the day before - and then he poured petrol over their bodies and threw on a match.
(11) For chronic phantom and stump pain, burning sensations are treated with interventions designed to increase blood flow to the residual limb, whereas cramping sensations are treated with interventions that reduce muscle spasms.
(12) Post-prandial cramping abdominal pain may be an early symptom of thrombosis, demanding immediate anticoagulation.
(13) Our purpose was to evaluate the analgesic efficacy of single oral doses of ketoprofen 25, 50, and 100 mg compared with aspirin 650 mg and placebo in the relief of moderate to severe postepisiotomy, uterine cramping, or cesarean section pain.
(14) Photograph: Rozena Crossman Despite its small size, the café has a lighter and more modern atmosphere than the cramped bookshop next door, a famous hub for influential writers.
(15) The four-bedroom apartments are cramped and austere, but they sell for more than $100,000.
(16) Epidural morphine is used for postcesarean analgesia, and nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs are frequently administered to relieve uterine cramps after vaginal delivery.
(17) Subjective symptoms of venous hypertension were assessed by an analogue scale line considering four symptoms: swelling sensation, restless lower extremity, pain and cramps, and tiredness.
(18) Tommy Banks, Bolton's left back, was exhausted by his efforts to halt Matthews, contracting cramp in his shins, and four times leaving the field for treatment in the final quarter hour.
(19) 65% (140) quit because of side effects, usually pregnancy-like symptoms (such as nausea or weight gain), or menstrual symptoms (such as hemorrhaging or cramps).
(20) Funes Mori will commence a three-match ban on Saturday, John Stones was forced out of the derby with stomach cramps, Phil Jagielka is recovering from a hamstring strain and Seamus Coleman is almost certainly out with a similar injury.
Tight
Definition:
() of Tie
() p. p. of Tie.
(superl.) Firmly held together; compact; not loose or open; as, tight cloth; a tight knot.
(superl.) Close, so as not to admit the passage of a liquid or other fluid; not leaky; as, a tight ship; a tight cask; a tight room; -- often used in this sense as the second member of a compound; as, water-tight; air-tight.
(superl.) Fitting close, or too close, to the body; as, a tight coat or other garment.
(superl.) Not ragged; whole; neat; tidy.
(superl.) Close; parsimonious; saving; as, a man tight in his dealings.
(superl.) Not slack or loose; firmly stretched; taut; -- applied to a rope, chain, or the like, extended or stretched out.
(superl.) Handy; adroit; brisk.
(superl.) Somewhat intoxicated; tipsy.
(superl.) Pressing; stringent; not easy; firmly held; dear; -- said of money or the money market. Cf. Easy, 7.
(v. t.) To tighten.
Example Sentences:
(1) Freshly isolated sarcoplasmic reticulum vesicles contain 0.05 mol of tightly bound ADP and 0.03 mol of tightly bound ATP per mol of Ca2+, Mg2+-ATPase (ATP phosphohydrolase, EC 3.6.1.3).
(2) The expression of the Pgp isoforms appears to be tightly regulated and, at least in some cells, under complex hormonal control.
(3) Whereas the tight junctions of endoneurial capillaries are known to prevent certain blood-borne substances from entering the endoneurium, it was not clear whether the permeability of the pulpal capillaries, which are distant from the nerve fibres, could affect the nerve fibre environment.
(4) The cells are predominantly monopolar, tightly packed, and are flattened at the outer border of the ring.
(5) These data indicate that topoisomerase I and RNA polymerase I are tightly complexed both in vivo and in vitro, and suggest a role for DNA topoisomerase I in the transcription of ribosomal genes.
(6) 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.
(7) Investigations have been made to determine the identity and binding characteristics of the pterins that are bound tightly to dihydrofolate reductases which are isolated from vertebrate sources by a well established procedure.
(8) At all times, a tight inverse correlation exists between ATP and IMP concentrations.
(9) Recently, a gene for ITD (DYT1) in a non-Jewish kindred was located on chromosome 9q32-34, with tight linkage to the gene encoding gelsolin (GSN).
(10) This study investigates the use of the incentive inspirometer to observe the effects of tight versus loose clothing on inhalation volume with 17 volunteer subjects.
(11) In contrast, interchange of the histones and tightly bound non-histone protein DNA complexes from hormone-withdrawn and estrogen-stimulated chromatins during reconstitution did not affect the level of mRNAOV sequences produced.
(12) Using microelectrodes and various microscopic techniques active Na+ absorption as well as K+ secretion has been localized to the principal cells, while Cl- absorption was found to proceed largely, though not exclusively, through the tight junctions between cells.
(13) The successful establishment of a postcrisis SV-40 T antigen transformed epithelial cell line, 1HAEo-, which retains tight junctions and vectorial ion transport, is described.
(14) The present investigation shows that the intramembranous proteins of tight and gap junctions are mobile structures within the fluid membrane.
(15) In contrast, after incubation with 0.5% DOC, the core microfilaments are no longer tightly bundled yet the lateral arms remain attached with a distinct 33-nm periodicity.
(16) The data collected by several approaches reveal that assembly and maturation of vaccinia involves a tightly coupled sequence of interrelated events including the assembly of the envelope, post-translational cleavage of several virion polypeptides, and induction of the core enzymes.
(17) The tight coupling between neuronal activity and oxidative energy metabolism forms the basis for the use of cytochrome oxidase as an endogenous metabolic marker for neurons.
(18) When using a nylon thread for the attachment of a pseudophakos to the iris, it may happen that the suture is slung tightly around the implant-lens.
(19) Some antibodies and other proteins bind tightly to nitrocellulose and dissociation of these proteins by Tween 20 is barely detectable.
(20) Independent experts warn that rumours and deliberate misinformation about the regime are rife, partly because it is impossible to verify or disprove most stories about the tightly controlled country's elite.