(v. t.) The act by which anything is crossed; as, the crossing of the ocean.
(v. t.) The act of making the sign of the cross.
(v. t.) The act of interbreeding; a mixing of breeds.
(v. t.) Intersection, as of two paths or roads.
(v. t.) A place where anything (as a stream) is crossed; a paved walk across a street.
(v. t.) Contradiction; thwarting; obstruction.
Example Sentences:
(1) However, when cross-linked to anti-CD4 or anti-CD8 antibodies a markedly enhanced proliferation of the corresponding subpopulation is observed.
(2) The cross sectional area of the aortic lumen was gradually decreased while the length of the stenotic lesion gradually increased by using strips with different width.
(3) The quaternary structure of ribonucleotide reductase of Escherichia coli was investigated, with the use of purified B1 and B2 proteins and bifunctional cross-linking agents.
(4) Multiple overlapping thin 3D slab acquisition is presented as a magnitude contrast (time of flight) technique which combines advantages from multiple thin slice 2D and direct 3D volume acquisitions to obtain high-resolution cross-sectional images of vessel detail.
(5) The mobility on sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis is anomalous since the undenatured, cross-linked proteins have the same Stokes radius as the native, uncross-linked alpha beta gamma heterotrimer.
(6) 10D1 mAb induced a substantial proliferation of peripheral blood T cells when cross-linked with goat anti-mouse Ig antibody.
(7) 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.
(8) There was however no difference in the cross-sectional studies and no significant deleterious effect detected of tobacco use on forearm bone mineral content.
(9) Plasma for beta-endorphin assay was preincubated with sepharose-bound anti-beta-lipotropin to remove beta-lipotropin that cross-reacted with the beta-endorphin RIA.
(10) In crosses between inverted repeats, a single intrachromatid reciprocal exchange leads to inversion of the sequence between the crossover sites and recovery of both genes involved in the event.
(11) Further purification of ZAB by filtration through Sephadex G-100 gave a preparation (ZAB2) which contained the common antigen as shown by the cross-reactivity of anti-ZAB2 rat serum with seven stains of N. gonorrhoeae.
(12) On the other hand, as a cross-reference experiment, we developed a paper work test to do in the same way as on the VDT.
(13) No reversions to wild-type levels were observed in 555 heterozygous offspring of crosses between homozygous Campines and normals.
(14) No cross reactions were found between bluetongue and epizootic haemorrhagic disease of deer viruses.
(15) Seven patients were treated with combination chemotherapy, consisting of CHOP (cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, vincristine, prednisone) or MOPP (chloromethine, vincristine, procarbazine, prednisone), in some cases followed by non-cross-resistant second line chemotherapy, if no complete response was attained.
(16) [125I]AaIT was shown to cross the midgut of Sarcophaga through a morphologically distinct segment of the midgut previously shown to be permeable to a cytotoxic, positively charged polypeptide of similar molecular weight.
(17) Blood was cross-matched preoperatively in 47.7% of patients and 90% of this blood was either not administered or given as a delayed nonurgent procedure.
(18) Conjugational recombination in Escherichia coli was investigated by monitoring synthesis of the lacZ+ product, beta-galactosidase, in crosses between lacZ mutants.
(19) Crossed immunoelectrophoresis and sucrose density gradient ultracentrifugation of the patient's plasma showed his prothrombin to be qualitatively indistinguishable from normal prothrombin by these techniques.
(20) Eighty micrograms of the topically active parasympatholytic drug ipratropium were applied intranasally four times daily in 20 adults with perennial rhinitis and severe watery rhinorrhoea in a double-blind controlled cross-over trial.
Cupola
Definition:
(n.) A roof having a rounded form, hemispherical or nearly so; also, a ceiling having the same form. When on a large scale it is usually called dome.
(n.) A small structure standing on the top of a dome; a lantern.
(n.) A furnace for melting iron or other metals in large quantity, -- used chiefly in foundries and steel works.
(n.) A revolving shot-proof turret for heavy ordnance.
(n.) The top of the spire of the cochlea of the ear.
Example Sentences:
(1) Arthroplasty of the hip with a pair of locked cupolas uses a metal cupola and a polyethylene cotyloid cupola.
(2) The regression of the corpus luteum starts around the 16th day of the cycle, beginning at the capillary network of the cupola.
(3) The following stages in lymphoid patches (LP) development have been revealed: I-1-6, II-7-14, III-15-21, IV-22-30 days; during these periods lymphoid noduli with germinative centers, cupolae and internodular areas are formed.
(4) The highest dust exposures were found during furnace, cupola, and pouring ladle repair.
(5) The diaphragm and regions above and below it should be tested when there are deformations of the cupolae and radiological images in the pulmonary bases.
(6) Peculiarities of cytoskeleton in membranous cells and disposition of the latter in the cupola epithelium in aggregated lymphoid nodules++ (ALN) have been studied in the ileum of 5 rabbits.
(7) This appearance is made by precise adaptation of the opaque colonic mucosa depressed in the form of a "cupola" over the intraparietal gas bubble which results in the deformity.
(8) Beyond the room, to the left, we see a series of church cupolas — the highest structures in the Mexico City of the early 1920s.
(9) The author discusses his 15-year old experience of surgical prevention of vestibular atresia by means of incision of the mucosa at the apex of the nasal vestibular cupola.
(10) Relative physiopathology is considered, particularly as regards the thoracic dimension of large hernias of the cupola.
(11) Monoclonal antibodies to vimentin are selectively bind with a specific population of the ALN cupola epithelial cells.
(12) The echocardiographic features of CMS were revealed: the lack of a cupola-shaped diastolic curvature of the mitral cusp in part of patients, an insignificant narrowing of the left venous opening.
(13) On the one hand, they include instrumental modifications, namely spatial separation of the perimeter from its control panel, the introduction of step motors in order to increase the accuracy of setting of the stimulus coordinates, the tilting of the perimeter cupola and patient in order to increase stability and comfort of the latter, a fully automated fixation control system, the use of a magnetic-tape recording system, providing analytical programs for the computer and recording computer-answers at the same time.
(14) The cap region of the granulation is only attached to the endothelium over an area 300 microns in diameter; the rest of the granulation core is separated from the endothelium by a subdural space and a fibrous dural cupola.
(15) characterized by the anatomical shape of a stem coated with Al2O3 and by a spherical acetabulum in ceramic-titanium, stabilized to the acetabulum first by screwing of the titanium ring and then by bony ingrowth in the cupola covered with porous ceramic.
(16) While usually simple, this operation may prove difficult and complex when used on cysts of the cupola, since it may often be necessary to mobilise the liver to a large extent and employ damaging approach routes.
(17) These cells are regularly arranged in the epithelium of the cupola lateral part and they are absent in the epithelium of the intestinal crypts, villi and apex of the cupolas.
(18) In the lateral epithelium of the cupolas surface, nearer to their base vimentin-positive++ epitheliocytes make contacts with single interepitheliocytic lymphocytes, and nearer to the apex they surround compact groups of the interepitheliocytic lymphocytes.
(19) In the comparison of ten normal and two pathological visual fields, excellent agreement was found between examinations made with Octopus perimeters (types 201 and 500) and a prototype version of a new cupola-free perimeter (CFPP).
(20) Converse has been using 3D printers since 2004, which enables the shoe company to get more products to market more quickly, while Alessi has been able to improve it's best-selling La Cupola coffee-maker for 70% less cost and in a fraction of the time.