(n.) Broken and detached fragments, taken collectively; especially, fragments detached from a rock or mountain, and piled up at the base.
(n.) Rubbish, especially such as results from the destruction of anything; remains; ruins.
Example Sentences:
(1) The hypothesis was tested that plaque, as a complex soil comprising microorganisms, cell debris, salivary deposits and other ill-defined organic and inorganic components, would be susceptible to removal by a rinse with high detersive action.
(2) The interaction between PE and E-IgG involved the extension of micropseudopods toward adherent E-IgG, the formation of a linear uniform cap of roughly 200 A between opposing cell membranes, the ingestion of E-IgG by PE into a membrane-lined compartment, and the disintegration of the ingested ligand into membranous debris.
(3) At 30 days after injection both stains revealed cellular debris and glial reactions characteristic of cellular dissolution.
(4) The intracellular localization of tachyzoites facilitated diagnosis by obviating potential confusion of extracellular tachyzoites with cellular debris or platelets.
(5) necrobiotic and dead cells, cell debris and phagosomes appear electively fluorescent.
(6) The "sump syndrome" is an unusual complication of side-to-side choledochoduodenostomy in which the portion of the common bile duct distal to the anastamosis acts as a sump and may collect bile, stones, food, and other debris.
(7) Assessment of the technique included radiographic and microscopic analysis of remaining debris.
(8) Much of the particulate material resembled cell debris.
(9) Hypertrophic fibrous astrocytes were common in chronic active lesions, were capable of myelin degradation and on occasion, contained myelin debris attached to clathrin-coated pits.
(10) The remaining fragments and debris were later phagocytized by surrounding ependymoglial processes.
(11) The debris-laden macrophages appear to migrate from the tail to the body.
(12) The Malaysian prime minister later says the debris is very likely wreckage from a Boeing 777 , and that it is being sent to France to establish whether it is from flight MH370.
(13) The amounts of polyethylene and methylmethacrylate debris and the histological reactions in the tissues corresponded closely with those reported in earlier studies of total hip prostheses made of stainless steel or cobalt-chromium alloy.
(14) We concluded that the acetabular component of the Wagner prosthesis is prone to early loosening and that the early loosening is potentiated by a foreign-body response to debris resulting from arthroplastic wear.
(15) The combined action of IFN-gamma and TNF-alpha caused a dose-related cellular exfoliation, leading to the formation of a mucoid cap made of mucus and cellular debris.
(16) But there’s also a chance some elements will survive down to surface,” said Hugh Lewis, a space debris expert at University of Southampton.
(17) Although missiles belonging to Hamas and other armed Palestinian groups in Gaza do sometimes fall short, there was no visible evidence of debris from broken Palestinian rockets in the school.
(18) It occurred when granular pneumocytes re-epithelialized along the luminal surface of intra-alveolar debris overlying denuded alveolar epithelial basal laminae.
(19) The cell debris from the surfaces of the separated incisors was either gently wiped off with soft facial tissues or chemically removed by treating with NaOH, NaOCl or trypsin.
(20) They were distinct from astrocytes, which were identified with an antibody to glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) and which did not contain oil red O myelin debris.
Scree
Definition:
(n.) A pebble; a stone; also, a heap of stones or rocky debris.
Example Sentences:
(1) This object was at precisely the point where Mallory and Irvine would have fallen had they rolled on over the scree slopes."
(2) Even as bits of the science lab were claimed by the waves, he would have been insisting on the impending success of his facilities renewal plan, or blaming a lack of commitment in the scree.
(3) Then the anti-depressants wear off and it's scree slopes, boulders and cloud, up to the huge golden Madonna statue at the top of the pass, where walkers start saying buon giorno!
(4) That’s a boat of refugees, and it’ll arrive on this side in about 15 minutes.” And sure enough, it does, leaving its 50-odd Afghan and Pakistani passengers to haul themselves up a craggy scree to reach the road above.
(5) From her viewpoint, David Davis, Liam Fox and Mr Johnson are all satisfactorily engaged in jousting among themselves and trying to run up a political scree slope rather than plotting to bring her down.
(6) The first mass blood pressure screeing in a major metropolitan area was conducted in New Orleans on Aril 28 and 29, 1973.
(7) The lifeless lunar surface (“tod” is German for “dead”) is bare but for heaps of building material and the wooden deck of a ski bar which lies marooned amid the scree.
(8) The scree test was applied to decide on the number of factors to extract.
(9) The quality of care rendered in the screeing clinic was assessed through patient interviews, physician interviews, and record reviews.
(10) As judged by the scree test, seven factors accounted for the personality disorder items, and five factors accounted for the symptom items.
(11) The final length of the ridgeline stands as a rocky comb of shale against the sky, dropping down on either side to wide scree slopes and rocky bluffs and nothing.
(12) The factor analysis in particular revealed that the scree test by Cattell (1966) demonstrated a large, dramatic discontinuity in eigen-values and suggested that there was only one systematic factor.
(13) The drawings are still accurate: the rocks and screes, barns and walls are all still there.
(14) Guidelines and suggestions for mass screeings are described for use by medical groups or agencies.
(15) The heavenly scent of wild sage, thyme and spring flowers tempered the descent along tricky scree.
(16) As the daylight ebbed, the road became more and more terrifying – grey scree crumbling away at the edges, as we climbed up the mountain.
(17) The scree test was applied to decide on the number of factors to retain.
(18) The same data were collected during a screeing phase in which all patients presenting with a complaint of low back pain were referred directly to the physical therapist for primary evaluation.
(19) Therefore, all items had to be analyzed using the method of analysis of factors (mean components, varimax rotation, Scree-test).
(20) "I was scanning the face from base camp through a high-powered telescope last year," his letter read, "when I saw something queer in a gully below the scree shelf.