(n.) The act or process of resolving the constituent parts of a compound body or substance into its elementary parts; separation into constituent part; analysis; the decay or dissolution consequent on the removal or alteration of some of the ingredients of a compound; disintegration; as, the decomposition of wood, rocks, etc.
(n.) The state of being reduced into original elements.
(n.) Repeated composition; a combination of compounds.
Example Sentences:
(1) The ADAM derivative of carnitine was separated from decomposition products of the reagent and related compounds such as amino acid derivatives on a silica gel column eluted with methanol-5% aqueous SDS-phosphoric acid (990:10:1).
(2) The decomposition of nafcillin and penicillin G solutions was hastened significantly by magnesium sulphate due to effect on the pH values of the solutions.
(3) The UV and IR absorption spectra of compounds present in the eluate were compared with those of model compounds that were assumed to exist in the gel as impurities after the polymerization (monomers and oligomers of hydroxyethyl methacrylate, decomposition products of initiators).
(4) The decomposition of nitrosourea is facilitated when a proton or lithium ion is positioned at the oxygen of the nitroso group.
(5) Inactivation is due to alkylation by 2-methylene-3(2H)-furanone, a decomposition product of the enzymic product 3'-keto-2'-deoxyuridine triphosphate.
(6) During heat treatment, decomposition to isopilocarpine predominated over decomposition to pilocarpic or isopilocarpic acid.
(7) The rate of decomposition of cis-4-OHCP was much faster in plasma than in buffer at pH 7.4.
(8) Hydroxyapatite thermal decomposition product is a mixture of alpha-tricalcium phosphate and tetracalcium phosphate.
(9) A quantitative assay has been developed for putrescine, cadaverine, histamine, and several free amino acids--lysine, arginine, and histidine--as a measure of decomposition.
(10) At temperatures of 200-300 degrees C hexamine decomposition is reported to produce mainly ammonia and formaldehyde.
(11) The hygienic control of polluted surface waters has to be correlated with measurements of the decomposition rate of heterotrophic microbial populations.
(12) Using the malonic acid concentration as a measure of decomposition, this method was used to determine the hydrolytic stability of Meldrum's acid and its skin penetration properties.
(13) Their growth development during the treatment agreed very well with the results of decomposition and deodorization.
(14) The kinetic 13C isotope effect on the decomposition of carbamoyl phosphate to cyanate and phosphate is 1.058.
(15) Enhanced esterification of cholesterol could function as an early primary factor injuring the myelin membrane, the lysocompounds may be involved at a later stage in the pathomechanism of myelin decomposition in the central nervous system.
(16) The cholesterol is possibly a decomposition product of the monohydrate.
(17) The importance of the decomposition of phosphatidylinosite and of its phosphate esters in binding of certain ligands to receptors is shown.
(18) By decomposition of reconstituted receptors with proteases, we demonstrated the homogeneous orientation of the receptor with its extracellular head group pointing to the convex side of the vesicles.
(19) The injected decomposition product was found to be solid at the time of sacrifice in all animals.
(20) The ion content of heart tissue was measured with flame spectrometer after the decomposition of myocardium by Lumatom tissue solubizer.
Embalm
Definition:
(v. t.) To anoint all over with balm; especially, to preserve from decay by means of balm or other aromatic oils, or spices; to fill or impregnate (a dead body), with aromatics and drugs that it may resist putrefaction.
(v. t.) To fill or imbue with sweet odor; to perfume.
(v. t.) To preserve from decay or oblivion as if with balm; to perpetuate in remembrance.
Example Sentences:
(1) One square centimetre samples were taken from equivalent areas in each case of the rumen, reticulum, omasum and abomasum of 38 embalmed Karakul lambs.
(2) The same team that looks after Lenin has reportedly been embalming North Korea's Kim Jong-il, continuing a fine communist tradition that has included Stalin (briefly), Mao and Ho Chi Minh.
(3) He could be the jackal-headed Anubis, Egyptian god of embalming, down on his luck.
(4) One square centimetre samples were taken from analogous areas of the rumen, reticulum, omasum and abomasum of 38 embalmed Karakul lambs.
(5) This is of particular relevance to those forensic pathologists who only uncommonly see injuries which are due to embalming.
(6) Although the cause of death was not a problem to diagnose, this case highlights artefacts that embalming may cause and the difficulties it may create with interpretation of injury.
(7) Routine embalming and burial should not eliminate these diagnostic procedures from consideration in specific situations where potentially useful information may be realized.
(8) Ten rats were embalmed, the veins of the head latex-injected, and the heads were dissected.
(9) Five different porous-coated acetabular prosthetic configurations underwent in vitro testing to assess mechanical stability in embalmed cadaver hemipelves: Harris Galante II cup with three cancellous screws, Biomet Universal cup, Whiteside cup with peripheral pegs, Whiteside cup with two cancellous screws, and plain Whiteside cup.
(10) Images inchoate and nonsensical, my arms and legs seemingly elongated and embalmed in grease, the sense of utter isolation while being gnawed by rats.
(11) Daniel Antoine, who is responsible for the museum's human remains collection, said embalmers had "great skill and knowledge of human anatomy", managing to extract a brain through a hole no bigger than 2cm by 2cm.
(12) Mechanical modelling of the musculoskeletal system is dependent upon information regarding the bony attachments of the relevant muscles; in order to study the biomechanics of the shoulder girdle the authors have identified the muscle attachments in three embalmed cadavers.
(13) In an effort to rid the dissection room of irritating and potentially health-threatening toxic chemicals, we have modified the phenoxyethanol technique for long-term preservation of embalmed cadavers.
(14) Examination for common biochemical substances in the vitreous humor of embalmed bodies indicates that individuals with significant nitrogen retention or diabetics with marked elevation in vitreous glucose will be recognized by standard laboratory procedures on postembalming specimens.
(15) In a series of 120 elbow regions (66 male, 54 female) from embalmed human cadavers, the authors observed the course of the deep radial nerve and then related it to structures such as a) the deep surface of the initial part of the extensor carpi radialis brevis, which was found to be tendinous in 90% of the cases, b) the superior hiatus of the supinator muscle, which formed a fibrous arcade of Frohse in 61% of the cases, and the distance of its peak from the lateral condyle, which ranged from 4 to 6 cm, and c) the angle between the superficial oblique muscle fibres of the supinator and the long axis of the radius, which varies from 18 degrees to 38 degrees and crossed the nerve almost transversely.
(16) Sister-chromatid exchanges measured in the peripheral lymphocytes of 8 non-smoking persons after exposure to formaldehyde-embalming solution during a 10-week anatomy class showed a small (P = 0.02) average increase when compared with samples obtained from the same individuals immediately before exposure began.
(17) He looks as if he could do with a spot of embalming himself.
(18) Another version says the embalmed head was stuck on a spike outside Westminster Hall where the king was tried.
(19) People told QSA of funeral directors asking whether their deceased relative “deserved better”, with staff pressing relatives to pay more for embalming as it was “dignified for the deceased”.
(20) This study examines the changes in elongation of falx cerebri during the application of some of the craniosacral therapy techniques to the skull of an embalmed cadaver.