(v. t.) To divest of all covering; to make bare or naked; to strip; to divest; as, to denude one of clothing, or lands.
Example Sentences:
(1) Modified liposomes and erythrocytes were perfused in situ through segments of bovine, rabbit, or human arteries partially denuded with a balloon catheter prior to perfusion.
(2) The abdominal aorta of rabbits was denuded of endothelium and immediately, 24 h, or 5 weeks later, exposed to autologous radiolabelled PMNs for 1 h. The presence of PMNs at sites of denudation was demonstrated by detection of the radioactive label and was confirmed by light and electron microscopy after 24 h, but not at 5 weeks.
(3) Scanning electron microscopy showed denudation of the endothelial cells, exposure of the subintimal layer, and adhesion of the platelets.
(4) In endothelium-denuded segments, vasoconstrictor responses to nerve stimulation (0.5 Hz, 10 s) or norepinephrine (10 ng) remained constant.
(5) Moreover, the mechanical denudation technique did not deleteriously affect smooth muscle because vasoconstrictor and vasodilator responses to nonendothelial-dependent drugs were the same before and after denudation.
(6) In the transmission electron microscopic studies, magainin-treated sperm cells incubated with either peptide consistently demonstrated denudation of the outer plasma membrane and partial disappearance of the acrosome, while sperm incubated in saline remained unaltered.
(7) KCl-induced contraction in the endothelium-reseeded artery did not differ from that in the denuded artery.
(8) High concentrations of CGRP hyperpolarized the smooth muscle membrane both in intact and endothelium-denuded arteries.
(9) Histamine-induced contractions in intact and denuded preparations were not affected by an H2-antagonist, cimetidine, but were inhibited by an H1-antagonist, diphenhydramine in non-competitive manner in the rings with endothelium and in competitive manner in denuded rings.
(10) In the presence of 0.02 mM verapamil, the maturation of cumulus-enclosed oocytes was not affected, whereas at the same dose of verapamil the maturation of denuded oocytes was inhibited.
(11) In two other patients with active disease whose CEA titers fell prior to colectomy, marked denudation of colonic mucosa was noted.
(12) Moreover, histamine content in pleural surface was significantly (P < 0.05) higher than in denuded parenchyma.
(13) The patterns of in vivo release of histamine and tryptase were determined during prolonged Ag incubation in atopic individuals, using skin chambers placed over denuded skin blister sites.
(14) Messenger RNA levels for v-sis were induced by tension in intact but not denuded vessels.
(15) An angiographic study was performed before and 4 weeks after endothelial denudation; in the latter condition the presence of a full endothelial lining was confirmed histologically.
(16) Immediately before in vitro insemination, the oocytes were divided into three types with different follicle cells: denuded and corona- and cumulus-enclosed oocytes.
(17) The left uterine horn was subjected to a standardized lesion by serosal denudation and devascularization.
(18) It occurred when granular pneumocytes re-epithelialized along the luminal surface of intra-alveolar debris overlying denuded alveolar epithelial basal laminae.
(19) Haemolysate 1 microliter ml-1 had no effect on the denuded artery rings under hypoxic conditions.
(20) In our series of 31 patients, it was found that severe conductive hearing loss, abundant pale granulations, and denuded malleus handle are constant findings and, in our opinion, are significant clinical features of the pathology.
Disrobe
Definition:
(v. t. & i.) To divest of a robe; to undress; figuratively, to strip of covering; to divest of that which clothes or decorates; as, autumn disrobes the fields of verdure.
Example Sentences:
(1) The pitch on which Iceland train, favoured in the past by Monaco and Nantes for summer getaways, sits beneath Mont Veyrier and is cocooned a few hundred metres from pristine lakeside beaches and disrobed holidaymakers.
(2) His New York is a far scruffier place, with the grimy, old, Midnight Cowboy NYC rubbing against the gentrified Upper East Side, best expressed in an ordeal of a scene where Louie witnesses a virtuoso performance by a violinist while, behind the performer, an obese homeless man proceeds to disrobe and start washing himself with a bottle of filthy water.
(3) It is well documented that her eureka moment for founding Ultimo came at a rugby club dinner dance, when she found herself disrobing in the ladies’ because her cleavage-enhancing bra was so uncomfortable.
(4) In her first real adult role, her instincts were bang on: her performance was stunning enough without disrobing, and she won a Golden Globe and was Oscar nominated.
(5) In that scene, the angry Van Gaal disrobed in an attempt to make a point about why he substituted players, although confusion reigned.
(6) Thousands of blood pressure measurements are done daily without the patients' disrobing.
(7) As my team – the Tooting Torpedoes – disrobed in the changing area, I allowed myself a small throb of smugness.
(8) Three Femen activists disrobed in front of the ministry of justice in the Tunisian capital on Wednesday to protest against the jailing of a Tunisian member of the Ukrainian feminist group, quickly attracting an angry crowd.
(9) And because in it Natalie Portman disrobes and acts out a sex scene.
(10) Accommodation At Euro 96 the German side were based at the Mottram Hall Hotel near Wilmslow, Cheshire, where they shocked fellow residents by using the sauna while fully disrobed.
(11) Physically nonaggressive behaviors (e.g., pacing, disrobing inappropriately) correlated with cognitive impairment, fewer medical diagnoses, and absence of a hearing loss.
(12) The patients placed low cost markers at the time of disrobing.
(13) The officer just told me he was taking them to a police station,” Wilson said, recalling the beginning of a hunt for her family, “and that one of them was going to jail.” At Homan Square – which is not a police district station nor a jail, and does not generate public booking records during interrogation and detention, according to a recent deposition – the lawsuit states that Mann and Patrick were instructed to disrobe by a sergeant named Frank Ramaglia, then “subjected to a full strip search”.