(v. t.) To part; to separate or disunite; to disengage; -- the opposite of attach; as, to detach the coats of a bulbous root from each other; to detach a man from a leader or from a party.
(v. t.) To separate for a special object or use; -- used especially in military language; as, to detach a ship from a fleet, or a company from a regiment.
(v. i.) To push asunder; to come off or separate from anything; to disengage.
Example Sentences:
(1) In 1 of the 3, anterior capsular detachment was also demonstrated radiographically and confirmed surgically.
(2) In 22 cases (63%), retinal detachment was at least partially flattened in the area of the posterior pole of the eye.
(3) Because of the short detachment interval, and the absence of underlying pathology or trauma, the recovery process described here probably represents an example of optimum recovery after retinal reattachment.
(4) Surgical removal was avoided without complications by detaching it with a ring stripper.
(5) It was concluded that the detachment of the oxaloyl residue from oxaloacetate and its replacement by a proton proceed with inversion of configuration at the methylene group which becomes methyl during the hydrolysis.
(6) The yield of such studies may be high for an understanding of such diseases as myopia, retinal detachment, and keratoconus.
(7) A large exudative retinal detachment and hypopyon developed in one eye, and cultures from the anterior chamber aspirate grew CMV.
(8) The results are discussed in the light of the pathophysiological changes following retinal detachment including detachment of the macular area.
(9) The perfluoropropane gas was used as an adjunct to vitreoretinal microsurgery in 60 eyes of 60 patients with rhegmatogenous retinal detachment complicated by proliferative vitreoretinopathy.
(10) Analysed were the results of surgical treatment, causes of the failure and early recurrence in 108 patients with retinal detachment in whom was performed an indentation of the sclera by means of a balloon (1st group--50) or by an episcleral implant (2d group--58).
(11) Retinal Pigment epithelial tears have been well documented as a complication of pigment epithelial detachment in patients with age related macular degeneration.
(12) On examination by cholangiography at 1, 2, 3, and 4 weeks after the initial laparotomy, no significant cholangiectasis was found in dogs subjected to either cholecystectomy alone or to detachment of the surrounding tissue alone.
(13) At the acute stage, hypotonia and exudative retinal detachment were found.
(14) Cells were synchronized by selective detachment of cells blocked in metaphase using colcemid.
(15) The authors have treated seven patients by using percutaneous placement of a detachable balloon to occlude a pseudoaneurysm of an upper extremity graft.
(16) The clinical features and results of surgical management of 68 out of a series of 101 cases of traumatic retinal detachment in childhood are described and analysed.
(17) In 17 cases of recurrent retinal tears occurring after successful retinal detachment surgery, the new tears developed on or near the treated primary tear in seven cases and away from the treated tear in ten cases.
(18) To obtain the subcellular fractions, cell monolayers or cells previously detached from the culture dish were treated with non-ionic detergent N onidet P-40.
(19) It was also recorded that patients with edematous fibroplastic process in the central zone accompanied by vitreoretinal tractions often develop equatorial dystrophies, this being a risk factor of retinal detachment.
(20) Associated features were severe blunt or penetrating injury, total retinal detachment, surbretinal proteinaceous exudate, and concomitant presence of preretinal fibrocellular or fibrovascular proliferations.
Fundamental
Definition:
(a.) Pertaining to the foundation or basis; serving for the foundation. Hence: Essential, as an element, principle, or law; important; original; elementary; as, a fundamental truth; a fundamental axiom.
(n.) A leading or primary principle, rule, law, or article, which serves as the groundwork of a system; essential part, as, the fundamentals of the Christian faith.
Example Sentences:
(1) However, as the same task confronts the Lib Dems, do we not now have a priceless opportunity to bring the two parties together to undertake a fundamental rethink of the way social democratic principles and policies can be made relevant to modern society.
(2) "These developments are clearly unwarranted on the basis of economic and budgetary fundamentals in these two member states and the steps that they are taking to reinforce those fundamentals."
(3) The percent pause time, the standard deviation of the voice fundamental frequency distribution, the standard deviation of the rate of change of the voice fundamental frequency and the average speed of voice change were found to correlate to the clinical state of the patient.
(4) Some fundamentals of the causes of diagnostic errors depending upon anatomophysiological and topographo-anatomical peculiarities of woman's organism are given.
(5) Speaking to pro-market thinktank Reform, Milburn called for “more competition” and said the shadow health team were making a “fundamental political misjudgment” by attempting to roll back policies he had overseen.
(6) These data suggest that there are fundamental differences in the mechanisms of induction of virally and chemically induced thymic lymphomas in AKR mice.
(7) The findings support our earlier suggestion that the kinetics of spermatogenesis in the quail are fundamentally similar to the pattern which has been described for mammals.
(8) The crystallographic parameters of four different unit cells, all of which are based on hexagonal packing arrangements, indicate that the fundamental unit of the complex is composed of six gene 5 protein dimers.
(9) Which brings us to the next fundamental question: Was it a terrorist attack?
(10) The trials have yielded much fundamental and clinical data of general relevance in the radiotherapy of malignant disease.
(11) With an increased understanding of the fundamental biologic characteristics of brain tumors, we should be able to improve the outlook for these patients.
(12) The negative inotropic effect is fundamentally related to its effects on calcium release, with additional contributions from its effects on calcium entry.
(13) Thus functional plasticity in response to early experience appears to be a fundamental aspect of cortical development.
(14) In spite of this fundamental disagreement, they were both relieved that President Obama has suspended his plan to launch missiles against Syria .
(15) It is argued that the provision of accurate and useful probabilistic assessments of future events should be a fundamental task for biostatisticians collaborating in clinical or experimental medicine, and we explore two aspects of obtaining and evaluating such predictions.
(16) However, the most fundamental questions concerning the pathogenesis of Cushing's disease remain unanswered.
(17) The values of human dignity, freedom, democracy, equality, the rule of law and the respect for human rights are absolutely fundamental to the European Union.
(18) This study contains the fundamentals and the technique of the intraarticular application of an MRI contrast agent in connection with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI arthrography).
(19) Given that patient preferences constitute a central concept within the framework of HRQL, further empirical evaluation of utility measures of preference is fundamental to improving the HRQL measurement tool-kit.
(20) Our fundamental market is 75% done,” he said last weekend, “and when we sign one midfield player that crucial work will be done.” The manager did not rule out further purchases, though.