(a.) Pertaining to, or situated on, the right hand; right, as opposed to sinister, or left.
(a.) On the right-hand side of a shield, i. e., towards the right hand of its wearer. To a spectator in front, as in a pictorial representation, this would be the left side.
Example Sentences:
(1) Emphasis is placed upon practical matters, such as quality of measurement, instruments and the dexterity of the surgeon.
(2) Since the effectiveness with which they are removed largely depends on the age with respect to the stage of root formation, bone resilience and relationship with adjacent anatomical structures, and the dexterity of the operator, whenever possible, early removal is recommended.
(3) The in vitro culture of mouse bone marrow (Dexter cultures) has allowed a detailed analysis of the biology of murine hematopoiesis.
(4) Ethanol alone impaired manual dexterity, increased drowsiness, reduced 'clearheadedness' and also tended to reduce feelings of aggression.
(5) Long-term in vitro human hematopoietic (Dexter) cultures are limited both in their longevity (8-12 weeks) and in their cell production over time.
(6) Cor triatriatum dexter is rare and is infrequently diagnosed before postmortem study; however, once the diagnosis is extablished, the condition is amenable to a relatively simple surgical correction.
(7) At the age of 50, Keaton adopted her first child, her daughter Dexter, now 18.
(8) Additional experiments were performed to assess the formation of new progenitor cells in reconstituted Dexter cultures.
(9) The conditioned medium of a non-virus producing A-MuLV transformed fibroblast cell line was synergistic with medium from Whitlock-Witte long-term bone marrow cultures, while conditioned medium from modified Dexter-type cultures was not active.
(10) Aesthesiometric thresholds (two-point discrimination and depth sense perception), manipulative dexterity, pinch grip force and fingertip skin temperature (FST) were measured before and after exposure to different combinations of static load (handle holding), noise and vibration by using new production brush saws for 5 to 15 min.
(11) The results showed a very good distribution of 100% or 90% in the bronchi principals dexter and sinister.
(12) MK-8057 can be maintained in Dexter-type liquid culture with a feeder layer of irradiated bone marrow cells.
(13) Sex differences emerged on the Embedded-figures Test and the first half of the dexterity test.
(14) Dexter was a consummate theatrical craftsman and Lindsay was, in one form, a sort of poetic director.
(15) We feel that these innovations may enhance surgical dexterity of residents without the need for animal sacrifice.
(16) Yet, we could not find relevant associations between radiographic findings and clinical outcome parameters (pain, morning stiffness, dexterity, grip strength, and patient's overall assessment).
(17) And, apart from appearing in plays at his Belper grammar school, Bates became a regular visitor to Derby Playhouse, where he admired the work of two unknown actors, and later friends, John Osborne and John Dexter.
(18) Through dexterous operation of the Shinkai6500's mechanical arms by pilot Sasaki-san, we quickly began collecting samples of rocks, the hot fluids from the vents, and the creatures thriving around them: speckled anemones with almost-translucent tentacles, and the orange-tinted shrimp scurrying among them.
(19) Our data suggest that poorer performance may be because orthodontists: (1) perceive their younger population of patients at less risk for HBV and HIV; (2) treat 2.5 times as many patients, which increases the costs of infection control; (3) do not use invasive procedures; and (4) perceive that glove use decreases dexterity.
(20) The interaction of noise and heat entailed superior performance of the tasks of memory and search, two hand coordination and reaction time, at moderate difficulty levels, but no distinct interaction effect was observed on the performance of tweezer dexterity.
Dextral
Definition:
(a.) Right, as opposed to sinistral, or left.
Example Sentences:
(1) Patients were divided into dextral (consistent use of right hand) and nondextral (any use of the left hand) groups.
(2) EPs to strobe flashes and rCBF were simultaneously measured in 19 dextral normal adults during a mental rotation task and during a control task involving similar stimulation and response requirements.
(3) The existence of different forms of cerebral organization in dextrals is discussed.
(4) Dextral (right-handed) patients tended to have better performance; this effect was marked in the first-episode sample, especially on verbal tests.
(5) When immediate relatives of the original subject pool were tested on hypnotic susceptibility level, sinistral relatives scored lower in susceptibility than dextral relatives.
(6) Dextrals, 30 men and 30 women, performed a parafoveal task which had been previously demonstrated to show no visual-field advantage.
(7) All dextrals and those sinistral subjects who used the right hand in acquisition showed superior transfer to the identical maze.
(8) A probe evoked potentials procedure was used to assess the relative engagement of both cerebral hemispheres during a language task in the following four groups of dextral adults: left hemisphere (LH)-damaged aphasics recovering from stroke, dysarthrics, right hemisphere (RH)-damaged nonaphasic patients, and normal control subjects.
(9) The mean difference between the two groups was significant, suggesting that pure dextrals are better marksmen than crossed dextrals early in training.
(10) After a series of learning trials, delayed recall of figure placement was obtained in 12 healthy dextral adults.
(11) Of the 34 subjects, 17 were classified as pure dextrals (right-hand, right-eye), while the other 17 were labeled crossed dextrals (right-hand, left-eye).
(12) Support for this theory was obtained by comparing the use of autoerotic fantasy and imagery in another group distinguished by their degree of cerebral lateralization: dextral vs. sinistral males.
(13) We now report a study using subjects selected according to criteria similar to those of Tankle and Heilman, and find under these conditions that sinistrals are indeed significantly inferior to dextrals.
(14) Females and dextrals made more correct responses than males or sinistrals.
(15) Both dextrals and sinistrals showed the same overall pattern deviation: in the tactile scanning task, both right and left hands deviated to the left of the midpoint and in the kinesthetic scanning tasks, the right hand deviated to the left and the left hand to the right of the midpoint.
(16) According to our clinical observations from various aspects of stroke patients, such as the total incidence of aphasia, the incidence of aphasia after left brain damage of the dextrals, the aphasia that occurs in patients without hemiplegia, and the types of aphasia, a much higher incidence of crossed aphasia is seen among the stroke patients of the Han (the largest ethnic group in China) as compared with the Uighur-Kazaks (U-K) in China and the Occidentals documented in the literature.
(17) In a young man with Recklinghausen's disease a large dextral wing-of-sphenoid meningioma and a spinal meningioma were extirpated at an interval of one month.
(18) This far-left-side disadvantage may reflect a difficulty (for dextrals) in focussing covert attention in the far-left part of space for a block of trials.
(19) Comparison of the right and left joints indicated that the dexterous side (dextral in all cases) moved more favorably.
(20) 34 males, right-handed (dextral) subjects (M age = 21.5 yr.) were classified on the basis of eyedness.