(n.) One of the terminal divisions of a limb appendage; a finger or toe.
(n.) A finger's breadth, commonly estimated to be three fourths of an inch.
(n.) One of the ten figures or symbols, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, by which all numbers are expressed; -- so called because of the use of the fingers in counting and computing.
(n.) One twelfth part of the diameter of the sun or moon; -- a term used to express the quantity of an eclipse; as, an eclipse of eight digits is one which hides two thirds of the diameter of the disk.
(v. t.) To point at or out with the finger.
Example Sentences:
(1) Direct fetal digitalization led to a reduction in umbilical artery resistance, a decline in the abdominal circumference from 20.3 to 17.8 cm, and resolution of the ascites within 72 h. Despite this dramatic response to therapy, fetal death occurred on day 5 of treatment.
(2) Proving that not all teens are content with being part of a purely digital community, Adele Mayr attended a YouTube meet-up in London’s Hyde Park.
(3) The method is implemented with a digital non-causal (zero-phase shift) filter, based on the convolution with a finite impulse response, to make the computation time compatible with the use of low-cost microcomputers.
(4) This week MediaGuardian 25, our survey of Britain's most important media companies, covering TV, radio, newspapers, magazines, music and digital, looks at BSkyB.
(5) Evidence of the industrial panic surfaced at Digital Britain when Sly Bailey, the chief executive of Trinity Mirror, suggested that national newspaper websites that chased big online audiences have "devalued news" , whatever that might mean.
(6) Plasma drug concentrations, subjective self-ratings, and the digit symbol substitution test (DSST) were evaluated during 24 hours after dosage.
(7) The latter indicated that, despite the smaller size of the digital image, they were adequate for resolving clinically significant soft-tissue densities.
(8) YOH shifted the healthy subjects' mood towards feeling panicked, elevated systolic blood pressure and plasma prolactin concentrations, reduced digit symbol substitution, and induced drowsiness and passiveness.
(9) Digitalization by direct intramuscular injection of the fetus successfully controlled supraventricular tachycardia at 24 weeks' gestation after more traditional intensive trials of transplacental therapy with digoxin, verapamil, and procainamide, either separately or in combination, had failed.
(10) These images were previously determined by using a recently developed hybrid optical-digital method.
(11) Following each stimulus, the subject had to press a button for RT and then report the digit perceived.
(12) The need here is to promote the development of genuinely participative models – citizens panels and juries, patient and community leaders, participatory budgeting, and harnessing the power of digital engagement.
(13) Quoting the BBC-commissioned survey of more than 2,000 adults, Lyons said they had been given six choices what to do with the licence fee surplus once digital switchover was complete.
(14) Classic technics of digital image analysis and new algorithms were used to improve the contrast on the full image or a portion of it, contrast a skin lesion with statistical information deduced from another lesion, evaluate the shape of the lesion, the roughness of the surface, and the transition region from the lesion to the normal skin, and analyze a lesion from the chromatic point of view.
(15) Safety was assessed by clinical follow-up, continuous recording of arterial oxygen saturation during the procedure with a digital oximeter, and measuring FEV1, FEF25-75, and FVC just before and 5 min after bronchoscopy.
(16) Digital respirosonography provides an easy way to assess lung sound amplitudes, frequencies and timing over several breaths.
(17) True Love Impulse Body Spray, Simple Kind to Skin Hydrating Light Moisturiser and VO5 Styling Mousse Extra Body marked double-digit price rises on average across the four chains.
(18) However, it had no significant effect on grip strength, digital contractures, respiratory function or visceral involvement.
(19) The BBC has reversed its decision to close the Asian Network digital radio station – but will look to cut its budget in half.
(20) Lateral digits of forelimbs were slightly more affected than medial digits of hindlimbs (17.0% vs 14.8%).
Medius
Definition:
(n.) The third or middle finger; the third digit, or that which corresponds to it.
Example Sentences:
(1) In order to determine whether there is a relationship between soma diameter and oxidative enzyme activity of alpha-motoneurons, we investigated the alpha-motoneurons innervating the different portions within a rat gluteus medius muscle.
(2) The caudal neurovascular trunk of the space between the gluteus medius and vastus lateralis is situated at a distance of 3 to 5 cm from the greater trochanter.
(3) Biochemical estimation of acidic and basic proteins of chick gastrocnemii (G. externus, G. medius and G. internus) and pectoralis muscles has been done under normal, denervated and work stress conditions from 1-56 days of postnatal growth.
(4) During operation the insertion of the gluteal minimus muscle to the trochanter was carefully detached in a way that only the fibres of the gluteus medius remained on the bone.
(5) But, the stability was not as good with 20 per cent insufficiencies of the gluteus medius, implying for these patients the use of a walking-stick, the impossibility of standing on one leg, and the Trendelenburg sign.
(6) From these results, I concluded that although the gluteus medius plays the major role in hip abduction, the rectus femoris and gluteus maximus may act as stabilizers for maintaining the position of hip abduction.
(7) The purposes of this study were to develop a protocol to examine the reliability of manual muscle testing in a clinical setting and to use that protocol to assess the interrater reliability of manually testing the strength of the middle trapezius and gluteus medius muscles.
(8) This time, a 2 inch square piece of fascia and its underlying muscle from the gluteus medius were used to reinforce the closure.
(9) Moreover, in Bauer approach eight times there occurred partial interruption of the innervation of the ventral portion of m. glutaeus medius.
(10) In the pelvic region three major compartments (gluteus medius-minimus compartment, gluteus maximus compartment, and iliopsoas compartment) can be distinguished from the smaller compartment of the tensor fasciae latae muscle.
(11) The gluteus medius of two killed Thoroughbred horses were sampled along the muscle and across the muscle at four different depths.
(12) The increasing width of the dental arch almost were caused by the expansion of the medius suture chiefly.
(13) There was a sensory and motor deficit with chronic ulcerations on the palmar surface of the third phalanx of the medius.
(14) Neurons in the nucleus reticularis medius received excitatory inputs from bilateral OT.
(15) The motoneurons innervating the deep portion were located caudally within the gluteus medius motoneuron pool and had smaller average soma diameter than that of motoneurons innervating the superficial portion.
(16) Retrograde transport of horseradish peroxidase was used to examine the localization and soma diameter of motoneurons innervating the deep (predominance of oxidative fibers) and superficial (predominance of non-oxidative fibers) portions of the gluteus medius muscle in rats.
(17) In 21.1% the gluteus medius inserts autonomously and with 13.5% the gluteus minimus inserts independently.
(18) Using anatomic specimens from 58 fixed femurs, we analyzed the point of insertion and junctional variations of the gluteus medius, minimus and vastus lateralis over the greater trochanter.
(19) The magnitude and carrying position of external loads during walking are both variables that influence requirements of gluteus medius muscle force.
(20) Samples were taken from the longissimus (LM), gluteus medius (GM), and supraspinatus (SS) muscles for determining myofibrillar fragmentation index (MFI) at 1 and 7 d postmortem, cathepsins B and B + L, cystatin(s), mu- and m-calpain and calpastatin 24-h activities, and muscle fiber type and area.