(n.) A circular structure either in plants or animals; as, a blood disc, a germinal disc, etc. Same as Disk.
Example Sentences:
(1) With this system, a brain region loaded with fura-2 was illuminated by a rotating disc bearing three different interference filters of 340, 360 and 380 nm at a rate of 600 rpm.
(2) Two cases of posterior lumbar vertebral rim fracture and associated disc protrusion in adolescents are presented.
(3) It is suggested that the intercalated disc functioned as a barrier to the freezing process.
(4) The increased release of alkaline phosphatase from the particulate matrix by lysophosphatidylcholine was confirmed by disc electrophoresis.
(5) The correlation of posterior intervertebral (facet) joint tropism (asymmetry), degenerative facet disease, and intervertebral disc disease was reviewed in a retrospective study of magnetic resonance images of the lumbar spine from 100 patients with complaints of low back pain and sciatica.
(6) Patients should be evaluated by perimetry using an appropriate strategy and contrast sensitivity testing, along with careful examination of the optic discs.
(7) Albumin was highly purified from a commercially available rat albumin preparation (Fraction V) using disc electrophoresis.
(8) The intervertebral discs expand centrally and become increasingly convex.
(9) The average repetitive yields and initial coupling of proteins spotted or blotted into PVDF membranes ranged between 84-98% and 30-108% respectively, and were comparable with the yields measured for proteins spotted onto Polybrene-coated glass fiber discs.
(10) The most frequently occurring signs were: tilting of the disc (89%), oblique direction of the vessels (89%) and myopic astigmatism (96%).
(11) Clinical findings and operative results of 212 operated cases of disc protrusion are analyzed in this paper.
(12) The initial effects of chymopapain, a chemonucleolytic agent, on the intervertebral disc of dogs were studied by light and electron microscopic techniques.
(13) Astrocytes nearer the optic disc showed the stellate shape characteristic of mature cells.
(14) Chemonucleolysis is a procedure in which an enzyme is injected into the intervertebral disc for the purpose of alleviating sciatic pain.
(15) Existing visual field defects in three patients were slightly aggravated and in four patients, with a pathological optic disc, visual field loss developed.
(16) Immunohistochemical studies support earlier reports of a rich nerve supply to the posterior longitudinal ligament, a less developed innervation of the anterior ligament and the outermost annular ring, and a total lack of innervation in deeper parts of the intervertebral disc.
(17) We analyzed 80 consecutive cases of lumbar disc herniation who underwent an extraperitoneal anterolateral discectomy according to clinical and radiologic parameters.
(18) The disc-gel patterns of the 8 m urea-soluble proteins showed that C. perfringens caused extensive proteolysis in pig muscle and a lesser extent of proteolysis in rabbit muscle.
(19) The cervical discogenic (painful disc) syndrome consists of scapular pain radiating to the head, shoulder and upper arm, often associated with paraesthesiae but without neurological deficit.
(20) Manganous chloride and Congo red incorporated into blotting paper discs have been used to differentiate gonococci from meningococci.
Forehand
Definition:
(n.) All that part of a horse which is before the rider.
(n.) The chief or most important part.
(n.) Superiority; advantage; start; precedence.
(a.) Done beforehand; anticipative.
Example Sentences:
(1) She thought it was going out but it landed in - she hooked it back and Sharapova netted an easy forehand!
(2) They trade shots from the baseline, until Dimitrov changes approach with a low slice, causing Murray to net a forehand.
(3) His first serve is a memory and his forehand hits the doubles alley.
(4) During deuce, we are treated to some absurdity from both players, but Kyrgios then misses a forehand to give Nadal another set point.
(5) Once it does, he's in a spot of bother and Murray is able to punish a forehand into the corner for 0-15.
(6) In some instances, this difference in accuracy can be attributed to the fact that the intermediate players were unaware of what the telegraphic cues were (e.g., backhand shots) while, in other situations, the difference in prediction ability is primarily due to the intermediate players' more frequent failure to detect the presence of known telegraphic cues (i.e., forehand shots).
(7) Telemetry EMG was used to assess the muscle activity of the anterior deltoid and the forearm extensor muscles during the forehand and backhand strokes of tennis in a selected group of test subjects.
(8) Then Murray goes on the front foot, jabbing away a volley to make it 40-15, but Federer then wrong-foots his foe with a feathery forehand at the net to hold.
(9) Murray then nets a forehand to make it 0-40 and I can't stop thinking about that forehand he missed at 15-30 in the previous game.
(10) He gets his serve back, it's slow, but he takes Dimitrov's return and powers the forehand into the far corner to round out the game and lock in his break.
(11) If the ninth-seed is exhausted after yesterday's bracing defeat of Sharapova, she is doing well not to show it, lashing her left-handed forehands to the corners and surging to break point in the seventh game.
(12) The first match point is saved with a beauty of a forehand down the line, but not the second, Murray sending one last horrible forehand into the net.
(13) Oh, they're really into this now, what a ridiculous pair of ridiculous individuals they really are - and Nadal takes control of the point, pinning Djokovic in the forehand corner and punishing him to seize the advantage with an angled volley at the net.
(14) Updated at 4.44pm BST 4.39pm BST Second set: Djokovic 4-6, 4-2 Nadal* (*denotes server) After much head-shaking, Djokovic nails a forehand, before drawing Nadal to the net with a drop-shot, Nadal scooting to the backhand wing and force-scooping a winner crosscourt.
(15) Updated at 5.36pm BST 5.28pm BST Third set: *Djokovic 4-6, 6-3, 3-3 Nadal (*denotes server) At 15-all, a ridiculous point, Nadal the aggressor, winging forehands to Djokovic's backhand corner, before the opportunity to play a drop presents itself.
(16) This is the first time Murray's put any real pressure on Federer's ser... oh, wait, 30-all, a pummelling forehand down the line from Federer.
(17) A study of the host and tissue specificity of the various Rickettsiella actually known must be defined forehand the impact of the metabolism of host cells on the appearance and structure of these bodies.
(18) So that's 1-1 on Twitter allez es (that's the plural of allez , obviously): Brando Florente (@BrandoJablan) @guardian_sport @Simon_Burnton come on Nole June 8, 2014 joseph langton (@jnlangton) @guardian_sport @Simon_Burnton come on raffa June 8, 2014 2.24pm BST First set: Djokovic* 2-1 Nadal Djokovic nets a straightforward backhand to go 0-15 down, but an ace, a powerful crosscourt forehand from halfway down the court and then a fearsome, thunderous rally that ends with Nadal slapping a forehand into the net puts him firmly in control of the game.
(19) Rafa holds too after his opponent plops a forehand short and Nadal gobbles the chance.
(20) The error from Dimitrov never arrives; instead Murray nets a forehand to make it 15-40.