(a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, a disk; as, discal cells.
Example Sentences:
(1) This pressure will, at the edges of the superior and inferior end-plates, be counteracted by the tractional stresses of the fibers of the discal annulus fibrosus that are inserted at the vertebral margins.
(2) The method seems interesting for the study of discal and somatic spine diseases, and especially for the evaluation of tumor extension, the diagnosis of herniated disc, the diagnosis of spondylodiscitis, the exploration of the cervico-occipital joint.
(3) The complementary investigations (gaz myelography and spinal angiography) show the discal hernia in T11-T12 which was operated successfully.
(4) We developed some instruments to resolve these problems; i.e., scopes with a large diameter for high resolution, a triangulation instrument for multiple cannulations, a needle set-up jig for disk traction suture, a step cannulation system and a two-channel cannula for operating in the narrow lower joint space and a fixing jig for cannulas in the upper and lower joint space to observe the same portion of the discal tissue from both joint space during disk suturing.
(5) Of the three retinal regions studied, the alkalinizing response was present in the area centralis and in the adjoining near-discal region, but was absent in the superior temporal periphery.
(6) TMJ was found to be a well-vascularized organ with the most dense vascular distribution in the retro-discal region, but no blood vessels were observed in the articular disc.
(7) In the event of failure of medical treatment and if the patient is very handicapped, one most often resorts to decompressive surgery, however when narrowing is principally due to a discal projection, one may attempt discolysis with chymopapain.
(8) By using a type of double-blind study, a comparison has been made between 20 patients who were treated with chemonucleolysis and 20 who were treated with intra-discal hydrocortisone.
(9) Muscular tissue was stripped from the specimens, but all discal and ligamentous structures were preserved.
(10) Study of the literature and of the series of sciatica patients operated upon by the authors shows that although discal hernia is far from being the most frequent cause of common sciatica, arthrosic compression is a cause that cannot be ignored, especially in aged subjects.
(11) from the clinical, radiographical, and therapeutical aspects, we reviewed 23 cases selected from the 590 patients treated for discal herniation from 1984 to 1987.
(12) It can objectively assess the degree of narrowing and analyse the proportion due to the anterior discal or posterior articular component.
(13) Analysis of the data from 31 cases studies confirms that this technique has considerable applications in the assessment of corporeo-discal and pediculo-lamar lesions and, in particular in the determination of the degree of spinal canal stenosis and in the detection of actual potential neuroaggressive factors which are important for the choice of therapy.
(14) In case of sciatica, clinical picture rather consists of a narrow lateral recess than a discal protrusion.
(15) In the present case, the pain responded to intra-discal injection of long-acting corticosteroids.
(16) Four factors are implicated in articular function: the fracture position, bone displacement (condylar head in or out of the glenoid fossa), discal apparatus integrity (the lower layer of the retrodiscal tissue is involved in bone regeneration especially in infants), and the quality of occlusion.
(17) CT makes it possible to exclude most of the causes of non-discal CBN in the extradural spaces (e.g.
(18) 26 patients were submitted to a myelography confirming the discal origin of the syndrome: there were 3 cases of disc protrusion and 23 cases of cervical spondylosis.
(19) The discal apparatus is intact and function usually excellent, displaced-high undercondylar fractures with 90 degrees head luxation.
(20) The bone reduction and contention must be associated to discal apparatus control.
Dismal
Definition:
(a.) Fatal; ill-omened; unlucky.
(a.) Gloomy to the eye or ear; sorrowful and depressing to the feelings; foreboding; cheerless; dull; dreary; as, a dismal outlook; dismal stories; a dismal place.
Example Sentences:
(1) Arsenal’s 10 men fall at the first hurdle against Dinamo Zagreb Read more This win, even against such feeble opponents, was celebrated, with the locals chorusing their manager’s name amid a wave of relief given so much of the team’s domestic campaign to date has been dismal.
(2) Massive pay packets are being used to lure foreign coaches and players from footballing nations such as Brazil in order to beautify the still dismal Chinese game.
(3) Trump and Hillary Clinton’s dismal honesty ratings, he says, show scrutiny is working.
(4) Chris Williamson, of data provider Markit, said: "A batch of dismal data and a gloomier assessment of the economic outlook has cast a further dark cloud over the UK's economic health, piling pressure on the government to review its fiscal policy and growth strategy.
(5) Referencing these dismal truths on the website Race Files , Soya Jung criticised Chua and Rubenfeld for "buying into exceptionalist arguments to explain disparities means endorsing a dehumanising system of racialised norms".
(6) We will have another financial shock – it’s inevitable.” Gary Greenwood, analyst at Shore Capital, described the results as “dismal” and noted the bank was ditching targets previously set to measure returns to shareholders.
(7) Henderson completed 77 minutes during a dismal goalless draw, secured on a semi-frozen pitch, to hand Klopp some welcome injury news following the England midfielder’s extended absence because of a heel problem.
(8) It might be doing even better if it had not been deliberately mischaracterised as a demand for a ban by typically dismal feminists, rather than an effort to persuade the Sun that a woman's bra size is not the most interesting fact about her.
(9) But it's a dismal prospect, for this is how our politics of hope continues to manifest itself – vote for us; we're the least worst.
(10) Some of these measures appeared to be lifted over the weekend, but as thousands trudged or bussed their way towards Austria and then Germany, the dismal scenes in Hungary will stain one administration’s human rights record – and perhaps the reputation of a nation.
(11) Griffiths replaced Nadir Ciftci for the start of the second half after a dismal first 45 minutes from the home side and Ronny Deila’s men continued to struggle, with Bitton sent off in the 67th minute after picking up his second yellow card.
(12) The UK's weather seems set on squandering one of its last chances to make amends for the largely dismal summer by threatening wind and rain for the event-packed bank holiday weekend.
(13) Following United's dismal 2-0 Champions League defeat at Oympiakos on Tuesday, Van Persie signalled his disquiet by complaining that his team-mates were taking up positions he wanted to occupy.
(14) Except for the palliative effect of irradiation, most treatment protocols have not altered the dismal median survival of approximately 11 months seen in untreated patients with malignant mesothelioma.
(15) They fought back and, in a rare uplifting moment in these dismal times, won.
(16) Primary pulmonary hypertension is a relatively rare disease with a poorly understood pathophysiology, limited therapeutic options, and a dismal prognosis.
(17) The pernicious nature of this tumor often leads to a dismal outcome despite aggressive therapy.
(18) Nonoperative treatment deserves re-evaluation in patients with all three risk factors because of their uniformly dismal outcome after operation.
(19) The third goal represented another dismal concession from Leicester’s point of view.
(20) The introduction of planned multidisciplinary treatment has improved the outlook for patients with this once dismal disease.