(1) The combination of an over-distended uterus caused by a multiple-fetus pregnancy with therapeutic bed-rest may cause mechanical ileus.
(2) The epididymis appeared distended but without any visible sperms.
(3) In a noncontracting in vitro preparation of combined right and left atria we demonstrated by electron microscopy that, at 37 degrees C, transition from zero pressure to a physiological distending pressure of 5.1 mm Hg rapidly rendered atrial endocardial endothelium permeable to the macromolecular probes horseradish peroxidase (HRP; M(r), approximately 40,000) and wheat germ agglutinin-HRP (M(r), approximately 70,000); each probe was introduced at the atrial cavitary endocardial surface.
(4) However, separation of the capsule from the bony glenoid can be detected if a joint effusion is present to adequately distend the joint.
(5) The surgical treatment was ligation of the distended vein immediately distal to the fistula in the hand, and fistula function was preserved.
(6) Eight 'normal' gallbladders and six distended gallbladders from patients with carcinomatous obstruction of the common bile duct were examined.
(7) Immediately after the perforation, the patient entered into vascular collapse and respiratory distress, with a distended abdomen.
(8) As the mosquito ingests blood, sensory information from the distending abdomen reaches the mid gut via the nerve cord, brain and stomatogastric system.
(9) Chains of low-amplitude contractions (repeated small deviations from base line) were detected before parturition was induced, and these were more common at distended parts of the uterus.
(10) The rate of acquisition increased as a function of the distending pressure.
(11) Contracted and distended bladders incubated in 0.01 M sodium bicarbonate were compared to identical preparations experimentally incubated in 5 mM thioglycolic acid.
(12) Amplitude, duration and magnitude (as measured by planimetry) of anal relaxation elicited by rectal distensions were related to rectal distending volume (P less than 0.001).
(13) The periosteal fibroblasts of OI35 contained grossly distended rough endoplasmic reticulum consistent with the 53% reduction in collagen secretion by cultured dermal fibroblasts.
(14) Many virus particles were observed within distended cisternae of the endoplasmic reticulum 22 h p.i., and matrices of viroplasm were found close to developing virus particles.
(15) In orbital surgery, distended and thinned extraocular muscles were precisely localized and preserved anatomically and functionally.
(16) An enlarged cervical lymph node contained many abnormal plasma cells, which were distended with immunoglobulin; this material appeared to be released into lymph spaces when the cells burst.
(17) Among 52 unit discharges observed, 36 (69.2%) showed that electro-acupuncturing "Zusanli" point abolished the inhibitory reaction induced by distending stomach.
(18) (n = 18) in the presence of a distended bladder and 7.0 cm.
(19) The pathogenesis involves the release of kinins, the triggering of neurogen reflex mechanisms by distending the jejunum, the massive flow of fluid in jejunal lumen, the loss of the reservoir function of the stomach, and, possibly, the pathologic release of gastrointestinal hormones.
(20) A controlled study is in progress to delineate the optimum distending airway pressures at specific inspired oxygen concentrations in order to reduce the incidence of alveolar rupture to a minimum.
Gravid
Definition:
(a.) Being with child; heavy with young; pregnant; fruitful; as, a gravid uterus; gravid piety.
Example Sentences:
(1) Sterilization rates at the time of abortions increased with increasing age and with increasing gravidity, but the total rates, adjusted for age and gravidity of patients, have changed little in the past 15 years.
(2) The focus will be on assessment of the gravid woman's anxiety levels and coping skills.
(3) The present study, which fails to show augmented synthesis of PGs by renal tissues derived from gravid rats, is consistent with our previous investigation in which cyclooxygenase inhibition did not reduce the gestational increase of renal hemodynamics or restore the attenuated renal pressor responsiveness to exogenous angiotensin II.
(4) The influence of embryos on growth of the uterus was determined by comparing uterine length, weight and diameter between gravid and nongravid horns within unilaterally pregnant gilts.
(5) Lesions associated with Philometroides huronensis in the white sucker (Catostomus commersoni) of southern Ontario occurred during the spring (April-June) and were related to the development and release of first-stage larvae from the gravid nematode.
(6) Gravid uterine oxygen uptake and estrone sulfate release and gravid uterine and uteroplacental lactate output were influenced by the interaction between cow and fetal breed.
(7) The female mice were examined for gravidity 19 days after the onset of the breeding cycle.
(8) Oviposition behavior of infected females is prolonged and mimics that of normal gravid females in their first gonotropic cycle.
(9) Using specific antibody raised against renal renin, we have documented that the majority of the uterine renin-like activity in gravid and nongravid uteri is immunoreactive renin.
(10) Straw meal integration had a gravidity-conditioned influence on the daily N balance.
(11) Ten of these suffered from severe gravidic hyperemesis, while twenty had a physiological pregnancy.
(12) The positivity rate for the circumsporozoite protein (CS) of P. falciparum in blood-fed or gravid An.
(13) No relationship in antibody reactivity to the 3 synthetic peptides of the RESA molecule was observed by gravidity (0, 1, or greater than or equal to 2), age, initial parasite density or response to treatment.
(14) The breeding of mosquito larvae in the field is determined by the ovipositing behaviour of the gravid females.
(15) The following variables were not significantly associated with the onset of premature labor: maternal age, parity, gravidity, diabetic class according to White, presence of renal disease or retinopathy, previous elective abortion, chronic hypertension or pregnancy-induced hypertension, cigarette smoking, first-trimester or post-20 weeks' gestation vaginal bleeding, maternal serum magnesium concentration, or polyhydramnios.
(16) An average of 35% (432 foxes) were infected, mostly with low to medium numbers of gravid worms producing thick-shelled eggs.
(17) It is responsible for gravidic postural shock, and an increased abdominal pressure, exceeding 20 mmHg.
(18) We propose that the species be designated as L. europaensis and we describe the characteristics of the gravid female.
(19) We prospectively randomized and compared outcomes of 62 gravid women with manual (n = 31) or spontaneous (n = 31) placental delivery at cesarean section.
(20) Before such complete system of reproduction control can be used, further studies are required into some fundamental aspects of the problem, including calving control, pregnancy examination, and gravidity hagiene.