(n.) The Baltic or variable cod (Gadus callarias), by some believed to be the young of the common codfish.
Example Sentences:
(1) The dorse-response curve was monophasic with a Km of 2.3 x 10(-9) M. No cooperative effects were detected by Hill analysis.
(2) These results led us to think that the dorse-ventral differentiation of the body wall doesn't depend upon the nature of the stump region but is controlled by the nerve cord regenerating in the area.
Torse
Definition:
(n.) A wreath.
(n.) A developable surface. See under Developable.
Example Sentences:
(1) the facies superior trochleae tali) is a torse, the medial flanking facet (corresponding to the medial articular facet of the trochlea, i.e.
(2) A torsed, incarcerated Meckel's diverticulum was discovered and resected.
(3) Observation in these same children may allow a torsed edematous ovary to convert to a nonviable necrotic tissue necessitating oophorectomy.
(4) The sequential involvement of each testis with a nine month interval between respective torsions provides a unique example where each testis serves, sequentially, as a normal control for the torsed contralateral appendage.
(5) The remaining 2 patients had biopsy of the contralateral testis only because the torsed testis was infarcted completely.
(6) In 18 boys biopsy of the torsed testis only was performed, while in another 18 bilateral testis biopsy was obtained.
(7) This form of therapy may be applicable to all "torsed testes" regardless of viability.
(8) In adolescent boys the mean number of late spermatids also was diminished severely in the contralateral and torsed testes.
(9) All painful scrotal masses should be considered possible torsed testes, unless obvious predisposing factors exclude its diagnosis.