(n.) One of the simplest or essential parts or principles of which anything consists, or upon which the constitution or fundamental powers of anything are based.
(n.) One of the ultimate, undecomposable constituents of any kind of matter. Specifically: (Chem.) A substance which cannot be decomposed into different kinds of matter by any means at present employed; as, the elements of water are oxygen and hydrogen.
(n.) One of the ultimate parts which are variously combined in anything; as, letters are the elements of written language; hence, also, a simple portion of that which is complex, as a shaft, lever, wheel, or any simple part in a machine; one of the essential ingredients of any mixture; a constituent part; as, quartz, feldspar, and mica are the elements of granite.
(n.) One out of several parts combined in a system of aggregation, when each is of the nature of the whole; as, a single cell is an element of the honeycomb.
(n.) One of the smallest natural divisions of the organism, as a blood corpuscle, a muscular fiber.
(n.) One of the simplest essential parts, more commonly called cells, of which animal and vegetable organisms, or their tissues and organs, are composed.
(n.) An infinitesimal part of anything of the same nature as the entire magnitude considered; as, in a solid an element may be the infinitesimal portion between any two planes that are separated an indefinitely small distance. In the calculus, element is sometimes used as synonymous with differential.
(n.) Sometimes a curve, or surface, or volume is considered as described by a moving point, or curve, or surface, the latter being at any instant called an element of the former.
(n.) One of the terms in an algebraic expression.
(n.) One of the necessary data or values upon which a system of calculations depends, or general conclusions are based; as, the elements of a planet's orbit.
(n.) The simplest or fundamental principles of any system in philosophy, science, or art; rudiments; as, the elements of geometry, or of music.
(n.) Any outline or sketch, regarded as containing the fundamental ideas or features of the thing in question; as, the elements of a plan.
(n.) One of the simple substances, as supposed by the ancient philosophers; one of the imaginary principles of matter.
(n.) The four elements were, air, earth, water, and fire
(n.) the conditions and movements of the air.
(n.) The elements of the alchemists were salt, sulphur, and mercury.
(n.) The whole material composing the world.
(n.) The bread and wine used in the eucharist or Lord's supper.
(v. t.) To compound of elements or first principles.
(v. t.) To constitute; to make up with elements.
Example Sentences:
(1) Elements in the skin therefore seemed to enhance nerve regeneration and function.
(2) It has been generally believed that the ligand-binding of steroid hormone receptors triggers an allosteric change in receptor structure, manifested by an increased affinity of the receptor for DNA in vitro and nuclear target elements in vivo, as monitored by nuclear translocation.
(3) Four other independent LCMV-GP2(275-289) specific H-2Db-restricted CTL clones also expressed V alpha 4 and V beta 10 gene elements.
(4) Community involvement is a key element of the Primary Health Care (PHC) approach, and thus an essential topic on a course for managers of Primary Health Care programmes.
(5) Thus, human bronchial epithelial cells can express the IL-8 gene, with expression in response to the inflammatory mediator TNF regulated mainly at the transcriptional level, and with elements within the 5'-flanking region of the gene that are directly or indirectly modulated by the TNF signal.
(6) According to the finite element analysis, the design bases of fixed restorations applied in the teeth accompanied with the absorption of the alveolar bone were preferred.
(7) To determine the influence of cetylpyridinium chloride (CPC) adsorption on the wettability and elemental surface composition of human enamel, with and without adsorbed salivary constituents, surface-free energies and elemental compositions were determined.
(8) Second, the unknown is searched against the database to find all materials with the same or similar element types; the results are kept in set 2.
(9) It is concluded that selection against insertional mutations is unlikely to be the major factor involved in the containment of element abundance.
(10) We have investigated interactions between the erythroid transcription factor GATA-1 and factors binding two cis-acting elements commonly linked to GATA sites in erythroid control elements.
(11) Further, Tyr 20 is an important element of that sequence.
(12) It is possible that the elements provide common precursor proteins that reach the secretory intermediate lobe cells through their dendritic branches.
(13) Other than failing to get a goal, I couldn’t ask for anything more.” From Lambert’s perspective there was an element of misfortune about the first and third goals, with Willian benefitting from handy ricochets on both occasions.
(14) These data indicate that the sfrB gene product is a regulatory element, since the single gene product elicits the expression of genes for many products for F expression and lipopolysaccharide synthesis.
(15) Therefore, a hormonal regulatory element can discriminate among closely related transcription start sites.
(16) The safe motherhood initiative demands an intersectoral, collaborative approach to gynecology, family planning, and child health in which midwifery is the key element.
(17) The 500-bp element arose by duplication of one half of a 180-bp ancestor and insertion of a foreign segment between the two duplicated parts followed by amplification.
(18) Neither light nor electron microscopy revealed significant morphologic alterations in the cochlear elements of the exposed offspring.
(19) The hypothesis that the standard acoustic startle habituation paradigm contains the elements of Pavlovian fear conditioning was tested.
(20) Autopsy revealed a primary intimal sarcoma with osteogenic elements arising in the posterior leaflet of the pulmonary valve and obstructing the main pulmonary artery and its right branch.
Survivorship
Definition:
(n.) The state of being a survivor.
(n.) The right of a joint tenant, or other person who has a joint interest in an estate, to take the whole estate upon the death of other.
Example Sentences:
(1) We reviewed the cases of Wilms' tumor reported in the world literature highlighting the survivorship reported by some of the authors.
(2) This article presents a survivorship analysis of the second conservative 100 primary total-condylar knee arthroplasties in 75 patients performed between 1979 and 1980, with a maximum follow-up of 9 years.
(3) Only for cancers of the gastro-intestinal (GI) tract are there statistically significant differences in survivorship by geographical residence.
(4) Fecundity among genotypes was not different, although there was an effect on the total number of offspring suggesting differences in egg-to-adult survivorship.
(5) A joint tenancy is a form of co-ownership in which two or more persons hold a single interest in property and each co-owner has the right of survivorship.
(6) This paper presents a survivorship analysis of the second group of 100 consecutive primary total-condylar knee arthroplasties carried out in 75 patients between 1979-80 with a maximum follow-up of 9 years.
(7) Abundance and parity data were analyzed by a time series method to estimate daily survivorship and the length of the gonotrophic cycle.
(8) Although late mortality from degenerative vascular disease is being increasingly reported with the modern prolonged SLE survivorship, it was identified in only one patient.
(9) Other measures, such as number of multiple matings and number of offspring declined with age faster than survivorship.
(10) Survivorship studies revealed an 85%-90% incidence of loosening by the seventh postoperative year in Class A patients 55 years or younger and those walking preoperatively at more than 50% of normal gait velocity.
(11) Using late migration as an end point, a survivorship analysis of the stem stability was performed.
(12) The effects of abiotic and biotic mortality factors on preimaginal survivorship and the production of adults were investigated for populations of Culex tarsalis Coquillett at a stable foothill breeding site during 1985 and at seven ephemeral breeding sites during 1986.
(13) The best survivorship was observed in patients operated on at 9 years of age or less.
(14) Patients with therapy-related acute nonlymphocytic leukemia present many challenges to health care professionals, yet it is only through the success of cancer management that we have uncovered this rare and unfortunate issue of survivorship.
(15) Of the three contributors to reproductive success, the number of reproductive years, fecundity per year and survivorship of offspring to reproductive age, the first accounted for two-thirds of the variation.
(16) The extensive record system at the Mayo Clinic for the population of Rochester, Minnesota, provided the basis for this study of the incidence, secular trend, pathologic features, relationship with gallstones, and survivorship of patients with carcinoma of the gallbladder and extrahepatic biliary ducts in the period 1935 through 1971.
(17) Survivorship analysis showed that protein-depleted patients had a significantly lower probability of survival one year after the fracture of the hip (p = 0.02).
(18) Litter size also was an important factor in determining survivorship.
(19) This paper, the second in a series on the application of the microcomputer to the estimation of vital rates by indirect techniques, deals with the measurement of adult survivorship.
(20) Mean number of broods produced per daphnid, length of the reproductive period, longevity and survivorship were insensitive criteria relative to mean time to appearance of the primiparous instar, time to release of first brood, brood size, and number of young produced per daphnid per reproductive day.