(n.) A solid, all plane sections of which are ellipses or circles. See Conoid, n., 2 (a).
(a.) Alt. of Ellipsoidal
Example Sentences:
(1) The lesion (10.6 X 9.8 mm) was a well-defined ellipsoid granuloma due to a foreign body with a central zone of necrosis surrounded entirely by a fibrous wall.
(2) The algorithm is an improvement over the sphere model in that it considers two distinct surfaces: an ellipsoid, to model the region of the skull on which the sensors are placed, and a sphere as the medium in which the current dipole model is considered.
(3) Oocysts appeared under bright field microscopy as 3x4 mcm ellipsoidal bodies with a central large round granule, known as the residuum, and 1-4 granules.
(4) 1965.-Thin sections of filterable hemolytic anemia agent of rat, now identified as Haemobartonella muris, revealed (i) that the agent is spherical or ellipsoidal and 350 to 700 mmu in size, (ii) that it has a single limiting membrane enclosing granules and some filaments (neither cell wall nor nucleoid was found), and (iii) that it is found preferentially at the surface and sometimes within the cytoplasmic vacuoles of erythrocytes in the circulating blood and bone marrow, and multiplies there through binary fission.
(5) The ReLPS suspension showed large ellipsoidal particles 12-38 nm wide and 40-100 nm long.
(6) Light microscopic studies indicate it has an ellipsoidal centre from which catalase-positive filamentous or rod-like processes protrude along its major axis; hence, it is called a phi body.
(7) E2 was obtained as follows: The stress-time integral was analyzed from pressure-volume data and wall thickness using an ellipsoidal calculation model.
(8) The thermographs showed a pattern of ellipsoidal isotherms (major axis horizontal) approximately concentric about a temperature apex (coldest point) which was slightly inferior to the geometric center of the cornea (GCC).
(9) These data are consistent with an ellipsoidal rather than a spherical shape.
(10) There is saturation of the interaction sites by the aggregation of a few protein monomer units possibly to form a tetramer which is moderately asymmetric (1:4 axial ratio, assuming an ellipsoid of revolution) and relatively rigid.
(11) The uterine volume was measured in 30 patients 24 hours before hysterectomy by ultrasonography using the prolate ellipsoid formula.
(12) The lunar particles found in the sample include: (i) spherules, rotational ellipsoids, dumbbells, tear-drops, rings, and crescents which have (ii) diameters of 0.1 to 500 microns; (iii) budlike features on the particles; and (iv) chemical inhomogeneity (electron probe).
(13) Oocytes of I. serini are spheroid and average 19.2 times 20.1 mum, while those of I. canaria are larger, more ellipsoid, and average 21.8 times 24.6 mum.
(14) Also, in bursectomized birds, the ellipsoid could not be identified, although a small number of abnormal ellipsoid-associated cells (EAC) were observed in the periellipsoid region.
(15) Native human Glu-plasminogen (Glu1-Asn791) was previously shown to have a radius of gyration of 39 A and a shape best described by a prolate ellipsoid [Mangel, W. F., Lin, B., & Ramakrishnan, V. (1990) Science 248, 69-73].
(16) From the relaxation times and the orientation mechanisms, the nucleosome may be assimilated to an oblate ellipsoid of dimensions about 140 x 140 x 70 A, and the DNA superhelical axis is parallel to its shorter axis.
(17) Uterine volume, based on the ultrasound data, was calculated, utilizing the formula for a prolate ellipsoid, before and after treatment.
(18) The chamber, an ellipsoid of revolution, is gold-plated for increased reflectivity.
(19) The protective aspect of melanin in dark skin is seen as resulting from its high concentration and its confinement to ellipsoidal and densely packed organelles that can effectively shield the nucleus.
(20) Second, although the parallelogram model provides a slightly better fit of our data than the other two shapes, it does not serve as a better guide than the ellipsoidal model for interpolating from the measurements to thresholds in novel color directions.
Oblong
Definition:
(a.) Having greater length than breadth, esp. when rectangular.
(n.) A rectangular figure longer than it is broad; hence, any figure longer than it is broad.
Example Sentences:
(1) These neurons were generally oblong and measured 60-80 microns.
(2) The combination of 150 mcg clonidine and 2.5 mg cyclothiazide (Dimapres) in the form of a scored oblong sugar-coated tablet seems to satisfy these demands best and to be an optimal combination of clonidine and cyclothiazide.
(3) Four types of trophoblast cells are seen in mouse ectoplacental cone on day 8 of the pregnancy: (1) trophoblast-1 at the base of the cone are polyhedral, compactly arranged and contain large nucleoli, (2) trophoblast-2 in the middle of the cone enclose several heterolysosomes, erythro-and leucophagosomes, (3) trophoblast-3, also in the middle, have several membrane-bound osmiophilic granules, (4) trophoblast-4 at the periphery of the cone are oblong and enclose many pleomorphic bodies.
(4) Morphologic analysis of thalamically projecting LCN cells showed that they were smaller in size, and more oblong in shape in caudal regions of the nucleus.
(5) The presynaptic active zones at the SVB C synapse are discrete, and macular or oblong.
(6) Some morphological characteristics could apparently be related to specific modes of locomotion, namely the shape, more or less oblong, pear-like or round, according to genera or digits, and the possible fusion of the 2 sesamoid bones of the same digit to form a unique ossified structure.
(7) The mouth, an oblong slit like a tiny letterbox, conveys alarm.
(8) Eight healthy male volunteers took part in this study to determine the relative bioavailability of Treuphadol oblong tablets (500 mg paracetamol), Treuphadol Plus oblong tablets (500 mg paracetamol, 30 mg codeine phosphate) and Treuphadol suppositories (750 mg paracetamol) against commercial tablets (500 mg paracetamol).
(9) We show that the cytoplasmic surface of outer nuclear membrane is covered by numerous large, oblong "kernel-like" globular particles (30-35 nm length, 25-30 nm width), often aligned into curved chains or grouped into clusters.
(10) The mitochondria, small and round on days 12, 13 and 14, become oblong from day 18 of gestation.
(11) One protomer has an oblong shape, whereas the other with higher density has a head and a hook region.
(12) A description is given of the rare occurrence of peculiar oblong structures having a maximal length of about 4.5 micron and a width of 0.5 micron, in the visceral epithelial cells of human glomeruli.
(13) Treatment with Al led to the development, in the cytoplasm of certain root tip cells, of two oblong hyaline structures formed by material extruded from the nucleus.
(14) Gametocytes are round to oblong, measuring 6 by 5 mu, and the pigment in microgametocytes occurs in a single peripheral vacuole.
(15) The fields are rounded, oblong, or elongated, but gradations between categories are common.
(16) Necropsy of both groups of calves revealed a circular to oblong lesion that was congested, edematous, and firm, and which occupied 20% to 100% of the right caudal lung lobe and involved the remaining lung lobes to a more minor degree.
(17) Following intravitreal injections, retrograde transport of the enzyme was observed bilaterally, but predominantly contralaterally, in a large oblong field of cells at the isthmic level of the midbrain, bounded medially by the trochlear nucleus and laterally by the nucleus isthmi.
(18) In profile these granules appear oblong or circular with average dimensions of 170 x 50 nm.
(19) Of 57 aspergillomas 47 were round or oval, 7 oblong, 2 polypoidal and 1 lobulated.
(20) Sporozoites each possess an oblong refractile body at 1 end and appear packed together randomly and enclosed in a membrane along with a spheroid residuum composed of fine, uniform granules.