(n.) The act of inclosing in a capsule; the growth of a membrane around (any part) so as to inclose it in a capsule.
Example Sentences:
(1) Furthermore echography revealed a collateral subperiosteal edema and a moderate thickening of extraocular muscles and bone periostitis, a massive swelling of muscles and bone defects in subperiosteal abscesses as well as encapsulated abscesses of the orbit and a concomitant retrobulbar neuritis in orbital cellulitis.
(2) Engineering and physiologic aspects of growth and production processes associated with encapsulated cells, mostly of anchorage-independent type, are reviewed.
(3) Nontypable H. influenzae was ingested after opsonization with much less pooled human serum than was H. influenzae type b, and uptake of encapsulated S. pneumoniae was not enhanced by as much as 80% pooled human serum.
(4) IL-6 secretion was induced by double-stranded (ds) RNA in a dose-dependent manner, with a significantly greater effect seen for targeted, liposome-encapsulated material.
(5) A computer program, computer-readable model-file and computer-based 3D printer can (in theory) encapsulate the expertise of a skilled machinist and deploy it on demand wherever a 3D printer is to be found.
(6) Maximum duration of bronchodilator efficacy in inhaled liposome-based formulations depends on optimizing the in vivo release rate of the encapsulated bronchodilator.
(7) The polyhedral matrix, which in nature encapsulates the virions, is, in turn, composed mainly of two polypeptide species with molecular weights of about 30,000 and 20,000, and several minor proteins.
(8) Thus, encapsulation of the filtering bleb, although requiring additional surgery in many cases, carries a favorable long-term prognosis.
(9) Of 33 encapsulated strains, all contained an outer membrane protein distinguishable from previously reported proteins.
(10) Two neoplastic salivary glands had well-described, encapsulated tumors which showed reduced peroxidase activity when compared with the normal uninvolved portion.
(11) Experimental results suggest that membrane-encapsulated soluble ligands may be expected to result in higher overall adsorption capacity compared to membrane-encapsulated solid adsorbents with comparable adsorption rates.
(12) The toxiciaty of LPL-encapsulated Act D to both the blood-forming system and the intestinal proliferating cells was, however, not significantly different from that of the nonencapsulated Act D. Effects of Act D on the antibody production by spleen cells, determined by the "limited hemolysis in agar" assay, showed that immunosuppression was most markedly reduced by liposome encapsulation either in APL or in LPL, when the drug was given one day before the antigen.
(13) Plasma concentrations of insulin, C-peptide, glucagon and glucose were measured in surgically pancreatectomized pigs given insulin into the colon directly and in enteric peptidase-resistant (methacrylic acid copolymer-encapsulated) form.
(14) A comparison has been made between liposome-encapsulated and free indomethacin for their anti-inflammatory activities in the carrageenan paw oedema test in rats, and their inhibitory effect on platelet aggregation induced by adenosine 5-diphosphate (ADP) in-vitro.
(15) From the original concept of encapsulating hemoglobin in an inert shell, LEH has evolved into a fluid proven to carry oxygen, capable of surviving for reasonable periods in the circulation, and amenable to large-scale production.
(16) Monoclonal antibodies (Mabs) specific for Haemophilus influenzae were generated to identify antigenic determinants shared among encapsulated H. influenzae clones.
(17) Smooth implants became encapsulated by fibrous connective tissue from early post-implantation time periods.
(18) In addition, with a view towards assessing erythrocyte encapsulation as a vehicle for an immunotargeting system for HPD, the effect of HPD encapsulated in such a manner, on the mouse myeloma cell line has been examined.
(19) Concentrations of the free or encapsulated drug were measured by ELISA in different eye compartments following repetitive drop administration or single subconjunctival injection.
(20) Each ocellus has a cuticular lens located on the distal end of a cuticular cone which encapsulates the receptor cells.
Epitome
Definition:
(n.) A work in which the contents of a former work are reduced within a smaller space by curtailment and condensation; a brief summary; an abridgement.
(n.) A compact or condensed representation of anything.
Example Sentences:
(1) The technical view of curriculum epitomized by the Tylerian objectives-based model focuses on measurable, quantifiable outcomes.
(2) Israel’s leader epitomizes what Senator J William Fulbright once called “the arrogance of power”.
(3) The posited codominant alleles represent the first single-locus component in the polygenic complexes creating susceptibility to seizures and epitomizes the small additive effects classically attributed to such genes.
(4) If malnutrition occurs during fetal life, as epitomized by small-for-gestational age infants, the effects on cell-mediated immunity are very significant and long lasting.
(5) Many on the Right still view it as the epitome of all that was irresponsible, idiotic and dangerous about the Sixties, while many on the terminally fractured Left still mourn 1968 as the last great moment of revolutionary possibility.
(6) The situation described by Goddard illustrates the spread of the issue to working parents in a town known until relatively recently as the epitome of the prosperous and aspirational post-Thatcher working class.
(7) What seems the epitome of mundane routine for the average British commuter is being seen as near miraculous in a city where, like Los Angeles, the car is king and the train is nowhere in sight when navigating the sprawling suburbs.
(8) To which list I almost forgot to add that epitome of Team Australia achievement, Prince Philip.
(9) Clodia Metelli The epitome of the chic, sexy, scandalous aristocrat of 1st century BC Rome, Metelli was supposedly the "Lesbia" to whom the love-lorn poems of Catullus are addressed (and if so, a total ball-breaker).
(10) "We have to be flexible to attract more fans," says the besuited Hashimoto, the epitome of the sombre Japanese executive, making clear the company's thinking behind the switch.
(11) This is the epitome of personalised therapy,” he said.
(12) The budget of 1981 is considered the epitome of soundness, an exercise in rigour that laid the foundations for the strong economic recovery.
(13) It produced more people like Tom and Daisy Buchanan – the epitome of the idle rich who people The Great Gatsby – than it did the hard-working rich, aware of their social responsibilities.
(14) Our financial sector, which plunged a large swath of humanity into economic turmoil, is perhaps the epitome of all the negative traits associated with modern capitalism.
(15) Once optimal stimulus parameters for routine application are determined, the glare pressor test with EEG and polygraphic recording will offer a clinically useful, standardizable method for evaluating the connection between central mechanisms and CV reactivity in professional drivers, a cohort of patients whose occupational activity epitomizes mentally stressful work, and who are at high cardiac risk.
(16) No place epitomizes the American experience and the American spirit more than New York City.
(17) And though many Puerto Rican voters in Florida are focused on the financial crisis on the island, that doesn’t mean that they’re unconcerned with the rhetoric around immigration and “Mexicans”, as epitomized by statements made by people like Donald Trump .
(18) Large parts of Britain's standing army – the epitome of professional values – are being wound up and replaced by part-time reservists.
(19) The history of oesophageal atresia and tracheo-oesophageal fistula is a mini history of surgery - "oesophageal atresia is the epitome of modern surgery".
(20) To be without legs, and to become the epitome of excellence in the very field where you are not supposed to excel: that is the stuff of legends.