(n.) The act of examining, or state of being examined; a careful search, investigation, or inquiry; scrutiny by study or experiment.
(n.) A process prescribed or assigned for testing qualification; as, the examination of a student, or of a candidate for admission to the bar or the ministry.
Example Sentences:
(1) All rats were examined in the conscious, unrestrained state 12 wk after induction of diabetes or acidified saline (pH 4.5) injection.
(2) "We examined the reachability of social networking sites from our measurement infrastructure within Turkey, and found nothing unusual.
(3) At 36 h postsurgery, RBCs were examined by 23Na-NMR by using dysprosium tripolyphosphate as a chemical shift reagent.
(4) All of the strains examined were motile and hemolytic and produced lipase and liquid gelatin.
(5) We examined the karyotype in five individuals of roe-deer (Capreolus capreolus), coming from Southern Moravia.
(6) Disseminated CMV infection with multiorgan involvement was evident in 7 of 9 at postmortem examination.
(7) In one of 28 cases with LCIS examined by mammography there was suspicion of carcinoma.
(8) By combined histologic and cytologic examinations, the overall diagnostic rate was raised to 87.7%.
(9) This study examined the [3H]5-HT-releasing properties of 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) and related agents, all of which cause significant release of [3H]5-HT from rat brain synaptosomes.
(10) We have examined the insertion of bovine 17 alpha-hydroxylase (P45017 alpha) into the endoplasmic reticulum of COS 1 cells to evaluate the functional role of its hydrophobic amino-terminal sequence and membrane insertion.
(11) The transport of potassium ions through membranes of red blood cells was examined in in bitro experiments using a CMF of 4500 oersted.
(12) To examine the central nervous system regulation of duodenal bicarbonate secretion, an animal model was developed that allowed cerebroventricular and intravenous injections as well as collection of duodenal perfusates in awake, freely moving rats.
(13) Sequence variation in the gp116 component of cytomegalovirus envelope glycoprotein B was examined in 11 clinical strains and compared with variation in gp55.
(14) The correlates of three characteristics of familial networks (i.e., residential proximity, family affection, and family contact) were examined among a national sample of older Black Americans.
(15) Nine months later, the animals were sacrificed, the esophagus and the gastric stump were removed for histologic examination.
(16) Four cytotoxic antibiotics, bikaverin, duclauxine, PSX-1 and vermiculine, were examined with respect to their interference with glycolysis and respiration and their possible ionophoric or cytolytic activity.
(17) The present study examined whether the lack of chronic hemodynamic effects of ANP in control rats was due to changes in vascular reactivity to the peptide.
(18) It was the purpose of the present study to describe the normal pattern of the growth sites of the nasal septum according to age and sex by histological and microradiographical examination of human autopsy material.
(19) Because many wnt genes are also expressed in the lung, we have examined whether the wnt family member wnt-2 (irp) plays a role in lung development.
(20) Pain is not reported in the removal area, the clinical examinations show identical findings on both patellar tendons, X-ray and ultrasound evaluations do not demonstrate any change in patellar position.
Rhinoscopy
Definition:
(n.) The examination or study of the soft palate, posterior nares, etc., by means of a laryngoscopic mirror introduced into the pharynx.
Example Sentences:
(1) Rhinoscopy detected the nasal cycle in an average of 72% of subjects and rhinomanometry in 49%.
(2) Rhinoscopy and rhinomanometry were performed 20 times on each of 14 subjects during 14 to 26 minutes.
(3) The mean coefficients of variation for rhinoscopy and rhinomanometry were 14% and 19%, respectively.
(4) Symptoms were improved and rhinoscopy showed reduced swelling and redness of the mucosa and reduced nasal secretion and obstruction (basically unchanged in the placebo group).
(5) 14 patients were analysed: the size of the polyps was assessed by rhinoscopy and rhinomanometry at the beginning and at the end of the therapy.
(6) The need for microscopic rhinoscopy is obvious to otolaryngologists who have used the operating microscope in otology and laryngology.
(7) Gross rhinoscopy was performed in 119 dogs, and rhinoscopy-assisted pinch biopsy was performed in 109.
(8) Palpation, transillumination of the sinuses and anterior rhinoscopy are of minimal value in making the diagnosis.
(9) Adenoid enlargement is uncommon in adults and because examination of the nasopharynx by indirect posterior rhinoscopy is inadequate, many cases of enlarged adenoid in adults are misdiagnosed and accordingly maltreated.
(10) The pathological septal findings were confirmed at the time by rhinoscopy in 98 cases (40%).
(11) In the present work the mean values obtained from total nasal resistance testing have been matched with those referring to the single nasal cavity by submitting two groups to automated rhinomanometry: one of subjects with normal rhinoscopy, the other of subjects showing nasal stenosis.
(12) These values were used to detect abnormalities in a group of 193 patients whose septum anatomy had been evaluated with rhinoscopy.
(13) The role of posterior rhinoscopy as an integral part of a routine otological examination is highlighted.
(14) The diagnostic methodology of these 250 patients included: anamnesis, rhinoscopy, rhinomanometry, skin tests, respiratory function, immunoglobulin levels (IgG, IgA, IgM, IgE), specific IgE and histamine release test.
(15) Rhinomanometric measurements, a clinical examination of the exterior of the nose, and rhinoscopy were performed.
(16) The rhinoscopy shows high positive rates and has advantages being free from any special equipment, prolonged time or the patients' cooperation, but also had disadvantages such as requirement of skill of examiner and problems in objectivity.
(17) Rhinoscopy and radiography revealed no abnormal findings in the nasal septum, rima oflactoria, concha nasalis media, sinus ethmoidales, etc.
(18) It was shown that their involvement is a forecaster of undoubtful value in the prognosis of AH, specially if it is considered that other procedures are hard to carry out such as in the case of the child affected by posterior rhinoscopy.
(19) The protocol includes history, physical examination, blood clinical pathology assessment, radiographs, culture and sensitivity tests, rhinoscopy, histopathology, fungal serology, and allergy screening.
(20) The diagnostic success rate of gross rhinoscopy with rhinoscopy-assisted biopsy was 83% (78 of 94 evaluated cases).