(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.
Tracheoscopy
Definition:
(n.) Examination of the interior of the trachea by means of a mirror.
Example Sentences:
(1) Diagnostic procedures of choice were tracheoscopy and magnetic resonance imaging, which offers representative images of inspiration and expiration, shows the anatomical relations between aortic arch and trachea and reveals the extent of tracheal compression.
(2) Fiberoptic tracheoscopy immediately after the performance of minitracheostomy revealed the position of the cannula in both cases.
(3) The instruments are also ideal for cervical tracheoscopy and mediastinoscopy.
(4) In fact, the key examination is tracheoscopy providing that catheterisation of the fistula.
(5) The results obtained show that a hypertensive-tachycardiac response to direct laryngo-tracheoscopy could not be prevented in any of the groups under investigation.
(6) The emergency tracheoscopy dislodged a mass from the trachea, which turned out to be a Kaposi's sarcoma on histology.
(7) 13 children of all age groups, suffering from a respiratory insufficiency, and treated with a sewed-up-tracheostoma, were examined by tracheoscopies in regular intervals.
(8) The diagnosis of this rare anomaly is suspected on radiological and echocardiographic grounds and confirmed by oesophagography, tracheoscopy and angiocardiography.
(9) The technique permits tracheoscopy during ventilation and operation, thus enabling exact location of the stenosis to be obtained.
(10) In addition, various diagnosing methods have been employed to determine the degree of invasion in advanced cancer patients, such as CT scan for observing invasion of the surrounding tissues, naso-tracheoscopy for invasion of the trachea and a flow meter for vascular tracts.
(11) By means of corrosive, injection and tracheoscopy methods venous formations of the brain have been studied in 19 species of birds--endemical for Far East--from 12 orders.
(12) It was also seen by tracheoscopy, but this part of the trachea was not pulsating.
(13) Tracheoscopy confirmed maintenance of tracheal lumen diameter and integrity of the mucosal epithelium in all dogs.
(14) The correct position and possible complications could be verified only by fibreoptic tracheoscopy.
(15) Follow-up tracheoscopy 3 months later showed a residual stenosis of 20% within the anastomotic region, and the patient was free of symptoms.
(16) Tracheoscopy is the most important examination for arriving at the diagnosis.
(17) The follow-up studies --autopsy, clinical examination and tracheoscopy--demonstrate a very low complication rate, due to the technique of tracheostomy, the preferred tracheostomy tubes and the method of alternate low-pressure cuff-blocking.
(18) Diagnosis of ruptured trachea was made by tracheoscopy and radiography.
(19) The diagnosis of "oesophago-trachea" was finally confirmed by laryngo-tracheoscopy.
(20) The diagnosis is made by tracheoscopy and esophagal contrast study.