(v. t.) To discharge through pores or incisions, as moisture or other liquid matter; to give out.
(v. i.) To flow from a body through the pores, or by a natural discharge, as juice.
Example Sentences:
(1) In addition to oncogenes, the transferred DNA contains genes that direct the synthesis and exudation of opines, which are used as nutrients by the bacteria.
(2) Exudative inflammatory processes predominate in the ulcer floor.
(3) In 60 rhesus monkeys with experimental renovascular malignant arterial hypertension (25 one-kidney and 35 two-kidney model animals), we studied the so-called 'hard exudates' or white retinal deposits in detail (by ophthalmoscopy, and stereoscopic color fundus photography and fluorescein fundus angiography, on long-term follow-up).
(4) In addition, transitional macrophages with both positive granules and positive RER, nuclear envelope, negative Golgi apparatus (as in exudate- resident macrophages in vivo), and mature macrophages with peroxidatic activity only in the RER and nuclear envelope (as in resident macrophages in vivo) were found.
(5) Furthermore, experiments with the fluorescence-activated cell sorter revealed increased forward light scatter from resting exudate PMN compared to blood PMN.
(6) In a Caucasian woman with a history of ocular and pulmonary sarcoidosis, the occurrence of sclerosing peritonitis with exudative ascites but without any of the well-known causes of this syndrome prompts us to consider that sclerosing peritonitis is a manifestation of sarcoidosis.
(7) Significant correlations existed between the average number of leukocytes in the gingival exudate and the oral hygiene indices.
(8) These killer cells could lyse a wide range of syngeneic and allogeneic lymphoid tumour cell lines in vitro, and it was found that cell suspensions from nude mice were always significantly more active than those from normal mice, and that the most active effector population was a polymorph-enriched peritoneal-exudate cell suspension.
(9) A greater degree of inhibition of migration was induced by addition of antigen to mononuclear cells from 18- and 24-hour exudate cells in comparison with 6- and 12-hour exudates.
(10) There were hemorrhages in sclera, gums and left tonsillar area and a grayish exudate on right tonsil.
(11) A large exudative retinal detachment and hypopyon developed in one eye, and cultures from the anterior chamber aspirate grew CMV.
(12) Analysis of serum, plasma and exudate proteins revealed quantitative and qualitative differences between newborn and adult rats.
(13) Several stages in its histogenesis may be discerned: I. focal necroses of hepatic cells associated with their invasion with lister Listeria; 2. appearance of cellular elements around the foci of necroses with subsequent formation of granulemas consisting mainly of leucocytes and lymphoid cells; 3. development of necrobiotic changes in the central areas of granulemas with concomitance of exudative processes; 4. organization of necrotic foci with subsequent scarring.
(14) 28 patients with non proliferating exudative diabetic retinopathy were treated with 750 mg Doxium and 1500 mg Clofibrate daily during 8.6 months on an average.
(15) Six abnormal colonoscopic appearances were documented, namely mucosal edema, ulcers, friability, punctate spots, erythematous areas and luminal exudate.
(16) Eleven effusions met one or more of three criteria commonly used to identify exudative effusions.
(17) The enhanced cytotoxicity was also present in concanavalin A- and Corynebacterium parvum-elicited peritoneal exudate cells (PEC) obtained from DMN-exposed animals while thioglycollate-elicited PEC from DMN-exposed animals displayed no increase in their cytotoxic activity as compared to vehicle-exposed animals.
(18) The specific T-cell-mediated cytotoxic potential of the peritoneal exudate of mice immunized with tumor was therefore at least 100 times greater in mice that had received BCG ip.
(19) Antibodies to the LPS preparation were demonstrated in the exudate and serum by indirect haemagglutination of sheep erythrocytes before the second LPS injection.
(20) Plasma exudation rapidly occurred 0-15 min after the intradermal injection of T-kinin.
Gum
Definition:
(n.) The dense tissues which invest the teeth, and cover the adjacent parts of the jaws.
(v. t.) To deepen and enlarge the spaces between the teeth of (a worn saw). See Gummer.
(n.) A vegetable secretion of many trees or plants that hardens when it exudes, but is soluble in water; as, gum arabic; gum tragacanth; the gum of the cherry tree. Also, with less propriety, exudations that are not soluble in water; as, gum copal and gum sandarac, which are really resins.
(n.) See Gum tree, below.
(n.) A hive made of a section of a hollow gum tree; hence, any roughly made hive; also, a vessel or bin made of a hollow log.
(n.) A rubber overshoe.
(v. t.) To smear with gum; to close with gum; to unite or stiffen by gum or a gumlike substance; to make sticky with a gumlike substance.
(v. i.) To exude or from gum; to become gummy.
Example Sentences:
(1) A modification of the manual glucose oxidase-gum guaiacum method of Shipton, B., Wood, P.J.
(2) In a second set of test sessions, volunteers chewed sugarless gum for 10 minutes, starting 15 minutes after they ate the snack food.
(3) The addition of sodium bicarbonate to gum containing sorbitol markedly enhanced its capacity to cause and maintain an elevation of interproximal plaque pH previously lowered by exposure to fermentable carbohydrate.
(4) The model has been used to evaluate mineral changes from the use of fluoride dentifrices and rinses, chewing gum, and food sequencing.
(5) There were hemorrhages in sclera, gums and left tonsillar area and a grayish exudate on right tonsil.
(6) The median time to intubation with the gum elastic bougie while simulating an 'epiglottis only' view was only 10 s longer than the time taken during conventional intubation with an optimum view.
(7) The clinical and histological aspects of hypertrophic and hyperplastic gum diseases were examined in order to clarify the aetiopathogenesis of such conditions and facilitate their diagnosis.
(8) On the other hand, wheat bran, pectin, guar gum, and degraded carageenan all stimulate large bowel cell proliferation, the greatest growth response tending to occur in the cecum or proximal colon.
(9) During each test period one group chewed a combination of one piece sorbitol and one piece sucrose flavored gum five times per day, the second group correspondingly chewed xylitol and sucrose flavored gum, while the third group served as a no hygiene control group.
(10) The acid gums are present in the small intestine in the form of their sodium salts.
(11) A cooperative multicenter study was performed to evaluate two salivary secretion methods-the chewing gum test and the Saxon test by a crossover method.
(12) This result suggests that physical dependence (ie, withdrawal) may be a cause of behavioral dependence on nicotine gum (ie, use of gum beyond the recommended period) and physicians should emphasize the need for gradual reduction of nicotine gum.
(13) Gastrointestinal transit time, frequency of defecation, stool weight, and stool consistency were studied in 12 subjects who were each given fiber supplements containing wheat bran, psyllium gum, a combination of wheat bran and psyllium gum, or a low-fiber control for 2 weeks.
(14) Cadbury became the world's largest confectionery company in 2003 after buying up a number of gum brands, including Trident and Stride, but ceded the number one spot to Mars when it took over gum maker Wrigley last year.
(15) Compared to fiber-free, feeding corn bran increased binding in the duodenum 30% and ileum 50% but decreased binding in the jejunum 44%, and feeding guar gum increased binding in the colon 73% but decreased binding in the jejunum 40%.
(16) Concerning combinaisons of ethylene oxide with any gums.
(17) In a new policy paper on how to respond to their growing popularity the RSPH says: "Electronic cigarettes are significantly less harmful than smoked tobacco, and despite some products being visually similar to cigarettes, they are essentially nicotine containing products, or NCPs, like patches and gum".
(18) The second study found that prescribing nicotine gum as an adjunct to counseling would cost only $4,113-6,465 per year of life saved for males and $6,880-9,473 per year of life saved for females.
(20) There are many "smoking cessation therapies" – gums, patches and sprays – that reduce cravings for cigarettes, while allowing the smoker to avoid the adverse effects of tobacco.