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Eyeball


Definition:

  • (n.) The ball or globe of the eye.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The weight and size of the eyeballs were almost the same as those in normal NC pups.
  • (2) You can also blast individual eyeballs from their sockets, or – if you're particularly skilful – make their testicles explode like a pair of microwaved eggs.
  • (3) I think the heart of good comedy really lives in truth and reacting to the absurdities, hypocrisies, abuses of power in the world.” Late night television is a no longer a glass of warm milk before bed, it’s a lunch buffet And as TV viewership declines and internet virality becomes as important as real-time eyeballs, cable networks might find that topical comedy is a smart, cost-effective way to grab cross-platform attention.
  • (4) It is emphasized that eyeball deformation can be used as an independent tool in transmitter studies of the retina.
  • (5) The optic nerve of 2 adult male Macaca fuscata was exposed and lysophosphatidylcholine dissolved in saline at 2% was slowly injected into the nerve at about 5 mm posteriorly from the eyeball.
  • (6) This larger operation appears justified in selected cases by the reduced risks to an already compromised eyeball or optic nerve.
  • (7) Absorbable polydioxanone (PDS; Ethicon) threads were used for cerclage of the eyeball.
  • (8) Bovine eyeballs were immersed in fluids including sea water for variable intervals of time, and magnesium concentrations and those of other electrolytes were determined in the aqueous and vitreous humor.
  • (9) Authors have presented treatment results of severe eye injuries with double perforation of the anterior and posterior wall of the eyeball.
  • (10) The Wildervanck syndrome consists of the Klippel-Feil deformity of the spine, eyeball retraction, lateral gaze weakness, and hearing loss.
  • (11) In this strain of rat, the eyeball is reduced to about one-third in diameter, and there is no optic nerve.
  • (12) I lifted my patient's eyelid to check she was dead – and her eyeball came out Read more After some deft manoeuvring with the forceps and a prophylactic course of antibiotics, the offending item was deposited in the medical waste bin.
  • (13) A 6-year old girl, the 3rd case, developed episodes of opisthotonous, upward rolling of the eyeballs, protrusions of the tongue, intermittent writhing movements of the upper limbs, and drowsiness following the ingestion of 6 tablets of chloroquine sulfate for suspected diagnosis of malaria.
  • (14) Squeaky-clean Leona Lewis has covered Trent Reznor's hara-kiri-themed treatise Hurt, Beyoncé pre-empted Ke$ha on last year's Rather Die Young, and the Lynchian pretend-we're-dead poise of Lana "Born To Die" Del Rey couldn't be more cadaver chic if she started shaking with rigor mortis, maggots spilling from her eyeballs.
  • (15) Chronic trophic uveitis was encountered in some patients after the operation, which led to subatrophy of the eyeball.
  • (16) Specific antigens were detected in the lens of the eyeball by immunofluorescence test with sera from mice in which ophthalmitis had been induced and the antigens were lenticular proteins with molecular weights (MW) of 15,000 (15K) to 25K, and 45K.
  • (17) The effect of eyeball pressure on the heart rate was measured in 65 babies and was found to cause a brisk drop in heart rate in 32 babies.
  • (18) In nine cases of severe injury in the anterior segment with little light perception, reconstructive keratoplasty was performed to keep the eyeballs successfully in seven cases, among whom five cases obtained transparent grafts.
  • (19) For comparison, the responses of retinal ganglion cells to eyeball deformation in a hydrostatically open system and to a sudden increase in the intraocular pressure (closed system) are described.
  • (20) The degree of redox processes and oxygen tension in the tissues was studied by the polarographic technique, the character of microcirculatory processes with the aid of biomicroscopy of the eyeball conjunctiva, the intensity of immunologic shifts by means of precipitation with polyethylene glycol at different dilutions.

Rate


Definition:

  • (v. t. & i.) To chide with vehemence; to scold; to censure violently.
  • (n.) Established portion or measure; fixed allowance.
  • (n.) That which is established as a measure or criterion; degree; standard; rank; proportion; ratio; as, a slow rate of movement; rate of interest is the ratio of the interest to the principal, per annum.
  • (n.) Valuation; price fixed with relation to a standard; cost; charge; as, high or low rates of transportation.
  • (n.) A tax or sum assessed by authority on property for public use, according to its income or value; esp., in England, a local tax; as, parish rates; town rates.
  • (n.) Order; arrangement.
  • (n.) Ratification; approval.
  • (n.) The gain or loss of a timepiece in a unit of time; as, daily rate; hourly rate; etc.
  • (n.) The order or class to which a war vessel belongs, determined according to its size, armament, etc.; as, first rate, second rate, etc.
  • (n.) The class of a merchant vessel for marine insurance, determined by its relative safety as a risk, as A1, A2, etc.
  • (v. t.) To set a certain estimate on; to value at a certain price or degree.
  • (v. t.) To assess for the payment of a rate or tax.
  • (v. t.) To settle the relative scale, rank, position, amount, value, or quality of; as, to rate a ship; to rate a seaman; to rate a pension.
  • (v. t.) To ratify.
  • (v. i.) To be set or considered in a class; to have rank; as, the ship rates as a ship of the line.
  • (v. i.) To make an estimate.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Child benefit has already been withdrawn from higher rate taxpayers.
  • (2) There was appreciable variation in toothbrush wear among subjects, some reducing their brush to a poor state in 2 weeks whereas with others the brush was rated as "good" after 10 weeks.
  • (3) Spectral analysis of spontaneous heart rate fluctuations, a powerful noninvasive tool for quantifying autonomic nervous system activity, was assessed in Xenopus Laevis, intact or spinalized, at different temperatures and by use of pharmacological tools.
  • (4) Propranolol resulted in a significantly lower mean hourly, mean 24 h and minimum heart rate.
  • (5) The proportion of motile spermatozoa decreased with time at the same rate when samples were prepared in either HEPES or phosphate buffers.
  • (6) A study of factors influencing genetic counseling attendance rate has been conducted in the Bouches-du-Rhône area, in the south of France.
  • (7) In this article we report the survival and morbidity rates for all live-born infants weighing 501 to 1000 gram at birth and born to residents of a defined geographic region from 1977 to 1980 (n = 255) compared with 1981 to 1984 (n = 266).
  • (8) Life expectancy and the infant mortality rate are considered more useful from an operational perspective and for comparisons than is the crude death rate because they are not influenced by age structure.
  • (9) Heart rate (HR), pulmonary ventilation (V), oxygen consumption (VO2), carbon dioxide production (VCO2), and respiratory quotient (RQ) were measured.
  • (10) By combined histologic and cytologic examinations, the overall diagnostic rate was raised to 87.7%.
  • (11) In contrast to previous reports, these tumours were more malignant than osteosarcomas and showed a five-year survival rate of only 4-2 per cent.
  • (12) A progressively more precise approach to identifying affected individuals involves measuring body weight and height, then energy intake (or expenditure) and finally the basal metabolic rate (BMR).
  • (13) The second amino acid residue influences not only the rate of reaction but also the extent of formation of the product of the Amadori rearrangement, the ketoamine.
  • (14) Increased infusion flow rate did not increase the limiting frequency.
  • (15) The main finding of this study is that diabetic adolescents with a high erythrocyte Na,Li countertransport rate have an arterial pressure significantly higher than patients with normal Na,Li countertransport fluxes.
  • (16) This clinical improvement was also associated with a decrease of erythrocyte sedimentation rate (p less than 0.001), decrease of C-reactive protein (p less than 0.0001) and with improvement of anaemia (p less than 0.05).
  • (17) This difference is probably secondary to the different rates of delivery of furosemide into urine.
  • (18) Under blood preservation conditions the difference of the rates of ATP-production and -consumption is the most important factor for a high ATP-level over long periods.
  • (19) There is no evidence that health-maintenance organizations reduce admissions in discretionary or "unnecessary" categories; instead, the data suggest lower admission rates across the board.
  • (20) Male sex, age under 19 or over 45, few social supports, and a history of previous suicide attempts are all factors associated with increased suicide rates.