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Fess


Definition:

  • (n.) Alt. of Fesse

Example Sentences:

  • (1) These details were analysed by computer to identify common factors in the small percentage of patients who present with persistent recurring sinusitis after FESS.
  • (2) This retrospective analysis presents the management and outcome of 16 children (less than 16 years) and 47 adults who had revision FESS.
  • (3) He claimed 99.9% of the transactions were clean, although he did fess up to $14m of accidental dealings.
  • (4) Three different vasoconstricting agents were evaluated during functional endoscopic sinus surgery (FESS) in 57 children.
  • (5) So I think it's time we atheists 'fessed up and admitted that life without God can sometimes be pretty grim.
  • (6) No one in the party will fess up to it, but it often gives the appearance of following what Australian politicians call a "small target strategy", giving away precious little about what it may or may not have planned, so as to give the Tories as little to attack as possible.
  • (7) Preoperative radiologic and intraoperative endoscopic findings of maxillary and ethmoid sinuses were compared in 75 adult patients, in whom 135 chronically inflamed maxillary sinuses were operated using functional endoscopic sinus surgery (FESS).
  • (8) In our institution, 0.05% oxymetazoline is the preferred vasoconstrictor for FESS in children.
  • (9) As a rule, functional endoscopic sinus surgery (FESS) is recommended for patients with chronic sinus problems that do not respond to medical treatment.
  • (10) Functional endoscopic sinus surgery (FESS) requires cadaver-based practice to acquire the necessary technical expertise.
  • (11) Over the past few months Michael Fallon has repeatedly told the Commons that no British servicemen would be deployed in Syria without another vote: under the pressure of a freedom of information request, Mr Airfix had last Friday been forced to fess up that a few Brits had already flown on US strikes on Syria.
  • (12) To report our experience with the radiographic evaluation of severe complications resulting from the functional endoscopic sinus surgery (FESS) procedure.
  • (13) The other, a 13-year-old girl, with an antro-choanal polyp underwent FESS only.
  • (14) Based on the experiences of these two cases, FESS appears to be very helpful in treating children with choanal polyp and paranasal sinusitis.
  • (15) FESS provides a relatively atraumatic means of removing polyps and creating better sinus drainage.
  • (16) To enable this to be undertaken as a bench-top activity the Edinburgh FESS Training system has been developed.
  • (17) Although the ostiomeatal unit is the central feature in sinonasal inflammatory disease, obstruction of the infundibulum alone or of the sphenoethmoidal recess can cause unique inflammatory patterns of disease that require tailored FESS.
  • (18) Two hundred patients with chronic sinusitis were operated on using functional endoscopic sinus surgery (FESS) techniques.
  • (19) The government has fessed up that four of the country's troubled lenders would need a further €24bn to withstand a worse-than-expected performance by the economy, and even that colossal sum is likely to prove an underestimate.
  • (20) For a period of 3 to 36 months, we followed the recovery of 210 children who underwent FESS between 1986 and 1989.

Fest


Definition:

  • (n.) The fist.
  • (n.) Alt. of Feste

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The nerd may have been more in evidence early on - not least when he was doing his doctorate and ignored the advice of his Nobel prize-winning supervisor, Nikolaas Tinbergen, and opted for a stats fest, "a classic piece of Popperian science", instead of a fluffier study of animal behaviour - but it's still around.
  • (2) This year though, the annual fest of tit tape, weepy self-congratulation and sheer star power will be remembered for more than a frock faux pas: there was a serious cock-up .
  • (3) At least if it'd been an absolute fuck-fest that would've been exciting.
  • (4) Put it this way: he is so beloved that there is an annual event in Toronto called Ford Fest where his supporters (known as "Ford Nation") gather to sing songs about him , eat barbecue and maybe even meet him.
  • (5) At the Voodoo Fest in New Orleans in October 2012, 21-year-old Clayton Otwell was offered a single drop of 25I-NBOMe up his nose as a gift from a grateful stranger whose phone he had found.
  • (6) (2) A minor addendum to last week's fact-fest : the last time Dundee and Dundee United both played at home on the same day was as recently as Boxing Day 2012, just weeks ago.
  • (7) Some MPs say it is impossible for Johnson to return before the election as the campaign would turn into a giant "Boris fest".
  • (8) David Penney notes: "If the Ivory Coast really find themselves on the wrong side of a kick-fest, maybe their supporters could take a leaf out of the French rugby fans and release their own mascot onto the field; 4 tons of rampaging elephant."
  • (9) Stimulation of secretion in guinea pig exocrine cells is associated with an enhanced synthesis in these cells of 1-O-alkyl-2-sn-acetyl-glycero-3-phosphocholines (PAF) from 1-O-alkyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (lyso-PAF) (Söling, H-D., and Fest, W. (1986) J. Biol.
  • (10) All the same, who would bet against another goal-fest?
  • (11) I think this may be the first two-sided goal-fest of the tournament.
  • (12) Potentially this has the makings of a goal fest, no?
  • (13) The rest appeared content to watch the match on the giant screens at the Fifa Fan Fest, to simply wear their colours in a Brazilian bar, or to head further north and soak up the festival spirit in Rio.
  • (14) Trump bragged on MSNBC about the “more than 2,500 people” who attended the town hall event , which he said was “an evening of love, it was a love fest, and we all had a great time”.
  • (15) It’s not all one big eco-hippy love-fest, though – it’s simple financial common sense.
  • (16) • Film Fest Australia runs 14 - 23 September • Taylor also features in Lawless, released in the UK on 7 September Footnotes [1] Adopted hometown.
  • (17) The class of '92 is a fascinating narrative strand and kind of sums up why football is so riveting: it is an absolute yarn-fest...
  • (18) The Argentines looked set for a goal-fest but despite their dominance in possession could not add to their tally in what was Lionel Messi’s 100th appearance for his country.
  • (19) The EBU regularly reminds anyone listening that, particularly at such times of economic strain in Europe , it's this music-fest, rather than worthy pan-European political gestures from Brussels or elsewhere, that nudge us toward loving this continent.
  • (20) Across the Avenida Atlantica other supporters were still stopping outside Fifa’s Fan Fest to have their photographs taken in front of the Adidas billboard from which Suárez’s image stared out, teeth bared almost prophetically, alongside the company’s slogan of the moment, Tudo ou nada .

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