(a.) Having a very narrow border of another tincture; -- said esp. of an ordinary or subordinary.
Example Sentences:
(1) The attachment by type 1 fimbriated strains to HT-29 cells was reduced by meconium only in some cases.
(2) Infections caused by P-fimbriated Escherichia coli were not more often associated with residual urine than infections with nonP-fimbriated Escherichia coli or other bacterial species.
(3) Purified material was used to produce a polyclonal antiserum that agglutinated all nonfimbriated and fimbriated B. pertussis cells containing serotype 3 agglutinogen.
(4) The examination by electron microscopy revealed that TR-cells were highly fimbriated but not TS- and OS-cells.
(5) As described previously, fimbriated H. influenzae variants adhered to a greater extent than nonfimbriated variants to human buccal epithelial cells (2.1 and 0.29 bacteria per cell, respectively, as determined by the radioactive assay [P less than 0.05]; 7.6 and 1.6 bacteria per cell, respectively, as determined by the immunofluorescent assay [P less than 0.01]).
(6) Also all these drugs with the same sub MICs alter the haemagglutination titre and inhibit the fimbriation process of the uropathogenic E. coli.
(7) Second, the sheep erythrocyte reactivity of P-fimbriated strains could not be attributed solely to recognition of the Forssman glycolipid and may not be used to define the prsJ96-encoded phenotype.
(8) There was also association of fimbriate capsulate bacteria with damaged organ culture epithelium in one of four experiments.
(9) Among MR strains, P-fimbriated and S-fimbriated strains were present in 25.7% and 28.6%, respectively, indicating that these two MR fimbriae were not always specific for the prostatitis-derived E. coli.
(10) The proportion of fimbriate strains amongst Escherichia coli freshly isolated from infected urines did not differ significantly from the proportion amongst commensal Esch.
(11) The results indicate that phase variation and the production of 987P fimbriae by fimbriate cells are under independent physiological control.
(12) The best-studied system is the interaction of type 1-fimbriated (mannose-specific) Escherichia coli with human phagocytic cells.
(13) Type 1 fimbriae-bearing E. coli bound 50 times more THP than did non-type 1-fimbriated or P-fimbriated strains.
(14) In contrast, binding of 4 non-type-1 fimbriated O157:H7 strains could not be demonstrated.
(15) These features included the development of lobulated nuclei, a reduced nuclear to cytoplasmic ratio, increased complexity and development of the cytoplasmic components, and the disappearance of fimbriated plasma membrane structures.
(16) TNF alpha (10(-9) M) synergistically augmented the non-type 1-fimbriated E. coli-stimulated LTB4 release and additively increased secondary granule release without affecting primary granule release.
(17) Here, we report an even broader conservation of this minor adhesion protein extending to other genera and species of type 1 fimbriated Enterobacteriaceae.
(18) Escherichia coli with both P and type 1 fimbriae caused vaginal colonization in the female green monkey, while only the P-fimbriated bacteria frequently caused ascending bladder infection.
(19) Under incubation conditions used previously to document in vitro adherence of other diarrheagenic E. coli, only the one type-1 fimbriated E. coli O157:H7 strain, designated CL-49, adhered to isolated human and rabbit epithelial cells.
(20) Fifty per cent (378) of all children were colonized and a quarter (183) had pure cultures of P-fimbriated E. coli in at least one faecal sample.
Fringe
Definition:
(v. t.) To adorn the edge of with a fringe or as with a fringe.
(n.) The peristome or fringelike appendage of the capsules of most mosses. See Peristome.
(n.) An ornamental appendage to the border of a piece of stuff, originally consisting of the ends of the warp, projecting beyond the woven fabric; but more commonly made separate and sewed on, consisting sometimes of projecting ends, twisted or plaited together, and sometimes of loose threads of wool, silk, or linen, or narrow strips of leather, or the like.
(n.) Something resembling in any respect a fringe; a line of objects along a border or edge; a border; an edging; a margin; a confine.
(n.) One of a number of light or dark bands, produced by the interference of light; a diffraction band; -- called also interference fringe.
Example Sentences:
(1) Fringe 2009 also welcomes back Aussie standup Jim Jeffries , whose jokes include: "Women to me are like public toilets.
(2) The fringe of the seizure ("borderland of epilepsy") is briefly delineated.
(3) This means the work of the giant but highly disciplined RSS, as well as smaller fringe groups such as the Bajrang Dal, can be critical.
(4) We show that over a limited range of high spatial frequencies this noise takes on a striated appearance, with the striations running perpendicular to the true fringe orientation.
(5) One or two young fringe players may go out on loan but that will almost certainly be that.
(6) A rowdy fringe took to raiding liquor stores, spraying graffiti and flaunting marijuana.
(7) They live in the shadows, on the fringes of Australian society.
(8) This kind of audience investment is one of the reasons why James Baker's 30 Days to Space , at the Edinburgh 2010 forest fringe, proved so fascinating.
(9) A further parametric investigation of the conductivity effect revealed that conductivity boundaries may significantly modify the MEF due to neuronal currents located within 1 mm of a conductivity boundary, as would be the case for active neurons near an edema, an anoxic fringe such as might occur during stroke, or a ventricle in the human head.
(10) When the highly crystalline core contents are suitably oriented to transmit their Bragg reflections through the objective aperture, regular fringes separated by 2-9.5 A have been visualized.
(11) But when they show up in Manchester at lunchtime on Tuesday to take part in a Conservative conference fringe meeting entitled Challenges for the EU in 2010, they may find themselves under the kind of scrutiny they rarely face at home.
(12) "They're just asymmetric – one goes up more than the other," and she pulls back her fringe to show me.
(13) Then again, any show attracting reviews as bad as Celtic have had in the last week would be lucky to survive any longer at the Festival and this performance has left them on the fringes of European football.
(14) Textures observed include spherulites with Maltese crosses, striated and highly colored ribbons, whorls of periodic interference fringes, and colored flakes.
(15) The retinal visual acuity of 198 cataractous eyes was tested with interference-fringes and compared with the post-operative visual acuity.
(16) "We have done it very cheaply anyway and are not performing for long, but I do know people who have been put off by the intensely commercial atmosphere of the fringe."
(17) Regardless of fringe rucks, these protests are more likely to lay the ground for wider public and industrial campaigns than frighten them off.
(18) I had more fun with Matt Winning , delivering a silly set on the Free Fringe imagining himself the son of Robert Mugabe.
(19) The two games on this trip will not have helped a great deal, other than made it harder for some fringe players to force their way into contention.
(20) In the context of a deficit recovered against a team on the fringe of the Champions League places, and grasping for positives, it did at least offer flashes of the character the home support deemed to have been so absent of late.