(a.) Securely placed or fastened; settled; established; firm; imovable; unalterable.
(a.) Stable; non-volatile.
Example Sentences:
(1) The catheter must be meticulously fixed to the skin to avoid its movement.
(2) The binding properties of formalin-fixed amelanotic melanoma cells were not identical to those of endothelial or unfixed target cells.
(3) On the basis of 180 interventions, they describe in detail the use of fibrin glue in myringo- and tympanoplasty for correct fixing of grafts.
(4) Theresa May signals support for UK-EU membership deal Read more Faull’s fix, largely accepted by Britain, also ties the hands of national governments.
(5) According to the finite element analysis, the design bases of fixed restorations applied in the teeth accompanied with the absorption of the alveolar bone were preferred.
(6) At a fixed concentration of nucleotide the effectiveness of elution was proportional to the charge on the eluting molecule.
(7) This suggests that molars do not maintain a fixed relationship to incisors over time, and extreme care must be taken to standardize an experiment to a specific body weight when using this method.
(8) Using an antibody to the nerve growth factor receptor (NGFR), we examined dendritic reticulum cells (DRCs) immunohistochemically in 62 formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded lymph nodes from patients with reactive follicular hyperplasia or with various types of lymphoma.
(9) Females were killed at various times after the onset of mating or artificial insemination, oviducts were fixed and sectioned serially, and spermatozoa were counted individually as to their location in the oviduct.
(10) Rigidly fixing the pubic symphysis stiffened the model and resulted in principal stress patterns that did not reflect trabecular density or orientations as well as those of the deformable pubic symphysis model.
(11) Using a monoclonal antibody against dopamine and a rabbit antiserum against serotonin, 5-methoxytryptamine or tryptamine, we were able to achieve the simultaneous localization of two amines in glutaraldehyde-fixed sections of rat dorsal raphe nuclei.
(12) In one series of experiments, the animals were not treated before the tissues were conventionally fixed; in another, anesthetized animals were administered horseradish peroxidase 20 min before the tissues were fixed.
(13) Since all human cadaveric tissue is fixed whilst on the skeleton, we may assume that shrinkage of the muscles in such specimens is negligible.
(14) Isolated outer hair cells from the organ of Corti of the guinea pig have been shown to change length in response to a mechanical stimulus in the form of a tone burst at a fixed frequency of 200 Hz (Canlon et al., 1988).
(15) After permeabilization, with attendant partial extraction, the preparation can be fixed, then viewed by either deep-etch replication, or by high-resolution scanning electron microscopy, with structure of interest revealed in deep view.
(16) In contrast, in paraffin as well as in frozen sections of chick oviduct, fixed by immersion or in vapor, PR was exclusively nuclear, including in the absence of progesterone, and the intensity of immunostaining was not modified by progesterone treatment.
(17) Filipin-induced lesions in glutaraldehyde-fixed parasites indicated higher levels of beta-hydroxysterols in the amastigote than in the promastigote plasma membrane, and in the promastigote flagellar membrane than in the body membrane.
(18) Using a silver staining technique (AgNOR technique), we have investigated the nucleolar organizer-associated proteins (NORs) in formalin-fixed paraffin embedded conjunctival specimens of 15 intraepithelial squamous carcinomas, 10 hyperplastic-dysplastic samples and 10 control epithelial fragments; the mean number of intranuclear black dots was determined for each case.
(19) Radiologists may encounter patients with fixed dental prostheses that may produce image distortion on MRI scans of the face and jaw.
(20) A rubber cuff was fixed on the metal cylinder and let an opening of 8 cm, simulating the cervix uteri.
Underdeveloped
Definition:
Example Sentences:
(1) The experience in Hungary should encourage physicians in other underdeveloped areas of the world to organize similar programs for the care of cancer in children.
(2) These data reject the possibility that albino central vision is similar to normal peripheral vision, but the results are predictable on the hypothesis that the central retina of albinos is a spatially magnified (underdeveloped) version of the normal fovea.
(3) The diagnosis of overriding mitral valve should be suspected in any patient with significant conotruncal anomalies and underdeveloped left ventricle, especially the patient with double outlet right ventricle, and in the patient with endocardial cushion defect, hypoplasia of the left ventricle, and obstructive anomalies of the aortic arch.
(4) The vascular anomaly, in turn, causes underdevelopment of optic nerve tissue and involvement of the bony orbit.
(5) Although the stapes, the interossicular joints, and the subarcuate fossae were slightly underdeveloped in the majority of cases, the other structures in the middle ear were almost normal.
(6) It is supposed that the changes in Thy 1 expression in nude animals are caused mainly by the underdevelopment of late developing brain regions due to thermoregulatory problems and other postnatal strains occurring in the mutants.
(7) Pathological changes of the placenta were more frequent than underdevelopment of the endometrium among the o.c.
(8) However, MDT is most unfortunately quite expensive and therefore inapplicable in most countries with high prevalence, since they are poor and underdeveloped.
(9) The design of this program, with its emphasis on teaching, may prove helpful for establishment of similar teaching programs in other medical disciplines in underdeveloped countries.
(10) None of the patients demonstrated sexual underdevelopment.
(11) It consisted of an underdeveloped humerus, a duplicated ulna, several carpal bones, a partially duplicated metacarpal bone and three digits with three hoofs.
(12) Postmortem findings include underdeveloped cerebellum, a thymus with moderate depletion of thymocytes, a large PDA, ASD, small adrenal, and fatty change of the liver.
(13) Three recommendations were derived from the symposium: (1) more complete and objective documentation of the impact of new technologies on the cost and outcomes of health services is urgently needed, (2) technical specifications for imaging instruments need better definition in terms of the medical problems to which they are applied, and (3) radiologists and radiologic societies in industrialized countries should support more generously the local training in radiology in underdeveloped countries.
(14) Deafness, cataract, muscular atrophy, skeletal abnormalities, retardation of growth, underdeveloped secondary sexual characteristics, and electrocardiographic abnormalities are the features of a new, probably hereditary syndrome.
(15) Ultrasound examination of the brain showed a very wide subarachnoid space and CT confirmed cerebral and cerebellar underdevelopment.
(16) Buhera is a relatively underdeveloped district, with health services provided by a district hospital, 2 rural hospitals, 12 health centers and 50 mobile clinics.
(17) The fact that this patient demonstrated an underdevelopment of the alveolar process in spite of the formation of almost normal crowns, is taken as evidence that the bone stimulating principle in tooth buds are not to be found in the enamel organ proper, but must be related to Hertwig's epithelial sheath, root development and tooth eruption.
(18) In a phenotypic (XY karyotype) eunuchoid female aged 24, external genitalia were represented by completely fused underdeveloped scrotolabial folds and a 1-cm-long phallus with phallic urethra.
(19) We believe that underdeveloped countries should develop clear programmes for the treatment of chronic renal failure and in addition initiate screening for renal diseases in the population so that early detection of renal disease, for instance in relation to urinary tract infection, can prevent progression to renal failure.
(20) Their flying car, Vaculik said, could eventually become a regular mode of transport for commuters and middle-distance travellers, especially in countries with underdeveloped road infrastructure.