(v.) Anything broad and limber that hangs loose, or that is attached by one side or end and is easily moved; as, the flap of a garment.
(v.) A hinged leaf, as of a table or shutter.
(v.) The motion of anything broad and loose, or a stroke or sound made with it; as, the flap of a sail or of a wing.
(v.) A disease in the lips of horses.
(n.) To move, as something broad and flaplike; as, to flap the wings; to let fall, as the brim of a hat.
(v. i.) To move as do wings, or as something broad or loose; to fly with wings beating the air.
(v. i.) To fall and hang like a flap, as the brim of a hat, or other broad thing.
Example Sentences:
(1) 14 patients with painful neuroma, skin hyperesthesia or neuralgic rest pain were followed up (mean 20 months) after excision of skin and scar, neurolysis and coverage with pedicled or free flaps.
(2) A distally based posterior tibial artery adipofascial flap with skin graft was used for the reconstruction of soft tissue defects over the Achilles tendon in three cases and over the heel in three cases.
(3) Our results show that stenosis of about one-third of the original external diameter of the artery and vein of the pedicle in our model did not have any significant influence on the survival of the flap and ligation of the femoral artery distal to the branch to the flap did not produce any statistical difference in the viability of the flap.
(4) The haemodynamics and affecting factors of the acute random skin flap and the methods for monitoring its viability were studied.
(5) The general tendency of gradual CBF reduction from the pedicle to the distal end of all the flaps was observed.
(6) This report adds another modification of the standard gastrocnemius muscle flap: transtibial transposition of the muscle through the posterior cortex.
(7) The immediate reconstruction either by local flaps or by free grafts.
(8) Linton flap operation was performed in 202 patients with postphlebitic syndrome complicated by evident ulceration 64% of patients were followed up for 1-14 years.
(9) It was treated by the method of free autogenous gingival graft on the labial side and gingivectomy by flap on the palatal side.
(10) Osteocutaneous flaps from the foot are being utilized more for thumb and digit reconstruction.
(11) The difference from the Hughes flap is that the blood supply is maintained through two tubed pedicles of conjunctiva and Muller's muscle, rather than an apron of conjunctiva.
(12) These observations lead to the hypothesis that acidosis quenches fluorescence in distal skin flaps.
(13) The most common complications in breast augmentation surgery with homologous fat grafts obtained from fresh cadavers are presented, showing subsequent surgical procedures to reconstruct the breasts of such patients through use of silicone prostheses and muscle flaps from the latissimus dorsi.
(14) Both acquired defects were covered by two different cross-finger flap techniques, despite extensive scarring of the adjacent finger.
(15) Based on a limited experience we have found that triangular flap ureteroplasty is a worthwhile means of repeat reimplantation of the obstructed ureter and perhaps provides a better alternative than transureteroureterostomy.
(16) Is there not enough material available, can neck-, breast-or forehead flaps cover the defect, although they do not fulfill the demands for a satisfactory restoration of specific function.
(17) We present our initial experience with a new method of increasing the survival of acute skin flaps through stress conditioning using heat shock and recovery.
(18) We conclude that although the tissue expansion technique yields acceptable results, the TRAM flap yields superior aesthetic results in terms of both appearance and consistency.
(19) The usual approach to the inferior orbit has been through a subciliary skin incision and dissection of a skin flap to the orbital rim.
(20) Exteriorization is accomplished by mobilizing 2 lateral skin flaps from the perineum and joining them with the inverted U flap to reach the vagina.
Hinged
Definition:
(imp. & p. p.) of Hinge
(a.) Furnished with hinges.
Example Sentences:
(1) The first experiment gave good results, although only one participant had any previous experience of hinge axis location, and it is debatable whether or not this experience is necessary before satisfactory results can be obtained.
(2) Brief digestion at neutral pH without reduction produced a molecule in which the Fab and Fc fragments were still linked by a pair of labile disulphide bridges, and the Fc fragment released by cleaving these bonds, called 1Fc fragment, contained a portion of the ;hinge' region including an interchain disulphide bridge.
(3) A modification of a previously described curved ruler, the current model has a hinge for greater ease of maneuverability and a "T" piece on one end to facilitate measurement and marking of both poles of the muscle without repositioning the ruler.
(4) In order to identify the specific carboxyl groups labeled by ETC, a purified cytochrome c1 preparation containing both the heme peptide and the hinge peptide was dimethylated at all the lysines to prevent internal cross-linking.
(5) The present report of a fatality from an external rearview mirror indicates the continued potential for harm from a projecting structure in spite of a hinged mounting and rounded shape.
(6) This investigation presents a commentary about two researches locating the terminal hing axis (THA) in totally edentulous people determined through the guided and not guided methods with chin compression.
(7) These variations indicate modulations of the tertiary structure, which may be due to a change of the L-hinge angle.
(8) In the alpha a and beta subunits they probably occur in the proline- and glycine-rich hinge region, which connects the head to the trunk.
(9) Roma are close to a deal for the Fiorentina winger Adem Ljajic and Tottenham's hopes of taking Lamela appear to hinge on it being finalised.
(10) This indicates that the enzyme does not affect the Ig molecule in the hinge region only.
(11) Whereas binding of monoclonal antibodies recognizing the tip and interface is abrogated or diminished, binding of antibodies to the hinge region is greatly enhanced following exposure of virus or the monomeric form of HA to pH 5.
(12) The position of NADP on beef liver catalase corresponds to the carboxyl-terminal polypeptide hinge in Penicillium vitale fungal catalase, which connects the common catalase structure to the additional flavodoxin-like domain.
(13) The popular appeal of the "School Shield" program hinges on believing in heroics; good public policy depends on preventing the need for them.
(14) However, our data also show the intron structure to be less stable than the mature tRNA domain, suggesting that the precursor may best be described as having two domains with a hinge at the junction of the anticodon and intron stems.
(15) Analysis of cysteine-containing peptides shows that the heavy chain of the IgG protein LEC has a deletion of residues 216-230, thus encompassing the entire hinge region.
(16) The time of disability (i.e., sick leave) was significantly shorter (6 weeks) with a hinged cast, but only in ACL cases.
(17) The results of a CT-anatomical correlative study of the main ligaments of the cervico-occipital hinge are reported.
(18) Neuroepithelial cells transform from spindle-shaped to wedge-shaped within the median and paired dorsolateral hinge points of the bending neural plate, but the mechanisms underlying these localized changes are unclear.
(19) This substitution may increase the flexibility of the molecule in the hinge region between the globular domain and the stalk.
(20) Although a higher salvage rate was obtained with the less-constrained prostheses, an infected hinge prosthesis did not preclude successful implant salvage.