(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.
Peristome
Definition:
(n.) The fringe of teeth around the orifice of the capsule of mosses. It consists of 4, 8, 16, 32, or 64 teeth, and may be either single or double.
(n.) The lip, or edge of the aperture, of a spiral shell.
(n.) The membrane surrounding the mouth of an invertebrate animal.
Example Sentences:
(1) Preoperative factors such as location of lesion, antecedent surgery, and previous radiation therapy were assessed and compared to the patients who underwent "emergency" laryngectomy in an attempt to further define risk factors involved in peristomal recurrence.
(2) This study was designed to determine the prevalence and type of peristomal skin complications in ileostomy and colostomy patients.
(3) The specific properties of Stomahesive tested in 116 stomal and 20 fistulous patients render it really useful in stomatherapy where it increases the comfort of the patients: 1. it offers an excellent peristomal skin protection whatever the nature of the stoma or origin of the fistula; 2. it promotes rapid healing of skin lesions, even in ileostomy, transverse colostomy, ureterostomy and fistula patients; 3. it ensures an effective degree of impermeability; 4. it provides a large base for adhesion of the collecting bag; 5. it can be kept on for about 6 days in most cases; 6.
(4) No patient developed stomal necrosis, peristomal hematoma, or abscess.
(5) Fourteen episodes of clinically significant peristomal bleeding occurred in six patients.
(6) The extent of subglottic involvement and preoperative tracheostomy, appear to be the most important causative factors in peristomal carcinoma.
(7) One horse had gastric rupture attributable to suture occlusion of the small intestine after colostomy reversal, and another horse had complications of incisional infection after repair of a peristomal hernia.
(8) The most frequent late complications were stomal complications (26%) which included peristomal dermatitis stomal stenosis, parastomal hernia, and stomal prolapse, and upper urinary tract complications which were noted in 27 patients (14%).
(9) Once peristomal herniation occurs, operative repair should be considered in an otherwise healthy person.
(10) The most common complication was peristomal wound infection (14 patients), the incidence of which was reduced significantly by the use of single-dose prophylactic antibiotic therapy.
(11) For 1 week after gastrostomy, the peristomal area was evaluated and a score assigned each day for erythema (0 to 4), induration (0 to 3), and exudate (0 to 4).
(12) The most common complications were skin excoriation secondary to leakage (3.5 percent), retraction (3.5 percent), partial necrosis (2.6 percent), and peristomal sepsis (1.8 percent).
(13) Recurrent bleeding from peristomal varices was a major problem; 7 of 10 patients required repeated blood transfusions.
(14) The patient presented with peristomal ulceration and pain of several months' duration.
(15) All 11 cases of peristomal pyoderma gangrenosum described in the literature are reviewed.
(16) "Introducer" PEG was not associated with peristomal infection, and the authors postulate that the peristomal infections in the "pull" PEG group were due to oropharyngeal bacteria brought through the abdominal wall by that technique.
(17) Enclosure of the custom retainer in the recess underlying the peristomal musculature also provides a plug that enhances retention and increases patient confidence during alaryngeal speech.
(18) A peristomal Y-cutaneous excision followed by V-cutaneous closure can be useful in reducing operative trauma and avoiding hospitalization.
(19) Patients with stomas require appliances to protect peristomal skin and contain the stomal effluent.
(20) Peristomal skin lesions in patients with ileal conduit urinary diversion have been reported in frequencies ranging from none to occurrence in 100% of patients.