(n.) The organ formed by the combination or union into one body of stem and leaf, and often bearing the fructification; as, the frond of a fern or of a lichen or seaweed; also, the peculiar leaf of a palm tree.
Example Sentences:
(1) Ependymal cells developed luminal fronds that projected into the ventricle and the subpial glia displayed a very subtle gliosis in the form of thin multi-laminated processes.
(2) BPV-4 DNA was present in the residual papillomatous fronds of the renal cancer, but was absent from the carcinoma proper and for the splenic metastasis.
(3) Having reviewed 47 cases of vascular malformations of the stomach and duodenum, we propose an endoscopic classification for these lesions: Pattern I (flat or slightly protruded, bright red lesions with frond-like margin) is the most usual form of presentation.
(4) Carbon dioxide laser photocautery was used successfully intraocularly in human patients to seal fibrovascular fronds and retinal tears at the time of vitrectomy.
(5) "Fronds," characterized by contrast within the interstices of the lesion, were seen in three malignant lesions.
(6) Posterior or to this frond of neovascularization, intertwining intraretinal telangiectasia was observed.
(7) At its margin abutting the central fibrous body the atrioventricular (A-V) node exhibited numerous fronds and outcroppings, some forming loop connections from one part of A-V node to another.
(8) The stems of corn, millet, sugar cane and the banana leaf frond excite some clinical and pathological effects in the rabbit's eye when implanted either into the anterior chamber (AC) or subconjunctivally.
(9) Substance P was most abundant in the subintimal portion of the membrane, with occasional filaments coursing via synovial fronds to the intimal portion.
(10) Palm tree climbers use jigs which are woven from palm fronds.
(11) Management depends on a high degree of suspicion, and a sonogram is useful to visualize the papillary fronds in the cysts.
(12) Photograph: Phil Gates I turned over a frond and saw the long, slit-like rows of spores, then searched under a rocky overhang for signs of germination.
(13) There is then no further increase in frond number for 3 to 4 weeks, although DNA, RNA and protein synthesis continue at decreased rates and starch accumulates in the plants.
(14) Bacteria-free cultures of Spirodela oligorrhiza continue to increase in frond number for 2 to 3 days after transfer to darkness.
(15) Four argon laser techniques have been evaluated in the eradication of diabetic disk neovascularization: focal (nonfeeder) photocoagulation, feeder-frond photocoagulation alone, panretinal photocoagulation alone, and feeder-frond treatment combined with panretinal photocoagulation.
(16) During the day, under leafy huts, women learned to weave pandanus fronds and men crafted didgeridoos.
(17) A fluorescein-angiography displayed six years after the trauma a large neovascular frond and intraretinal neovascular network.
(18) However, only five of these were easily detectable in steady-state mRNA isolated from roots of the same plants, and the relative expression of each gene varied between the roots and the fronds.
(19) Amongst the other 10 women there were intratubal adhesions (n = 2), fronds attached to mucosal folds (n = 4), irregular blood vessels in mucosal folds (n = 2), unusual mucosal folds (n = 3) and black 'spots' within mucosal folds (n = 3).
(20) Thrombosis was associated with a delay in the growth and maturation of NV fronds, which resumed after reperfusion.
Palm
Definition:
(n.) The inner and somewhat concave part of the hand between the bases of the fingers and the wrist.
(n.) A lineal measure equal either to the breadth of the hand or to its length from the wrist to the ends of the fingers; a hand; -- used in measuring a horse's height.
(n.) A metallic disk, attached to a strap, and worn the palm of the hand, -- used to push the needle through the canvas, in sewing sails, etc.
(n.) The broad flattened part of an antler, as of a full-grown fallow deer; -- so called as resembling the palm of the hand with its protruding fingers.
(n.) The flat inner face of an anchor fluke.
(n.) Any endogenous tree of the order Palmae or Palmaceae; a palm tree.
(n.) A branch or leaf of the palm, anciently borne or worn as a symbol of victory or rejoicing.
(n.) Any symbol or token of superiority, success, or triumph; also, victory; triumph; supremacy.
(v. t.) To handle.
(v. t.) To manipulate with, or conceal in, the palm of the hand; to juggle.
(v. t.) To impose by fraud, as by sleight of hand; to put by unfair means; -- usually with off.
Example Sentences:
(1) I hope this movement will continue and spread for it has within itself the power to stand up to fascism, be victorious in the face of extremism and say no to oppressive political powers everywhere.” Appearing via videolink from Tehran, and joined by London mayor Sadiq Khan and Palme d’Or winner Mike Leigh, Farhadi said: “We are all citizens of the world and I will endeavour to protect and spread this unity.” The London screening of The Salesman on Sunday evening wasintended to be a show of unity and strength against Trump’s travel ban, which attempted to block arrivals in the US from seven predominantly Muslim countries: Iran, Iraq, Libya, Sudan, Somalia, Syria and Yemen.
(2) Considerate touches includes the free use of cruiser bicycles (the best method of tackling the Palm Springs main drag), home-baked cookies … and if you'd like to get married, ask the manager: he's a minister.
(3) At the end of each session, he is forced to don a pair of blackened goggles, ear muffs are placed over his head, and he is ordered to place the palms of his hands together so that a guard can grasp his thumbs to lead him away.
(4) The Palme D’Or-winning Thai director Apichatpong Weerasethakul has said he does not want his new film to be screened in in his home country, for fear of the reaction of the ruling military junta.
(5) Hyperlinearity was significantly more common in the palms of the patients with atopic dermatitis.
(6) There are no cases Money could uncover of people convicted for slipping a dodgy £1 into a vending machine or palming one off to their newsagent, but criminal gangs have been jailed for manufacturing fake coins.
(7) Jeffrey Epstein in custody in West Palm Beach, Florida, in 2008.
(8) The procedure consists in making transverse skin incisions on the palm and fingers leaving the wounds open after limited fasciectomy.
(9) Lubricants, anthralin, and corticosteroids form the mainstay of therapy in mild and moderate psoriasis of the palms and soles.
(10) The allegation that palm oil consumption leads to raised blood cholesterol levels and is therefore atherogenic is without scientific foundation.
(11) The needles were from a commonly grown palm, Phoenix canariensis.
(12) I cannot see anything before October, or even the end of the year, because there remain some difficult topics to resolve.” Lozano is most intriguing on two things: the issue of justice, and what he sees as a potential impasse over economic policy and the role of multinational corporations, especially those wanting to extract Colombia’s significant riches in gold, emeralds, coal, hydrocarbons and minerals, or turn grassland into palm oil plantations.
(13) The risk of getting malaria was greater for inhabitants of the poorest type of house construction (incomplete, mud, or cadjan (palm) walls, and cadjan thatched roofs) compared to houses with complete brick and plaster walls and tiled roofs.
(14) The patient's main phenotypic features were short-limb dwarfism, craniofacial disproportion with prominent forehead, short neck and trunk with pectus carinatum, and platyspondyly, protuberant abdomen, acromesomelic shortness of limbs, bilateral palm simian crease, short feet with brachydactyly of the 2nd toe, and prominent heels.
(15) Widespread keratotic papules and striking hyperkeratosis of the palms and soles went unrecognized as a manifestation of tuberculosis, thereby delaying treatment in a patient with AIDS-related complex.
(16) Patients with fever, polymorphous skin eruption, congested conjunctiva, reddened palms and soles, red lips and oral mucous membrane, and soft-tissue swelling of the peripheral extremities and who experience membranous desquamation of fingers and toes should be suspected of having mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome.
(17) The staples of the poor consisted of one or two bulky carbohydrate meals (derivatives of different species of cocoyam, cassava, yam and maize) eaten with vegetable soup in palm oil, melon seeds, snail, occasional meat and fish.
(18) On Tuesday, Obama was sworn in with his palm on the same velvet-covered Bible used by Lincoln in 1861, but he had no bible with him at the re-run.
(19) In this report, we recall that Raynaud's phenomenon is a "key" symptom at the center of vascular disorders of the hand, since in the positive, differential diagnosis, among its etiologies, good clinical knowledge of acrosyndromes, arteritis of the palm and digits, and the thoracic outlet syndrome is necessary.
(20) Read more The FEC forms count any asset worth more than $50m as the same – and Trump has close to two dozen of those, including his Scottish golf course and the Mar-A-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida.