(n.) A mineral having many varieties differing in color and in their constituents, but with the same crystallization (isometric), and conforming to the same general chemical formula. The commonest color is red, the luster is vitreous, and the hardness greater than that of quartz. The dodecahedron and trapezohedron are the common forms.
(n.) A tackle for hoisting cargo in our out.
Example Sentences:
(1) Using peptide 4-methoxy-2-naphthylamide substrates (Bz-Arg-MNA, Z-Lys-Arg-MNA, Z-Gly-Arg-MNA, Z-Pro-Arg-MNA and Z-Gly-Pro-Arg-MNA) and Fast Garnet GBC as chromogen the red azo dye was found to precipitate in the cytoplasmic granules of the cutaneous mast cells.
(2) Both abscesses were drained transendoscopically by use of a contact neodymium:yttrium aluminum garnet laser.
(3) A neodymium:yttrium aluminum garnet (Nd:YAG) laser was used to study effects of applying laser irradiation transendoscopically to the corniculate process of the arytenoid cartilage in horses.
(4) A neodymium:yttrium-aluminum-garnet (Nd:YAG) laser was used to induce highly reproducible focal cortical lesions in anesthetized rats.
(5) This article reviews holmium:YAG (yttrium-aluminum-garnet) laser physics, its tissue effects, and reports initial experience with its use in TMJ arthroscopy.
(6) Removal of the lipoma was achieved with the Neodymium-Yttrium-Aluminum-Garnet (Nd:YAG) laser through a fiberoptic bronchoscope.
(7) Five patients with severe fibrous subglottic and tracheal stenosis were treated by endoscopic radial laser incision and dilation using both carbon dioxide and neodymium:yttrium aluminum garnet lasers.
(8) Malignant esophageal obstruction in 24 patients was treated using the neodymium:ytrium, aluminum, garnet laser.
(9) A technique is described using a neodymium:yttrium-aluminium-garnet (Nd:YAG) laser in combination with a special tracheoscope and high frequency jet ventilation (HFJV).
(10) Nine patients were treated with preoperative endobronchial neodymium:yttrium-aluminum-garnet laser resection to facilitate a lung-preserving surgical resection.
(11) We conclude that this newly devised technique for transurethral prostatectomy in the canine model can be performed safely and effectively using a Neodymium:Yttrium Aluminum Garnet laser (Neodymium:YAG).
(12) The purposes of this study were (a) to determine the applicability of endoscopic palliation for patients with esophagogastric cancer strictures in a referral center, and (b) to compare the efficacy and safety of the BICAP tumor probe with the neodymiumyttrium-aluminum-garnet (YAG) laser for such palliation.
(13) In an attempt to ablate the laryngeal saccule as an alternative method of sacculectomy (conventially done through a laryngotomy incision for laryngeal hemiplegia) a neodymium:yttrium aluminum garnet laser was used transendoscopically in noncontact fashion in 6 horses.
(14) Bovine lens epithelial cells were suspended in MEM medium and subjected to continuous wave, low power, pulsed neodymium:yttrium-aluminum-garnet (Nd:YAG) laser irradiation.
(15) Neodymium:yttrium aluminum garnet laser photocoagulation was delivered during ventricular tachycardia to epicardial sites of presumed reentry.
(16) The cyclodestructive effects of cyclocryotherapy and of the neodymium:yttrium aluminum garnet (Nd:YAG) and diode laser transscleral cyclophotocoagulation were investigated in phakic and pseudophakic cadaver eyes using a modified Miyake posterior-view technique and light microscopy.
(17) Neodymium-YAG (yttrium-aluminum-garnet) laser resection of obstructing and inoperable tumors of the large airways is used as palliative therapy to improve the quality of survival in patients by alleviating airway obstruction.
(18) The resectoscope delivers surgical energy of equal effect to the neodymium:yttrium-aluminum-garnet laser at a fraction of the cost.
(19) The neodymium:YAG (yttrium-aluminum-garnet) laser can cause transmural coagulation necrosis of bladder tumor or bladder wall.
(20) Use of the Neodymium: yttrium -aluminum -garnet (Nd:YAG) laser to recanalize stenosed arteries may require delivery of the beam through blood.
Garret
Definition:
(n.) A turret; a watchtower.
(n.) That part of a house which is on the upper floor, immediately under or within the roof; an attic.
Example Sentences:
(1) But Olney wanted to be an artist and he set off for Paris, where he found himself a garret in which he could make portraits and a new life among friends, lovers and acquaintances that included the black American writer and civil rights pioneer James Baldwin, WH Auden and, distantly, Edith Piaf, whom he saw sing Je ne Regrette Rien for the first time at the Olympia theatre.
(2) Garret FitzGerald, the Irish taoiseach, or prime minister, knew he had an uphill task in persuading Thatcher of the need for an agreement.
(3) The 2001-02 season would be the one you're looking for, Garret, when the trio of Bolton, Fulham and Blackburn steered clear of the drop.
(4) DON'T YOU OPEN THAT TRAP DOOR "It's looking like there's every chance that Derby, Birmingham and Sunderland will be getting relegated after one season," notes Garret Thornton.
(5) The focus of infestation were house rats (Rattus rattus) living in the garret.
(6) Using part of this sequence as a hybridisation probe we have cloned and sequenced a structural gene encoding human polypeptide highly homologous with two mammalian proteins, bWRS [Garret et al., Biochemistry 30 (1991) 7809-7817; EMBL accession No.
(7) But the Seanad has given Ireland some of its most high-profile political figures, including Mary Robinson , Garret FitzGerald and Conor Cruise O'Brien .
(8) His fortunes dipped and he spent the last years of his life living in a garret in central London.
(9) USA 87, 3508-3512] and bovine tryptophanyl-tRNA synthetase [M. Garret, V. Trezeguet, B. Pajot, J. C. Gandar, M. Merle, M. Guegiev, J. P. Benedetto, C. Sarger, J. Alteriot, J.
(10) A structural gene encoding bovine (b) tryptophanyl-tRNA synthetase (WRS) has recently been cloned and sequenced [Garret et al., Biochemistry 30 (1991) 7809-7817].
(11) And those soliciting money aren’t just bohemians starving in garrets – many of them are well-known names.
(12) A possible risk for the health of man can not be excluded if rooms are located directly in contact with dovecotes or garrets colonized with wild doves.
(13) The theme of the starving writer finding authenticity in the forced asceticism of the garret is a sub-theme in this series.
(14) Personally I would take draining my brothers' resources or starving in a garret if familial bonds of duty and obligation failed (and yes, John Dashwood, I'm looking at you, you sod) or were abruptly severed by their untimely deaths and inadequate will provisions, over marriage to Mr Collins.
(15) If I was ill, I used to be isolated in the bedroom garret.
(16) "I think the virtue of starving in a garret is romantic nonsense, and am convinced I'd be a better writer if a generous benefactor regularly wrote me large cheques. "
(17) Control measures against Ornithonyssus bacoti, which were successful within a short time, included eradication of the rats, closing of the hole in the ceiling, acaricide application in the garret and intensive cleaning of the living-room, the baby's nursery table, pram and bassinet.
(18) I didn’t have any sex, I didn’t do any drugs, I didn’t go to any parties.” Was he attempting to live out the idea of the reclusive artist, starving in his garret?
(19) Garret FitzGerald, the man credited with liberalising Ireland and helping start the peace process, has died aged 85.