(n.) A very thin, slight, transparent stuff, generally of silk; also, any fabric resembling silk gauze; as, wire gauze; cotton gauze.
(a.) Having the qualities of gauze; thin; light; as, gauze merino underclothing.
Example Sentences:
(1) The submerged gauze technique was applied to the sampling in three different spots of the river: at the town center, two km water above, and two down-stream from the city.
(2) The method consisted first in preconcentrating the samples collected on immersed gauze pads, secondly in the concentration of the virus samples by the following methods-used either separately or in parallel: the Amberlite method, the yeast cell and the aluminium bydroxide concentration method.
(3) Artificial plaque enmeshed in the gauze was treated four times per day for four days with an enzyme-dependent mineralizing solution, resulting in 20-, 10-, and 200-fold increases in Ca, P, and F, respectively.
(4) We compared Bioclusive transparent polyurethane (TP) dressing with a cotton gauze (CG) dressing on peripheral intravenous (IV) access sites for the incidence of phlebitis, catheter tip colonization, skin colonization, and catheter-related bacteremia.
(5) Among all the performed modalities, a characteristic internal structure of the gauze granuloma was best visualized on MR imaging.
(6) The abdominal safety line, which is a size 1 silk passed through the eyes of the urethral splint (Foley catheter) and rolled up on gauze with some tension on the anterior abdominal wall has been used in three cases.
(7) It was shown that collocyl as well as trypsin modified gauze and kapron accelerated cleansing the wounds of nonviable tissues, decreased their infectivity, reduced intoxication of the organism and improved the course of the wound process.
(8) Post-operative haemorrhage was controlled by nasal packing with a gauze bandage and this was removed between the 2nd and 4th post-operative day.
(9) The sandwich consists of a nylon gauze in between two Nucleopore filters and enables inhibitors in the solution to have effective access to the gap between the tissues.
(10) Extracted periodontally healthy teeth from patients 10 to 15, 16 to 25, and 26 to 40 years old had periodontal ligament remnants removed with dry gauze before being secured in a vertical position during root planing.
(11) A second estimate of the hemostatic competencies of these dogs was made by counting the gauze sponges used in the otoplasties.
(12) His head and torso were tightly bandaged, bloodstained gauze protruding from between the layers.
(13) The toxicity of iodoform is probably unrecognized if the rarity of the observations published and the amount of iodoform gauzes annually sold are compared.
(14) We decided to test Chrysaora hysoscella dermotoxicity on healthy volunteers by cutting a Chrysaora hysoscella tentacle and placing it on a gauze soaked in a solution of 3% NaCl and applying then to the volar side of the right wrist for one minute.
(15) When used under MRDs, the return of the epithelial barrier function is delayed, indicating that these dressings should not be used on dry wounds or under gauze dressings.
(16) Chemosterilization utilizing glutaraldehyde-moistened gauze as a wrap on simulated metal instruments was evaluated.
(17) We would recommend that Aquaphor Gauze be used as a dressing for skin grafts where the risk of infection is not excessive.
(18) The remaining areas of the wounds were covered by antibiotic-impregnated fine-mesh greased gauze.
(19) The enzyme was then purified by chromatography on a palmitoylated gauze column with an overall recovery of 71% and an increase in the specific activity of 11-fold from the supernatant fluid of bacterial cultures.
(20) It is concluded that the new non-woven material has practical and economic advantages over traditional gauze.
Plastic
Definition:
(a.) Having the power to give form or fashion to a mass of matter; as, the plastic hand of the Creator.
(a.) Capable of being molded, formed, or modeled, as clay or plaster; -- used also figuratively; as, the plastic mind of a child.
(a.) Pertaining or appropriate to, or characteristic of, molding or modeling; produced by, or appearing as if produced by, molding or modeling; -- said of sculpture and the kindred arts, in distinction from painting and the graphic arts.
Example Sentences:
(1) The various evocational changes appear to form sets of interconnected systems and this complex network seems to embody some plasticity since it has been possible to suppress experimentally some of the most universal evocational events or alter their temporal order without impairing evocation itself.
(2) With the exception of PMMA and PTFE, all plastics leave a very heavy tar- and soot deposit after burning.
(3) The consequences of proved hypersensitivity in patients with metal-to-plastic prostheses, either present prior to insertion of the prosthesis or evoked by the implant material, are not known.
(4) We found that when neutrophils were allowed to settle into protein-coated surfaces the amount of O2- they generated varied with the nature of the protein: IgG greater than bovine serum albumin greater than plastic greater than gelatin greater than serum greater than collagen.
(5) FGF did not influence P production, while EGF clearly increased basal P production of the cells cultured on plastic.
(6) Alveolar macrophages (greater than 97% esterase positive) were isolated form bronchoalveolar lavage fluids by adherence onto plastic.
(7) During collection, the rat was restrained in a plastic holder where it was free to eat.
(8) The agency, which works to reduce food waste and plastic bag use, has already been gutted , with its budget reduced to £17.9m in 2014, down from £37.7m in 2011.
(9) Radiological examination provides more accurate indications for plastic surgery of the pelvic floor, influences the operative procedures and permits better evaluation of operative results.
(10) Unlike cells grown on plastic, RME cells grown on type I collagen were readily subculturable and serial subculture resulted in the cells undergoing 15-20 population doublings (5-6 passages) before exhibiting any loss of growth potential.
(11) In 36 patients plastic reconstruction of the urinary bladder, sphincter and urethra was performed with local tissues after the Young technic in the G. A. Bairov modification.
(12) This result contraindicates a general permissive-requisite role for forebrain NE for the mammalian brain's plasticity during its critical periods.
(13) Markram's papers on synaptic plasticity and the microcircuitry of the neural cortex were enough to earn him a full professorship at the age of 40, but his discoveries left him restless and dissatisfied.
(14) Thus functional plasticity in response to early experience appears to be a fundamental aspect of cortical development.
(15) A metal-plastic prosthesis was tested in positions and with forces considered applicable to arthritics.
(16) The surgeon must have an exact idea of this canal before undertaking operation for plastics of the hernial defect.
(17) HVc and RA grow during the subsong and plastic song periods of song development.
(18) Asymmetries occur less often whilst using the low-cervical-pull according to Sander, due to the reduced friction between the two plastic parts of this headgear system.
(19) This paper reports the findings of a national survey of Medical Schools and Plastic Surgery Units.
(20) Plastic surgery seems to be successful in mitral valve lesions, whereas lesions of the aortic valve are such that valve replacement is required.