(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.
Swab
Definition:
(n.) To clean with a mop or swab; to wipe when very wet, as after washing; as, to swab the desk of a ship.
(n.) A kind of mop for cleaning floors, the desks of vessels, etc., esp. one made of rope-yarns or threads.
(n.) A bit of sponge, cloth, or the like, fastened to a handle, for cleansing the mouth of a sick person, applying medicaments to deep-seated parts, etc.
(n.) An epaulet.
(n.) A cod, or pod, as of beans or pease.
(n.) A sponge, or other suitable substance, attached to a long rod or handle, for cleaning the bore of a firearm.
Example Sentences:
(1) A throat swab from one patient grew group A, beta haemolytic streptococci, and in each case unequivocal evidence of seroreaction to streptococcal antigens was present.
(2) The relationship between technique of obtaining Papanicolaou smears, presence of endocervical cells, and rate of cervical neoplasia was studied by comparing an endocervical and ectocervical nylon brush (Bayne brush), Ayre spatula plus endocervical brush, and spatula plus cotton-tipped swab in a randomized, prospective trial involving 11,061 patients.
(3) It should also be realised that, in a very few hospitals, swabs which do not have an opaque marker may occasionally be used in theatre.
(4) In 1961 three rectal swabs were taken to detect carriers; this was increased to 5 in 1962 and now 7 consecutive daily swabs are considered necessary.
(5) The RSV EIA was also used to test 137 nasal swabs obtained from cases of bovine respiratory disease.
(6) One hundred and thirty-two penial-preputial swabbings, 140 raw and 42 processed semen samples were cultured for mycoplasmas.
(7) Intranuclear inclusion bodies and virus particles were found in hepatocytes, and herpes virus was isolated from a liver biopsy and from oral swabs but not from blood.
(8) The results of numerous microbiological investigations of sputa, nose and throat swabs before and during the long-term study are interpreted under certain aspects and questioning.
(9) The DNA fragment was amplified by PCR in all specimens of urine sediments from 50 patients with Chlamydiazyme-positive urethral swab.
(10) At the conclusion of 817 abdominal operations, duplicate swabs were taken from the subcutaneous tissues for microbiological examination; one swab was transported to the laboratory in Stuart's thioglycollate medium and the other immediately incubated in Robertson's cooked meat broth.
(11) In a preliminary study of the transmission rate of Ureaplasma urealyticum, Mycoplasma species, Gardnerella vaginalis, B-Streptococci, Candida species and Chlamydia trachomatis from the mother to the newborn, swabs were taken from 45 parturients and their neonates and cultured by suitable methods.
(12) Our semiquantitative methods for the culture of H. influenzae type b, consisting of inoculation of 0.001 ml of throat swab fluid on antiserum agar plates and division of the results into three grades of intensity, showed agreement as to intensity of colonization in over 80% of repeat throat cultures.
(13) Duplicate high vaginal swabs were obtained from 200 parturient women at Abeokuta (Nigeria).
(14) Five hundred and thirty one samples of pharingeal swabs were obtained from children with ARI.
(15) It may be feasible to use the direct fluorometric test in a diagnostic laboratory as described or possibly to adapt it for automatic processing of throat swab cultures.
(16) Also we cannot take DNA swabs against the suspect's will."
(17) One hundred positive isolations were made from 387 rectal swab specimens; 86 were obtained in human kidney cultures.
(18) The strains of adenovirus were isolated from pharyngeal swabs, kidney cell cultures and stool of tupaias.
(19) Our results clearly demonstrate that pernasal swabs give a representative picture of the adenoid bacterial content.
(20) Quantitative wound swab cultures depend on a thorough sampling of the wound and an efficient recovery of bacteria from the swab.