(n.) A round or spherical body, solid or hollow; a body whose surface is in every part equidistant from the center; a ball; a sphere.
(n.) Anything which is nearly spherical or globular in shape; as, the globe of the eye; the globe of a lamp.
(n.) The earth; the terraqueous ball; -- usually preceded by the definite article.
(n.) A round model of the world; a spherical representation of the earth or heavens; as, a terrestrial or celestial globe; -- called also artificial globe.
(n.) A body of troops, or of men or animals, drawn up in a circle; -- a military formation used by the Romans, answering to the modern infantry square.
(v. t.) To gather or form into a globe.
Example Sentences:
(1) Over a period of 9 months a 12-year-old girl spontaneously developed a palpable cystic tumor in the upper eye lid which led to an indentation and downward displacement of the globe.
(2) "For a better world, not only for the Iranian people but for the next generation across the globe, I earnestly hope that President Rouhani will receive a warm welcome and meaningful responses during his visit to the UN."
(3) Lawmakers across the globe are beginning to recognize the need to deter this destructive conduct.
(4) The oblique interface between corneal and scleral stroma determines the appearance of the surgical limbus whose landmarks vary around the circumference of the globe but predictably correlate with structures of the anterior chamber angle.
(5) Levinson's film, to be titled Black Mass, will be based on the New York Times bestseller Black Mass: The True Story of an Unholy Alliance Between the FBI and the Irish Mob , by Boston Globe reporters Dick Lehr and Gerard O'Neill.
(6) In several other cases, MR provided information beyond that obtained with CT. MR has the advantage of providing exquisite anatomic detail in multiplanar images, and it appears to be more sensitive than CT in detecting small, subacute and chronic hemorrhage within soft-tissue masses in the orbit and in detecting ischemia of the globe.
(7) The relationships of age, gender, height, and weight to axial length of the globe were considered.
(8) The resection included the skin, globe, sphenoid wings, and orbitofrontal bone.
(9) Cat corneas were stored at refrigerator temperatures in M-K medium (TC-199, 5% dextran), modified M-K medium (TC-199, 1% chondroitin sulfate), or on the intact globe in moist chambers for intervals of one to nine days.
(10) The idea that these problems exist on the other side of the world, and that we Australians can ignore them by sheltering comfortably in our own sequestered corner of the globe, is a fool’s delusion.” Brandis sought to reach out to Australian Muslims, saying the threat came “principally from a small number of people among us who try to justify criminal acts by perverting the meaning of Islam”.
(11) That he was able to keep his secret treasures here, not in some remote corner of the globe but in the centre of the city that gave birth to the National Socialist movement, is both extraordinary and not short of a certain dark irony.
(12) He said: “We have seen a huge increase in the amount of inquiries and activities across the globe.
(13) The method is especially suited for the treatment of detachments in globes with posterior staphylomas.
(14) The UK-Colombia bilateral investment treaty is one of thousands criss-crossing the globe but is the first Britain will have ratified since 2009.
(15) And it has left the international community floundering as it tries to respond to conflicts spilling across the globe.
(16) In a long piece on the Daily Beast, he also revealed that Mia Farrow had granted permission for her image to be used in film clips honouring Allen during the Golden Globes, and expressed surprise at her Twitter reaction.
(17) It represents something of a vindication for Spielberg whose last high-minded awards contender, the first-world-war drama War Horse, failed to win anything at the last edition of either the Globes or the Oscars.
(18) "I don't think it will come as any surprise to anyone that the government is looking for alternative options and there certainly will be other players around the globe interested in this particular plant," Swinney told the BBC's Good Morning Scotland programme.
(19) Artists round the globe may plead free speech, but to treat the Pussy Riot gesture as a glorious stand for artistic liberty is like praising Johnny Rotten, who did similar things, as the Voltaire of our day.
(20) Significantly, the one thing that is making him worry is the Globe's stipulation that no English should be used – something that takes little account of how in India language itself has become globalised, along with so much else.
Lobe
Definition:
(n.) Any projection or division, especially one of a somewhat rounded form
(n.) A rounded projection or division of a leaf.
(n.) A membranous flap on the sides of the toes of certain birds, as the coot.
(n.) A round projecting part of an organ, as of the liver, lungs, brain, etc. See Illust. of Brain.
(n.) The projecting part of a cam wheel or of a non-circular gear wheel.
Example Sentences:
(1) The findings suggest that these two syndromes are associated with dysfunction at two different sites within the frontal lobes.
(2) It is possible that the elements provide common precursor proteins that reach the secretory intermediate lobe cells through their dendritic branches.
(3) The authors discuss the results of the diagnosis and treatment of abscesses of the right hepatic lobe which were consequent upon ischemic necrosis; they were encountered after cholecystectomy in 0.15% of cases.
(4) Out of 50 epileptics in 31 cases temporal-lobe epilepsy was present, in 15 the seizures and EEG changes were generalized, in 4 cases focal non-temporal-lobe epilepsy was recognized.
(5) Four had partial simple seizures with secondary generalisation and 3 had cortical excisions (2 frontal, 1 occipital lobe) surgery.
(6) We report the case of a premature infant, small for gestational age, who experienced rostral herniation of a portion of frontal lobe through the anterior fontanel as the result of a hemorrhagic cerebellar infarction followed by a large parieto-occipital intracerebral hemorrhage.
(7) Although an unequivocal decision is not possible from existing knowledge, psychomotor or complex partial seizures of temporal lobe epilepsy would be the most tenable diagnosis.
(8) The hippocampus plays an essential role in the laying down of cognitive memories, the pathway to the frontal lobe being via the MD thalamus.
(9) Pulmonary pressure-flow (P-Q) curves from 24 lobes were obtained at baseline and after each intervention.
(10) Future research and clinical evaluations should focus on the components of the learning and memory processes when the ramifications of temporal lobe ablations on cognitive function are studied.
(11) The ventral tract ends almost entirely in the anterior lobe with the majority of fibres terminating contralateral to the side of the hemisection.
(12) Increased intensity of stereotypy was observed reaching a maximum 14 days after frontal lobe damage.
(13) Silicotuberculous bronchadenitis, conglomerate-cirrhotic lower-lobe silicotuberculosis and their complications (e.g.
(14) There were no differences in brain metabolic rates in lateral cortical areas (frontal, parietal, temporal, and occipital lobes).
(15) The purpose of this study was to determine if aspirin, in doses that elevate plasma salicylate concentrations to values reported in patients with salicylate-induced pulmonary edema, produce pulmonary vasoconstriction in a canine, isolated perfused left lower lung lobe (LLL) preparation.
(16) 99mTc-MAA accumulation was seen in the left lobe of the liver in a patient with occlusion of the IVC and common iliac veins.
(17) The immunocytochemical studies confirm the presence of ACTH in the intermediate lobes of all species studied so far, and stimulate the question of the mechanism of ACTH synthesis at this level.
(18) The correlation between two examiners in lobe size assessment was significant.
(19) Zebrin II-negative Purkinje cells are present in a continuous region encompassing the rostromedial part of the valvula, the lobus transitorius, lobe C1 and the ventral part of lobe C2, and in a small, lateral zone of the posterior part of the caudal lobe.
(20) Patients with temporal lobe abnormalities were significantly younger at the onset of panic disorder and had more panic attacks compared with patients with normal MRI scans (p less than .05).