(n.) A little globe; a small particle of matter, of a spherical form.
(n.) A minute spherical or rounded structure; as blood, lymph, and pus corpuscles, minute fungi, spores, etc.
(n.) A little pill or pellet used by homeopathists.
Example Sentences:
(1) The values obtained are shown to be lower than those calculated for arigid pepsin globule.
(2) Histologically, foci strongly resembling hepatocellular carcinoma with hyaline globules were noted.
(3) A large portion of the N-terminal globule of human collagen VI was prepared from the culture medium of stably transfected human embryonic kidney cell clones.
(4) Ultrastructurally, the globules measured 0.5-1.5 mu in diameter and they were usually not membrane bound.
(5) Calcification initially occurs in maxtrix vesicles (or calcifying globules) which are very numerous between the collagen fibrils of the osteoid tissue, and successively spreads into the surrounding interfibrillar matrix.
(6) This early rejection was associated with local appearance of globule leucocytes and increased concentration of T. colubriformis-specific IgG1 and IgG2 in intestinal mucus.
(7) Eosinophilic globules were found in 17% of the 34 nevi, and congenital features in 8.8%.
(8) In some areas, the tumor shows a striking resemblance to Kaposi's sarcoma; criss-crossing fascicles of spindle cells are interspersed with narrow vascular spaces, but PAS-positive hyaline globules are absent.
(9) Kamino's eosinophilic globules could be considered another important sign for the differential diagnosis between pigmented spindle cell nevus and malignant melanoma.
(10) Deposits of reaction product were found in varying amounts on the membranes of primary vesicles in the globules.
(11) Double immunofluorescence microscopy revealed that hsp70 codistributed with the c-myc protein in distinct globules in the nucleus of many but not all myc-positive cells.
(12) Lipids associated with fat globule membrane components increased during the dry period.
(13) Examination of possibility of AAT deficiency should be performed in every case, where the cause of liver disease is unsolved; this examination is especially indicated by the presence of typical PAS positive, diastase-resistant, AAT immunreactive globules in hepatocytes.
(14) In addition to exposing the underlying filamentous substructure of the matrix, protease treatment also revealed large, straight fiber bundles and globules of amorphous material suspended in the filamentous web.
(15) Cow, goat, and human globules were subjected to varying concentrations of the bile salt taurodeoxycholate at 37 degrees C for 2 min, and the released material was obtained by centrifugation at 2 degrees C and 50,000 g for 1 h. Sedimented pellets were analyzed for phospholipid and protein and were characterized further by sodium dodecylsulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis.
(16) The examination of the data leads to the conclusion on the existence of two possible mechanisms: the variation of properties of surface tryptophan residues environment and paramagnetic orientation of protein globule under the influence of a magnetic field.
(17) Myxoglobulosis is a rare morphologic variant of appendiceal mucocele characterized by intraluminal mucinous globules of the appendix.
(18) A remarkable array of filaments, approximately 0.5 micron in length, was seen on human, but not bovine, globules.
(19) In 10 of 56 patients with primary liver carcinoma the nontumorous hepatocytes contained diastase resistant, periodic acid-Schiff positive and alpha-1-antitrypsin positive (immunoperoxidase technique) globules.
(20) The antigenic relationship between the milk fat globule membrane (MFGM) and the hydrophobic fraction of proteose-peptone (HFPP) was demonstrated, using a mono-specific anti-HFPP antibody.
Lobule
Definition:
(n.) A small lobe; a subdivision of a lobe.
Example Sentences:
(1) The shape of the nucleus changes from ovoid to a distinctive, radially splayed lobulated structure.
(2) Three animals received unilateral lesions which included both the inferior parietal lobule and a portion of adjacent dorsal prestriate cortex (IPL-PS).
(3) These alterations are present throughout the hepatic lobule, but are most marked in midzonal cells.
(4) No evidence was seen to corroborate the contention that individual lobules of the vermis may project essentially throughout the rostrocaudal extent of the nucleus.
(5) When the position and size of injection sites were compared to distribution of retrogradely labeled olivary somata, it was clear that zones A, B, C1, C2, C3 and D were present in lobules IV and V of squirrel monkey.
(6) The supratentorial part of the brain was extremely small, consisting of an irregularly lobulated mass about 3cm in diameter and without any median fissure or ventricular cavity.
(7) Internal malformations include abnormal lung lobulation, renal hypoplasia and crossed ectopia, and intestinal malrotation.
(8) The distribution of [125I]T4 within rat hepatic lobules was determined after its single pass perfusion through the portal vein in solutions containing or lacking thyroid hormone-binding proteins.
(9) Thus hormones that increase intracellular calcium stimulate O2 uptake predominantly in regions of the liver lobule where O2 tension is lowest, supporting the hypothesis that oxygen tension regulates O2 uptake in the liver via mechanisms involving intracellular free Ca2+.
(10) The most prominent potentials appeared in the ipsilateral medial vermis of lobule VIIa.
(11) Liver biopsy specimens were examined immunohistochemically to clarify structural changes of the hepatic lobules in chronic liver diseases.
(12) Nucleocortical fibers from the posterior interposed nucleus projected principally to the paramedian lobule, to the medial hemispheric area of Crus I and the lobus simplex, and to the flocculus and paraflocculus.
(13) Hindlimb representation predominated in lobules III and IV, and forelimb representation was mainly confined to lobule Va. No distinct parasagittal zones that involved all three lobules were identified.
(14) Within the cerebellum, alpha 2-receptors were found to be arranged in 3 sagitally oriented strips within the molecular layer of lobules 9 and 10, suggesting a co-incidence with dopamine and substance P receptors in this structure.
(15) The present results suggest that the SBCs project to specific areas in the cerebellar lobules.
(16) The findings suggest that the basic pattern of projection proper to each spinocerebellar tract is consistent in all lobules of termination.
(17) The low-threshold region from which saccadic eye movements could be evoked with currents less than 10 microA was confined to lobule VII in two monkeys and it included a posterior part of lobule VI (lobule VIc) in another monkey.
(18) We report the connections of cerebellar cortical lobule HVI in the rabbit.
(19) It was hypothesized that pathogenic Pasteurella spp and other microorganisms in nasal secretions transfer from the nasopharynx into the lungs by draining along the tracheal floor into ventral bronchi, bronchioles, and alveoli, and that pasteurella endotoxin, formed in infected lobules, thromboses and occludes lymphatics, capillaries, and veins and thereby causes ischemic necrosis.
(20) The effect of a preliminary hepatic washing with saline before liver fixation either by perfusion or immersion was compared to the effect of saponin, a membrane-permeabilizing agent, in order to ascertain which procedure is best to obtain a homogeneous distribution of albumin-containing hepatocytes in the hepatic lobule.