(n.) The act or method of weaving a cover for a ring, rope end, etc.
(n.) The transplanting of a portion of flesh or skin to a denuded surface; autoplasty.
(n.) A scarfing or endwise attachment of one timber to another.
Example Sentences:
(1) In this study of ten consecutive patients sustaining molten metal injuries to the lower extremity who were treated with excision and grafting, treatment with compression Unna paste boot was compared with that with conventional dressing.
(2) These immunocytochemical studies clearly demonstrated that cells encountered within the fibrous intimal thickening in the vein graft were inevitably smooth muscle cell in origin.
(3) An effective graft-surveillance protocol needs to be applicable to all patients; practical in terms of time, effort, and cost; reliable; and able to detect, grade, and assess progression of lesions.
(4) On the basis of 180 interventions, they describe in detail the use of fibrin glue in myringo- and tympanoplasty for correct fixing of grafts.
(5) Graft life is even more prolonged with patch angioplasty at venous outflow stenoses or by adding a new segment of PTFE to bypass areas of venous stenosis.
(6) In dorsoventral (DV) reversed wings at both shoulder or flank level, the motor axons do not alter their course as they enter the graft.
(7) The article describes an unusual case with development of a right anterior mediastinal mass after bypass surgery with internal mammary artery grafts.
(8) In our experience DSA is a safe, specific means of following postoperative grafts and diagnosing their occlusion.
(9) Factors associated with higher incidence of rejection included loose sutures, traumatic wound dehiscence, and grafts larger than 8.5 mm.
(10) The result of this study demonstrates that both the "hat" and "inverted" type grafts are highly successful and satisfactory procedures.
(11) It is concluded that fibroblast replication is an important mechanism leading to the pathologic fibrosis seen in graft versus host disease and, by analogy, probably other types of immunologically mediated fibrosis.
(12) The in vivo approach consisted of interspecies grafting between quail and chick embryos.
(13) Attachment of the graft to the wound is similar with and without the addition of human basic fibroblast growth factor, a potent angiogenic agent, to the skin replacement before graft placement on wounds.
(14) A conduit of a diameter of 23 mm was made by hand with a glutaraldehyde preserved xenopericardial graft.
(15) The remaining grafts appeared to be incorporated securely, as determined by radiographic examination.
(16) Attempts were made to prolong the survival of the grafts by the use of cytotosine arabinoside, methylprednisolone, heparin and azathioprine.
(17) Grafts of intermediate thickness (M III) showed excellent clinical healing of the donor and the recipient site.
(18) It was recently demonstrated that MRL-lpr lymphoid cells transferred into lethally irradiated MRL- +mice unexpectedly failed to induce the early onset of lupus syndrome and massive lymphadenopathy of the donor, instead they caused a severe wasting syndrome resembling graft-vs-host (GvH) disease.
(19) Living nonrelated transplants and 0-haplotype matched transplants did well initially at 1-year graft survival but there was a decrease in graft survival in these transplant groups at 2 and 3 years.
(20) Fascia TM grafts atrophied in 35 of 43 ears (80%), and perichondrium atrophied in 8 of 20 ears (40%).
Scarfing
Definition:
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Scarf
Example Sentences:
(1) Schyman comes across like a fusion of Germaine Greer and Ken Livingstone, dressed in Parisian chic with a maroon dress and a colourful scarf.
(2) Here’s Marie-Josée Kravis, advisor to the New York Fed, accessorizing brilliantly with her snake-effect silk scarf off on a power walk with her billionaire financier husband Henry Kravis, head of predatory investment company KKR.
(3) They say it is easier than knitting a scarf, the typical starter project for novices.
(4) After scarfing platefuls of seafood on the terrace, we wandered down to the harbour where two fishermen, kitted out in wetsuits, were setting out by boat across the clear turquoise water to collect goose barnacles.
(5) 37 Castle Street, Somerset, A5 1LN; 01278 732 266; janetphillips-weaving.co.uk East Assington Mill's rural skills courses range from cane-and-rush chair making to silk scarf dyeing– and some more unusual options, too.
(6) Their scarf-twirling fans were a wedge of Mediterranean colour spliced into a block of Mancunian red.
(7) Under the vast murals of Oslo's City Hall, the traditional venue for the Nobel peace prize lectures, Aung Sun Suu Kyi appeared impossibly small, entering the hall wearing a purple jacket and flowing lilac scarf to the sound of a trumpet fanfare.
(8) In 12 dogs, a Vicryl scarf was laid around the cardia; six dogs served as controls.
(9) The scarf will demonstrate to the fans that you recognize the dictator for who he really is, and show that you stand behind the fans.
(10) To really be beloved in France he needs to learn to swear with the virtuosity of a Frenchman who's mislaid his linen Agnes B scarf in the Rue du Bac.
(11) The barman told her the gunman was “Arabic looking”, with a beard and a scarf partially covering his face.
(12) Though he loves sport, he is now sworn off attending NFL matches at the MetLife stadium after attending a Jets v Titans game with his girlfriend and being “vilified from the parking lot to my seat for wearing a scarf”.
(13) However, that line was breached decisively on Monday night when Murdoch tweeted: "Gerald Scarfe has never reflected the opinions of the Sunday Times.
(14) Tom Young, 63, a retired British Gas worker wearing a red tartan scarf, said Berwick was "the forgotten area of Northumberland".
(15) The lawyer said the fabric had been subject to the same processes and dyed the same colour as the red scarf sample previously tested.
(16) Andy McNab, in pink trousers, would tab past the tousled figure of Tom Stoppard, slipping in the back-door in his ankle-length woollen scarf.
(17) If you buy the scarf of the local football club, you will find that this too has changed its name – from Diyarbakirspor to Amedspor.
(18) Glitter, who is hard of hearing and was aided throughout the trial by two lip speaking interpreters, arrived at court each day in his trademark dark glasses and a variety of different coloured tailored jackets, patterned silk scarf and a felt or cossack hat.
(19) Bennett looks smart as ever today – orange scarf, navy blue pullover, light blue shirt, green tie, tan suede shoes, all beautifully colour-coordinated.
(20) As ever, we are immediately drawn into the old "is it antisemitic, isn't it antisemitic" routine – as if anybody could ever prove what actually goes on in Gerald Scarfe's head; and as if what goes on in his head is the most important thing in all of this.