(n.) The line between the lower part of the abdomen and the thigh, or the region of this line; the inguen.
(n.) The projecting solid angle formed by the meeting of two vaults, growing more obtuse as it approaches the summit.
(n.) The surface formed by two such vaults.
(n.) A frame of woodwork across a beach to accumulate and retain shingle.
(v. t.) To fashion into groins; to build with groins.
Example Sentences:
(1) In the case of unilateral blockade at the groin or pelvis, the grafts connect the lymphatics of the thigh of the affected leg with lymphatics in the contralateral healthy groin.
(2) In the other, the proximal fibula was excised and the epiphysis placed across the saphenous artery and vein in the groin.
(3) Modified radical mastectomy with transplantation of the nipple in the groin for possible breast reconstruction was performed in a patient.
(4) Thirteen myoplasties using the sartorius muscle were performed on 12 patients from 1980 to 1985 for "healing problems" in the groin with subjacent synthetic grafts.
(5) Attention to the problem of groin hernia problems has focused on the primary type of operative repair.
(6) In 28 patients peripheral lymphadenopathy was present, with involvement of the lymph nodes in at least two areas besides groins in 15 cases (40.5%).
(7) Forty recurrences occurred at the groin, 80 in the thigh and 97 in the calf.
(8) Certain features in the operative technique are emphasized which should prevent many of these complications.Intraoperative complications during the groin hernia repair are primarily hemorrhage and injury to the vas deferens, the three nerves in the area, the vascular supply of the testis, and the abdominal and pelvic viscera.
(9) The home side lost Raheem Sterling, who injured a groin in a challenge with Juan Mata, and even when they pinned back their opponents for periods of the second half it was a lot of huff and puff without too much guile.
(10) From ancient times, both the transabdominal (posterior) and the groin (anterior) approach have been used either singly or in combination in the management of inguinofemoral herniation.
(11) Parietal repair according to the Shouldice technique consists of a double line of sutures on each of three musculo-aponeurotic layers of the groin, i.e.
(12) In Group I (N = 45), the AVCO femoral conduit surgical technique was used; in Group II (N = 93), the Percor balloon was inserted either in the operating room after groin cutdown (open insertion) or percutaneously in the intensive care unit (percutaneous insertion).
(13) All the cases described to date have presented exclusively in the groin, a feature which has been regarded as distinctive.
(14) Faecal specimens were cultured daily for E. coli as were swabs from the rectum, groin, umbilicus, head, hands und mouth.
(15) Seventeen of 22 cells excited by UBD also received convergent somatic input from noxious squeeze of the hip, groin, or perineal regions.
(16) He gets Cespedes to ground out to Cabrera and I am starting to become uncomfortable with the sheer number of times I'm hearing the word "groin".
(17) One of seven patients had groin metastases, none died of cancer, and one of seven developed local recurrence in the vulva.
(18) According to our experience large prosthetic repairs are not necessary for the common case of recurrent groin hernia, but may be useful in specially selected situations.
(19) The prognosis may be quite good for patients with MUO limited to lymph nodes in the mid to high cervical, axillary, and groin areas.
(20) Robin van Persie will probably not be there either, having missed the last four games with his groin injury and with Moyes admitting he did not know when the Dutchman would be back.
Grunt
Definition:
(v. t.) To make a deep, short noise, as a hog; to utter a short groan or a deep guttural sound.
(n.) A deep, guttural sound, as of a hog.
(n.) Any one of several species of American food fishes, of the genus Haemulon, allied to the snappers, as, the black grunt (A. Plumieri), and the redmouth grunt (H. aurolineatus), of the Southern United States; -- also applied to allied species of the genera Pomadasys, Orthopristis, and Pristopoma. Called also pigfish, squirrel fish, and grunter; -- so called from the noise it makes when taken.
Example Sentences:
(1) Despite repeated attempts to contact it from the ground, Phobos-Grunt remained stuck in orbit and the Russian authorities decided to abandon the mission.
(2) I seesaw-grunted out of bed at 8.30am and had a bird bath, soaping mainly the naughty bits, for I was in a hurry that Wednesday: it was the day I filed my Observer TV review.
(3) Three of the four sows showed a characteristic increase in rate of grunting about 20 to 25 sec before fast sucking began.
(4) Grunting usually ceased within 15 minutes of the start of C.P.A.P., and there was also on average a 30 percent increase in the respiratory-rate.
(5) he grunts - reliving the moment when, in his first fight with Ali at Madison Square Garden in 1971, he knocked down his then unbeaten opponent to clinch a momentous victory.
(6) Wild Words of Sport (@WWofSport) @Simon_Burnton Nadal, with his caveman grunting, his undie-picking, is a visceral beast.
(7) Territorial males produce grunts, moans and growls during courtship.
(8) Spall's performance has been much celebrated for its emotional depth, despite Turner's vocabulary in the film often consisting of grunts, snorts and spitting saliva onto the canvas.
(9) Specific, highly predictive (though less common) signs included moderate to severe chest wall recession, respiratory grunt, cold calves, and a tender abdomen.
(10) When the newborn is no longer capable of the excess extra work required for grunting, the decompensated phase of IRDS sets in.
(11) After all, two Phobos probes had failed in 1988, plans to launch Phobos-Grunt in 2009 were abandoned very late in the day and Russia has not launched its own planetary mission since 1996 when Mars-96 burnt up over the Pacific and South America after a rocket failure.
(12) Insiders played down the significance of the move, saying that Entwistle had wanted somebody to help him with the "grunt work" of examining the BBC's internal data, leaving him free for face-to face-meetings.
(13) This suggests that the change in grunting is one but not the only cue used by the piglets to time their suckling behavior.
(14) We do not know precisely the postconceptual age at which the newborn is sufficiently developed to adopt these various defensive strategies of breathing, but the presence of tachypnea and grunting in 28-week-old premature infants suggests that long before term the human infant is capable of remarkable variation in the defense of breathing.
(15) When they left, [when] both police officers and Ms Dhu went out to the waiting room, I said to the police officer that, ‘this could be withdrawal from drugs’.” She said Ms Dhu was moaning and grunting, but considered those noises to be “voluntary” and more a signal of emotional distress than pain.
(16) This is a genuine and unexpected pleasure; getting more than a grunt from Arran is usually a task akin to ... well, getting a teenage boy to have a conversation.
(17) Somehow, though, this Carry On, if slightly punchy, seaside resort is as rock-solidly English as a jaw-jutting bloke in a pub who might just grunt "You looking at my caravan?"
(18) Hitching a ride on the Phobos-Grunt spacecraft is China's first interplanetary probe, the tiny 115kg Yinghuo-1 , which is due to work alongside Phobos-Grunt to study the Martian atmosphere.
(19) Ahead, a stripy piglet trots faster, swerves and gallops up the bank towards its mother’s summoning grunts.
(20) In the first case we are dealing with an eight year old boy who made grunting noises.