(n.) The process of growing; the gradual increase of an animal or a vegetable body; the development from a seed, germ, or root, to full size or maturity; increase in size, number, frequency, strength, etc.; augmentation; advancement; production; prevalence or influence; as, the growth of trade; the growth of power; the growth of intemperance. Idle weeds are fast in growth.
(n.) That which has grown or is growing; anything produced; product; consequence; effect; result.
Example Sentences:
(1) The effect of insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-I) on growth of small cell lung cancer (SCLC) cell lines was studied.
(2) Anesthesiology residency programs experienced unprecedented growth from 1980 to 1986.
(3) Models able to describe the events of cellular growth and division and the dynamics of cell populations are useful for the understanding of functional control mechanisms and for the theoretical support for automated analysis of flow cytometric data and of cell volume distributions.
(4) Manometric studies with resting cells obtained by growth on each of these sulfur sources yielded net oxygen uptake for all substrates except sulfite and dithionate.
(5) The data suggest that major differences may exist between ruminants and non-ruminants in the response of liver metabolism both to lactation per se and to the effects of growth hormone and insulin.
(6) dl-Methionine stimulated the synthesis of cephalosporins when added after the growth phase.
(7) In addition to their involvement in thrombosis, activated platelets release growth factors, most notably a platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) which may be the principal mediator of smooth muscle cell migration from the media into the intima and of smooth muscle cell proliferation in the intima as well as of vasoconstriction.
(8) The specific activities of extracts from cells grown under phototrophic and aerobic conditions were similar and not affected by the concentration of iron in the growth media.
(9) Microelectrodes were used to measure the oxygen tension (PO2) profile within individual spheroids at different stages of growth.
(10) It was the purpose of the present study to describe the normal pattern of the growth sites of the nasal septum according to age and sex by histological and microradiographical examination of human autopsy material.
(11) Bradykinin also stimulated arachidonic acid release in decidual fibroblasts, an effect which was potentiated in the presence of epidermal growth factor (EGF), but which was not accompanied by an increase in PGF2 alpha production.
(12) Today’s figures tell us little about the timing of the first increase in interest rates, which will depend on bigger picture news on domestic growth, pay trends and perceived downside risks in the global economy,” he said.
(13) Maximal yields of lipid and aflatoxin were obtained with 30% glucose, whereas mold growth, expressed as dry weight, was maximal when the medium contained 10% glucose.
(14) The 40 degrees C heating induced an increase in systolic, diastolic, average and pulse pressure at rectal temperature raised to 40 degrees C. Further growth of the body temperature was accompanied by a decrease in the above parameters.
(15) Recent studies have shown that an aberration in platelet-derived growth factor gene expression is unlikely to be a factor in proliferation of smooth-muscle cells.
(16) The cotransfected cells do not grow in soft agar, but show enhanced soft agar growth relative to controls in the presence of added aFGF and heparin.
(17) Epidermal growth factor reduced plating efficiency by about 50% for A431 cells in different cell cycle phases whereas a slight increase in plating efficiency was seen for SiHa cells.
(18) Thus, B cells that grow spontaneously from the peripheral blood of SS patients spontaneously produce a B-cell growth factor.
(19) During capillary growth when endothelial cells (EC) undergo extensive proliferation and migration and pericytes are scarce, hyaluronic acid (HA) levels are elevated.
(20) This paper has considered the effects and potential application of PFCs, their emulsions and emulsion components for regulating growth and metabolic functions of microbial, animal and plant cells in culture.
Tylosis
Definition:
(n.) An intrusion of one vegetable cell into the cavity of another, sometimes forming there an irregular mass of cells.
Example Sentences:
(1) Ultrastructural studies have been carried out on epithelium taken from the oral lesions of tylosis-related leukoplakia and preleukoplakia in a group of patients known to be at high risk for esophageal carcinoma.
(2) The major changes in the condyle were tylosis and morphological deformation of the fibrous layer of the parietal region.
(3) It would seem possible that this entity may be more common than the sparse literature would indicate, and that other cases may currently be masquerading as tylosis.
(4) A case of tylosis following corrosive stricture of the oesophagus in a male of 26 years is recorded.
(5) The results suggest that in the oesophageal epithelium of the patients with tylosis, inflammation is the predominant abnormality, together with individual cell keratinization, and that these lesions appear in a much younger age group than dysplasia.
(6) There have been no congenital anomalies associated with tylosis in the literature.
(7) Lack of uniformity of the fibrous layer and a shallowing of the mandibular fossa; proliferation of the fibrous connective tissue and reduction in size of the superior and inferior articular cavity; tylosis and irregularity in the articular disc; deformation and tylosis of the fibrous layer of the articular cartilage, tendency of the layer structure in the articular cartilage to disappear, and some effect on cartilaginous ossification in the condyle; flattening of the condyle and thinning of the layer structure in the condylar articular cartilage in the unaffected side of the mandibular joint.
(8) Several predisposing disorders for esophageal cancer are known and include Barrett's esophagus, achalasia, chronic strictures due to corrosive substances, tylosis, coeliac disease, and the Plummer-Vinson syndrome.
(9) It is suggested that there is probably a connection between the state of the oesophagus and the state of palms and soles and that an oesophageal abnormality may precede tylosis of the late onset type.
(10) The control of her diabetes has been poor, and diabetic neuropathy and lipoatrophy-induced painful skin lesions such as clavus and tylosis have been persistent.
(11) More than one form of 'simple' hyperkeratosis palmaris et plantaris (tylosis) probably exists.
(12) Although ethnicity is a strong indicator of risk of this disease, no specific genetic factor except the occurrence of this cancer among the members of families with tylosis has been identified.
(13) Tylosis is an autosomal dominant inherited defect of keratinization, associated in two Liverpool families with a high risk of developing oesophageal squamous carcinoma.
(14) High-risk groups for gastrointestinal carcinoma are heterogenic in regard to etiopathology; familial predisposition and genetic defects (familial adenomatosis coli, tylosis palmaris et plantaris, Gardner syndrome, Peutz-Jeghers syndrome), occupational factors (asbestor exposure), surgical intervention (resected stomach, ureterosigmoidostomy), long lasting passage obstruction (oesophagus) or chronic inflammatory alteration of the mucosa (pernicious anemia, ulcerative colitis, Crohn's disease, glutenenteropathy).
(15) These conditions include achalasia, Barrett's esophagus, chronic atrophic gastritis with intestinal metaplasia, familial polyposis coli, gastric polyps, lye stricture, Plummer-Vinson syndrome, and tylosis.
(16) A typical patient is presented, with mental deficiency, short stature, pypoacusia, muscular atrophy, tylosis, pseudoacanthosis nigricans and endocrine disturbances.
(17) Further support comes from the association between dermatophytosis in man and inherited conditions such as atopy, chronic mucocutaneous candidosis and tylosis as well as experimental data showing that susceptibility to dermatophytosis in mice varies in different inbred strains.
(18) We report a family previously diagnosed as suffering from tylosis (Thost Unna syndrome), in which eleven members have been affected, and review the literature on this disease.
(19) Tylosis is determined by an autosomal dominant gene and presents with slight thickening of palms and soles first evident in early infancy and fully described by the sixth month.
(20) Histologic observation revealed tylosis of the fibrous layer of the condyle, shrinkage of the cartilaginous layer, enlargement of the marrow cavity, reduction in the number of osteoblasts in the condylar neck, and cellular disarrangement and other morphologic changes of both the fibrocartilaginous and cartilaginous layers.