(n.) The upper front of the neck, next to the chin; the upper throat.
(n.) A plate which in most insects supports the submentum.
(n.) A capping molding. Same as Cymatium.
Example Sentences:
(1) The nature of the solution conformations of the alginic acid components D-mannuronan (poly-ManA) and L-guluronan (poly-GulA) from Azotobacter vinelandii were investigated by both one- and two-dimensional n.m.r.
(2) Using the latter analytical strategy, it was established that the Macrocystis pyrifera alginate was comprised of 60% 4-linked ManA and 40% 4-linked GulA residues, whereas the Pseudomonas aeruginosa alginate was comprised of 80% 4-linked ManA and 20% 4-linked GulA residues.
(3) In the latter experiments, 4,6-di-O-acetyl-1,5-anhydro-2,3-di-O-methyl-D-mannitol (5b) and 4,6-di-O-acetyl-1,5-anhydro-2,3-di-O-methyl-L-gulitol (6b) were the sole products of reductive cleavage of the 4-linked ManA and 4-linked GulA residues, respectively.
(4) In Bio Rio's wood-panelled lobby, students Nikolaj Gula and Vincent Fremont acknowledged that most of their favourite films probably would not get an A rating.
(5) These data were used to investigate the interactions of poly-GulA and poly-ManA with Ca2+ ion in aqueous medium.
(6) "When you get many supporters on Facebook and in social media, you become a real power, and politicians want to talk to you because they see they can reach voters," says Andrzej Gula, of the Krakow Smog Alert .
Neck
Definition:
(n.) The part of an animal which connects the head and the trunk, and which, in man and many other animals, is more slender than the trunk.
(n.) Any part of an inanimate object corresponding to or resembling the neck of an animal
(n.) The long slender part of a vessel, as a retort, or of a fruit, as a gourd.
(n.) A long narrow tract of land projecting from the main body, or a narrow tract connecting two larger tracts.
(n.) That part of a violin, guitar, or similar instrument, which extends from the head to the body, and on which is the finger board or fret board.
(n.) A reduction in size near the end of an object, formed by a groove around it; as, a neck forming the journal of a shaft.
(n.) the point where the base of the stem of a plant arises from the root.
(v. t.) To reduce the diameter of (an object) near its end, by making a groove around it; -- used with down; as, to neck down a shaft.
(v. t. & i.) To kiss and caress amorously.
Example Sentences:
(1) This study was undertaken to determine whether the survival of Hispanic patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck was different from that of Anglo-American patients.
(2) Three of the patients had had fractures of the femoral neck.
(3) An association of cyclophosphamide, fluorouracil and methotrexate already employed with success against solid tumours in other sites was used in the treatment of 62 patients with advanced tumours of the head and neck.
(4) Currently, photodynamic therapy is under FDA-approved clinical investigational trials in the treatment of tumors of the skin, bronchus, esophagus, bladder, head and neck, and of gynecologic and ocular tumors.
(5) A triphasic pattern was evident for the neck moments including a small phase which represented a seating of the headform on the nodding blocks of the uppermost ATD neck segment, and two larger phases of opposite polarity which represented the motion of the head relative to the trunk during the first 350 ms after impact.
(6) By means of computed tomography (CT) values related to bone density and mass were assessed in the femoral head, neck, trochanter, shaft, and condyles.
(7) A neck clipping of the aneurysm and an aneurysmectomy were performed on September 27.
(8) Thirteen patients had had a posterior dislocation with an associated fracture of the femoral head located either caudad or cephalad to the fovea centralis (Pipkin Type-I or Type-II injury), one had had a posterior dislocation with associated fractures of the femoral head and neck (Pipkin Type III), two had had a posterior dislocation with associated fractures of the femoral head and the acetabular rim (Pipkin Type IV), and three had had a fracture-dislocation that we could not categorize according to the Pipkin classification.
(9) We report a rare case of odontogenic abscess, detected while the patient was in the intensive care unit (ICU), which resulted in sepsis and the patient's death due to mediastinitis, skull osteomyelitis, and deep neck cellulitis.
(10) Water immersion (WI) to the neck induces prompt increases in central blood volume, central venous pressure, and atrial distension.
(11) This study reviewed 148 patients who had received radiation for head and neck cancer.
(12) In 17 patients with femoral neck fractures who were between 15 and 40 years old the incidence of aseptic necrosis in patients followed more than 2 years was 18.7 per cent.
(13) Patients with femoral neck fractures treated at a department of orthopedic surgery in a university hospital and one retrospective control sample from a department of general surgery in a county hospital.
(14) The patient had experienced repeated spontaneous fractures for 1.5 years such as serial rib fractures, fractures of the sternum and most recently fracture of the neck of the femur after a minimal trauma.
(15) We treated a 62-year-old man with intermittent polyarthritis whose neck pain was prominent.
(16) Nine of the patients had tumors which were diagnosed as follicular carcinoma, 4 of whom had recurrences in the neck region.
(17) Moreover, the majority of the 'out of phase' units showed an increased discharge during side-up animal tilt and side-down neck rotation.
(18) When the supraomohyoid neck dissection specimen showed no involvement, the overall incidence of treatment failure in the neck at 2-year follow-up was 5 percent.
(19) On day 7, washes were collected as on day 0, and a collar was attached to the neck to prevent contamination from saliva.
(20) This weakness and its role in persistent neck pain should be recognized.