(n.) The art or office of a herald; the art, practice, or science of recording genealogies, and blazoning arms or ensigns armorial; also, of marshaling cavalcades, processions, and public ceremonies.
Example Sentences:
(1) These appear to be the first use of this medically significant bird in modern heraldry.
(2) Bungie has taken in a range of influences from medieval warfare and heraldry to retro sci-fi and hasn’t held back on wacky ideas.
(3) The display of hands in heraldry provides a graphic reminder of both the origins and development of medical institutions, and of certain aspects of the functional anatomy of the hand--aspects which are of importance to the surgeon who deals with the injured hand.
Protocol
Definition:
(n.) The original copy of any writing, as of a deed, treaty, dispatch, or other instrument.
(n.) The minutes, or rough draught, of an instrument or transaction.
(n.) A preliminary document upon the basis of which negotiations are carried on.
(n.) A convention not formally ratified.
(n.) An agreement of diplomatists indicating the results reached by them at a particular stage of a negotiation.
(v. t.) To make a protocol of.
(v. i.) To make or write protocols, or first draughts; to issue protocols.
Example Sentences:
(1) In addition, this pretreatment protocol did not modify the recipient immune response against B-lymphocyte alloantigens which developed in unsuccessful transplants.
(2) 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.
(3) Participants (n=165) entering a week-long outpatient education program completed a protocol measuring self-care patterns, glycosylated hemoglobin levels, and emotional well-being.
(4) Two cases with primary Carcinoma in situ (Cis) were treated with the same protocol.
(5) However, there was no consistent protocol for the method or duration of drug administration.
(6) Survival was independent of the type of clinical presentation and protocol employed but was correlated with the stage (P less than 0.0005), symptoms (P less than 0.025), bulky disease (P less than 0.025) and bone marrow involvement (P less than 0.025).
(7) This new protocol has increased the effectiveness of the toxicology laboratory and enhanced the efficiency of the house staff.
(8) Our results on humoral and cellular components of immunity in dependence of age, according to SENIEUR protocol admission criteria are presented.
(9) Based upon our clinical experience and this review of the literature, a suggested management protocol is presented.
(10) A standard protocol is reported for the highly efficient demonstration of replication patterns corresponding to R-type and G-type banding.
(11) Three-year and short-term instillation protocols were compared with each other and with the combination of the two.
(12) The use of a major pancreatic resection for the surgical management of necrotizing pancreatitis should be excluded from treatment protocols.
(13) We conclude that, whereas an identical protocol of acute ND had no significant effects on diaphragm muscle structure and function in adult rats, adolescent animals exhibit significantly less nutritional reserve.
(14) We outline a protocol for presenting the diagnosis of pseudoseizure with the goal of conveying to the patient the importance of knowing the nonepileptic nature of the spells and the need for psychiatric follow-up.
(15) The protocols which were developed in these studies also provide an effective maneuver for tumor-specific immunotherapy.
(16) In a previous report dealing with the guanidine hydrochloride protocol for the extraction of RNA from mouse peritoneal macrophages, we identified a major source of RNA-degrading activity and showed that its removal early in the extraction procedure resulted in a more dependable method for the recovery of high-quality RNA.
(17) Various protocols were employed to induce LTP and were deemed successful as evaluated by recording sustained enhancement of the mean peak amplitude of conventionally elicited large compound EPSPs and extracellular field potentials.
(18) This is the final report of the Phase I Protocol for the initial clinical study of Multiple Dose WR-2721 with radiotherapy (RTOG 80-02).
(19) This paper evaluates 94 patients with AAF and 462 patients with GBM treated with radiation therapy with or without BCNU on 3 consecutive randomized protocols of the Radiation Therapy Oncology Group (RTOG) between 1974 and 1983.
(20) The patients were included in a protocol including orthopedic and US controls.