(n.) The act of incrusting, or the state of being incrusted.
(n.) A crust or hard coating of anything upon or within a body, as a deposit of lime, sediment, etc., from water on the inner surface of a steam boiler.
(n.) A covering or inlaying of marble, mosaic, etc., attached to the masonry by cramp irons or cement.
(n.) Anything inlaid or imbedded.
Example Sentences:
(1) Complications were hemorrhagia in 1 patient and incrustation in 2.
(2) Postoperatively, bladder capacity was adequate without evidence of incrustation or ossification.
(3) These chalky deposits next to metacarpo-phalangeal articulations were always associated with chalky incrustation of the radio-carpal joint.
(4) In 19 cases over-all (6.4%) an auxiliary procedure was required to decrease incrusted stone burden and enable stent retrieval.
(5) In our report we have tried to find some links between the degree of incrustation and the duration of using the device.
(6) This line of research prompts the questions: are incrustates and inflammatory debris beneficial for contraceptive effect, or counterproductive?
(7) The role of the mineral content of the nervous tissue in the pathogenesis of the incrustation is discussed.
(8) These incrustations were less radiolucent than the surrounding tissues.
(9) We report the first case of unilateral, upper tract obstruction secondary to incrustation and stone formation on a silicone double-J ureteral stent.
(10) Inorganic incrustates and cellular accumulations on used IUDs, 50 Szontaghs, 13 Copper T-200s, 3 Gravigards and 2 Lippes Loops, were examined.
(11) With regard to the present cases, we review the limited literature available on the coexistence of incrusted cystitis and E. coli uroinfection and discuss the mechanisms through which E. coli could induce formation of lithiasis and incrustations in the urinary tract.
(12) Dissolved substances constitute the external mucilaginous layer and elements intimately incrusted in the wall.
(13) Incrustate on the surface of IUD appears to have a primary role in induction of the process.
(14) Incrustation occurred at the injection site during administration in all treated groups.
(15) Furthermore, an improperly fashioned stoma may make fitting of an ostomy appliance difficult, resulting in urinary leakage with secondary dermatitis and incrustation.
(16) Incrustation occurred in 9.2% of the stents retrieved before 6 weeks, 47.5% indwelling 6 to 12 weeks and 76.3% thereafter.
(17) Microscopic and chemical analyses revealed the highest incrustation rate on Teflon and the lowest on polyurethane (about four times lower than on Teflon).
(18) Fe3+ is located in the cytoplasm of nephrothelium of tumour-affected kidney tubules, intensively incrustates the cell cytoplasm in the primary tumoural node and is revealed in separate nuclei of the primary node cells.
(19) A method for the determination of acrylamide traces as a residue of anti-incrustation agents in sugar was developed.
(20) The presence of an incrustate could be observed both during in vitro as well as in vivo ultrasonographic studies.
Patina
Definition:
(n.) A dish or plate of metal or earthenware; a patella.
(n.) The color or incrustation which age gives to works of art; especially, the green rust which covers ancient bronzes, coins, and medals.
Example Sentences:
(1) Frequent antisemitic raids undermined Vishneva’s patina of autonomy.
(2) It’s all, says the chancellor, George Osborne, “part of our long-term plan to secure Britain’s future.” To an idiot such as myself, it looks like part of a long-term plan to secure the future of Patina Rail LLP.
(3) That may indeed exist below the democratic patina of these declarations.
(4) But a patina of menace soon becomes apparent as you read the details and digest the implications.
(5) But it also brought together a fractured nation, promoted Mr Hoff – with his illuminated leather jacket and walnut patina – to a symbol of all the west had to offer and now, 25 years later, provides the mercilessly frequent music accompaniment to this one-(H)off documentary commemorating the fall of the Berlin Wall.
(6) The Knights Templar group, which evolved out of a split from another drug gang, La Familia , has grown into the state's most powerful mafia, draped in a patina of religiosity and insurgent rebellion.
(7) What it may do, should a consensus be reached, is give momentum and a patina of success to an otherwise lustreless conference.
(8) He acknowledged Cameron's prime ministerial patina, his perceived "strength", but sought to turn it against him: "He may be strong at standing up to the weak, but he's always weak when it comes to standing up to the strong."
(9) "All those patinas fit better on a person like me."
(10) Scraping away at the green patina on the new-look, Zac Goldsmith-inspired Conservative environmental policies, puncturing Brown's grumpy greenery and unpicking the carbon contortions of the coal-loving Celts.
(11) The education provided by industry, coated in a patina of self-regulation, has been shown to be biased.
(12) The speech announcing his decision gave it a philosophical patina, as Trump returned to the “America first” theme of his inaugural address, describing the world as a site of Hobbesian, dog-eat-dog competition in which global cooperation is for wimps and suckers.
(13) The only way to completely remove a scratch in a piece of furniture is to sand the surrounding timber down to the same level as the scratch, but this can destroy the finish, patina and character of a piece of furniture and is hard, time-consuming work.
(14) David Bandurski, of Hong Kong University's China media project, said the new commentaries, with their "patina of moral decadence", were "helping to whip up an atmosphere where it's easier to tackle social media … It's part of a general campaign to put more pressure on microblogs".
(15) It is, however, now clear that David Cameron’s one-time “ vote blue, go green ” pitch in opposition was no more than verdigris, a patina rapidly scratched off by the grind of being in government.
(16) If Patina Rail LLP makes a mess of running the service, it’s not hard to see who’ll be expected to pick up the pieces.