(a.) Lower in place, rank, excellence, etc.; less important or valuable; subordinate; underneath; beneath.
(a.) Poor or mediocre; as, an inferior quality of goods.
(a.) Nearer the sun than the earth is; as, the inferior or interior planets; an inferior conjunction of Mercury or Venus.
(a.) Below the horizon; as, the inferior part of a meridian.
(a.) Situated below some other organ; -- said of a calyx when free from the ovary, and therefore below it, or of an ovary with an adherent and therefore inferior calyx.
(a.) On the side of a flower which is next the bract; anterior.
(a.) Junior or subordinate in rank; as, an inferior officer.
(n.) A person lower in station, rank, intellect, etc., than another.
Example Sentences:
(1) The dose response effect in this tumor is steep and combinations which compromise the dose of adriamycin too greatly are showing inferior results.
(2) For obstruction of greater than or equal to 50% of the pulmonary vascular cross-sectional area and pulmonary hypertension thrombolytic therapy should be given and insertion of an inferior caval filter can be considered.
(3) Three animals received unilateral lesions which included both the inferior parietal lobule and a portion of adjacent dorsal prestriate cortex (IPL-PS).
(4) A series of hierarchical multiple regressions revealed the effects of Surgency, Agreeableness, Conscientiousness, Emotional Stability, and Intellect on evoking upset in spouses through condescension (e.g., treating spouse as stupid or inferior), possessiveness (demanding too much time and attention), abuse (slapping spouse), unfaithfulness (having sex with others), inconsiderateness (leaving toilet seat up), moodiness (crying a lot), alcohol abuse (drinking too much alcohol), emotional constriction (hiding emotions to act tough), and self-centeredness (acting selfishly).
(5) Hypertrophy is restricted to subdivisions of the inferior olive included in recurrent cerebello-mesencephalic-olivary circuits.
(6) These views are very practical for inferior synovial cavity arthrograms performed in the dental operatory since panoramic radiographic machines have become common in modern dental practices.
(7) All of the above patients had an acute inferior myocardial infarction, and in 10 of the 12 patients with supraventricular arrhythmias and in four of five with sinus dysrhythmias, the origin of the sinus node artery started just after an occluded right coronary or left circumflex artery or was involved in the occlusion.
(8) The results obtained were compared with the data of electron microscopic study of the inferior geniculate body, as they are subcortical formations belonging to the same auditory system but differentiating in their functions.
(9) Significant circumflex coronary artery disease (greater than or equal to 75% stenosis) was more prevalent in patients with posterior or inferoposterior infarction (17 of 21) than in those with isolated inferior infarction (11 of 23) (p less than 0.02).
(10) Imagining faces was also the only condition that led to an increase of activity in the left inferior occipital region which has been suggested by previous studies as being a crucial area for visual imagery.
(11) The concentration of HA in renal veins was significantly below that of the pulmonary artery and inferior vena cava (P less than 0.05).
(12) It was found that within the dorsal part of the well known pressor area there is a narrow strip, 2.5 mm lateral from the mid line, starting ventral to the inferior colliculus and ending in the medulla close to the floor of the IV ventricle, from which vasodilatation in skeletal muscles is selectively obtained.
(13) Immersion-fixed tissue was found to be inferior to perfusion-fixed tissue for immunocytochemical staining of this serum protein.
(14) Intramuscular administration of rCD4-IgG appears to be inferior to intravenous dosing from a pharmacokinetic standpoint, with lower peak concentrations and variable absorption.
(15) A 33-year-old man was diagnosed as having Budd-Chiari syndrome with a membranous obstruction of the inferior vena cava (IVC) and right hepatic vein and short segmental obstruction of the left hepatic vein.
(16) The occurrence of paresis or paralysis in ischemic processes strictly situated in the thalamus, however, is discussed: the deficit may be limited to parts of limbs; most often, it is not associated with pyramidal symptomatology; recovery is observed in the hand before the inferior limb.
(17) Fixation is more difficult to achieve after revision for infection because of the inferior quality of the bone.
(18) Additionally, in a group of bats, HRP was injected into various functionally (i.e., BF) identified regions of the central nucleus of the inferior coliculus (IC) to clarify the type and location of CN projecting neurons.
(19) Blood flow changes in the dental pulp of lower canine teeth of mature cats and incisors of mature rats were investigated with simultaneous laser Doppler flowmetry and local 125I-clearance (wash-out) during electrical sympathetic stimulation, efferent stimulation of n. alveolaris inferior (IAN) (cats) and i.a.
(20) Pre and post infusion blood samples were drawn from a catheter lying at the lower inferior vena cava and analyzed for prostaglandin E and F, and progesterone.
Pasg
Definition:
Example Sentences:
(1) PASG has high sensitivity (97.3%), and typical characteristics (98.8%).
(2) The aetiology of the complication is discussed and recommendations for the safe use of the PASG are made.
(3) Acute cardiac tamponade was created in a large animal model in an effort to investigate the hemodynamic and oxygen transport variables during the inflation of the pneumatic antishock garment (PASG) to two different pressures (60 and 80 mm Hg).
(4) In fact, PASG were on and inflated in all patients who presented in cardiac arrest.
(5) Ten patients after coronary artery bypass surgery were studied with PPR and PASG application (3 to 20 hours post-surgery), and PASG alone (24 to 30 hours post-surgery).
(6) Irreversible hypotension with subsequent cardiovascular collapse has been reported as a catastrophic complication of inappropriate pneumatic antishock garment (PASG) deflation.
(7) Right and left ventricular end-diastolic pressures increased 100% (P less than 0.01); mean pulmonary arterial and aortic pressures increased 77 and 25%, respectively (P less than 0.01); systemic vascular resistance increased 22% (P less than 0.05) and pulmonary vascular resistance did not change in normal subjects at maximum PASG inflation.
(8) When PASG deflation hemodynamics were compared to preinflation data, mean arterial pressure decreased 14 mm Hg (P less than .01); mean pulmonary pressure decreased 6 mm Hg (P less than .01); and mean right atrial and left ventricular end-diastolic pressures decreased 4 and 6 mm Hg, respectively (P less than .01).
(9) Phagaquosonographies (PASG) of 100 normal subjects and 223 patients with cardiac cancer (CC) were analyzed.
(10) The patients were randomized into control and pneumatic external counterpressure groups by an alternate-day assignment of PASG use.
(11) If hypotensive shock is present, the PASG antishock garment should be applied.
(12) After PASG inflation, carotid artery flow increased by 50%, and femoral artery flow decreased tenfold.
(13) Nine of ten animals who had the combined treatment with PASG and infusion of saline developed a fulminant pulmonary edema.
(14) With PASG application, cardiac index was depressed and systemic vascular resistance was elevated at 10, 20, and 30 minutes following hemorrhage.
(15) Even low PASG pressures carry a high risk of precipitating CS.
(16) Five patients had PASG pressure of 20 mm Hg compared with 10 degrees Trendelenburg, eight patients had 20 and 40 mm Hg PASG application compared with 10 degrees Trendelenburg.
(17) Of the more than 300 articles that have appeared in the recent literature addressing the PASG, at least 190 have discussed specific scientific experiments in the animal laboratory, in the human laboratory, or in the clinical environment, in which results gathered addressed how, why, or if the PASG worked.
(18) All patients received the identical treatment protocol, with the sole exception of PASG application and inflation to full pressure prior to intravenous catheterization on an alternate day basis.
(19) The treatment with PASG alone, however, prolonged survival time significantly from a median survival time of 10 min in the control group, to greater than 120 min in the treated group.
(20) PASG significantly prolonged the survival time and the time during which a sensory evoked response could be observed.