(n.) A contrivance for forcing feed water into a steam boiler by the direct action of the steam upon the water. The water is driven into the boiler by the impulse of a jet of the steam which becomes condensed as soon as it strikes the stream of cold water it impels; -- also called Giffard's injector, from the inventor.
Example Sentences:
(1) It focuses on the major areas of concern: HIV prevalence among drug injectors; sexual risk behaviour; the potential for heterosexual transmission; condom use; sexual risk and women; pregnancy; male homosexual activity and drug use; the effect of drugs on sexual behaviour and prostitution.
(2) 21 amino acids were determined by a liquid chromatograph, consisting of an automatic controller of the gradient, nonautomatic injector, fluorimetric detector and recording device.
(3) The number of current injectors was estimated to be 9400; the prevalence of HIV infection among 447 injectors recruited to the HIV prevalence study during 1990 was 1.1%.
(4) No differences were found in the typical daily doses prior to entering treatment between chasers and injectors.
(5) Analyses are routinely performed with an automatic injector; overall analysis time is about 1 h per sample.
(6) We examined the effect of two types of automatic injector delivery of two drugs which are components of the standard antidote to anticholinesterase poisoning and which have been previously shown to have a reduced absorption rate when mixed together in a manual injection.
(7) Then the second valve was switched off and the injection line connected to a transducer, allowing measurement of EEP through the injector.
(8) The reaction system consists of two pumps to deliver reagent and carrier stream, sample injector, reaction coil (0.5 mm ID x 15 m, 150 degrees C), cooling coil (0.5 mm ID x 3 m, 30 degrees C), and cooling coil (0.5 mm ID x 20 cm, 0 degrees C).
(9) The Storz bronchoscopes produced consistently higher peak inflation pressures and flow rates at all driving pressures in spite of the relatively large angle of the injector from the axial line.
(10) Samples were injected using an automatic injector via a loop column, and separation was obtained using a reversed-phase column under isocratic conditions.
(11) Therefore, manual injection should be replaced by remotely controled injection by means of an injector.
(12) Initially a modified Carden tube with a ventilating injector was used through a tracheostomy stoma and subsequently an orotracheal tube was substituted.
(13) In an open randomized cross-over study 50 patients with insulin-dependent diabetes were allocated to 3 months of treatment with NPH insulin either by means of a pen injector (Insuject-X) or by conventional syringes.
(14) With an automatic injector and a programmable detector, the system allows unattended operation.
(15) All parameters show that an increased, more reliable, and homogeneous enhancement can be obtained by application of the power injector compared to manual bolus injection technique using the same amount of contrast media (100 cc).
(16) The impact of an outpatient, risk-management system, including a transtelephonic electrocardiographic monitor and lidocaine injector, on the quality of life in post-myocardial infarction patients was examined.
(17) A simple device is described involving suction (by means of an injector run on oxygen) and an oxygen delivery system including an outlet into which the respirator can be plugged direct.
(18) The temperature of the gas chromatographic injector should be at least 325 degrees C. A capillary column of a minimum length of 10 m coated with a methyl silicone is adequate.
(19) The Venturi is a flow-accelerating injector, activated by fresh gas inflow from the anaesthetic machine.
(20) The catheter tip is formed in three dimensions to allow simple selective catheterization and to provide improved stability during injection of contrast media by power injector or by hand.
Syringe
Definition:
(n.) A kind of small hand-pump for throwing a stream of liquid, or for purposes of aspiration. It consists of a small cylindrical barrel and piston, or a bulb of soft elastic material, with or without valves, and with a nozzle which is sometimes at the end of a flexible tube; -- used for injecting animal bodies, cleansing wounds, etc.
(v. t.) To inject by means of a syringe; as, to syringe warm water into a vein.
(v. t.) To wash and clean by injection from a syringe.
Example Sentences:
(1) This study sought to determine if and why barriers to the over-the-counter purchase of syringes in the St. Louis metropolitan area might exist, given that no ordinance prohibits such a sale there.
(2) The ability of 814 strains of Micromycetes to grow on ferulic and syringic acids was investigated.
(3) Use 3-ml Luer-Lok syringes and 30-gauge needles and thread the needle carefully into the vessel while using slow and steady injection with light pressure.
(4) Syringes that have been redesigned to eliminate the need for recapping offer a major safety advantage.
(5) After amputation of the closed tip, a cap from a syringe was inserted via a slit made at the base into one prong of a pair of nasal cannulae.
(6) When imitation examination was carried out using pontamine blue dye solution in 7 kinds of syringes for the use of cartridge, dye reflux was observed in all of them.
(7) However, the bulb syringe (BLB) is used more often for this purpose because of greater technical convenience.
(8) Re-use of plastic syringes would produce an annual saving of about ł15 per patient when compared with glass syringes.
(9) The drug was administered from a distance by means of a projectile syringe shot from a special rifle.
(10) Use of the multiple-dose syringe pump system resulted in a savings of $934.81 in material costs compared with the bottle and burette system and $9.70 in material costs compared with the single-dose syringe pump system (based on 40 doses).
(11) Loading is achieved by the production of transient, survivable plasma membrane disruptions as cells are passed back and forth through a standard syringe needle or similar narrow orifice.
(12) The performance of the Ligmaject syringe compared favourably with that of the conventional dental syringe in terms of patient acceptability and user convenience.
(13) In the nursery, the premeasured and prefiltered blood was ready for immediate infusion, and the syringe was attached directly to a mechanical infusion pump.
(14) The pH and PCO2 increased following alkalinization but gradually decreased in all containers except in polypropylene syringes.
(15) Now we need a global treaty on their responsibilities Read more WHO will embark on a global campaign around the benefits of syringes that have re-use prevention features - meaning they self-disable after a single use - as well as the dangers of reusable needles, with the goal of using WHO-approved syringes across the globe by 2020.
(16) Cells were injected 24 to 48 hr later through the skin using a syringe and needle.
(17) The introduction of specialized syringes in the late 1970s and early 1980s has led to an increase in the use of intraligamentary anaesthesia as a means of pain control in dentistry.
(18) The bacterial contamination of the syringe can be prevented by flushing the contaminated needle prior to changing.
(19) There were no differences in the number of voids in the automixed material dispensed using the intra-oral tip or impression syringe.
(20) A 32-year-old insulin-dependent diabetic patient reported recurrent clouding of her short-acting insulin, caused by silicone oil contamination from re-used disposable syringes.