(v. t.) To thicken or bring to greater consistence, as fluids by evaporation.
(a.) Thick or thickened; inspissated.
Example Sentences:
(1) We present an unusual case in which inspissated bile caused irregularity and obstruction of the common bile duct that radiographically simulated a cholangiocarcinoma.
(2) The proper interpretation of the level of block can fall prey to the mistake of incomplete aspiration of the thick, inspissated bile in the obstructed biliary tree before injection of contrast material.
(3) Cholangiograms were abnormal in 63 (80%) transplants with biliary strictures; inspissated bile formation, bile leak and T-tube malposition occurring in 50, 23, 14 and three transplants respectively.
(4) Pancreatic lesions were detected in 52 (65%) of these, and could be classified into three broad categories: acinar dilatation by inspissated secretions (24 cases), acute pancreatitis (recent or remote, 18 cases), and opportunistic infections or cancers affecting the pancreas (23 cases).
(5) Thick inspissated bile can cause intrinsic echoes in the gallbladder that can be mistaken for gallstones.
(6) All infants with either neonatal hepatitis (six) or inspissated bile syndrome (three) had demonstrable gastrointestinal excretion either on the first or second DISIDA study.
(7) These patterns appear to represent inspissated or hydrated sinus contents, respectively.
(8) Tube cholecystostomy may also be useful for irrigation of the biliary tract in infants with inspissated bile syndrome.
(9) Inspissated mucous collections that form at the tip of the SCOOP 1 (Transtracheal Systems, Denver, Colorado) catheter have been reported but are usually easily expectorated by the patient.
(10) To our knowledge, this is the first reported case in which inspissated bile appeared to be a complication of total parenteral nutrition.
(11) Focal occlusion of bronchioles with inspissated mucus, such as that associated with small airway disease, was found in 4 horses.
(12) In three cases, the obstruction was due to inspissated meconium, simulating the features of meconium ileus in one, meconium plug in the second, and associated with perforation of the terminal ileum in the third.
(13) The subnormal ionic transport leads to dehydration of extra cellular fluids and the development of thickened inspissated mucous secretions.
(14) Surgical exploration confirmed the diagnosis of extrahepatic biliary obstruction by severely inspissated bile.
(15) The ductular epithelium undergoes squamous changes and within the ductular lumina, secretions become inspissated.
(16) These strains also digest casein, liquefy inspissated serum actively and survive longer at 45 degrees C and are referred to as LC (large colony) strains.
(17) At laparotomy, thick inspissated bile was flushed from the biliary tree and prompt resolution of the jaundice followed.
(18) One individual required exploratory laparotomy, and inspissated tablets were found in the ileum.
(19) Gross findings included dehydration, subcutaneous emphysema and hemorrhage, atrophy of the thymus, fetal death with concomitant necrosis of cotyledons, thickened wall of the gallbladder, inspissated bile, edema of abomasal folds, mucoid enteritis, linear hemorrhage and edema of the rectal mucosa, and secondary pneumonia.
(20) Gallbladder distention, biliary stasis, and bile inspissation, thought to be important in the pathogenesis of this disease, are enhanced with the use of hyperalimentation, and this potential complication is being seen with increasing frequency in seriously ill or injured patients who are being fed parenterally.
Viscous
Definition:
(a.) Adhesive or sticky, and having a ropy or glutinous consistency; viscid; glutinous; clammy; tenacious; as, a viscous juice.
Example Sentences:
(1) The results of autokeratoplasty have been better if the Healon viscous-elastic bioprotector has been employed.
(2) At surgery, upon incision of the paravertebral muscle fascia, viscous pale fluid was encountered emanating from a foramen in the thoracic lamina.
(3) A model system of exfoliated normal human cervicovaginal squamous cells, exfoliated rodent tumor cells, and acellular, viscous, mucuslike material was used to investigate cell deposition on smear preparations made with three different instruments: plastic spatulas, wooden spatulas, and brush-tipped collectors.
(4) This large increase in power output can be accommodated without an increase in metabolic rate only if internal viscous resistances to flagellar bending are relatively low.
(5) The observation that the apparent activation energy for hydraulic conductivity is less than that for water diffusion across the red cell membrane is characteristic of viscous flow and suggests that the flow of water across the membranes of these red cells under an osmotic pressure gradient is a viscous process.
(6) The nodule typically accumulates a viscous yellow fluid.
(7) Oropharyngeal topical anesthesia with viscous lidocaine (25 ml of 2% as a "mouthwash and gargle" 10 min before laryngoscopy) attenuated the pressor but not heart rate (HR) response during laryngoscopy and tracheal intubation.
(8) Here we demonstrate that injection of HCl through solutions of pig gastric mucin produces viscous fingering patterns dependent on pH, mucin concentration and acid flow rate.
(9) The viscous layer of the cornea was seen by TEM in one case of PPD.
(10) By means of an oscillating capillary rheometer and densimeter, the viscous and elastic parts of the complex viscosity of whole blood and plasma were measured from the ipsilateral internal jugular vein in 17 patients with unilateral occlusive carotid lesions during different stages of carotid endarterectomy.
(11) This type of ventilation brought about changes in viscous properties, measured during creep and oscillation of the mucus, which would be expected to reduce mucus clearance in vivo.
(12) The stability and accuracy of all the methods depend on the amount of viscous pressure loss dictated by wall friction.
(13) If you get a group of people together who wouldn't dream of drinking three quarters of a pint of viscous fatty liquid, and you got them to drink a mug of Horlicks, it would actually disrupt their sleep.
(14) This protein friction, with such viscous-like characteristics, may well play a role as a velocity-limiting factor in the normal ATP-induced sliding movement of motile proteins.
(15) At a hydrophobic surface, molecules move apart and local water becomes strongly bonded, inert, and viscous and accumulates large cations, univalent anions, and compatible solutes.
(16) The transport equation describing the flow of solute across a membrane has been modified on the basis of theoretical studies calculating the drag of a sphere moving in a viscous liquid undergoing Poiseuille flow inside a cylinder.
(17) Remnants of the highly viscous and sticky contrast medium that remain attached to the vascular wall complicate the technical procedure of anastomosing.
(18) Therefore, in this study, we measured the ability of viscous agents to maintain the deepness of the anterior chamber in vitro and discussed the correlations between this ability and the viscosity or elasticity of the various viscous agents.
(19) In 21 experiments, 5 for each of 3 viscoelastic fluids with varying characteristics and 6 for a viscous fluid, aerosol deposition was significantly enhanced in every experiment, irrespective of the type of fluid added.
(20) The results confirm that the intracervical administration of PGE2 in a viscous medium can induce ripening of the cervix in those patients at term displaying unfavorable cervical state.