(n.) That by means of which any work is performed, or result is effected; a tool; a utensil; an implement; as, the instruments of a mechanic; astronomical instruments.
(n.) A contrivance or implement, by which musical sounds are produced; as, a musical instrument.
(n.) A writing, as the means of giving formal expression to some act; a writing expressive of some act, contract, process, as a deed, contract, writ, etc.
(n.) One who, or that which, is made a means, or is caused to serve a purpose; a medium, means, or agent.
(v. t.) To perform upon an instrument; to prepare for an instrument; as, a sonata instrumented for orchestra.
Example Sentences:
(1) For assessment of clinical status, investigators must rely on the use of standardized instruments for patient self-reporting of fatigue, mood disturbance, functional status, sleep disorder, global well-being, and pain.
(2) Breast temperatures have been measured by the automated instrumentation called the 'Chronobra' for 16 progesterone cycles in women at normal risk for breast cancer and for 15 cycles in women at high risk for breast cancer.
(3) After a review of the technical development and application of staplers from their introduction to the present day, the indications to the use of this instrument in all gastroenterological areas from the oesophagus to the rectum as well as in chest, gynaecological and urological surgery specified.
(4) Short-forms of Wechsler intelligence tests have abounded in the literature and have been recommended for use as screening instruments in clinical and research settings.
(5) Atrioventricular (AV) delay that results in maximum ventricular filling and physiological mechanisms that govern dependence of filling on timing of atrial systole were studied by combining computer experiments with experiments in the anesthetized dog instrumented to measure phasic mitral flow.
(6) The instrument is a definite aid to the surgeon, and does not penalize the time required for surgery.
(7) Furthermore, the AMDP-3 scale and its manual constitute a remarkable teaching instrument for psychopathology, not always enough appreciated.
(8) But it [Help to Buy] is the right policy instrument to deal with a specific problem."
(9) Clinical use of this instrument is no more difficult than conventional immersion ultrasonography.
(10) The performance of the instrument was evaluated by undertaking in vitro measurements of the reflectance spectra of blood.
(11) Several recommendations, based upon the results of this survey study, the existing literature relevant to the ethical responsibilities of investigators who conduct research with children, and our own experiences with these instruments and populations, are made to assist researchers in their attempts to use these inventories in an ethical manner.
(12) Utilizing standardized instruments, family and demographic predictors of general and problem-solving knowledge pertaining to diabetes were identified in 53 newly diagnosed children.
(13) A compact attachment for microscope-type instruments is described enabling to introduce, rapidly and qualitatively, minute biological speciments into melted embedding medium and ensuring the safety of optics.
(14) This paper considers the advantages and disadvantages of the instrument together with indications for its use and reviews 118 patients who had 130 oral lesions removed with the CO2 laser.
(15) The inflammatory response is active in the embryo midway through incubation and is probably instrumental in protection of the embryo.
(16) To examine the possibility of prolongation of the standing times of instrument disinfectants, in vitro tests under high albumin exposure and tests in clinical practice were done.
(17) This, too, is a functional technique although the method and instruments are totally different.
(18) One abutment was used to evaluate each of nine oral hygiene instrumentation methods used for specified lengths of time or instrument strokes.
(19) Out-patient treatment, instrumentation and postgraduated teaching is dealt with.
(20) There is considerable evidence to suggest that intra-alveolar plasminogen activation is instrumental in many aspects of inflammatory lung injury and subsequent tissue repair.
Lute
Definition:
(n.) A cement of clay or other tenacious infusible substance for sealing joints in apparatus, or the mouths of vessels or tubes, or for coating the bodies of retorts, etc., when exposed to heat; -- called also luting.
(n.) A packing ring, as of rubber, for fruit jars, etc.
(n.) A straight-edged piece of wood for striking off superfluous clay from mold.
(v. t.) To close or seal with lute; as, to lute on the cover of a crucible; to lute a joint.
(n.) A stringed instrument formerly much in use. It consists of four parts, namely, the table or front, the body, having nine or ten ribs or "sides," arranged like the divisions of a melon, the neck, which has nine or ten frets or divisions, and the head, or cross, in which the screws for tuning are inserted. The strings are struck with the right hand, and with the left the stops are pressed.
(v. i.) To sound, as a lute. Piers Plowman. Keats.
(v. t.) To play on a lute, or as on a lute.
Example Sentences:
(1) This could impede the flow of the luting agent at the time of cementation.
(2) Porcelain veneer restorations including preparations, impression materials, cast materials, refractory casts, handling of porcelain, the try-in, and the final luting are discussed.
(3) This in vitro study compared different methods of finishing luting composite resin spaces after insertion of composite resin inlays.
(4) These findings suggest that factors other than pulpal inflammation are contributing to the reported hypersensitivity after cementation associated with glass ionomer luting agents.
(5) The lute thickness varied between 10 microns and 90 microns, and was found to be thinnest and most uniform in the region of occlusal cavosurface margins.
(6) The standard consistency of luting cement is determined in Japanese industrial standard and American dental association's specifications.
(7) An interesting case of post-insertion sensitivity in a patient who had an etched cast metal prosthesis (Maryland Bridge) cemented with a recently marketed resin luting agent is discussed.
(8) The glass ionomer luting cement showed significantly less material loss than the zinc polycarboxylate and zinc phosphate luting cements.
(9) We also examined the effect of three adherent surface treatments--50 microns Almina blasting, hydrofluoride etching, and sodium hydroxide etching--on the adhesive strength of the two adhesive resin, Panavia EX and the tentative luting resin, to CMP.
(10) Tensile bond strength of four different luting cements to smooth dentin surfaces was measured.
(11) Luting a bone plate with PMMA decreased vascularity to the outer one third of the cortex beneath the plate at week 5, and resulted in accelerated resorption of bone.
(12) With the addition of many more acids to enhance certain characteristics and reduce the setting time, GICs have become more irritating, especially when used as luting agents in areas where the remaining dentin thickness is 0.5 mm or less.
(13) The present study used the finite element method to model the stresses generated by a composite luting cement around a class I composite restoration and a ceramic inlay.
(14) Significant prognostic factors were: preparation of abutments, surface treatment (net retention, silicoating), type of luting agent (Bis GMA) and mobility of the abutments.
(15) UDA with fluoride appears to be a significantly stronger luting agent for abutment cementation than is either UDA or DenMat (P less than .05).
(16) Increased cortical porosity and a decreased percentage of osteocyte-filled lacunae were found in the cortex beneath luted plates at week 5.
(17) Metal ceramic crowns were fabricated, luted to a master die, and loaded to failure on a mechanical testing machine.
(18) The use of CaOH, as an interim luting agent for acrylic crowns over hybrid cores compared to ZOE or NOG, should afford significantly greater retention with no adverse effect on the retention of the final casting.
(19) The inlays were made and luted with the same two composites.
(20) For a proper radiographic diagnosis of secondary caries and interproximal overhangs or undercuts, tooth colored inlays and their appropriate luting agents have to be radiopaque.