(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.
Thermometer
Definition:
(n.) An instrument for measuring temperature, founded on the principle that changes of temperature in bodies are accompained by proportional changes in their volumes or dimensions.
Example Sentences:
(1) Using a meat thermometer, with the probe inside the thickest part of the cut, can ensure that you get it right every time.
(2) In both clincis phenylmercuric borate was used for desinfection of the thermometers.
(3) In a prospective, blinded trial, 40 healthy adult subjects using six IRED thermometers with two techniques were examined in random sequence.
(4) Soft organic material (meat, cucumber peels) was found in four patients, chicken bones in six, pins and needles in six, other nonorganic materials (toys, stone, broken thermometer) in six.
(5) At the same time, another health professional used a digital electronic thermometer to measure the temperature at each site and a special rectal probe to measure core temperature.
(6) To butcher TS Eliot: I have seen the mercury of my thermometer flicker, And I have seen the eternal footman hold my sheets drenched in sweat at 3am, and snicker, And in short, I was too hot.
(7) In the situation where accurate measurement of temperature by thermometer is not available, mother's assessment about presence or absence of fever in her child can be relied upon by health-workers and physicians.
(8) Time dependence of the surface temperature at the centre of the target area immediately after exposure and the spatial distribution of the surface temperature around the target area during exposures were measured using a thermocouple thermometer.
(9) Besides according to clinical manifestations, the therapeutic effect was objectivized in dynamics through the oscillography "Gesenius-Keller", double-rheography "Schufrid", skin thermometer--Tastotherm P 60 "Braun" and 6-canal ECG apparatus "Hellige".
(10) This nosocomial outbreak of infection due to a highly vancomycin-resistant strain of Enterococcus is the first epidemic in which an electronic thermometer has been implicated as the vehicle of transmission for an infectious agent.
(11) The Craftemp thermometer is an electrical device for measurement of oral and axillary temperatures.
(12) We studied two infrared thermometers (FirstTemp and Thermoscan) and a thermistor (IVAC) in children with cancer.
(13) The infrared tympanic thermometer tracked the core temperature (as measured by the thermistor tip of the pulmonary artery catheter) closely, with a correlation coefficient of 0.98, and took less than 2 sec to measure.
(14) Nasal mucosal temperature was measured in 71 healthy subjects with an electronic thermometer.
(15) This report describes a 23-year-old white man who injected metallic mercury from a thermometer into his antecubital vein in an attempt at suicide.
(16) For use on unconscious patients or those who are otherwise unwilling or unable to cooperate with traditional techniques, IR ear thermometers offer a more comfortable and less stressful method of temperature taking for both patients and nurses, especially where rectal temperatures are used.
(17) Each cell in the thermometer contains liquid crystals with a slightly different makeup so they reflect the same wavelength of light at just slightly different temperatures.
(18) The CDC issued guidance on the scanners, calling them “less precise” than other temperature-taking measures , such as traditional mercury thermometers, and acknowledging that their effectiveness can be impacted by ambient temperatures.
(19) To determine if a tympanic membrane thermometer is of benefit on a pediatric unit.
(20) A mathematical model has been developed to determine the spatial resolving power of these thermometers.