(a.) Irregular; -- said of any arrangement whose symmetry is destroyed by local causes, as when leaflets are interposed among the leaves in a pinnate leaf.
Example Sentences:
(1) Microvascular anastomoses were performed on rat common carotid arteries using either continuous or interrupted sutures.
(2) Axons emerge from proximal dendrites within 50 microns of the soma, and more rarely from the soma, in a tapering initial segment, commonly interrupted by one or two large swellings.
(3) Even today, our experience of the zoo is so often interrupted by disappointment and confusion.
(4) Beginning with its foundation by Charles Godon in 1900 he describes the growth of the Federation as an organization of the dental profession which continued despite the interruption of two world wars.
(5) Mus norvegicus albicus, by interrupting a free-running rhythm with light signals of short duration.
(6) In only six patients (14%) the ventricular tachycardia was initiated by an ectopic ventricular complex interrupting the T wave.
(7) The longest of the cDNA clones (1507 nucleotides) apparently originated from an unprocessed messenger RNA, since the nucleotide sequence encoding BNP-26 was interrupted by an intron of 554 nucleotides.
(8) Acute transmural myocardial infarction has been reported to functionally denervate the normal myocardium distal to the infarcted zone by interrupting neurotransmission in axons coursing in the subepicardial region of the myocardial necrosis.
(9) The OPL first appears as a thin, discontinuous break in the cytoblast layer that is frequently interrupted by the profiles of migrating neuro- and glioblasts.
(10) There is a certain degree of swagger, a sudden interruption of panache, as Alan Moore enters the rather sterile Waterstones office where he has agreed to speak to me.
(11) Renal failure was always reversible with interruption or dosage reduction of the drug.
(12) All cellular signals characterized so far are reverted during retrodifferentiation: Redistribution of PKC and down-regulation of c-fos and c-jun contribute to an interruption of the differentiation-associated transsignaling cascade.
(13) You're more likely to awake refreshed, because inside your mattress there's a special sensor that monitors your sleeping rhythms, determining precisely when to wake you so as not to interrupt an REM cycle.
(14) We conclude that infusion system malfunction resulting in interruption of insulin flow is a common occurrence, is often associated with temporary hyperglycemia, and may account for some of the increased incidence of diabetic ketoacidosis previously described in these patients.
(15) The results show that DA-receptors located within the pituitary itself are involved in the control of MSH release indicating that the effect of hypothalamic lesions on pituitary MSH content is primarily caused by interruption of dopaminergic neurotransmission in the hypophysis.
(16) Not only early diagnosis and treatment before the appearance of hepatic failure or neurological symptoms, but also treatment throughout life without interruption is important for improving the prognosis of Wilson's disease.
(17) Several attempts at circuit interruption of type 1 atrial flutter by means of surgical or catheter techniques have been published.
(18) Groups of photosensitive female house sparrows have been kept under night-interruption and intermittent light cycles for a period of 6 weeks.
(19) Other associated malformations were an interrupted aortic arch and an atrial septal defect.
(20) Relapses after interruption of treatment seemed to be less frequent than with Tetracycline therapy.
Uninterrupted
Definition:
Example Sentences:
(1) Prolonged, uninterrupted recording at reduced speed, taken both while the patient is awake and asleep, may well facilitate recognition of periodic events as unusual as those observed in the 20-year-old young man described in this paper, who was examined during the early stage of the disease.
(2) Statistical analysis has shown the following: a) the growth inhibition, which is especially distinct in autumn-spring generation, takes place in the Ist instar larvae 1.76-2.20 mm long inhabiting the walls of the nasal cavity and concha (their average body length at hatching is 1.08 plus or minus 0.004 mm); the inhibition is associated with interpopulation relations and apparently does not depend on the date of its beginning and can last from 6 to 7 months; c) after the growth resumption the development continues uninterruptedly up to the moulting; the inhibition is also possible at the beginning of the 2nd instar and then the development proceeds without any intervals up to the complete maturation of larvae.
(4) Survey electron micrographs show that most cell bodies possess uninterrupted plasma membrane profiles and retain highly organised cytoplasmic and nuclear ultrastructure.
(5) Other collagens are associated with fibrils without having the long triple uninterrupted triple helix characteristic of collagen types I, II, III, V and XI.
(6) All subjects performed an uninterrupted incremental exercise test on a bicycle ergometer, starting at an initial work load of 20% of the subjects' maximal exercise capacity, as determined in a pretest.
(7) Immunolocalization to Type III collagen in the matrix of human skin and to fibrils formed in vitro using only IgM antibody reveals uninterrupted IgM binding which exactly matches the banding period of the collagen fibrils.
(8) The last hour of spontaneous awakenings from uninterrupted sleep of 16 young adults was analyzed.
(9) The results indicate that uninterrupted protein synthesis is required for the expression of maximal reduction of bile flow by taurolithocholate, lithocholate, and a manganese-bilirubin combination.
(10) In the metacarpal area, the superficialis central sheath presents peritendinous expansions, which realise an uninterrupted connection with each digital sheath.
(11) From the analysis of S1 nuclease-resistant mRNA-DNA hybrids, the HSP70 gene appears to be transcribed as an uninterrupted mRNA of 2.3 kilobases.
(12) The Gruber aural speculum, gave a completely, uninterrupted view of the choana.
(13) Transesophageal echocardiography proved helpful in selecting the surgical approach, in assessing the adequacy of surgical repair, in detecting residual intracardiac shunts, and in allowing uninterrupted monitoring of ventricular performance throughout the procedure.
(14) The reading frames are organized to permit uninterrupted readthrough from gag to pol if ribosomal frameshifts occur in the -1 direction within each of the two overlapping regions, one of which is 16 nucleotides in length and the other 13 nucleotides.
(15) In another group of seven rats the same delays were introduced in a quasi-random order and alternated with uninterrupted trials.
(16) We have shown that in at least six cases of genes that have arisen by homologous but unequal crossing over in vivo, each event occurred in a relatively extensive region of uninterrupted identity between the parental genes.
(17) Clearance measured at the trachea in all calves in both groups was not a continuous, uninterrupted process but exhibited a temporary decline between eight and 14 hours.
(18) The results demonstrated that by altering one stimulus at a time, responding continued uninterrupted.
(19) for 10 or 20 days during one or two menstrual cycles (in most cases 2 successive treatments) and uninterrupted for 30 or 90 days in menopaused women.
(20) Dedicated analyzers, while limited somewhat by infrared technology, offer uninterrupted, real-time analysis of anesthetic and respiratory gases.