(n.) A curve traced by the end of a string wound upon another curve, or unwound from it; -- called also evolvent. See Evolute.
Example Sentences:
(1) Here we report direct measurements of protein kinase C (PKC) activity in uninduced ectoderm, and in neuroectoderm shortly after induction by the involuting mesoderm, in Xenopus laevis embryos.
(2) The most common type of osteoporosis is involutional, and two subtypes are recognized: type 1 and type 2.
(3) The involution of crown odontoblasts after primary dentinogenesis in teeth of limited eruption is discussed.
(4) The treatment of hemangiomas with X-rays has been sharply criticized because of their tendency to involute spontaneously.
(5) Glands with only slight involution and containing numerous germinal centres were more commonly seen in young female patients.
(6) In conclusion, the association of T4 and iodide seems to be the best way to obtain a rapid and complete involution of thyroid hyperplasia.
(7) Less amount of parenchyma and growth of the stroma in baboons and a greater mitotic complex in rhesus monkeys show more pronounced involution processes in baboons.
(8) Further, CPA is unable to stimulate proliferation or restore the function of the involuted rat prostate.
(9) The MI response was however depressed in both age groups, and the thymus and bursa were involuted.
(10) It is concluded that the acute involution of the thymus in children with non-infectious and acute infectious diseases results in the progressive decrease of the production by the thymus of the immunomodulating polypeptides (thymic hormones) which is restored in the period of recovery.
(11) The involution progress of the tonsil is a shift from immature B- and T cell forms to matured differentiation stages.
(12) The interpretation of aspiration cytologic smears that contain a predominance of follicular components often presents a dilemma to the clinician who is treating a patient who has a dominant thyroid nodule, especially when thyroid-stimulating hormone suppression does not produce any significant involution of the dominant nodule.
(13) The time-courses of the biochemical and histopathological responses suggest that the lipid peroxidation may be an end-result, rather than a cause, of thymic involution and injury to thymic lymphocytes in nickel-treated rats.
(14) We conjecture that postmenopausal and involutional osteoporosis were far advanced before the development of acromegaly, explaining the coexistence of the two conditions.
(15) The myoepithelium of developing, lactating, and involuting mammary gland of the mouse exhibits a high alkaline phosphatase activity.
(16) Both the post-partum involution of the rat uterus and the rapid breakdown of collagen that accompanies it are extensively inhibited by oestrogenic hormones.
(17) These preparations revealed a failure of head involution and the loss or disruption of several head structures, including the salivary glands and the H-piece and ventral arm of the cephalopharyngeal apparatus.
(18) Thereafter, involution still continued and equal diameters for the horns were not found until 5 weeks after parturition.
(19) The enzymes glucose 6-phosphate dehydrogenase, 6-phosphogluconate dehydrogenase, phosphoglucomutase, UDP-glucose pyrophosphorylase, phosphofructokinase, ATP-citrate lyase and acetyl-CoA carboxylase have been assayed in rat mammary glands in various stages of involution after hypophysectomy and weaning.
(20) A total of 101 patients suffering from slowly progressive schizophrenia with hypochondriac symptomatology and a manifestation or a relapse of the disease in the involutional age have been studied.
Rolled
Definition:
(imp. & p. p.) of Roll
Example Sentences:
(1) The adaptive filter processor was tested for retrospective identification of artifacts in 20 male volunteers who performed the following specific movements between epochs of quiet, supine breathing: raising arms and legs (slowly, quickly, once, and several times), sitting up, breathing deeply and rapidly, and rolling from a supine to a lateral decubitus position.
(2) More evil than Clocky , the alarm clock that rolls away when you reach out to silence it, or the Puzzle Alarm , which makes you complete a simple puzzle before it'll go quiet, the Money Shredding Alarm Clock methodically destroys your cash unless you rouse yourself.
(3) Speaking to pro-market thinktank Reform, Milburn called for “more competition” and said the shadow health team were making a “fundamental political misjudgment” by attempting to roll back policies he had overseen.
(4) Light microscopic histochemical procedures and morphological assessments were performed on sections of "Swiss rolls" of small and large intestine.
(5) Neither assertion was strictly accurate, but Obama was on a rhetorical roll.
(6) Under pressure from many backbenchers, he has tightened planning controls on windfarms and pledged to "roll back" green subsidies on bills, leading to fears of dwindling support for the renewables industry.
(7) Rolling-circle replicating structures which represent late stage lambda DNA replication can be detected among intracellular phage lambda DNA molecules under recombination deficient conditions as well as in wild-type infections.
(8) If this is the only issue, flight would be fine, but need to make sure that it isn’t symptomatic of a more significant upstream root cause.” Elon Musk (@elonmusk) Btw, 99% likely to be fine (closed loop TVC wd overcome error), but that 1% chance isn't worth rolling the dice.
(9) If such a system were rolled out nationally, central government could escape political pressure to ringfence NHS funding.
(10) It was also chided for failing to roll out a 2011 pilot scheme to put doors on fridges in its stores.
(11) I’ve warned Dave before to mind his ps and qs when the cameras are rolling, but the problem is you can never tell when the microphones are switched on.
(12) A commercial medical writing company is employed by a drug company to produce papers that can be rolled out in academic journals to build a brand message.
(13) Roll-up man 3.50pm GMT Thank you to Tom Skinner for this educational and informative video .
(14) flexion, stretch, rolling, startle, jumping (stepping), and writhing.
(15) The first problem facing Calderdale is sheep-rustling Happy Valley – filmed around Hebden Bridge, with its beautiful stone houses straight off the pages of the Guardian’s Lets Move To – may be filled with rolling hills and verdant pastures, but the reality of rural issues are harsh.
(16) In earlier studies with the SV40-transformed hamster cell line Elona two different types of DNA amplification could be identified: (i) Bidirectional overreplication of chromosomally integrated SV40 DNA expanding into the flanking cellular sequences ("onion skin" type) and (ii) highly efficient synthesis of extremely large head-to-tail concatemers containing exclusively SV40 DNA ("rolling circle" type).
(17) Trousers were cropped or rolled at the ankle, a styling trick that is emerging as a trend across the shows.
(18) During powder compaction on a Manesty Betapress, peak pressures, Pmax, are reached before the punches are vertically aligned with the centres of the upper and lower compression roll support pins.
(19) In 1995, Bill Gates, founder and CEO at Microsoft, reportedly paid The Rolling Stones $3m (£1.9m) for the rights to use Start Me Up to launch Windows 95.
(20) During flexion the lateral femoral condyle displays near extension pure rolling, near flexion pure gliding, on the medial side this ratio is vice versa.