(n.) The act or process of irrigating, or the state of being irrigated; especially, the operation of causing water to flow over lands, for nourishing plants.
Example Sentences:
(1) The Cavitron Ultrasonic Surgical Aspirator (CUSA) is a dissecting system that removes tissue by vibration, irrigation and suction; fluid and particulate matter from tumors are aspirated and subsquently deposited in a canister.
(2) Arthrotomy with continuous irrigation appears to be more effective in decreasing long-term residual effects than arthrotomy alone.
(3) The compatibility with Gentamycin solution used for irrigation of the anterior chamber of the eye was studied in experiments performed on rabbits.
(4) Ninety-two per cent of patients who irrigated their colostomies gained fecal continence.
(5) In the external ear canal, residual water from caloric testing or any other irrigation may act to simulate a conductive hearing loss and interfere with subsequent auditory brainstem response recording leading to increased latencies and reduced amplitudes.
(6) On Day 3, dogs with patent grafts underwent wound debridement, irrigation, and closure, and the treatment to which they had been randomized was carried out.
(7) Wastewater from Mexico city is used to irrigate over 85 000 hectares, mainly of fodder and cereal crops in the Mezquital Valley.
(8) Irrigation of the vessels is not done, but an intravenous bolus of 3,000 U. of heparin is given when the anastomoses are completed.
(9) The first village, Gezirat El-Maabda, has a basin system of irrigation.
(10) Finally, there is access to the biliary tree for daily irrigation, radiography, and cultures.
(11) The same protocol for irrigating the wound and relieving pressure was followed for both dressing groups.
(12) 19 critically ill adults with acute mediastinitis after cardiac surgery were treated with granulated sugar, either directly (11 patients) or after failure of continuous irrigation (8 patients).
(13) The purpose of this study was to investigate different types of irrigation systems and to record pressures and flows in a joint model.
(14) In the older Gezira-Managil irrigation system nearby, where transmission had not been controlled there was also little S. haematobium but the prevalence of S. mansoni in school-aged children was rising above 70%.
(15) To attempt to improve survival, the most critically ill 14 (of 32 total) newborns with NEC and perforation underwent planned second-look laparotomy 24 to 36 hours after initial exploration to reassess questionably viable bowel and resect if necessary, irrigate purulent material, and search for further perforation.
(16) The method is simple and rapid and it helps to determine the correct time for the withdrawal of the irrigation tube in individual patients.
(17) Oral irrigation is an approved procedure in periodontal prophylaxis and therapy.
(18) Changes were not seen in endothelial cell density after irrigation with any of the solutions evaluated.
(19) A partial-thickness limbal corneal flap provided access to an intrastromal limbal pocket through which the subconjunctival space was entered with an irrigating cystotome.
(20) Operative enterotomy and irrigation was successful in three cases while resection and enterostomy was done in nine.
Sprinkler
Definition:
(n.) One who sprinkles.
(n.) An instrument or vessel used in sprinkling; specifically, a watering pot.
Example Sentences:
(1) In the second study 10 U Actrapid HM was given to 11 other patients (all negative for C peptide and with low insulin binding antibody titres) on two separate days immediately before a standardised breakfast either by the sprinkler needle or by a conventional needle (random order).
(2) "We are finding them by driving around neighbourhoods and seeing people irrigating with sprinklers and over-spraying," Cayler said.
(3) Bayern Munich were definitely playing fast and loose with their sprinklers ahead of this game, although I'm not sure how much of an effect it's having on Barcelona's play.
(4) We investigated whether glucagon absorption could be accelerated by two manoeuvres known to enhance insulin absorption: addition of a powerful local hyperaemic agent (10 nmole alpha-calcitonin gene-related peptide; CGRP), and injection using a multihole 'sprinkler' needle.
(5) Read more stories like this: • A sprinkler won’t solve a drought: thinking big on water supply • Negotiating a cheaper clean energy deal for all • Water resources in Sierra Leone: lasting change is about good governance Torgny Holmgren is the executive director of Stockholm International Water Institute and World Water Week conference.
(6) The initial dose absorbed during the first 30 minutes was significantly higher with the sprinkler needle.
(7) Although hosepipes would not be banned outright, hosing sidewalks for cleanliness with potable water would be banned and only drip or micro-spray sprinklers allowed.
(8) Environmental scientist Yu Shaocai has proposed fitting water sprinklers to the tops of tall buildings, to try and “wash” the smog out of the sky.
(9) The first site has the installation characteristics for a PCB-askarel-filled transformer with sprinkler fire protection.
(10) Low-pressure sprinkler irrigation was investigated as to its potential influence on the frequency of occurrence and relative abundance of Psorophora columbiae eggs in Texas ricelands.
(11) Two studies were conducted investigating the effect of injecting short acting insulin subcutaneously by means of a sprinkler needle; this needle has 14 small holes in the wall but is sealed at the tip.
(12) Sprinklers are hopeless: on a sunny day 80% of the water is lost to evaporation before it makes it to the plant.
(13) California water restrictions have not stopped the sprinklers from flowing Read more Governor Jerry Brown, who has come under fire for imposing a 25% reduction in water use on cities and municipalities but not on farms, signed a relatively toothless law last year that gave the state no power to assign rights to groundwater use.
(14) Moronic irrigation: LA’s new turf war against its sprinkler-happy celebrities Read more In hope of selling screenplays, Corcoran moved to LA in 2011 from Syracuse, New York, where despite plentiful rain residents conserve water, he said.
(15) If you can't physically cope with filling up and carrying water from the butt, you can buy submersible pumps suitable for extracting rainwater from your butts to feed hoses, sprinklers and pressure sprays.
(16) It was a strange ending to a slightly unorthodox game, played on an artificial pitch, with an old-fashioned punch-up in the stands and preceded by the local fire brigade turning up to water the pitch because the ground does not have a sprinkler system.
(17) Flocks placed in houses with roof sprinklers produced 3.3% more hen-day eggs, compared with flocks placed in houses with inside foggers and pad.
(18) An analysis of morbidity was made in 11 kibbutzim (cooperative agricultural settlements), with a total population of 3,040, that had switched from nonwastewater to wastewater sprinkler irrigation or vice versa.
(19) Farmers say that the sprinklers – in place since 2004 – in combination with organic farming techniques, have helped them to invest in transport, send children to school, and improve their housing.
(20) Among the nine viral antibodies studied, there was a consistent and significant excess of antibodies to echovirus type 4 only, particularly in the age group 0-5 years, in kibbutzim that had been exposed to aerosols from sprinkler irrigation with partially treated wastewater from nearby towns.