(n.) One of the bones, usually bearing teeth, which form the framework of the mouth.
(n.) Hence, also, the bone itself with the teeth and covering.
(n.) In the plural, the mouth.
(n.) Fig.: Anything resembling the jaw of an animal in form or action; esp., pl., the mouth or way of entrance; as, the jaws of a pass; the jaws of darkness; the jaws of death.
(n.) A notch or opening.
(n.) A notched or forked part, adapted for holding an object in place; as, the jaw of a railway-car pedestal. See Axle guard.
(n.) One of a pair of opposing parts which are movable towards or from each other, for grasping or crushing anything between them, as, the jaws of a vise, or the jaws of a stone-crushing machine.
(n.) The inner end of a boom or gaff, hollowed in a half circle so as to move freely on a mast.
(n.) Impudent or abusive talk.
(v. i.) To scold; to clamor.
(v. t.) To assail or abuse by scolding.
Example Sentences:
(1) However, the effect of prior jaw motion and the effect of the recording site on the EMG amplitudes and on the vertical dimension of minimum EMG activity have not been documented.
(2) Radiologists may encounter patients with fixed dental prostheses that may produce image distortion on MRI scans of the face and jaw.
(3) Based on the findings of our recent longitudinal study on the abnormalities of the dentition in cleidocranial dysplasia (CCD), a hypothesis has been proposed, which makes it possible to predict time of onset of formation of supernumerary teeth and their location in the jaws.
(4) The EMG silent periods (SP) produced in the open-close-clench cycle and jaw-jerk reflex were compared for duration before and after treatment with an occlusal bite splint.
(5) In 12 patients with lower macrognathia we have applied a technique allowing to prevent the postsurgical recidives of the jaw deformation.
(6) At the end of treatment the sagittal jaw relationship was significantly improved.
(7) In one horse, the superior aspect of the right ascending ramus of the lower jaw below the coronoid process revealed a gunshot wound; the other skeletons showed no evidence of trauma.
(8) Noxious conditioning stimulation of a tooth led to a temporary decrease of the threshold for the jaw-opening reflex elicited from a contralateral or adjacent tooth; only conditioning stimulation at an intensity producing a marked arousal reaction was effective in this respect.
(9) The observers assessed the panoramic and periapical radiographs of the teeth, which were evenly distributed throughout the jaws with a 50% probability that either an osteolytic or sclerotic lesion was present.
(10) The jaw deviated to the right when he opened his mouth fully.
(11) As an initial feasibility study of computer-controlled radiation therapy, its application to produce wedge-shaped dose distributions by moving the collimator jaws has been evaluated.
(12) It is important that the dentist knows about disturbances of blood coagulation during and after hemo-dialysis, so that he avoids administration of platelet-inhibiting medication like aspirin and that he recognizes radiologically visible signs of insufficient dialysis in the jaws.
(13) Experimentally induced tongue contact with a variety of solid surfaces during lapping (an activity involving accumulation of a liquid bolus in the valleculae) induced neither increased jaw opening nor the additional EMG pattern.
(14) Incisal occlusion was shown to have an important part to play in the amount and direction of jaw movement.
(15) Hemimasticatory spasm is a rare disorder of the trigeminal nerve that produces involuntary jaw closure due to paroxysmal unilateral contraction of jaw-closing muscles.
(16) When, against Real Madrid, Nani was sent off, Ferguson, jaws agape, interrupting his incessant mastication, roared from the bench, uprooting his assistant and marched to the touchline.
(17) It is also possible for patients with underlying psychosis to present first to the dental surgeon for jaw correction.
(18) A hypothesis is presented as to how certain occlusal relationships and habitual patterns of jaw use may predispose an individual to TMJ internal derangements.
(19) Lastly, the CVA indicated major differences across the genus to be located in the teeth and jaws, suggesting diet might be an important distinguishing feature in Colobus.
(20) Before and one, two, three, and seven days after the experiment, the following measures were made: (1) superficial masseter and anterior temporalis muscle tenderness (pain threshold), (2) jaw movement (opening and lateral excursion), and (3) current pain level for the right and left sides of the jaw.
Vise
Definition:
(n.) An instrument consisting of two jaws, closing by a screw, lever, cam, or the like, for holding work, as in filing.
(n.) An indorsement made on a passport by the proper authorities of certain countries on the continent of Europe, denoting that it has been examined, and that the person who bears it is permitted to proceed on his journey; a visa.
(v. t.) To examine and indorse, as a passport; to visa.
Example Sentences:
(1) For rapid and fairly consistent splitting, a vise to the jaws of which triangular metal files have been welded has been found useful.
(2) In addition, most patients exhibited a marked shift from abnormal to normal platelet aggregation or vise-versa within a short time period.
(3) These results could not be interpreted on the basis of shift of 5 monodeiodinase to 5' form or vise versa, and imply that the two deionative process may be independent each other.
(4) The teeth were reproducibly repositioned in a bench-vise, where a profilometer repeatedly measured root surface levels at the same location.
(5) Thus, the action of the bisintercalating drug may be compared to a vise clamping the inner base pairs.
(6) A miniature vise built into a copper stub is described that holds bulk, pre-frozen, hydrated biological specimens during examination under the electron beam of the scanning electron microscope.
(7) The technique using the transfer vise is compared to other existing techniques, and its advantages and limitations are discussed.
(8) A recently developed vise for gluing ceramic cross-section specimens is described, and some examples of the effect of glue thickness on specimen quality are shown.
(9) Neurones which increased their firing rate during phrenic nerve activity tend to respond with decrease discharge to passive chest inflation, and vise versa.
(10) Professor Roger Jones, Professorial Research Fellow in the Victoria Institute of Strategic Economic Studies (VISES) at Victoria University “The perfect storm of stupidity.
(11) It has been established that the main features of the laminar picture of the maxillary sinuses can be determined by two main properties of tomography as a method: the possibility to lead the portions of the sinus osseous walls of greater-length as compared with conventional roentgenography out to the edge-forming zone due to oblique course of the ray beam, and vise versa, disappearance of outlines of these walls in those sections where they are considerably inclined in relation to the roentgen film plane.
(12) Teeth to be split were grooved on their opposing external surfaces and were then cracked open between the file blades upon application of pressure by the vise.
(13) The transfer vise and its technique are recommended for the routine treatment of fixed and removable prosthodontic patients.
(14) In group II (n = 20) the dogs were decapitated by means of a specially designed neck vise.
(15) In addition to its known influence on calcium exchange it gives vise to an analgesic effect within the central nervous system and this follows systemic administration or after bolus intrathecal injection.
(16) The transfer vise, a new instrument that is used for the adjustment of articulators, is described.
(17) The frozen pulps were removed with the help of a screw vise and analysed for ATP, ADP and AMP contents and Ca2+ and Mg2+-ATPases activities.
(18) A modified vise allowing easy handling and safe performing of bone grafts is described.
(19) Vise-grip pliers were used to twist the nail into a cigar-wrapper shape.
(20) Each femur was held in an angle vise that was placed on rollers on a table mounted on the servohydraulic testing machine.