(a.) Full of knots; having knots knurled; as, a knotted cord; the knotted oak.
(a.) Interwoven; matted; entangled.
(a.) Having intersecting lines or figures.
(a.) Characterized by small, detached points, chiefly composed of mica, less decomposable than the mass of the rock, and forming knots in relief on the weathered surface; as, knotted rocks.
(a.) Entangled; puzzling; knotty.
Example Sentences:
(1) Two years ago I met a wonderful man and we now feel it’s time to tie the knot.
(2) The tinsel coiled around a jug of squash and bauble in the strip lighting made a golf-ball size knot of guilt burn in my throat.
(3) It is emphasized that surgeons should be more aware of the relationship of the holding power of surgical knots to not only the knot-typing technique but also the kind of suture material used.
(4) When a supercoiled substrate bearing two FLP target sequences in inverse orientation is treated with FLP, the products are multiply knotted structures that arise as a result of random entrapment of interdomainal supercoils.
(5) In principle, the more turns and throws the stronger the knot.
(6) Also numerous small knots on the small intestine, peritoneum, and omentum, as well as a considerable amount of ascites were observed.
(7) Suture knots are buried in the sclera to minimize the risk of late-onset endophthalmitis.
(8) The catheter with intact triple knots could be withdrawn without an invasive maneuver.
(9) A more detailed analysis of the products from recombination between wild-type sites indicates: (1) that the catenanes or knots produced by recombination are both simple and complex; (2) that the ratio of free products to catenanes is independent of the distance between the two directly repeated loxP sites; and (3) that for DNA substrates with four loxP sites significant recombination between non-adjacent sites occurs to give free circular products.
(10) This article studies the different knots, modalities and sutures.
(11) The mechanical performance of these sutures was judged by the following parameters: knot breakage force, configuration of secure knots, and knot run down force.
(12) This could be of important use in expediting root-knot nematode resistance (based on the Aps 1-linked resistance gene Mi) screening for breeding programs, or F1 testing for seed production purposes.
(13) After this manoeuvre, both the introducer and the small knot could be withdrawn from the jugular vein without further incident.
(14) The former appears characteristic of circularly bent DNA and gives rise to a substantial retardation, the latter of bending across a knot or kink in the DNA chain associated with a relatively minor retardation relative to standards.
(15) The suture appears to be solid, and the knots do not loosen.
(16) Now before you get your knickers in a knot, of course I love my children – and I do a decent job of caring for them.
(17) With respect to handling, knotting, tissue drag, absorption, and postoperative complications, the improved Dexon suture was found to be well suited for use in cataract surgery.
(18) The reduced phacoemulsification incision size in combination with a scleral pocket closed with a continuous single knotted 10-0 monofilament nylon suture under tonometric and keratometric control significantly dampens the changes in corneal astigmatism during the early and late postoperative periods.
(19) Two new triterpenoid saponins, wistariasaponins D [1] amd G [2], and the known saponin dehydrosoyasaponin I [3] were isolated from the knots of Wistaria brachybotrys.
(20) Loose ends in efforts to untangle the Gordian knot of Syria | Letters Read more “What is important is Russia has to not be engaged in any activities against anybody but [Isis],” secretary of state John Kerry said.
Varix
Definition:
(n.) A uneven, permanent dilatation of a vein.
(n.) One of the prominent ridges or ribs extending across each of the whorls of certain univalve shells.
Example Sentences:
(1) The authors suggest that pedal varix may be a more common occurrence than previously documented.
(2) Thrombosed varix of venous origin may be difficult to diagnose.
(3) A varix of the iris as a primary vascular lesion without evidence of reactive vascular proliferation secondary to obstructed outflow of a systemic vascular lesion occurred.
(4) Two own cases showed particulars in so far as one patient had an internal fistula between a varix in the base of the upper lobe of the lung and another varix in the apex of the lower lobe.
(5) The spermatic artery was identified and preserved in all but 1 varix ligation.
(6) The cause of the compression was found to be a giant venous varix formed by the dilatation of the outflow vein from a dural arteriovenous fistula located in the superior petrosal sinus.
(7) An orbital varix is a pathological enlargement of the venous channels within the orbit.
(8) We describe five cases of dilation or varix of the umbilical portion of the left portal vein appearing as a fetal intra-abdominal cyst.
(9) 132 varix ligations were performed during 44 separate EVL sessions.
(10) Nine gastric ulcers, four duodenal ulcers, one hemorrhagic gastritis, one gastric varix and three Mallory-Weiss tears were successfully electrocoagulated.
(11) The cause was proven to be a primary orbital varix.
(12) He was diagnosed as having grade 3 + mitral regurgitation (MR) by the Sellers classification and pulmonary varix by cardiac catheterization.
(13) Frequency of haemorrhage in the control group also increased with varix size: haemorrhage occurred from small varices in 35% of patients, from medium varices in 53%, and from large varices in 83%.
(14) He was found to have a thrombosed sapheno-varix with no evidence of a femoral hernia.
(15) Based on the complex regional and systemic hemodynamic forces and local physical properties underlying formation and perpetuation of esophagogastric varices, we propose, as with climatologic events, that a relatively minor or remote physiologic adjustment may set into motion a sequence of destabilizing splanchnic blood flow kinetics that ultimately causes a varix to erupt.
(16) Simple ligature of the bleeding varix is the operation which offers the greatest possibility of survival.
(17) Systemic intravenous administration of posterior pituitary extract temporarily controlled the hemorrhage in 94 per cent of the patients, and the emergency portacaval shunt promptly and permanently controlled the varix bleeding in 96 per cent of the patients.
(18) A new small noninvasive pressure-sensitive capsule for the endoscopic measurement of esophageal varix pressure was evaluated and compared to an initial Yale-designed capsule to test the hypothesis that the diameter of the capsule measuring surface is a limiting factor for the accuracy and variability of capsule pressure measurements.
(19) A rare case of giant cerebral varix with venous angioma and intracerebral hemorrhage, surgically treated with good outcome, is reported.
(20) When a rounded soft tissue density mass is seen on noncontrast-enhanced CT either in or contiguous to the renal hilum, a renal vein varix must be excluded.