(a.) Of or pertaining to the lips or labia; as, labial veins.
(a.) Furnished with lips; as, a labial organ pipe.
(a.) Articulated, as a consonant, mainly by the lips, as b, p, m, w.
(a.) Modified, as a vowel, by contraction of the lip opening, as / (f/d), / (/ld), etc., and as eu and u in French, and o, u in German. See Guide to Pronunciation, // 11, 178.
(a.) Of or pertaining to the labium; as, the labial palpi of insects. See Labium.
(n.) A letter or character representing an articulation or sound formed or uttered chiefly with the lips, as b, p, w.
(n.) An organ pipe that is furnished with lips; a flue pipe.
(n.) One of the scales which border the mouth of a fish or reptile.
Example Sentences:
(1) However, the pattern in the central nervous system (CNS) and mesoderm is further restricted; the major expression located in the labial neuromere of the CNS and the mesoderm of the first thoracic segment.
(2) It was treated by the method of free autogenous gingival graft on the labial side and gingivectomy by flap on the palatal side.
(3) Class V cavities were prepared on the labial surfaces of the canine teeth of 18 male ferrets.
(4) The classical form most commonly observed on the buccal, palatal and labial mucosa shows a fine lacework of white papules and lines.
(5) This case implies the significance of detecting diabetes mellitus as a contributory factor for labial adhesions.
(6) The labial periodontal ligament, on the other hand, contained less numerous NFP-positive nerves, these terminating among collagen fibers as free endings.
(7) Both larval stages had an inner circle of 6 labial papillae, an outer circle of 6 labial papillae and 4 somatic papillae, and lateral amphidial pits.
(8) Because foscarnet showed an antiviral effect when applied to infected human skin, the lack of effect of foscarnet in clinical studies on recurrent genital or labial herpes may be due to differences in the pathogenesis of the primary and recurrent infections.
(9) Furthermore, in labial glands there was a significant correlation between numbers of 17-109 and G6 idiotope reactive cells (r = 0.61; P less than 0.02), reflecting the known association between these H and L chain CRIs in RF IgM paraproteins.
(10) Labial adhesions have been found commonly in children.
(11) Both labial salivary gland and gingival biopsies were taken from 19 patients with clinical findings suggestive of secondary amyloidosis.
(12) Almost any forms of complete clefts require a rhinoplasty in spite of good primary results with modern methods of operation in the labial region.
(13) In addition, we also report the effects of ectopic expression of the homeotic genes labial (lab), Deformed (Dfd), Scr, Antp or Ubx on the normal development of sensory organs in the embryonic PNS.
(14) The majority of T cells constituting the focal lymphocytic infiltrates in the labial minor salivary glands of patients with Sjögren's syndrome bear the helper phenotype (CD4); activation is expressed by class II (HLA-DR) MHC products.
(15) The labial cleft is continued in the sulcus papillae palatinae.
(16) This article describes a study of determining blood flow of labial and palatal mucoperiosteal flap with radionuclide Xe-133 clearance technique before and after anterior maxillary osteotomies.
(17) This observation can be expressed numerically by the "labial index", which in mongoloids was found significantly lower.
(18) The resulting data reported on labial enamel thickness of anterior teeth may offer guidance in the preparation of laminate veneers.
(19) In laboratory experiments, progressive transversal jaw expansion with screw plates was simulated and the resulting increase in labial archwire force and deflection (autoactivation) was analysed.
(20) The relationships between changes in upper and lower lip positions, naso-labial angle, and labiomental fold with those in the underlying dento-skeletal elements were examined.
Lingual
Definition:
(a.) Of or pertaining to the tongue; uttered by the aid of the tongue; glossal; as, the lingual nerves; a lingual letter.
(n.) A consonant sound formed by the aid of the tongue; -- a term especially applied to certain articulations (as those of t, d, th, and n) and to the letters denoting them.
Example Sentences:
(1) The temperature increased from the anterior to the posterior region on both buccal and lingual sides of both arches.
(2) This was found to be homologous with the N-terminal sequence of rat lingual lipase.
(3) On the buccal and lingual aspects of the implants, both the absolute lengths and CLF were significantly smaller for the porous-coated design.
(4) An abscess of a lingual tonsil should be drained under general anesthesia, and lingual thyroid should be treated conservatively unless it produces obstructive symptoms.
(5) All the teeth were also measured on both their buccal and lingual aspects to assess the amount of gingival recession.
(6) It was suggested that they might be viewed as a representative sample of magnitude-estimation numbers that could be employed in experimentation on lingual vibrotactile magnitude production.
(7) A bucco-lingual cross action through the mandible in the canine area revealed central osteomas.
(8) Cervical cavities were prepared on the lingual and vestibular surfaces in 19 freshly extracted human teeth.
(9) Twelve weeks after crushing the lingual nerve, the regenerated fibres had slower conduction velocities but the receptor properties were not significantly different from normal.
(10) The results indicate that the tongue-to-teeth contact area of each sound differ from the others, however, it's range is confined within cervical half of lingual surface of incisors and lingual cusps of molars.
(11) Three main clinical entities of various intensity have been defined: 8 patients had severe intellectual and motor dysfunctions associated with a bucco-lingual dyspraxia; in 4 patients, the intellectual and motor alterations were less intense but were associated with a severe bucco-lingual dyspraxia; finally one patient had no clinical symptomatology but a chronic lymphocytic meningitis.
(12) In the lingual portion of the incisal periodontal ligament, these nerve fibers were localized in the alveolar half of the periodontal ligament and were observed as free nerve endings.
(13) Data System DALI (Drawing Arch Lingual Ideal) allows to draw the exact design of the wire.
(14) Two-dimensional photoelastic analysis of resin-bonded cingulum rest seats demonstrated improvement in stress distribution when the lingual surface of the tooth was prepared with a cingulum groove.
(15) A macular-sparing superior altitudinal hemianopia with no visuo-psychic disturbance, except impaired visual learning, was associated with bilateral ischaemic necrosis of the lingual gyrus and only partial involvement of the fusiform gyrus on the left side.
(16) Plaque was assessed at baseline and at the end of the 2-week study period using the Turesky modification of the Quigley and Hine index for all buccal and lingual surfaces.
(17) Both drugs relieved the parkinsonian symptoms but the animals on Sinemet developed after 2 weeks prominent lingual dyskinesia which remained visible after each dose until the end of the experiment.
(18) The nerve with the largest proportion of these fibers is the auriculotemporal nerve (50-60% of all labeled neurons), while the smallest percentages are found in the lingual nerve and motor root (about 5% each).
(19) We have concluded from the final data that the sublingual bar compares favorably with the lingual plate in patient acceptance and should be considered as a viable design alternative when a lingual plate is not indicated.
(20) A study of intermandibular variations in bone mass in cortices between regions of the alveolar process and mandibular body and between buccal and lingual cortices in the same region has been carried out.