(n.) A small decorative fold or flap, esp, of lace or muslin, in a garment or headdress.
(v. t.) To decorate with, or as with, a lappet.
Example Sentences:
(1) The distal fibular physis also begins as a transverse structure that becomes undulated and has extensive peripheral lappet formation.
(2) However, as the tibia enlarges diametrically and the epiphyseal ossification center matures, the physis becomes increasingly undulated, with peripheral lappet formation.
(3) In D. dendriticum, however, no secreted layer exists between the inner bothrium surface and the host intestinal villi and the inner bothrium surface of this species appears to be lobed or lappet formed.
(4) C. eberhardi is a small species with primitive characters (cephalic papillae arranged in square, body not flattened dorso-ventrally and without internal lateral cuticular thickenings, tail with well developed median point and two tiny lateral lappets, one pair of distinctly precloacal papillae).
(5) The development of O. petersi, O. belemensis and O. spinosa is similar to that of O. bacillaris: the larvae are in the adipose tissue of various mosquitoes; the infective stages are characterized by the longitudinal salient ridges of the cuticule, the long tail ended by two lappets, the well-developed glandular oesophagus; the female genital anlage lies in the anterior half part of the body, but is not very far from the median line.
(6) The animal cargo, worth $113,715, reportedly included: two lappet-faced vultures, two serval cats, two impalas, two black verreaux’s eagles, three elands, four giraffes, four ground hornbill, five spring hares, six oryx, seven kori bustard, 10 dik-dik, 20 Grant’s gazelle, 68 Thomson’s gazelle, and a secretary bird.
(7) sp., fourth species of the genus, is frequent and associated with the morphologically similar species, D. gracile (Rud., 1809); D. robini differs from D. gracile by structure of caudal lappets of female, vagina, microfilaria and area rugosa.
(8) n. The new genus is differentiated from Mathevotaenia, Markewitchitaenia and Atriotaenia by being craspedote, possessing a large seminal receptacle, the presence of a hermaphroditic canal leading into the genital atrium, and by having two opposable, muscular lappets on the anterior margin of each sucker.
(9) Parasitic third-stage larvae had the 6 internal labial papillae on small elevations without lappets around a small mouth; large, oval amphidial pits; ribbonlike lateral alae for most of their length, but with the anterior 30-40 microns of the alae cordlike; and phasmidial apertures on the body cuticle ventral to the lateral alae.
(10) Infective larvae (cuticle of the second stage) had the 6 internal labial papillae on prominent bluntly rectangular lappets in a star-shaped arrangement around a large triradiate mouth, small triangular or round amphidial pits, flattened ribbonlike lateral alae, and phasmidial apertures opening on the ventral surface of the lateral alae.
Muslin
Definition:
(n.) A thin cotton, white, dyed, or printed. The name is also applied to coarser and heavier cotton goods; as, shirting and sheeting muslins.
Example Sentences:
(1) These findings suggest that single-point cortisol values can be misleading in many Muslin countries during or shortly after Ramadan.
(2) Young healthy albino male mice were subjected to repeated exposure to kerosene by wrapping each of their hind feet with a muslin cloth (1 x 10 cm) wetted with kerosene (0.1 ml).
(3) The arachnoiditis is considered to be due to an inflammatory response to muslin gauze placed close to the optic nerves and chiasm.
(4) I've started rounding up muslins and moses baskets, and my hospital bag is already packed.
(5) It has been suggested that the accompanying loss of vision is due to a muslin-induced optic neuropathy.
(6) All that was needed was a scrap of sticky muslin stretched on the roof and a spectrometer - admittedly a highly sophisticated piece of scientific equipment - to analyse the gamma rays given off by the minute particles of dust it collected.
(7) It has been famous for its muslin and jute production.
(8) I’d be rediscovering the old me, the real one that was somewhere buried beneath the piles of muslin wipes and my failing fortysomething body.
(9) And second, muslin gauze wrapping induced a foreign-body granuloma at the site (parasellar region), and resulted in development of oculomotor palsy.
(10) Wrap the spices with the herbs and garlic in muslin cloth and tie securely.
(11) The specimens were then wrapped with muslin soaked in the conditioner and covered with polythene sheeting for 1 week.
(12) They conclude that reinforcement with muscle is of little value, but that muslin gauze and plastic produced satisfactory results.
(13) Experimental venous pouch aneurysms in rats were wrapped with muscle, bovine collagen, muslin, cotton, or polyvinyl alcohol.
(14) On an informal level, too, members of the Muslin Brotherhood began taking it upon themselves to break up public dance performances – including, last month, this rather bland ballet-styled cabaret show in Cairo .
(15) Microorganisms penetrated single-wrap muslin as early as 3 days and double-wrap muslin and single-wrap two-way crepe paper in 21 to 28 days stored in open shelves.
(16) Empirical evaluations closely simulating actual use conditions were employed to compare critical property levels of commonly used muslin (140-thread) and nonwoven sterile-wraps.
(17) That is not a line from a novel but from one of Austen's 1811 letters to her sister Cassandra, in which she discloses she went shopping for fabric but was "tempted" by a pretty-coloured muslin.
(18) Familial occurrence of fistula auris congenita (ear pits) is described in a Muslin kindred of Indian origin.
(19) Microbial penetration of sterile packs was studied by using double-wrap (two layers each) muslin, single-wrap (two layers) muslin inner covering with single-wrap (one layer) two-way crepe paper outer covering, and single-wrap (two layers) muslin inner covering with single-layer BAR-BAC wrappers to wrap 20 gauze sponges (2 by 2 in.).
(20) He was intubated with a red rubber tube wrapped with aluminum tape and outermost with muslin strips.