(a.) Of or pertaining to the sides; as, the lateral walls of a house; the lateral branches of a tree.
(a.) Lying at, or extending toward, the side; away from the mesial plane; external; -- opposed to mesial.
(a.) Directed to the side; as, a lateral view of a thing.
Example Sentences:
(1) On both days, blood was collected by jugular venepuncture at 10.30 h, and then again 2, 4, 6 and 24 h later.
(2) The influence of the various concepts for the induction of lateral structure formation in lipid membranes on integral functional units like ionophores is demonstrated by analysing the single channel current fluctuations of gramicidin in bimolecular lipid membranes.
(3) In Patient 2 they were at first paroxysmal and unformed, with more prolonged metamorphopsia; later there appeared to be palinoptic formed images, possibly postictal in nature.
(4) National policy on the longer-term future of the services will not be known until the government publishes a national music plan later this term.
(5) Six hours later, bronchoalveolar lavage was performed.
(6) The present findings indicate that the deafferented [or isolated] hypothalamus remains neuronally isolated from the environment if the operation is carried out later than the end of the first week of life.
(7) Nine months later, the animals were sacrificed, the esophagus and the gastric stump were removed for histologic examination.
(8) In addition to the aqueduct other associated inner ear anomalies have been identified in 60% of this population including: enlarged vestibule (14); enlarged vestibule and lateral semicircular canal (7); enlarged vestibule and hypoplastic cochlea (4); and hypoplastic cochlea (4).
(9) Developing seminiferous tubules and interstitial cells were first seen on day 26, and were well established one day later.
(10) In this phase the educational practices are vastly determined by individual activities which form the basis for later regulations by the state.
(11) The adaptive filter processor was tested for retrospective identification of artifacts in 20 male volunteers who performed the following specific movements between epochs of quiet, supine breathing: raising arms and legs (slowly, quickly, once, and several times), sitting up, breathing deeply and rapidly, and rolling from a supine to a lateral decubitus position.
(12) Endoscopic retrograde cholangiography failed to demonstrate any bile ducts in the right postero-lateral segments of the liver, the "naked segment sign".
(13) On the way back to Pristina later, the lawyer told me everything was fine.
(14) Our experience indicates that lateral rhinotomy is a safe, repeatable and cosmetically sound procedure that provides and excellent surgical approach to the nasal cavity and sinuses.
(15) Intraepidermal clefting starts at the junction between the basal and epidermal layers, and later involves all of the levels of the stratum spinosum.
(16) In later phases, mast cells appeared in the newly formed marrow in the external callus.
(17) Five days later, the animals were randomly assigned to one of four treatment groups: Group 1 received intracranial implantation of controlled-release polymers containing dexamethasone; Group 2 received intraperitoneal implantation of controlled-release polymers containing dexamethasone; Group 3 received serial intraperitoneal injections of dexamethasone; and Group 4 received sham treatment.
(18) We conclude that the rat somatosympathetic reflex consists of an early excitatory component due to the early activation of RVL-spinal sympathoexcitatory neurons with rapidly conducting axons and a later peak that may arise from the late activation of these same neurons as well as the early activation of RVL vasomotor neurons with more slowly conducting spinal axons.
(19) Moments later, Strauss introduces the bold human character with an energetic, upwards melody which he titles "the climb" in the score.
(20) This was followed by loud applause for Gündogan and De Bruyne, when each was later taken off.
Torsion
Definition:
(n.) The act of turning or twisting, or the state of being twisted; the twisting or wrenching of a body by the exertion of a lateral force tending to turn one end or part of it about a longitudinal axis, while the other is held fast or turned in the opposite direction.
(n.) That force with which a thread, wire, or rod of any material, returns, or tends to return, to a state of rest after it has been twisted; torsibility.
Example Sentences:
(1) Prompt diagnosis, in which timely diagnostic laparoscopy and ultrasound evaluation of the pelvis may be helpful, provides the opportunity for prompt laparotomy with untwisting of the torsion and stabilization of the adnexa by suture and cystectomy, if possible, extirpation if not.
(2) In testing the contribution of the long, curved stem to the torsional stability of uncemented prostheses by comparing it with other stems, the long, curved stem was the most stable, followed by a shorter straight stem, and a short, proximally curved stem.
(3) The importance of prompt diagnosis of torsion is emphasized.
(4) In this paper, we develop functions suggested by and regression fit to crystallographic data which allow three of these torsion angles, alpha (O3'-P-O5'-C5'), delta (C5'-C4'-C3'-O3') and epsilon (C4'-C3'-O3'-P), to be calculated as dependent variables of those remaining.
(5) An alternative explanation, that there may be a pre-existing defect in spermatogenesis, was tested in 20 post-pubertal males with acute torsion.
(6) We measured the stiffness of comparable configurations (1 or 2 bars) under axial compression, four-point-bending in two planes, and torsion.
(7) (4) The spine becomes less flexible in the presence of preload when it is subjected to axial tension or axial torsion.
(8) On celiotomy, peritoneal effusion was present secondary to torsion of a 10 x 6 cm right ovarian cyst.
(9) Since some of these patients closely resembled cases of idiopathic torsion dystonia, the prior occurrence of asphyxia should be used as a criterion of exclusion for that diagnosis.
(10) These sequences adopt cruciform geometry when the DNA helix is torsionally strained by negative supercoiling.
(11) Gastric volvulus is an uncommon condition in which an acquired torsion of the stomach results in acute or chronic gastrointestinal symptoms.
(12) The adenine moiety is nearly planar and the torsional angle of the glycosidic linkage O(4')-C(1')-N(3)-C(4) is -161.5 degrees.
(13) Using the single criterion of presence or absence of identifiable intratesticular flow, the authors found that color Doppler was 86% sensitive, 100% specific, and 97% accurate in the diagnosis of torsion and ischemia in the painful scrotum.
(14) A single nucleotide structure having an anti adenine-ribose glycosidic torsional angle of -114 degrees was found to satisfy the experimental distance constraints.
(15) In group I (torsion maintained), unilateral torsion of the spermatic cord was maintained until the day of sacrifice; in group II (torsion and untwist), torsion of the spermatic cord was maintained for 8 to 12 hours, then the spermatic cord was untwisted and the testis was retained until the day of sacrifice.
(16) Values for helical torsional angles phi and psi assume a much wider range than anticipated.
(17) We report the clinical findings, diagnostic problems and treatment of a 1-year-old Coloured child (with classic 'prune belly syndrome') in whom the spleen had undergone torsion, thus simulating an intra-abdominal abscess.
(18) Idiopathic torsion dystonia (ITD) is characterized by sustained, involuntary muscle contractions, frequently causing twisting and repetitive movements or abnormal postures.
(19) The effect of increasing torsional stress on the conformation of the composing elements was determined by analysis of the sensitivity to the single strand-specific S1 endonuclease and it was observed that the sites of conformational alterations correspond to the positions relevant for promoter function (upstream activator sequence, TATA sequence, and RNA initiation site).
(20) Intranucleotide proton-proton distances combined with the knowledge of sugar puckers have been used to fix the glycosidic bond torsion angle (chi).