(n.) That which is laid; a stratum; a bed; one thickness, course, or fold laid over another; as, a layer of clay or of sand in the earth; a layer of bricks, or of plaster; the layers of an onion.
(n.) A shoot or twig of a plant, not detached from the stock, laid under ground for growth or propagation.
(n.) An artificial oyster bed.
Example Sentences:
(1) By 24 hr, rough endoplasmic reticulum in thecal cells increased from 4.2 to 7% of cell volume, while the amount in granulosa cells increased from less than 3.5% to more than 10%; the quantity remained relatively constant in the theca but declined to prestimulation values in the granulosa layer.
(2) These cells contained organelles characteristic of the maturation stage ameloblast and often extended to the enamel surface, suggesting a possible origin from the ameloblast layer.
(3) None of the other soft tissue layers-ameloblasts, stratum intermedium or dental follicle--immunostain for TGF-beta 1.
(4) Adding a layer of private pensions, it was thought, does not involve Government mechanisms and keeps the money in the private sector.
(5) Intraepidermal clefting starts at the junction between the basal and epidermal layers, and later involves all of the levels of the stratum spinosum.
(6) These data suggest that basophilic cell function in the superficial mucous layer in the nose is of greater significance in the development of nasal symptoms in response to nasal allergy than either mucociliary activity or nasal mucosal hypersensitivity to histamine.
(7) Likewise, they had little or no effects on the fluorescence anisotropy of TMA-DPH, which is also thought to be located in the interfacial region of the lipid bilayer, either when the probe was located in the outer layer of the plasma membrane or when the probe was located in the inner membrane compartment.
(8) While the heaviest anterogradely labeled ascending projections were observed to the contralateral ventral posterolateral nucleus of the thalamus, pars oralis (VPLo), efferent projections were also observed to the contralateral ventrolateral thalamic nucleus (VLc) and central lateral (CL) nucleus of the thalamic intralaminar complex, magnocellular (and to a lesser extent parvicellular) red nucleus, nucleus of Darkschewitsch, zona incerta, nucleus of the posterior commissure, lateral intermediate layer and deep layer of the superior colliculus, dorsolateral periaqueductal gray, contralateral nucleus reticularis tegmenti pontis and basilar pontine nuclei (especially dorsal and peduncular), and dorsal (DAO) and medial (MAO) accessory olivary nuclei, ipsilateral lateral (external) cuneate nucleus (LCN) and lateral reticular nucleus (LRN), and to a lesser extent the caudal medial vestibular nucleus (MVN) and caudal nucleus prepositus hypoglossi (NPH), and dorsal medullary raphe.
(9) Separation of PL by thin-layer chromatography revealed a prevalence of phosphatidylcholine followed by phosphatidylethanolamine.
(10) Thin layers of carbon (20 microns) and vacuoles (30 microns) suggested a large temperature gradient along the tissue ablation front.
(11) In cat, DARPP-32-immunoreactive cell bodies identified as Müller cells were demonstrated in the inner nuclear layer (INL) with processes closely surrounding the cell soma of photoreceptors in the outer nuclear layer.
(12) Suspensions of isolated insect flight muscle thick filaments were embedded in layers of vitreous ice and visualized in the electron microscope under liquid nitrogen conditions.
(13) We demonstrated that while the protein was incorporated into the cell layer at 6, 24, 48, and 72 hr, a far greater amount was secreted into the media.
(14) From this proliferating layer, precursor cells migrate outwards to reach the developing neostriatum in a sequential fashion according to two gradients of histogenesis.
(15) In many areas there are additional indications of thalamic terminations in deeper layers.
(16) Their narrowed processes pass at a common site through the muscle layer and above this layer again slightly widen and project above the neighbouring tegument.
(17) One month after unilateral transection of the fimbria-fornix an almost complete lack of cholinergic fibers persists in all layers of the dorsal hippocampus and fascia dentata ipsilateral to the lesion when compared to the contralateral hippocampus or to unlesioned control rats.
(18) After methylene blue, the gradient in resting potential across the circular layer was greatly reduced or abolished.
(19) In contrast, boundary layer diffusion is operative in the release from the matrixes prepared by compression of physical mixtures.
(20) This hydrostatic pressure may well be the driving force for creating channels for acid and pepsin to cross the mucus layer covering the mucosal surface.
Refill
Definition:
(v. t. & i.) To fill, or become full, again.
Example Sentences:
(1) The present results indicated that BK mobilized Ca2+ from both intracellular and extracellular space(s) and suggest the presence of an extracellular Ca2(+)-dependent rapid refilling system of intracellular Ca2+ store(s) in human vascular endothelial cells.
(2) Also, 10(-5) M-diltiazem or 10(-6) M-TA3090 inhibited the refilling to levels attributable only to leak influx of Ca2+.
(3) The infusion dose and frequency of drug refilling were limited by pump quality.
(4) The temperature dependence of capillary refill raises questions regarding its reliability in the prehospital setting.
(5) The pump was refilled at intervals, on an outpatient basis.
(6) The effectiveness of a pharmacist in determining the appropriateness of prescription renewal for patients appearing at a hospital-based refill clinic was investigated.
(7) Possible mechanisms causing the observed biphasic lymph flow response to capillary pressure elevation are: 1) changes in Starling forces oppose an increase in capillary pressure; 2) the rate of change in tissue fluid pressure affects lymph flow to a greater extent than does the absolute change in tissue fluid pressure; or, 3) the lymphatics empty upon elevation and refill as the capillaries filter.
(8) The cyst refilled so frequently that radiation was given to the cystic tumour.
(9) BAY K 8644 reversed the inhibitory effect of CPA on stores Ca2+ refilling.
(10) The pump is refilled transcutaneously with 25 ml U100 insulin (Hoechst 21PH) on a monthly basis and has a second septum (side port) proximal to the catheter, which allows flushing the catheter or lavaging the pump unit.
(11) Compared with preoperative cases, the postgastrectomized patients showed a significantly exaggerated postprandial response of CCK release in the initial 60 minutes, however, their gallbladder, responding to rapid reduction of plasma CCK levels, refilled significantly earlier.
(12) However, we voluntarily disclose our more than 300,000 donors and post our audited financial statements on our website along with the 990s for anyone to see.” Separately, the Clinton Health Access Initiative (Chai), the foundation’s flagship programme, is refiling its form 990s for at least two years, 2012 and 2013, a Chai spokeswoman, Maura Daley, said, describing the incorrect government grant break-outs for those two years as typographical errors.
(13) A 59 year old man suffering from intractable chronic pain from sacral coccygeal relapsing neoplasia with pelvic invasion, operated and irradiated more than once, after a first partial success with subarachnoid intermittent morphine infusion by means of a subcutaneous reservoir, refilled transcutaneously, has been treated with continuous intrathecal low-dose morphine infusion with a totally implantable pump.
(14) Margate was among the “Portas Pilot” towns which won £100,000 in funding to back new ideas to boost trade and refill empty shops on some of the UK’s most battered high streets.
(15) Refill compliance was monitored via the computerized patient profile system for a period of three months.
(16) In contrast, the refill of the common Ca-pool releasable by NA and CAF is independent of the extracellular Mg, but its spontaneous emptying is temperature-, and Mg-dependent.
(17) When sequential sections along the shaft adjacent to the screw were examined, it appeared that the increased resorption and refilling activity subsequently migrated away from the screw site, both proximally and distally.
(18) After controlling for elapsed time since last prescription, log-linear analyses showed the importance of prescription status (new and refill) and respondent's age as correlates of consultation by pharmacy personnel, while prescription status, age, and sex were significant for prescribers.
(19) I also present a method for teaching this system to residents that makes use of a piece of cotton or nylon rope, a cotton mop refill, and the end of a garden rake.
(20) These results suggest either that a Ca2+ pump is involved which is insensitive to structurally dissimilar inhibitors or that a Ca2+ pump is not involved in refilling of the Ca2+ pool involved in [Ca2+]i oscillations in these cells.