(n.) One of the small, oval, rounded spots upon the stem or branch of a plant, from which the underlying tissues may protrude or roots may issue, either in the air, or more commonly when the stem or branch is covered with water or earth.
(n.) A small, lens-shaped gland on the under side of some leaves.
Example Sentences:
(1) Win2--GUS fusions were also expressed as part of normal plant development, as GUS activity was detected in the developing buds and in a layer of cells associated with the lenticels of unwounded tubers.
Lenticular
Definition:
(a.) Resembling a lentil in size or form; having the form of a double-convex lens.
Example Sentences:
(1) This technique has proved extremely useful in our hands and we suggest that it is a useful alternative in the management of coexistent lenticular and corneal opacification.
(2) Volumes of caudate, lenticular, and diencephalic structures are estimated, as are grey matter volumes in eight separate cortical regions.
(3) Lenticular lesions were present in all but two of the 18 patients with detailed ocular examination, whereas corneal opacities were found more often in type II than type I disease.
(4) Theoretically, a circular and lenticular implant is the most appropriate for implantation in the capsular bag.
(5) An immunohistochemical and electron microscopic study of this rare, benign, congenital tumor of lenticular anlage was performed.
(6) The lenticular nucleus was gradually shifted to a posterior location.
(7) Thirty-five cases of congenital lenticular dislocation seen in our Center since 1985 have been studied and analyzed clinically.
(8) basilaris, but in senile dementia ANC were much fewer in the thalamus and lenticular nuclei.
(9) The position, displacement and phase angle of the rotation axis of the ossicles was calculated based on the displacement and phase angle of the umbo, malleus head and lenticular process.
(10) The magnitude of the lenticular abnormality, but not the temporal lobe abnormality, was associated with age at first psychiatric contact; earlier onset was associated with larger lenticular nuclei.
(11) The human lens enzyme, the most stable of the species, maintained nearly 100% of its original activity up to 65 degrees C. Lenticular glutathione reductase activity did not reach zero levels in any of the seven species until a temperature of at least 80 degrees C was attained.
(12) The second had a scleral laceration without corneal or lenticular involvement.
(13) Here we show that the pattern of protein 4.1 variants changes during the terminal differentiation of erythroid and lenticular cells, with novel variants appearing in postmitotic cells.
(14) We studied the changes in central lenticular thickness in 40 porcine corneal specimens subjected to refractive modification on the "Hamburg Refractive Bench."
(15) The calculated deformation of brain presented a hematoma cavity elongated from anterior to posterior direction at the lenticular nucleus.
(16) A high incidence of lenticular and retinal degeneration was associated with megaloglobus.
(17) Adventitious effects, purposeful lenticular changes and adaptations in response to environmental forces are reviewed as possible sources of this astigmatic variability.
(18) Specific antigens were detected in the lens of the eyeball by immunofluorescence test with sera from mice in which ophthalmitis had been induced and the antigens were lenticular proteins with molecular weights (MW) of 15,000 (15K) to 25K, and 45K.
(19) A patient with a retained intra-ocular foreign body had a lens extraction for lenticular chalcosis.
(20) In general, the manufacturers' claims made in favour of the blended lenticular lenses were supported.