(n.) A tool for lifting loose sand from the mold; also, a contrivance attached to a cope, to hold the sand together when the cope is lifted.
Example Sentences:
(1) Next it reviews major issues and controversies such as age restrictions for lifters, physiological effects, drug use, potential strength gains and hypertrophy.
(2) To assess physiological and psychological states accompanying anabolic-androgenic steroid use, male weight lifters 1) were interviewed regarding their physical training and the patterns and effects of any drug use; 2) completed a written physical and medical history questionnaire, a Profile of Mood States questionnaire, and the Buss-Durkee Hostility Inventory; and 3) were physically examined, including a blood sample and urinalysis.
(3) For one experiment, three groups of subjects (untrained, cyclists, and weight lifters) performed maximal one- or two-limb isometric tasks for which the two-limb combinations were either both legs or the left arm and the right leg.
(4) There was no significant difference between the weight lifters and control subjects in rapid filling index, early to late integral ratio or ejection fraction.
(5) Clinical implications include more effective strength training of lifting muscle groups other than spinal extensors and the teaching of lifting strategies employed by weight lifters in low-back rehabilitation and work-hardening programs.
(6) In weight-lifters, there was only a slight, compensated posttraining acidosis, which tended to decrease 10 min after the training.
(7) Because platelets play a pathogenic role in these disorders, the authors hypothesized that androgenic steroid abuse among weight lifters was associated with increased platelet aggregation as measured in vitro.
(8) The weight lifter's desire to achieve higher limits of performance coupled with the rotator cuff's unfavorable position during lifting often leads to shoulder injury.
(9) We report a preliminary study of the process of therapy in two out-patient psychotherapy groups for female 'non-sensical' shop-lifters.
(10) We’re a nation of lifters, not leaners or learners, after all.
(11) Athletes were equally classified into two groups: 11 swimmers who had a pattern of myocardial hypertrophy with normal wall thickness to dimension ratio and 11 power lifters whose wall thickness to dimension ratio was increased.
(12) It appears, though, that bodybuilders, relying on a high repetition training system, in contrast to Olympic weight- and power lifters, display a small increase in number of capillaries per fiber.
(13) A group of 103 female weight lifters (WL) and 92 control (C) women answered a survey concerning eating behavior and attitudes (including the Eating Disorder Inventory) and menstrual function.
(14) The incidence of spondylolysis is unusually high in ballet dancers and certain athletic groups, such as gymnasts, javelin throwers, and weight-lifters.
(15) The results from the three-months study, from the weight lifters taking ND for 3 years, as well as from 26 of the 57 athletes who had been taking ND showed no evidence of a deleterious effect of ND (based on 26 biochemical measurements).
(16) Six weight lifters in the experimental group who had been taking ND for at least 3 years were also studied to determine whether there were any deleterious effects on their health.
(17) The cause of the fracture and the underlying mechanism are discussed and it is concluded that it appears appropriate to warn body-builders and weight-lifters against arm wrestling.
(18) A case of bilateral pseudohydronephrosis and hydroureter produced by markedly hypertrophied psoas muscles in a weight lifter is presented.
(19) Most of the subjects (three lifters and two runners) carried on their normal exercise activities, while two lifters stopped training during the 2 weeks.
(20) There is evidence for a true relative hypertrophy in weight lifters as indicated by similar absolute cardiac dimensions and similar biometric variables.
Spatula
Definition:
(n.) An implement shaped like a knife, flat, thin, and somewhat flexible, used for spreading paints, fine plasters, drugs in compounding prescriptions, etc. Cf. Palette knife, under Palette.
Example Sentences:
(1) The relationship between technique of obtaining Papanicolaou smears, presence of endocervical cells, and rate of cervical neoplasia was studied by comparing an endocervical and ectocervical nylon brush (Bayne brush), Ayre spatula plus endocervical brush, and spatula plus cotton-tipped swab in a randomized, prospective trial involving 11,061 patients.
(2) A model system of exfoliated normal human cervicovaginal squamous cells, exfoliated rodent tumor cells, and acellular, viscous, mucuslike material was used to investigate cell deposition on smear preparations made with three different instruments: plastic spatulas, wooden spatulas, and brush-tipped collectors.
(3) Both the modified Ayre spatula and the cytobrush were found to be inadequate in a significant number of patients with known cytological atypia.
(4) Since the collected epithelium cells adhere to the pipettes, these cells were transferred onto a polycarbonate filter by using a micro spatula.
(5) The performance of a new ectocervical brush sampler--the Cervex--was compared with the Ayre spatula in 280 paired cervical smears.
(6) With this approach, retraction of the orbital contents decreases the amount of retraction of the brain to such an extent that a brain spatula is not necessary for access to the anterior communicating artery complex.
(7) The incidence of smears with endocervical cells, however, was significantly greater using the Aylesbury (33.4%) than the Ayre (20.4%) spatulas, despite there being no difference in the incidence of smears with epithelial abnormalities.
(8) The inefficiency of the Ayres Spatula in detecting abnormality in cervical cytology has been demonstrated recently in a number of trials.
(9) 5 Flip with a spatula and cook the other side for a few minutes until golden.
(10) After closing the scleral flap with eight interrupted sutures and the conjunctival flap with a running suture, a 1-mm spatula was inserted beneath the scleral flap, and the trabeculum was punctured.
(11) The efficacy of a new sampling technique performed for early detection of cervical carcinoma is compared with Pap smears with the swab-and-wooden spatula technique in 312 women.
(12) The nationwide screening program for cervical carcinoma in The Netherlands was unique in that all women between the age of 35 and 55 years were individually invited to undergo a cervical spatula smear.
(13) Fifty-nine patients had a cervical scrape with a wood spatula first and a plastic spatula second: 60 were scraped in the inverse order.
(14) The cytologically positive cases found in 25,300 cervical smears of spatula samples and 6,168 smears prepared by combined spatula-Cytobrush sampling were analyzed.
(15) In 130 high-risk patients for cervical pathology paired smears were obtained with a wooden spatula and a Cytobrush.
(16) The Multispatula, which is adjustable to the specific shape of each individual cervix, was compared with the Ayre spatula in 236 patients.
(17) A cyclodialysis spatula specifically designed for glaucoma surgery is presented which facilitates the performance of the cyclodialysis procedure alone or in combination with cataract extraction and decreases the chance of inadvertent damage to the eye.
(18) The single case of filamentous bacteria suggests that a spatula may yield better organism retrieval from ulcers caused by filamentous organisms.
(19) They are also known for space-saving devices such as utensils which pack neatly on top of each other in a stand, spatulas, palette knifes and ladles that use a weighted handle to avoid being placed on the countertop, thus saving cleaning.
(20) There are three typical types of manicure: the regular polish; the gel or acrylic spatula-shaped talons beloved of the tabloid Wag; and the super-cool, bejewelled nail art more commonly seen in either east London or Japan.