(n.) A part of a tree which extends from the trunk and separates into branches and twigs; a large branch.
(n.) An arm or a leg of a human being; a leg, arm, or wing of an animal.
(n.) A thing or person regarded as a part or member of, or attachment to, something else.
(n.) An elementary piece of the mechanism of a lock.
(v. t.) To supply with limbs.
(v. t.) To dismember; to tear off the limbs of.
(n.) A border or edge, in certain special uses.
(n.) The border or upper spreading part of a monopetalous corolla, or of a petal, or sepal; blade.
(n.) The border or edge of the disk of a heavenly body, especially of the sun and moon.
(n.) The graduated margin of an arc or circle, in an instrument for measuring angles.
Example Sentences:
(1) Anesthetized sheep (n = 6) previously prepared with a lung lymph fistula underwent 2 hr of tourniquet ischemia of both lower limbs.
(2) In the upper limb and facial forms of familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy first recorded in Swiss and Finns respectively, the differences in their patterns of neurological disease and ocular lesions could be the result of their amyloids deriving from proteins other than prealbumin.
(3) Although each of palate and limb is concurrently susceptible to epigenetic regulation, their differential intrinsic genomic capabilities appear to have been uncoupled.
(4) Comparisons of ICR locations were made between flexion and extension, between left and right limbs, and between living and dead dogs, using analysis of variance.
(5) The most frequent source of the pulmonary circulation thromboembolism was the lower limb veins.
(6) No case of oromandibular-limb abnormality was seen in the CVS groups, but 1 child in the AC group had aplasia of the right hand.
(7) The NAD-dependent enzymes (except alpha-GPDH) showed a stronger reactivity in the proximal tubules, while the NADP-dependent ones were more reactive in the thick limb of Henle's loop and distal convoluted tubules.
(8) Of these, 12 had radiation-induced neurologic complications which, in 5 instances, consisted of persisting, wholly or partially disabling paresis in the lower limbs.
(9) The rate of removal of exogenous PGE2 in the hind limb circulation was not influenced by HC, suggesting that the diminution of PG release by HC results from the suppression of PG generation rather than from the enhancement of degradation.
(10) Full length or multifocal uptake was seen in six patients, all of whom eventually required graft excision with two limbs surviving, and one death.
(11) Cooling of the necrotic limb with the application of a tourniquet and general nonoperative treatment were conducted in preparation for amputation.
(12) Limb abnormalities included lumbar scoliosis, short malformed tibias and fibulas, and polydactyly.
(13) Seventy-one patients with 80 lower limbs clinically suspected of deep venous thrombosis (DVT) were investigated by both Doppler ultrasound and venography.
(14) Piretanide blocks the Na+ 2Cl- K+ cotransporter protein in the thick ascending limb (TAL) of the loop of Henle reversibly.
(15) Bidrin treatment of quail embryos results in axial anomalies as well as malformations of the beak and the limbs.
(16) The myogenic potential of chick limb mesenchyme from stages 18-25 was assessed by micromass culture under conditions conductive to myogenesis, and was measured as the proportion of differentiated (muscle myosin-positive) mononucleated cells detected.
(17) Facial twitch was followed by the generalized convulsion, further progressing to trembling of the limbs and then kicking of the hindlimb (full seizure) after 55 days of age.
(18) High levels of both enzymes were reached noticeably earlier during development in PCT and PST than in medullary thick ascending limb, which emphasizes metabolic heterogeneity of developing rat kidney nephron.
(19) Forty-eight reinterventions in 34 limbs were required to restore or maintain graft patency in thrombosed or failing grafts.
(20) Stimulation of nerves in the limbs evoked EPSPs and JPSPs in 201 of 204 tested LRN neurones.
Limy
Definition:
(a.) Smeared with, or consisting of, lime; viscous.
(a.) Containing lime; as, a limy soil.
(a.) Resembling lime; having the qualities of lime.
Example Sentences:
(1) The frequency of chromosome aberrations was measured in cultured Umbra limi heart (U1-H) and Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells following exposure to the polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) 3,4-benzopyrene (BP), 1,2,5,6-dibenzanthracene (DBA), 1,2-benzanthracene (BA), and pyrene (PY), activated using S9 prepared from rainbow trout liver.
(2) This is a report of a limy bile syndrome in a little girl aged 21 months, whose gall-bladder is spontaneously visible on the abdominal X Ray, with a biliary stone inside.
(3) Due to the very limited amount of knowledge available on the cytochemistry and architecture of fish chromosomes, an extensive banding study was carried out on chromosomes of the central mudminnow, Umbra limi.
(4) Limy bile, characterized by excessive precipitation of calcium carbonate, is an uncommon complication of gallstone disease, and is a condition that seems to follow gall-bladder obstruction.
(5) Spontaneous disappearance of "limy bile" was noted in three cases.
(6) It was concluded that the chromosomes of Umbra limi displayed typical responses to low level radiation exposure and that this fish would be an ideal cytogenetics model for this study of induced chromosome aberrations in fishes.
(7) Chemical analyses by atomic absorption spectrophotometry and crystallographic studies by the X-ray powder diffraction method and infrared spectrometry (KBr-disk method) were made on 33 cases of calcium carbonate gallstone or so-called limy bile.
(8) Incidence of "limy bile" is relatively rare and only 120 cases have been recorded in Japan so far.
(9) The limy bile syndrome is very rare in infancy and childhood and is found more exceptionally in new-born.
(10) Results of fluorescent staining with 33258 Hoechst and quinacrine HC1 raised some interesting questions concerning the cytochemistry of U. limi chromosomes, as well as the specificity of these stains.
(11) Pathological compact limy shadings of the soft parts of the extremities are possible because of numerous reasons.
(12) An in vivo system for the detection of sister chromatid exchange (SCE) in the central mudminnow, Umbra limi, is presented.
(13) Limy bile is a rare condition characterized by excessive precipitation of calcium carbonate in the gall-bladder.
(14) Discussion is provided on the polyandry found among villagers of Limi in the Highlands of Nepal and the Tre-ba of Central Tibet, where there is fraternal polyandry patriarchies, where fertility rates of these unions were not higher, and a sizeable fraction of women 20-49 were left without mates (31% in Limi and 29% in Dhinga).
(15) We report the case of a patient with limy bile located in both the gallbladder and common bile duct, and disappearing spontaneously.
(16) Unique findings are also available in emphysematous cholecystitis, xanthogranulomatous cholecystitis, stones with gas (Mercedez-Benz sign), limy bile, and enhancement in acute cholecystitis.
(17) SCE analysis in U. limi should be a useful tool for measuring the mutagenicity of water-borne chemicals.
(18) We report a case of an unusual compact limy shading of the soft part in the lower leg, obviously caused by unphysique material the origin of which even retrospectively could not be clarified.
(19) Complications of gallstone disease include pancreatitis, biliary-enteric fistulas, hydrops, limy bile, porcelain gallsbladder, and carcinoma of the gallbladder.
(20) The exact etiology of formation of limy bile in the gallbladder has not yet been understood completely.