(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.
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Definition:
(a.) Having limbs; -- chiefly used in composition.
(a.) Having legs of a different tincture from that of the body; -- said of a bird in heraldic representations.
Example Sentences:
(1) It is recognized that caregivers encompass family members and nursing staff.
(2) Complementarity determining regions (CDR) are conserved to different extents, with the first CDR region in all family members being among the most conserved segments of the molecule.
(3) Because many wnt genes are also expressed in the lung, we have examined whether the wnt family member wnt-2 (irp) plays a role in lung development.
(4) For related pairs, both the primes (first pictures) and targets (second pictures) varied in rated "typicality" (Rosch, 1975), being either typical or relatively atypical members of their primary superordinate category.
(5) A recent visit by a member of Iraq's government from Baghdad to Basra and back cost about $12,000 (£7,800), the cable claimed.
(6) The temporary loss of a family member through deployment brings unique stresses to a family in three different stages: predeployment, survival, and reunion.
(7) In the 2nd family, several members had cerebellar signs, chorea, and dementia.
(8) These tumors may nonetheless be etiologically related as indicated by the pattern of laboratory abnormalities, especially immunologic, in affected as well as unaffected members.
(9) The move to an alliance model is not only to achieve greater scale and reach, although growing from 15 partner organisations to 50 members is not to be sniffed at.
(10) While the majority of EU member states, including the UK, do not have a direct interest in the CAR, or in taking action, the alternative is unthinkable.
(11) "These developments are clearly unwarranted on the basis of economic and budgetary fundamentals in these two member states and the steps that they are taking to reinforce those fundamentals."
(12) In every case the patient was the first affected family member.
(13) His walkout reportedly meant his fellow foreign affairs select committee members could not vote since they lacked a quorum.
(14) In this paper sensitive and selective bioassays are described for growth factors acting on substrate-attached cells, in particular members of the epidermal growth factor, transforming growth factor beta, platelet-derived growth factor, insulin-like growth factor, and heparin-binding growth factor families.
(15) Jeremy Corbyn could learn a lot from Ken Livingstone | Hugh Muir Read more High-minded commentators will say that self-respect – as well as Burke’s dictum that MPs are more than delegates – should be enough to make members under pressure assert their independence.
(16) Half of the DRw11-positive panel members are DQw3 negative and DQw1 positive.
(17) They include the Francoist slogan "Arriba España" and the yoke-and-arrows symbol of the far right Falange, whose members killed the women.
(18) From November, 1972 to November, 1974 the members of the team of a haemodialysis unit were systematically given Australia antigen immunoglobulin protection.
(19) A “significant” number of resignations from the party had come in on Tuesday and Giles queried whether the CLP still had the 500 members it needs to remain registered.
(20) Hopes of a breakthrough are slim, though, after WTO members failed to agree a draft deal to rubber-stamp this week.