(n.) Learning; acquaintance with letters or books.
(n.) The collective body of literary productions, embracing the entire results of knowledge and fancy preserved in writing; also, the whole body of literary productions or writings upon a given subject, or in reference to a particular science or branch of knowledge, or of a given country or period; as, the literature of Biblical criticism; the literature of chemistry.
(n.) The class of writings distinguished for beauty of style or expression, as poetry, essays, or history, in distinction from scientific treatises and works which contain positive knowledge; belles-lettres.
(n.) The occupation, profession, or business of doing literary work.
Example Sentences:
(1) Only 81 cases are reported in the international literature.
(2) The analysis is based on the personal experience of the authors with 117 cases and the review of 223 cases published in the literature.
(3) Because of the small number of patients reported in the world literature and lack of controlled studies, the treatment of small cell carcinoma of the larynx remains controversial; this retrospective analysis suggests that combination chemotherapy plus radiation offers the best chance for cure.
(4) The effects of glucagon-induced insulin secretion upon this lipid regulation are discussed that may resolve conflicting reports in the literature are resolved.
(5) Mutational mosaicism was used as a developmental model to analyze 1,500 sporadic and 179 familial cases of retinoblastoma from the world literature.
(6) A re-examination of the literature indicates that many phagocytes previously unidentified or considered to be microglial cells are probably beta astrocytes.
(7) A review is made from literature and an inventory of psychological and organic factors implicated in this pathology.
(8) The literature on depression and immunity is reviewed and the clinical implications of our findings are discussed.
(9) The pathogenicity of Mycoplasma pneumoniae in atypical pneumonias can be considered confirmed according to the availabile literature; its importance for other inflammatory diseases of the respiratory tract, particularly for chronic bronchitis, is not yet sufficiently clear.
(10) Based upon our clinical experience and this review of the literature, a suggested management protocol is presented.
(11) These data, compared with literature findings, support the idea that intratumoral BCG instillation of bladder cancer permits a longer disease-free period than other therapeutical approaches.
(12) In agreement with the data in the literature, melanocytes incubated with IFN-gamma acquire HLA-DR, -DQ, and -DP antigens.
(13) The literature is reviewed to define the role of the different treatment modalities.
(14) Therefore, we performed meta-analysis of literature reports in Japan (n = 3), the USA (n = 4), and Europe (n = 20) on the risk of postgastrectomy cancer.
(15) The mother in Arthur Ransome's children's classic, Swallows and Amazons, is something of a cipher, but her inability to make basic decisions does mean she receives one of the finest telegrams in all literature.
(16) A review of the literature reveals no similar case.
(17) Short-forms of Wechsler intelligence tests have abounded in the literature and have been recommended for use as screening instruments in clinical and research settings.
(18) After examining the cases reported in literature (Sacks, Barabas, Beighton Sykes), they point out that, contrary to what is generally believed, the syndrome is not rare and cases, sporadic or familial, of recurrent episodes of spontaneous rupture of the intestine and large vessels or peripheral arteries are frequent.
(19) On the basis of reports in the literature and of our own clinical experience it appears that melanocyte inhibiting factor (MIF) is a very promising therapeutic agent in the management of Parkinson's disease.
(20) Her novels have an enduring and universal appeal and she is recognised as one of the greatest writers in English literature.
Tetralogy
Definition:
(n.) A group or series of four dramatic pieces, three tragedies and one satyric, or comic, piece (or sometimes four tragedies), represented consequently on the Attic stage at the Dionysiac festival.
Example Sentences:
(1) Thus, there is still a need for improvement, particularly future research devoted to better understanding of the electrophysiological mechanisms responsible for arrhythmias, electrosurgical and medical arrhythmia therapy, and right and left ventricular mechanics after repair of tetralogy of Fallot.
(2) Ninety-six consecutive total repairs of the tetralogy of Fallot are reviewed.
(3) diastasis recti abdominis with pericardial hernia, ventral defect of the diaphragm, partial defect of the sternum, and tetralogy of Fallot.
(4) The following cardiovascular lesions were operated: large aortopulmonary septal defects, localized just above the valvular rings in 2 patients with severe pulmonary hypertension, with very good effect in both; tetralogy of Fallot - in 2 babies, in one with good effect; congenital mitral obstruction with pulmonary hypertension in one case, with good effect; total anomalous pulmonary venous return of supracardiac type in one child, decreased 1 week following operation; type 1 complete transposition of great arteries in one baby, deceased one day following operation; large ventricular septal defects, with systemic or nearly systemic pulmonary hypertension in 5 children, in one with long-term good effect.
(5) The aim of the study was to evaluate the main predictors of the inducibility of sustained ventricular tachycardia (VT) in patients with repaired tetralogy of Fallot.
(6) A review was undertaken of 488 patients followed up for more than 1 month after repair of tetralogy of Fallot (mean follow-up time 6.1 years); 13.5% had ventricular arrhythmia on routine electrocardiogram.
(7) The patient was a 27-year-old female who had undergone corrective surgery for tetralogy of Fallot at the age of 8, and developed VT of distinctly different QRS configurations.
(8) The work is based on the analysis of complications of Waterston-Cooley-Edwards anastomosis which create tactical and technical difficulties in correction of Fallot's tetralogy.
(9) Three patients aged 4, 11, and 24 years with congenital heart disease had St. Jude Medical valves in pulmonary positions (two cases) for tetralogy of Fallot and in the tricuspid position (one case).
(10) Early and late results in 309 patients undergoing repair of tetralogy of Fallot between 1960 and 1982 were analyzed with respect to independent determinants of operative mortality, late reoperation, and late death.
(11) As a result, the most frequently observed abnormality (50%) was a complex of anomalies similar to tetralogy of Fallot in man.
(12) Fallot's tetralogy is associated with increased maternal age and parity.
(13) The necessity of recatheterization after correction of tetralogy of Fallot is discussed.
(14) A 3-year-old boy underwent corrective surgery for tetralogy of Fallot.
(15) Surgical repair was performed on 8 patients with tetralogy of Fallot and congenital or acquired absence of the left pulmonary artery.
(16) To preserve right ventricular function after intracardiac repair of tetralogy of Fallot, we developed a standardized patch infundibuloplasty with minimum ventriculotomy and myocardial resection.
(17) We analyzed 131 hearts with tetralogy of Fallot for their prominent surgical anatomical features.
(18) The treatment of a rarely described variant of tetralogy of Fallot with pulmonary atresia is reported.
(19) Cardiac catheterization revealed an extreme tetralogy of Fallot complicated by a patent ductus arteriosus.
(20) The infection was associated with Fallot's tetralogy in 10 patients (17%), ventricular septal defect in 7 (4%), bicuspid aortic valve in 7 (16%), coarctation of the aorta in 6 (8%), atrial septal defects in 2 (1%), and patent ductus arteriosus and pulmonary artery branch stenosis in 1 patient each.