(n.) One of the spaces between the septa in the Anthozoa.
(n.) One of the compartments of a several-celled ovary; loculament.
Example Sentences:
(1) 64 subjects with hiatus hernia (34 sliding, 22 mixed, and 8 of paraesophageal variety) were divided into 3 groups according to the transverse diameter of the thoracic loculus and examined by 133Xe-radio-spirometry in the supine position.
(2) The following guidelines are suggested for selecting nonoperative treatment: (1) clinically stable patients; (2) instrumental perforations detected before major mediastinal contamination has occurred or perforations with such a long delay in diagnosis that the patient has already demonstrated tolerance for the perforation without the need for surgery; and (3) esophageal disruptions well contained within the mediastinum or a pleural loculus.
(3) The disease ran a protracted course for a total of 20 months before she died from sudden rupture of an abscess loculus into the ventricular system.
(4) The loculus had formed as a consequence of leakage of CSF through a dural tear caused by the knife.
(5) We report a case of this condition in which there was a separate loculus lined by gastric epithelium.
(6) MR findings highly suggestive of an endometrial cyst included adhesions to the surrounding organs (e.g., loss of clear margin of the uterine body and tethered appearance of the rectum); a distinct low-intensity zone surrounding a cyst loculus on both T1- and T2-weighted images produced by a thick fibrous capsule; loculus contents with short T1 and long T2 values, attributed to hemorrhagic fluid; and prominent low intensity (shading) within a loculus on T2-weighted images, the mechanism of which is yet to be determined.
(7) The average values of the length (in the direction of uterine long axis) and width (mesome-trial-antimesometrial axis) in the loculus of the gravid uterus were 0.39 cm and 0.56 cm at 6 days, and 2.42 cm and 1.74 cm at 15.5 days (partiurition), respectively.
(8) We interpret these data to be consistent with the idea that the two imported proteins that function in the water oxidation step of photosynthesis and are localized in the loculus (the space within the thylakoid vesicles) undergo two-step processing.
(9) In six of the eight patients with an abnormal ultrasonogram a tiny collection of fluid was identified in the gallbladder fossa; in two patients retained intraperitoneal stones were identified (one of these patients also had a small fluid loculus); and one patient had a small amount of free fluid in Morrison's pouch.
(10) The fourth angioma was in the Brachium pontis and reached to the Flocculus and Loculus quadrangularis inferior.
(11) Significant correlations were found between the diameter of the thoracic loculus and the reduction in these vairables of the affected lung.
(12) There were two modes of proliferation of unilocular fat cells: "loculus-dividing" cell division, in which the single loculus of fat in the dividing cell was broken down into multiple droplets and distributed evenly between the daughter cells, and "loculus-preserving" cell division, in which the loculus in the dividing cell was minimally broken down and inherited with its shape preserved by one of the daughter cells with the other getting only a small number of fine lipid droplets.
(13) The shape of the loculus during the gestation was ovoid (mesometrial-antimesometrial axis) until the end of 10 days converged to the spherical form and thereafter changed gradually to the ovoid from in the direction of uterine long axis contraly to the previous days.
(14) In one child a loculus of uno-pacified dialysate was readily identified, confirming sonographic findings that suggested an inflammatory pseudocyst.
(15) Evacuation of this loculus resulted in some neurological improvement.
(16) In the golden hamster (Mesocricetus auratus) the gestation period and the loculus size of the gravid uterus from day 6 to day 15.5 (parturition) of gestation as well as the weight, width (umbilcus-black) and lenght (crown-rump) of the embryos from day 9 to the parturition were measured.
(17) It is postulated, that these enzymes derived from the tapetum catalyze the different steps of phenylpropanoid metabolism at or in cavities of the exine after their transfer into the loculus.
(18) The contents of another loculus were separated in a pollen and tapetum fraction.
(19) Myelography and CT revealed a compressive extradural lesion shown at exploratory operation to be a loculus of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF).
(20) Plasmodesmata initially connect the tapetal cells to each other, the pollen mother cells, and the inner loculus wall cells.
Oculus
Definition:
(n.) An eye; (Bot.) a leaf bud.
(n.) A round window, usually a small one.
Example Sentences:
(1) In March, the independent manufacturer of a forthcoming VR gaming headset, the Oculus Rift, was bought by Facebook for $2bn.
(2) • Facebook gets in a row with games firm Zenimax over who actually owns key parts of technology behind Oculus Rift, with Doom-creator John Carmack at its heart
(3) "Oculus was founded on the contrarian belief that the right people at the right time could finally deliver on the science fiction promise," said Chris Dixon, a partner at Andreessen Horowitz, the venture capital firm which pumped early investments into both Facebook and Oculus (as well as another company bought by Facebook , the photo-sharing website Instagram).
(4) The answer, for the billionaire entrepreneur, is contained in the purchase of Oculus, the maker of the distinctive $350 Rift headset – which looks like a massive pair of opaque diving goggles.
(5) Think wearable tech: Google Glass, for instance, or Oculus Rift , both of which extend the possibilities even further to virtual or augmented realities and audiences existing within artworks, not simply looking on.
(6) It's easy to see why a backer might prefer to take equity in a company rather than settle for a reward: Lynn estimates that an Oculus Rift backer, who had been awarded equity in the company instead of getting a free headset, would have seen their $300 stake rise to around $20,000.
(7) "We're going to make Oculus a platform for many other experiences," said Zuckerberg, offering a window into his thinking.
(8) It raised $2.4m on crowdfunding site Kickstarte r to make its Oculus Rift VR headset for gaming, distributing early versions to developers so they could start working with the device.
(10) • Sony's project Morpheus is a direct competitor to the Oculus Rift VR headset for the PlayStation 4
(11) 4 Oculus isn't the only player in gaming VR The week before the Facebook announcement, Sony unveiled its own VR headset for the PlayStation 4, Project Morpheus .
(12) Later that month, Brendan Iribe, the Oculus CEO, claimed that the two companies would one day build an online multiplayer virtual reality game for one billion players.
(13) 'A bigger network than exists in the world today' Iribe admitted that building a 1 billion-user community world was "going to take a bigger network than exists in the world today.” He said that Facebook, with its 1.23 billion monthly active users was certainly a good start, suggesting that the Oculus Rift could be used to represent an interconnected virtual world similar to Facebook’s social network.
(14) • I swapped my world for a virtual one – and I loved what I found • WhatsApp: Facebook acquires messaging service in $19bn deal • Sony’s Oculus Rift VR headset rival expected next week at GDC
(15) Already, the first adult-only software for Oculus has arrived, with companies such as Wicked Paradise preparing fully motion-captured "episodic erotic games".
(16) With the purchase of WhatsApp, Moves and Oculus, Facebook seems well on its way to becoming a GE-style conglomerate, with Zuckerberg happily at its head, steering it to a prosperous future.
(17) To be honest, I'm not even surprised Oculus was sold, I'm more surprised that Facebook ended up being the highest bidder."
(18) Thus far, Oculus Rift's open, hackable nature has made it easy for porn companies to experiment.
(19) The news that Facebook has splurged $2bn (£1.2bn) on buying Oculus Rift , the world's first really viable virtual reality headset, has set off waves of plaintive snark in the world of videogames.
(20) All under one magnificent roof.” Oculus was Westfield’s $1.4bn bet that New York, a city known for its love of the street, could also have a successful mall.