(n.) That which lubricates; specifically, a substance, as oil, grease, plumbago, etc., used for reducing the friction of the working parts of machinery.
Example Sentences:
(1) Utilizing the bilateral comparison technique in 30 hospitalized patients with chronic stable plaque-type psoriasis vulgaris, we closely monitored the clinical responses to ultraviolet radiation (Westinghouse fluorescent FS40 bulbs, 290--400 nm) and a variety of tar preparations and lubricant vehicles in combination and separately.
(2) Several functional properties of MG1, MG2, and PRG have been examined, including their presence in two-hour in vivo enamel pellicle, binding to synthetic hydroxyapatite, lubricating properties, and interactions with oral streptococci.
(3) We have reviewed the functions of salivary secretions and the major role that saliva plays in maintaining oral homeostasis by protection, repair, and lubrication as well as in the initial phase of digestion.
(4) Results of the determinations indicated that protective leather gloves contained considerable content of chromium, and chromium-free machine oils and lubricants were polluted with chromium's minute quantities as the oils and lubrications were being used.
(5) I used it primarily as a social lubricant but also to alleviate boredom, stress and loneliness.
(6) An artificial joint that articulates with full fluid film lubrication could greatly reduce wear and frictional torque and hence reduce the incidence of loosening and inflammatory tissue reaction.
(7) Sexual dysfunctions which impair coital ability, especially ejaculatory difficulties in the male and genital atrophy and loss of vaginal lubrication in the female, are frequent.
(8) They distribute stresses over a broad area of articular cartilage, absorb shocks during dynamic loading, and probably assist in joint lubrication.
(9) Lubricants, anthralin, and corticosteroids form the mainstay of therapy in mild and moderate psoriasis of the palms and soles.
(10) These include: transcutaneous energy transmission and an implanted variable volume device which eliminate the need for percutaneous access; utilization of an intrathoracic blood pump and variable volume device which allow the diaphragm and abdominal cavity to remain intact; parathoracic or subcutaneous location of the transformer secondary, energy converter, internal battery and interconnecting elements allowing replacement with a minor surgical procedure; employment of the "biolized" continuous blood contacting surface which has the potential of long-term use without anticoagulants and utilization of an electrohydraulic energy converter which provides synchronization without requiring transducers and associated electronics and which provides lubrication of mechanical components.
(11) In the second experimental group the canal negotiation was done in the same way but using a cream (ENDO-PTC) with sodium hypochlorite as a lubrication substance.
(12) This modulates the interaction strength between the polypeptide and water species that "lubricates" the chain's movements, leading to larger protein-volume fluctuation and higher ultrasonic absorption.
(13) Eucerin cream, Gauztex bandages, and DuoDerm pads were used to lubricate and stabilize anesthetic armamentarium.
(14) Since prosthetic meniscal replacement may be performed in the setting of normal articular cartilage, a prosthesis will be required to match the exact joint configuration, induce the same lubricity, produce the same coefficient of friction, and absorb and dampen the same joint forces (without incurring significant creep or abrasion) as does the normal meniscus.
(15) Attention is their choice of lubricant, and we really should not provide it.
(16) The effects of lubrication on the retention of parallel-sided and tapered cast post and cores cemented with zinc phosphate-cement (ZnPO4) and glass ionomer cements were investigated.
(17) Optimal conditions for the protective and lubricant properties of respiratory mucus are represented by high wettability, and adhesiveness high enough not to induce flow of mucus in the respiratory bronchioles under gravity but low enough to mobilize mucus by airflow during coughing.
(18) This lubricant was chosen because it does not damage the tissues defenses of the host and invite infection.
(19) When sharpened with citrus and lubricated with olive oil, this is a real delight.
(20) The final level reached was independent of the specific surface area of the lubricants, but granular magnesium stearate gave a lower surface coverage than the powdered lubricants.
Vaseline
Definition:
(n.) A yellowish translucent substance, almost odorless and tasteless, obtained as a residue in the purification of crude petroleum, and consisting essentially of a mixture of several of the higher members of the paraffin series. It is used as an unguent, and for various purposes in the arts. See the Note under Petrolatum.
Example Sentences:
(1) The myoplasmic Ca2+ transient in response to action potential stimulation was monitored in cut fibres containing Antipyrylazo III under current clamp in a double Vaseline-gap chamber.
(2) The optimal methods were the following: storage of Micromonospora on agarized media under a layer of vaseline oil, storage of Micromonospora in the form of a mature submerged culture on liquid media optimal for its growth and development.
(3) Here, frog single muscle fibers were voltage clamped using the vaseline-gap voltage-clamp technique to study the effect of external [K+] on the voltage-dependent block of inward K+ currents through the inward rectifier by external Cs+.
(4) Intramembranous charge movement was measured in cut twitch fibers mounted in a double Vaseline-gap chamber with either a tetraethylammonium chloride (TEA.Cl) or a TEA2.SO4 solution (13-14 degrees C) in the central pool.
(5) Three manifestations of excitation-contraction (E-C) coupling were measured in cut skeletal muscle fibers of the frog, voltage clamped in a double Vaseline gap: intramembrane charge movements, myoplasmic Ca2+ transients, and changes in optical transparency.
(6) Slides covered with vaseline were exposed to the air for 24 h every day during the above-mentioned period.
(7) Single frog skeletal muscle fibres bathed in a relaxing solution were cut close to the tendon and mounted across a single Vaseline gap so that a short segment of intact terminated fibre extended beyond one side of the gap.
(8) A simple method, which does not require microelectrodes, allowed continual estimation of a fiber's membrane (rm) and internal longitudinal (ri) resistances as well as the external resistance (re) under the Vaseline seals.
(9) We investigated inactivation of the slow calcium current (ICa) at very positive potentials (over 30-40 mV) and recovery from inactivation in cut twitch skeletal muscle fibres of the frog, using the double-vaseline-gap technique.
(10) inoculated intraperitoneally in a dose of 1 X 10(7) cells into mice previously treated with vaseline oil or pristane, produced tumors in 100% of the animals.
(11) Anything, really, to trowel vaseline over the lens for a soft ESPN Sunday NFL Countdown segment.
(12) In the case presented, the patient was ingesting Vaseline Intensive Care Lotion and baby oil as laxatives.
(13) Destructive activity of isolated strain was retained after 5-year storage in lyophylized state and under vaseline oil.
(14) Consenting adults were prospectively randomized to one of the following: Vaseline gauze nasal packing or 30 Dexon mucosal suture.
(15) Postoperative treatment with a vaselinated iodoform gauze lasted between 3 and 5 weeks.
(16) Charge movement was measured in frog cut twitch fibers with the double Vaseline gap technique.
(17) Packing retrorectal space by Spongel instead of the vaseline gauze, the post-operative care is simplified and the delay of hospitalisation really shortened.
(18) Thirty-five patients with lichen sclerosus were given local 2% testosterone propionate in vaseline twice a day for 8 weeks, once a day for another 8 weeks and then 3 times a week for another 8 weeks.
(19) Thus, the following aspects are examined: (a) morphological characteristics of the myelinated nerve fiber and problems arising from the membrane currents measurements: (b) problems induced by use of the insulating layers on the myelin surface: air gap or vaseline seal insulation; (c) effect of the nodal gap resistance on the ionic currents measurements in the node of Ranvier membrane.
(20) Intramembrane charge movement was measured on skeletal muscle fibers of the frog in a single Vaseline-gap voltage clamp.