(n.) Smoothness; freedom from friction; also, property, which diminishes friction; as, the lubricity of oil.
(n.) Slipperiness; instability; as, the lubricity of fortune.
(n.) Lasciviousness; propensity to lewdness; lewdness; lechery; incontinency.
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.
Oiliness
Definition:
(n.) The quality of being oily.
Example Sentences:
(1) Wistar rats were infected by injection of 0.05 ml of a dense oily suspension of Staphylococcus aureus into the posterior thigh muscles of the hind leg.
(2) Nutritionists recommend we consume two portions a week of fish, including one of oily fish such as mackerel, herring and tuna.
(3) Our experience with these three patients, plus the two previously reported, suggest that two conditions must be present for oily material to enter the ventricular system through the outlets of the fourth ventricle: first, there must be a reversal of bulk flow of cerebrospinal fluid; second, the oily material must have a specific gravity less than that of cerebrospinal fluid.
(4) One group ate a diet high in saturated fat, salt and sugar, and low in fibre, oily fish and fruit and vegetables.
(5) Incubation of blood neutrophils with uterine flushings collected from ovariectomised mares treated with oestradiol, stimulated migration under agarose, whereas flushings from mares treated with progesterone or oily vehicle, inhibited migration.
(6) This characteristic of the oily contrast medium has been utilized for regional targeting of chemotherapy in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma, which has been termed "lipiodolization".
(7) CT scan and gamma camera radiograph confirmed that the oily contrast material or I-131 radioactivity accumulated selectively in the tumor over a long period.
(8) Of course we depend on oil companies because there is no other work.” Facebook Twitter Pinterest Canals full of oily water created during the cleanup process.
(9) The previous strict separation between water soluble, ionised media for the lumbal canal and oily media for the lumbosacral junction as well as the thoracic and cervical canal is no longer necessary.
(10) The many factors which affect absorption rate are discussed and it is suggested that preparations which depend on an oily gel to delay absorption add an avoidable factor to the list of variables which may play an important part in producing the significant differences in serum levels commonly reported after the use of PAM preparations.
(11) The figure includes around 29,000 deaths hastened by inhaling minute particles of oily, unburnt soot emitted by all petrol engines, and an estimated 23,500 by the invisible but toxic gas NO 2 emitted by diesel engines.
(12) Mackerel, an oily fish packed with Omega 3, has been championed by celebrity chefs such as Guardian writer Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, who in his Channel 4 Fish Fight programme persuaded sceptical consumers to eat his mackerel baps.
(13) The oily x-ray contrast medium persisted in the tumours over several weeks or months.
(14) "Lipiodol-Ultra-Fluid" an oily contrast medium which has used in experiments with minipigs can be radiologically and histologically demonstrated in nodes for months.
(15) Similar biological activities were obtained for oily and dry preparations of the same forms of alpha-tocopheryl acetate.
(16) The introduction of an oily retinylacetate solution into the fistula was attended both by an increase of the retinylpalmitate content in the blood plasma and the appearance therein of the retinyl-palmitat-hydrolase activity.
(17) Successful entrapment was achieved with the following conditions: (1) an alkaline water phase, (2) addition of fatty acid salt in the oily phase, and (3) addition of a water-miscible solvent in the oily phase.
(18) According to the British Heart Foundation, many doctors now prescribe fish oil supplements to reduce blood fats, although the BHF also recommends eating more oily fish.
(19) Forty-one CT sialograms were performed in 35 patients using acinar glandular filling with oily contrast material.
(20) Triglyceride is the major lipid class in most of these fishes with oily bones (74.1-93.7% as per cent lipid); cholesterol and phospholipid were two other lipid classes in the bones.