(n.) A fieldwork consisting of two faces, forming a salient angle, and two parallel flanks. See Bastion.
(n.) A half horseshoe, which wants the sponge.
(n.) A kind of watch crystal which is more than ordinarily flattened in the center; also, a species of convexoconcave lens for spectacles.
(n.) A piece of felt to cover the eye of a vicious horse.
(n.) Any surface of semicircular or segmental form; especially, the piece of wall between the curves of a vault and its springing line.
(n.) An iron shoe at the end of the stock of a gun carriage.
Example Sentences:
Meniscus
Definition:
(n.) A crescent.
(n.) A lens convex on one side and concave on the other.
(n.) An interarticular synovial cartilage or membrane; esp., one of the intervertebral synovial disks in some parts of the vertebral column of birds.
Example Sentences:
(1) Isolated meniscus pathology (12.48%) was treated by arthroscopy alone, and refixation of the medial meniscus was carried out using the inside-out technique in 27 cases.
(2) The disruption of collagen fiber binding in the meniscus by normal saline is time and temperature dependent.
(3) However, attempts to correlate meniscus height with subsequent Schirmer test results showed that these measurements varied randomly.
(4) The functional microcirculatory system of the meniscus was investigated in nine sheep using laser Doppler flowmetry (LDF).
(5) However, even after 6 months, the central core of the meniscus remained acellular.
(6) This technique, called selective magnetic resonance imaging, yielded excellent visualization of the posterior cruciate ligament, medial meniscus, and lateral meniscus in all patients.
(7) Windshields, spectacles, contact lenses, lashes, an excessive tear meniscus, intraocular lens scratches, and posterior capsular opacification are possible causes that can be easily identified and treated.
(8) On the other hand, if there are sure indications of a tear, sonography of the meniscus makes it possible to introduce therapeutic measures immediately and thereby to avoid any possible secondary damage.
(9) 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.
(10) Nine pedunculated benign synoviomata causing mechanical symptoms similar to those of a torn meniscus are described.
(11) A graft consisting of semitendinosus and gracilis (SG) tendons is passed under the anterior horn of the medial meniscus through the knee joint, then brought out through the posterior capsule and secured to the lateral femoral metaphysis.
(12) Conservative surgical treatment without excision of the synovial membrane or meniscus but including arthroplasty of both the eminence and the lateral side of the glenoid fossa was successful.
(13) The treatment of the discoid meniscus is based on total or partial meniscectomy, achieved by the percutaneous or arthrometric technique.
(14) Quite a lot of things here are variations on the idea of enclosure, putting a roof up, spreading some kind of meniscus over the land.
(15) This usually results from intermittent visualization of the meniscus out of direct profile to the x-ray beam.
(16) For comparison, normal-appearing cartilage specimens from 2 patients with meniscus injury and 2 with degenerative joint disease (DJD) were also examined.
(17) If Rose has the meniscus removed that would allow him to return to the league quicker but it's a risky move, one that could shorten his career.
(18) There was a 14.4% diagnostic error that caused us to remove the meniscus without demonstrable pathology.
(19) Vascularisation of the meniscus was studied in 12 cadaver knees after latex injection of vessels.
(20) Although not within the scope of this article, acute arthroscopic repair of a torn meniscus, evaluation of the degree of tear of the anterior cruciate ligament, and arthroscopic repair of osteochondral fractures are all benefited by acute arthroscopic examination.