(n.) In Oriental countries, a respectful form of address given to a woman; mother.
(conj.) But; -- used in cautionary phrases; as, "Vivace, ma non troppo presto" (i. e., lively, but not too quick).
Example Sentences:
(1) Fatah leader Yahya Rabah said the organisation would celebrate "with our brothers in Hamas", the Ma'an news agency reported.
(2) In order to increase the efficiency of androgen blockade, we have used 4-MA, an inhibitor of 5 alpha-reductase, the enzyme which converts testosterone into DHT, to reduce intracellular DHT concentrations and thus facilitate the action of the antiandrogen Flutamide.
(3) Neither was the intra-VMH infusion of MA effective if: (i) the rats were not primed with estrogen; (ii) the tips of the cannulae were outside the VMH; or (iii) it was preceded by an intra-VMH infusion of the alpha 1b-antagonist, chloroethylclonidine (CEC).
(4) This paper reports a study of lipid and carbohydrate metabolism in 42 women who took megestrol acetate (MA) .5 mg daily for 6 months.
(5) Verbal activity was measured by counting the number of times each patient was MA during the course of the group.
(6) Twenty-one rats were divided into two groups: the control group which received no galvanic stimulation, and the galvanically stimulated group which received anodal galvanic stimulation (unipolar monoauricular, 5 mA in intensity, 500 msec of duration, 1 Hz in frequency) for 30 minutes.
(7) sec.-1); b) an enhancement of fast (15-25 Hz) oscillations in the cortical spontaneous electrical activity and weakening and modification of the effects of the blockader of synthesis of MA-alpha-methyl-dioxiphenylalanine.
(8) The MA and BNST in general are involved in regulation of several sexually dimorphic functions, including aggression, sexual behavior, gonadotropin secretion and integration of olfactory information.
(9) The correction of MA improved nitrogen balance and elevated plasma branched-chain amino acids (BCAA), keto acids (BCKA), glutamine and alanine concentrations.
(10) The 125I-MA has a high binding affinity for surface-displayed IgG (2.22 X 10(9) M-1), reacts equally well with all four subclasses of IgG and not at all with IgM or IgA.
(11) These results suggest that a selective increased susceptibility to MA compared with a retained normal resistance to MI in human immunodeficiency virus-infected patients as they progress from AIDS-related complex to AIDS accounts for the higher prevalence of MA than MI infection in AIDS patients.
(12) Methodology for counting microaneurysms (Ma) was developed at a central laboratory and applied in suitable photographs obtained at 0 (baseline), 4, and 8 mo in 68 patients.
(13) K12G0S32 is a 57-kDa recombinant single-chain chimeric plasminogen activator consisting of scFv-K12Go, a single-chain variable-region antigen-binding fragment (Fv) of the monoclonal antibody MA-15C5, which is specific for fragment D-dimer of human cross-linked fibrin, and a low-molecular-mass (33 kDa) urokinase-type plasminogen activator (u-PA-33k) containing amino acids Ala132-Leu411 (Holvoet, P., Laroche, Y., Lijnen, H. R., Van Cauwenberghe, R., Demarsin, E., Brouwers, E., Matthyssens, G. & Collen D. (1991) J. Biol.
(14) Subdividing the A and A+C responsive neurones according to their mono- (M) or polysynaptic (P) connexions yielded the following sub-samples: MC, 39%; PC, 15%; MA, 13%; PA, 33%.
(15) The range of effective stimulation was 1-10 ma, 4-100 Hz and 0.3-0.6 msec.
(16) Moreover, MA-10 inhibits autophosphorylation and protein-tyrosine kinase activity of reduced and purified insulin receptor beta-subunits.
(17) Plaques of 3 to 4 mm in diameter were produced in MA-104 cells after 5 days of incubation at 37 degrees C. Plaque size was even larger (5 to 6 mm) in monolayers of African green monkey kidney cells.
(18) Paired measurements of intrarenal blood flow distribution by MA and Tl uptake methodologies showed that local blood flow assessed with MA in the inner cortical zone was significantly lower than that obtained with 201Tl and that a higher blood flow rate was obtained in the outer cortical zone with MA compared with 201Tl.
(19) Electrical transmural stimulation (ETS; 300 pulses at 0.5, 3 or 10 Hz, 0.5-msec pulse width, 2.8 mA cm-2) of the mucosa-submucosa produced a frequency-dependent increase in Isc and an increase in net anion secretion.
(20) In GN, correlations were seen between T cells and MHC-class II+ cells (r = 0.63; p less than 0.001), and Mo-Ma (r = 0.38; p less than 0.02), infiltrating the interstitium.
Milliampere
Definition:
(n.) The thousandth part of one ampere.
Example Sentences:
(1) Fifty milliamperes of 500-microseconds 910-Hz currents induced a 50-80-mm Hg pressure increase in the jejunum with a threshold of 25 mA.
(2) We used the Aberdeen Impedance Imaging System which uses the 4 electrode technique in a split array, and a current of 1 milliampere on a carrier of 10 kHz to collect a number of data sets.
(3) Ablation of hemorrhoid disease grade was directly correlated with milliampere current and time of application.
(4) Pacing thresholds (milliamperes) were measured at the point of a maximum-amplitude P-wave (PMAX) in the bipolar esophageal electrogram and points 1 cm proximal or 1, 2, or 3 cm distal to PMAX.
(5) Anesthesia was quantitated by elevation of the threshold (milliampere) for shock vocalization with intradermal electrodes.
(6) Electrical stimulation of the recurrent laryngeal nerve with currents of 2 milliamperes caused no postoperative deficits in any of the patients studied.
(7) With use of a head phantom and constant kilovolt peak setting, axial and coronal CT scans of the paranasal sinuses were obtained at each of six successively lower milliampere second settings than are commonly used in clinical practice.
(8) Sensory deficits after segmental sacral nerve lesions or after peripheral nerve injuries postoperatively can be quantitated in terms of milliamperes.
(9) When rabbit eyes were subjected to a current of 500 volts for no less than 250 milliseconds and 400 milliamperes or more, a permanent decrease in the amplitude of the b-wave of the Electroretinogram resulted in some animals.
(10) Although a rough correlation was seen between the quantity of current delivered (milliamperes X seconds) and the NADH decrease, this varied from case to case.
(11) A two milliampere current applied for three minutes to each of four perilimbal sites introduced gentamicin sufficient to maintain therapeutic levels for more than 24 hours.
(12) In tests on 96 cells at a 6.4 milliampere (ma) discharge, recharging once every 15 months of simulated pacing at a 25 microampere (mua) drain, the earliest cell failure occurred after an equivalent of 50 years of pacing.
(13) On the basis of the exposure doses for the phantoms and recorded clinical peak kilovoltages, milliamperes, milliseconds, and fluoroscopic time, average skin and ovarian doses were calculated for each group of children.
(14) In the same incremental manner, the milliampere second settings used in scanning 90 patients were reduced, with no loss of diagnostic quality.
(15) The responses measured in milliamperes were expressed as a number of times control readings.
(16) The study also measures the effects of kVp and milliampere (mA) on Half Value Layer (HVL).
(17) The constant direct current in the implantable units, 0.14 to 0.26 milliamperes, is in the range that produces ventricular arrhythmias in dogs although this did not occur in our patients.
(18) With the selection of appropriate milliamperes and kilovolts, one can maintain high radiographic quality, reduce radiation absorbed dose to the patient, and prolong equipment life.
(19) One 3,000 milliampere-hour (mAh) battery that could be charged to 48% in five minutes and a smaller 600mAh battery that hit 68% in two minutes.
(20) It graphically displays physiological data in the form of a Woolsey-type figurine chart that indicates threshold in milliamperes and, through the use of coded symbols, the quality of response and certain other data.