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Macule


Definition:

  • (n.) A spot.
  • (n.) A blur, or an appearance of a double impression, as when the paper slips a little; a mackle.
  • (v.) To blur; especially (Print.), to blur or double an impression from type. See Mackle.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Three types of lesions were observed: red plaques, pityriasis versicolor (PV)-like macules and plane warts.
  • (2) The case also showed characteristic palmar melanotic macules.
  • (3) We report the clinical features, electrophysiologic findings, and dapsone and isoniazid excretion studies in three young people who ingested excessive amounts (2-4 times the prescribed dose) of dapsone for hypopigmented macules and who developed, subacutely, progressive motor neuropathy a few months later.
  • (4) Nodular lesions were found in three patients, who did not have macules.
  • (5) A 44-year-old woman was diagnosed as having unilateral multiple progradient pigmented macules and papules of the upper extremity and adjacent part of the back.
  • (6) The lesions developed as solitary, slowly extending, erythematous macules and plaques, usually occurring on the extremities or the shoulders in adolescents or adults.
  • (7) An asymptomatic macule or patch may be the first recognizable feature.
  • (8) We report a case of a 10-month-old male infant with GM1 type 1 gangliosidosis who also had hyperpigmented macules and patches.
  • (9) In this group, flat melanotic macules around the eyes were located on the opposite parts of the upper and lower eyelids.
  • (10) Hair cell polarization patterns were investigated on the sensory macule of the sacculus and lagena of the lake whitefish.
  • (11) Histological examination using serial sections were performed on 47 cases and showed evidence of dermal melanocytosis in 40 cases (85%) consisting of 33 (70%) without clinically detectable macules and 7 (15%) with obvious pigmented macules.
  • (12) In some HIV-infected patients the cause of the macules might relate to the administration of zidovudine and antifungal or antibacterial drugs.
  • (13) The skin lesions that are often seen are hypopigmented circular macules, measuring approximately 0.5 cm in diameter.
  • (14) This disease, which affects children and teenagers, males as well as females, is characterized by pigmented macules 5-25 mm in diameter, affecting the neck, the trunk and the limbs.
  • (15) We found that the population and structure of melanocytes differ greatly depending on the coloration of the cafĂ©-au-lait macules.
  • (16) Generalized discrete hypopigmented macules forming a camouflage pattern appeared on the skin of a man.
  • (17) A hypopigmented macule on her face along with neuroimaging studies suggested an inflammatory process.
  • (18) Photoactivated psoralens were studied in sixty cases of tuberculoid leprosy for the repigmentation of hypopigmented macules.
  • (19) This article describes the light and electron microscopic studies from a macule and the surrounding lightly hyperpigmented skin of a patient with the Cronkhite-Canada syndrome.
  • (20) Pigmented macules and plaques in the oral cavity, representing the radial growth phase of tumors, often go unrecognized for months or years before tumor invasion.

Type


Definition:

  • (n.) The mark or impression of something; stamp; impressed sign; emblem.
  • (n.) Form or character impressed; style; semblance.
  • (n.) A figure or representation of something to come; a token; a sign; a symbol; -- correlative to antitype.
  • (n.) That which possesses or exemplifies characteristic qualities; the representative.
  • (n.) A general form or structure common to a number of individuals; hence, the ideal representation of a species, genus, or other group, combining the essential characteristics; an animal or plant possessing or exemplifying the essential characteristics of a species, genus, or other group. Also, a group or division of animals having a certain typical or characteristic structure of body maintained within the group.
  • (n.) The original object, or class of objects, scene, face, or conception, which becomes the subject of a copy; esp., the design on the face of a medal or a coin.
  • (n.) A simple compound, used as a mode or pattern to which other compounds are conveniently regarded as being related, and from which they may be actually or theoretically derived.
  • (n.) A raised letter, figure, accent, or other character, cast in metal or cut in wood, used in printing.
  • (n.) Such letters or characters, in general, or the whole quantity of them used in printing, spoken of collectively; any number or mass of such letters or characters, however disposed.
  • (v. t.) To represent by a type, model, or symbol beforehand; to prefigure.
  • (v. t.) To furnish an expression or copy of; to represent; to typify.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) From 1982 to 1989, bronchoplasty or segmental bronchoplasty and pulmonary arterioplasty in combination with lobectomy and segmentectomy were performed for 9 patients with central type lung carcinoma.
  • (2) We used the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) to amplify the breakpoint area of alpha-thalassemia-1 of Southeast Asia type and several parts of the alpha-globin gene cluster to make a differential diagnosis between alpha-thalassemia-1 and Hb Bart's hydrops fetalis.
  • (3) Comparison of the S100 alpha-binding protein profiles in fast- and slow-twitch fibers of various species revealed few, if any, species- or fiber type-specific S100 binding proteins.
  • (4) In contrast, resting cells of strain CHA750 produced five times less IAA in a buffer (pH 6.0) containing 1 mM-L-tryptophan than did resting cells of the wild-type, illustrating the major contribution of TSO to IAA synthesis under these conditions.
  • (5) Comparison of wild type and the mutant parD promoter sequences indicated that three short repeats are likely involved in the negative regulation of this promoter.
  • (6) These results suggest the presence of a new antigen-antibody system for another human type C retrovirus related antigens(s) and a participation of retrovirus in autoimmune diseases.
  • (7) The half-life of 45Ca in the various calcium fractions of both types of bone was 72 hours in both the control and malnourished groups except the calcium complex portion of the long bone of the control group, which was about 100 hours.
  • (8) Insensitive variants die more slowly than wild type cells, with 10-20% cell death observed within 24 h after addition of dexamethasone.
  • (9) Irrespective of the type of arthropathy, synovial fluid dialysable hydroxyproline levels correlate with urinary hydroxyproline excretion.
  • (10) The promoters of the adenovirus 2 major late gene, the mouse beta-globin gene, the mouse immunoglobulin VH gene and the LTR of the human T-lymphotropic retrovirus type I were tested for their transcription activities in cell-free extracts of four cell lines; HeLa, CESS (Epstein-Barr virus-transformed human B cell line), MT-1 (HTLV-I-infected human T cell line without viral protein synthesis), and MT-2 (HTLV-I-infected human T cell line producing viral proteins).
  • (11) MRK20 reacted with monocytes, but MRK16 did not with any WBC type.
  • (12) Type 1 changes (decreased signal intensity on T1-weighted spin-echo images and increased signal intensity on T2-weighted images) were identified in 20 patients (4%) and type 2 (increased signal intensity on T1-weighted images and isointense or slightly increased signal intensity on T2-weighted images) in 77 patients (16%).
  • (13) RNAs encoding a wild-type (RBK1) and a mutant (RBK1(Y379V,V381T); RBK1*) subunit of voltage-dependent potassium channels were injected into Xenopus oocytes.
  • (14) These data indicate that RNA faithfully transfers "suppressive" as well as "positive" types of immune responses that have been reported previously for lymphocytes obtained directly from tumour-bearing and tumour-immune animals.
  • (15) The present study was therefore carried out to specify further which type of adrenoceptor is involved in lithium-induced hyperglycaemia and inhibition of insulin secretion.
  • (16) It was concluded that the significant factors affecting outcome are tumor cell type and presence or absence or mitoses.
  • (17) The invaginations were classified into four easily recognized types: regular, chunky, filigree, and ridge (present only in axon hillock regions).
  • (18) The RNA polymerase activity was tested after the solubilization and chromatographic resolution of the three types of polymerases with exogenous template.
  • (19) In choosing between various scanning techniques the factors to be considered include availability, cost, the type of equipment, the expertise of the medical and technical staff, and the inherent capabilities of the system.
  • (20) Phenotypic relationships were examined between final score and 13 type appraisal traits and first lactation milk yield from 2935 Ayrshire, 3154 Brown Swiss, 13,110 Guernsey, 50,422 Jersey, and 924 Milking Shorthorn records.

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