(n.) The stay extending from the foot of the foremast to the maintop.
(n.) Main support; principal dependence.
Example Sentences:
(1) Diuretics remain the mainstay of therapy for most hypertensive black patients.
(2) Surgery must be considered the mainstay of therapy for fibrosarcoma, but there is a need for adjunctive therapy.
(3) Although Burkitt's lymphoma (BL) can be treated by surgery, radiotherapy and immunotherapy, chemotherapy is the mainstay of treatment.
(4) Aggressive therapy with intravenous fluids and potassium and the judicious use of insulin, in conjunction with careful monitoring of central venous pressure and urine output, form the mainstays of treatment.
(5) CT is now the mainstay of diagnosis for stable patients with blunt hepatic injuries.
(6) Lubricants, anthralin, and corticosteroids form the mainstay of therapy in mild and moderate psoriasis of the palms and soles.
(7) Lithium remains the mainstay of pharmacologic therapy for the majority of patients with bipolar disorder; however, significant numbers of patients with both classical bipolar disorder and syndromal variants fail to respond to lithium therapy.
(8) Consequently, digoxin remains the mainstay for chronic inotropic support of the heart.
(9) Heparin is the mainstay of treatment for deep venous thrombosis and pulmonary embolism, with an important role played by warfarin therapy.
(10) Plain radiography remains the mainstay of diagnosis of vertebral injuries.
(11) Radiation rather than surgery has been the mainstay of treatment for intracranial tumors of the optic pathway.
(12) The mainstay of pain relief is effective use of analgetics which should be given orally if possible, on a regular schedule and on an individualized basis according with the WHO guidelines.
(13) The mainstays of therapy include motivation, meticulous physical and laboratory evaluation, abstinence, and support during withdrawal.
(14) Although combination antibiotic therapy and correct postoperative wound management are potentially successful, the mainstay of treatment is complete excision of all necrotic tissue.
(15) Pelviscopy, along with the entire concept of minimally invasive surgery through endoscopically guided intra-abdominal surgery, has become a mainstay in gynecologic surgery.
(16) Contact was made with a ‘mystical-religious’ group that used the gas to accelerate arriving at their transcendental-meditative state of choice.” It increased in popularity with the rise of festival culture – it’s been a mainstay of Glastonbury’s stone circle and squat parties in Bristol and south London for at least a decade – but the equipment needed to dispense it remained relatively expensive.
(17) Antipsychotic medication remains a mainstay of treatment in both acute and chronic schizophrenia.
(18) In all cases, even when corticosteroids are the mainstay of maintenance treatment, bronchodilators must be used simultaneously.
(19) For many centuries antacids have been the mainstay of treatment of peptic disorders.
(20) The mainstays of treatment are life-style changes to avoid overexertion and use of light-weight orthoses and assistive aids to unload the extremities.
Rope
Definition:
(n.) A row or string consisting of a number of things united, as by braiding, twining, etc.; as, a rope of onions.
(n.) A large, stout cord, usually one not less than an inch in circumference, made of strands twisted or braided together. It differs from cord, line, and string, only in its size. See Cordage.
(n.) The small intestines; as, the ropes of birds.
(v. i.) To be formed into rope; to draw out or extend into a filament or thread, as by means of any glutinous or adhesive quality.
(v. t.) To bind, fasten, or tie with a rope or cord; as, to rope a bale of goods.
(v. t.) To connect or fasten together, as a party of mountain climbers, with a rope.
(v. t.) To partition, separate, or divide off, by means of a rope, so as to include or exclude something; as, to rope in, or rope off, a plot of ground; to rope out a crowd.
(v. t.) To lasso (a steer, horse).
(v. t.) To draw, as with a rope; to entice; to inveigle; to decoy; as, to rope in customers or voters.
(v. t.) To prevent from winning (as a horse), by pulling or curbing.
Example Sentences:
(1) Old fishing nets and briny ropes enclose the gardens, and lines of washing flap in the Atlantic breeze.
(2) The blue skipping rope – that’s the key to this race.” My eight-year-old daughter looked at me like I was mad … but when it came time for the year 3 skipping race, she did as she was told – and duly chalked up a glorious personal best in third place.
(3) Right now, with Kabila already 10 years in power and looking immovable, despotism seems to have democracy on the ropes.
(4) The rope suddenly breaks in Götterdämmerung, and that's the end of their role – they can no longer foresee the future because the structured and predictable world of the gods is about to be replaced by the chaos of human existence.
(5) On the contrary, a plant with a THC level below 50 per cent of the cannabinoids and 0.3 per cent of the dried substance, in addition to a low level of total cannabinoids, has low intoxicant potential and can be used in industry for the production of oil and rope.
(6) Look,” taking off her headscarf and exposing her neck, “they strangled me with a rope.
(7) Canelo throws a huge right hook, but it only connects with the ropes as Mayweather dances away.
(8) There are some difficult sections but there are ropes to hold on to, so as long as you're wearing good trekking shoes you should be fine.
(9) Six systems for defining and evaluating disease activity in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) (the Ropes system, the National Institutes of Health [NIH] system, the New York Hospital for Special Surgery system, the British Isles Lupus Assessment Group [BILAG] scale, the University of Toronto SLE Disease Activity Index [SLE-DAI], and the Systemic Lupus Activity Measure [SLAM]) were tested on 25 SLE patients who were selected to represent a range of disease activity.
(10) Treatment of cells with 2,4-D (2.5 mM) or 2,4,5-T (1.25 mM) for 20 h resulted in severe MT aggregation and the appearance of large bundles, which were organized in a rope-like structure in the former and a dramatic octopus-like pattern in the latter.
(11) Canelo is back on the ropes taking a series of Mayweather combinations.
(12) I also present a method for teaching this system to residents that makes use of a piece of cotton or nylon rope, a cotton mop refill, and the end of a garden rake.
(13) 1 Muhammad Ali's 'rope-a-dope' Ali's "rope-a-dope" plan for 1974's Rumble in the Jungle – his fight against unbeaten George Foreman for the world heavyweight title – was one of the riskiest strategies ever seen in boxing.
(14) Despite the fact that the children evidenced as a group high self-concept at the outset, a significant improvement on this measure appeared after the jump-rope regimen.
(15) Five Rhesus Monkeys (Macaca mulatta), a suitable nonhuman model, performed 5 months of rope-climbing exercise.
(16) We drive to the seafront, where two fishermen are toiling to the rear of the beach, turning cogs that wind a rope attached to their boat to tug it in from the sea over wooden planks.
(17) Then the ropes and helmets came out; my first rock-climbing lesson.
(18) Suddenly, we were back in the age of ropes and pulleys and brute strength to deliver her into the hands of the mechanised world.
(19) Seventy-seven flexor tendon lesions in zone I have been reinserted by the "rope down" technique using the Jennings barb-wire.
(20) For seven sweltering rounds, against all prognoses, Ali allowed Foreman, the brutish, one-blow Goliath, actually to punch himself out on his arms, as Ali himself lay on the ropes, head back as if out of a bedroom window to check if the cat was on the roof.