(a.) Of or pertaining to a mass of matter; -- said of the properties or motions of masses, as distinguished from those of molecules or atoms.
(a.) Having power to grind; grinding; as, the molar teeth; also, of or pertaining to the molar teeth.
(n.) Any one of the teeth back of the incisors and canines. The molar which replace the deciduous or milk teeth are designated as premolars, and those which are not preceded by deciduous teeth are sometimes called true molars. See Tooth.
Example Sentences:
(1) The effect of S-adenosylhomocysteine on DNA methylation was examined, and it was found at equal molar concentrations of S-adenosylhomocysteine to to S-adenosylmethionine that DNA methylation was competitively inhibited 50%.
(2) This suggests that molars do not maintain a fixed relationship to incisors over time, and extreme care must be taken to standardize an experiment to a specific body weight when using this method.
(3) Of the sampled population, 6.3 per cent exhibited some degree of hypodontia (third molar agenesis excluded).
(4) To understand the reason for the opposite effect of the molar ratio observed at the middle of and at four residues away from the lysine-rich sequence, actual cross-linked residue(s) was (were) determined by subjecting cross-linked product to a protein sequencer.
(5) This article presents the case of bilateral absent maxillary permanent molars with severe oligodontia and no other abnormalities.
(6) The molar refractivity has been shown to be a superior parameter for the description of the activity of sulphonamides than the sum of electronegativities of atoms making up a heterocyclic substituent in the sulphonamide molecule and molecular weight of the substituent.
(7) In terms of segmental motion and anisotropy of packing the lipoprotein-X bilayer closely resembles a model bilayer system consisting of phosphatidylcholine, lysophosphatidylcholine, sphingomyelin and cholesterol mixed in the same molar ratio as in lipoprotein-X.
(8) The effect develops within approximately 2 hours and does not depend on EDTA concentration provided the complexon is in a molar excess over the enzyme.
(9) This differential absorbance is linear with increasing concentrations of Na2MoO4 and was used to calculate the molar extinction coefficient of molybdochelin at 425 nm (epsilon similar to 6,200).
(10) Following a baseline examination, the furcation-involved molars were randomly assigned in each patient to either a test or a control treatment procedure.
(11) Three brands of glass ionomer were applied to prepared dentin surfaces of extracted human molars, after one of four treatments with polyacrylic acid.
(12) The oxygen-free radical scavengers thiourea, mannitol and catalase prevented toxicity mediated by ferrous ammoniumsulphate but not by ferrous ascorbate (molar ratio of 1:20).
(13) Both agents produced similar significant increases in the cholesterol ester content and cholesterol-to-phospholipid molar ratio of the membranes.
(14) Changes in third molar angulation from pretreatment to posttreatment for the two groups were compared for statistical differences using a Student's t-test.
(15) The Authors analyze the force system delivered on the molar and on the anchorage unit.
(16) Eight macerated human child skulls with a dental age of approximately 9.5 years (mixed dentition) were consecutively subjected to an experimental standardized high-pull headgear traction system attached to the maxilla at the first permanent molar area via an immovable acrylic resin splint covering all teeth.
(17) Both types of cells took up linoleic (18:2(n-6)) and linolenic (18:3(n-3)) fatty acids at the same rate when they were added complexed either to albumin or AFP at a 1:1 molar ratio.
(18) Owing to its broad spectrum of action (covering both gram-positive and gram-negative microorganisms and anaerobes) and its consistently strong molar action, mezlocillin is well suited as a beta-lactam combination component for intensive care patients.
(19) These findings indicate that rGRF-LI is localized in the median eminence and arcuate nucleus in the rat and that rGRF-, SRIF-(1-28)-, and SRIF-(1-14)-LI are present in a 1:2.10:6.29 ratio on a molar basis.
(20) The development of the first molar was examined from the dental lamina stage through apposition.
Tricuspid
Definition:
(a.) Having three cusps, or points; tricuspidate; as, a tricuspid molar.
(a.) Of or pertaining to the tricuspid valves; as, tricuspid obstruction.
Example Sentences:
(1) Evaluation revealed tricuspid insufficiency, a massively dilated right internal jugular vein, and obstruction of the left internal jugular vein.
(2) Four cases of pregnancies in two women with tricuspid atresia (TA) are described.
(3) Twenty-nine patients had a marked organic tricuspid valvular disease.
(4) A block of tissue bounded by the ostium of the coronary sinus, the pars membranacea, the septal leaflet of the tricuspid valve and the atrial and ventricular septa is removed.
(5) A case of tricuspid valve endocarditis with spinal epidural abscess caused by Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans is reported in a 74-year-old male with an endocardial pacemaker.
(6) Without operative correction of the tricuspid valve, secondary tricuspid regurgitation can resolve following mitral valve surgery alone.
(7) Sixty-eight patients (mean age 49 years) were studied with contrast echocardiography (CE) and Doppler echocardiography (DE) to evaluate both methods for detecting and grading tricuspid regurgitation (TR).
(8) Experience in managing 160 patients with tricuspid atresia is reviewed.
(9) Sterile vegetations were produced in rabbits by placing catheters in the inferior vena cava, tricuspid or aortic valves, and thoracic or abdominal aorta and then were infected by the intravenous inoculation of Streptococcus sanguis.
(10) The sounds were loudest along the left sternal border, exhibited an increase in intensity during inspiration and were associated with right atrial gallop sounds and with murmurs of tricuspid regurgitation.
(11) Isolated tricuspid valve regurgitation is a rare finding after nonpenetrating chest trauma.
(12) Tricuspid regurgitation (TR) was diagnosed with Doppler when reverse flow in systole was recorded at and behind the closure level of the tricuspid valve.
(13) Six had a univentricular heart of left ventricular morphology, three had a single ventricle of right ventricular morphology, one had tricuspid atresia with transposition of the great arteries, one had pulmonary atresia, intact ventricular septum, and hypoplastic right ventricle, and one had corrected transposition with hypoplastic systemic ventricle.
(14) In all cases, the maximal velocity of the tricuspid regurgitation jet was measured by continuous wave Doppler ultrasound and the systolic pressure gradient between right ventricle and the right atrium was calculated by the modified Bernoulli equation.
(15) It was not related to a greater degree of dilatation of the tricuspid ring but to more severe septal and right ventricular infarction causing prolapse of the septal and posterior septal leaflets into the right atrium.
(16) In a total of 30 operations the mitral valve was reconstructed in 18, the tricuspid valve in 11, and both AV-valves in one patient.
(17) Fourteen patients with double inlet left ventricle and nine patients with tricuspid atresia had biplane left ventricular angiography with simultaneous measurement of left ventricular pressure by micromanometer.
(18) With two 15 mm diameter valvulotomy balloons the peak tricuspid gradient decreased from 21 to 7 mm Hg and valve area increased from 0.3 to 1.2 cm2.
(19) Our study shows that detection of a pulsatile portal venous waveform on duplex Doppler sonography in patients with liver dysfunction should raise the possibility of tricuspid regurgitation.
(20) Preoperative variables may predict the result of tricuspid valve replacement.