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Motte


Definition:

  • (n.) A clump of trees in a prairie.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Mott cells are a variant form of plasma cell in which the immunoglobulin (Ig), rather than being secreted, accumulates in rough endoplasmic reticulum-derived vesicles called Russell bodies.
  • (2) This editorial reviews 2 studies, the William Marsiglio and Frank Mott study, and the Deborah Dawson study.
  • (3) Pulmonary disease is usual with Mycobacterium tuberculosis or with mycobacteria other than M tuberculosis (MOTT) and atypical presentations with extrapulmonary dissemination occur frequently.
  • (4) Mott Children's Hospital, percutaneous balloon angioplasty for pulmonary valve or pulmonary artery stenosis accounts for approximately 40 per cent of all therapeutic transcatheter procedures performed in our laboratory.
  • (5) When Mott came out Ajao cut him across the face, leaving a three inch gash on his cheek.
  • (6) To avoid expensive, time-consuming biochemical identification necessary to evaluate these MOTT isolates, careful selection of patients prior to obtaining mycobacterial cultures during FB is a critical factor.
  • (7) Since in AIDS patients an initial colonization of the gastrointestinal tract (GI-tract) with MOTT is common, GI-tract biopsy specimens from an additional 80 patients were examined microscopically and histologically for mycobacteria.
  • (8) MOTT isolation increased yearly from 1.5% of the patients in 1981 to 14.5% of the patients in 1986.
  • (9) For Kathryn de Motte, at 37 the youngest area organiser of a 30-strong NWR group in Nottingham, the emphasis on speaking your mind is crucial.
  • (10) There is some doubt as to whether naevus pilus is identical with naevus-on-naevus or lentiginous naevus en mottes.
  • (11) 4.45am BST Cardinals 5 - Nationals 6, Bottom 8th Jason Motte, who might just be the last person to pitch in a Cardinals uniform this year.
  • (12) Guidelines for therapy of MOTT depend on the species isolated but remains poorly defined in most cases.
  • (13) Patients with CF with MOTT were similar to patients with CF without MOTT; only a slightly different (older) age distribution was recognized.
  • (14) Lymph node cell preparations which were enriched in Mott cells by velocity sedimentation failed to secrete Ig in a polyclonal reverse plaque assay.
  • (15) Mott Children's Hospital between 1970 and 1974 were reviewed.
  • (16) Here's Sarah de la Motte to represent the 10 or so disgruntled ones who have been in contact: "Trying to enjoy a relaxing holiday afternoon by the pool here in Washington, DC, but can't take my eyes off my phone!
  • (17) An international conference in andrology was held on April 24, 25 and 26, 1975, at the C. S. Mott Center for Human Growth and Development, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan.
  • (18) The results indicated that acidified media of pH 6.2 offer enhanced growth conditions for MOTT, especially MAI and M. malmoense, without interfering with the growth of TBC.
  • (19) Photograph: Liz Mott History tends to date the birth of British modern dance as the late-60s.
  • (20) We evaluated peak time (PT) and modal transit time (MOTT) of the TDC as the probable indicator of cerebral intravascular blood flow.

Mottle


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To mark with spots of different color, or shades of color, as if stained; to spot; to maculate.
  • (n.) A mottled appearance.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Correction of structure mottle helps enhance the image clarity.
  • (2) Middle component particles of bean pod mottle virus (BPMV) containing small protein subunits with a cleaved C terminus were used to produce monoclonal antibodies (MAbs).
  • (3) From the children examined (n = 83; 49 boys and 34 girls; mean age, 13 years and 5 months), 74% exhibited mottled enamel in a slight to moderate degree.
  • (4) It is known that the copper concentration and copper-containing enzyme activity are low in cerebrum of mottled mice as well as of patients with Menkes' disease.
  • (5) A 2-year-old boy had intermittent pain and mottling of the left thigh.
  • (6) The remaining white patterning factor, mottled white (Mo), is sex linked and is assumed to be genetically unrelated to pinto.
  • (7) The other patient showed patchy choroidal ischemia with subsequent development of wedge-shaped areas of pigmentary atrophy and mottling in the midperiphery.
  • (8) A family is reported in which 11 members presented epidermolysis bullosa simplex with some unusual features, and 10 of whom had congenital mottled hyper- and hypopigmentation of the skin.
  • (9) It usually presents as a destructive lesion with diffuse mottled calcification.
  • (10) The outer wall layer showed a mottled appearance between two electron-dense boundaries of different thickness.
  • (11) New information is presented on the analysis of bean yellow mosaic virus amino terminal epitopes as well as on the identification of amino terminal antigenic determinants shared between strains of bean yellow mosaic virus and pepper mottle virus.
  • (12) The brindled mottled mutant mouse, a model of Menkes' disease, has alterations in copper homeostasis which cause, among other sequelae, neuronal degeneration in selected areas of brain.
  • (13) The chest X-ray film of a girl with cystic fibrosis (CF) showed slowly increasing mottled densities during the 6th and 7th year of her life.
  • (14) The fried and cooked meat of the most culinary portions of the Tagil variety undergo a more complete hydrolysis by comparison with black-mottled cattle meat.
  • (15) In hormone-free cells the receptor distributes in a mottled pattern throughout all planes of the nucleus.
  • (16) These included retrograde hepatic venous opacification on the early bolus scans and a diffusely mottled pattern of hepatic enhancement seen only during the vascular phase of contrast administration.
  • (17) An inflammatory blush, slow emptying of vessels and a mottled nephrogram with loss of cortical definition are highly suggestive signs of renal inflammation.
  • (18) The entire fundus showed a mottled appearance characterized by mixture of fine granular pigmentation and depigmentation associated with patchy depigmentation in the periphery.
  • (19) Disseminated, non homogenous bronchial lines and mottled shadows often with swollen hilar lymphnodes in 46% of all patients.--2.
  • (20) Another possibility is that the fibrotic matrix in which the surviving cells in the mottled infarct are distributed may contribute to an increase in extracellular resistance as compared to normal myocardium.

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