(a.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a boat or ship.
(a.) Shaped like a boat; cymbiform; scaphoid; as, the navicular glumes of most grasses; the navicular bone.
(n.) The navicular bone.
Example Sentences:
(1) Operative treatment was used 22 times (5 sesamoid fractures, 5 midtibial fractures, 5 metatarsal V base fractures, 3 tarsal navicular fractures, 3 olecranon fractures, and 1 proximal tibial shaft fracture).
(2) These external rotational deformities are due to two unrecognized and untreated combined deformities within the hindfoot and mid-foot: hindfoot varus and talo-navicular subluxation.
(3) Although a diagnosis of navicular disease was sometimes made when only soft tissue-phase or only bone-phase scintigraphy revealed lesions, results obtained during the 2 phases generally were similar.
(4) : Congenital deformity of the foot with tarsi-transversa dislocation or subluxation involving mainly the talo-navicular joint.
(5) The source of a previously described radiolucent crescent in the flexor cortex of the distal sesamoid (navicular) bone on the palmaro45 degrees proximal-palmarodistal oblique (Pa45 degrees Pr-PaDio) clinical radiographic projection was investigated in 48 forelimb navicular bones from 24 Thoroughbreds by use of high-detail radiography and x-ray computed tomography (CT).
(6) Ninety patients were enrolled; 54 fractures of the navicular were evident on initial four-view radiography.
(7) The origin and course of the collateral sesamoidean (suspensory navicular) ligament of the horse and ass and its attachment to the distal sesamoid bone were studied by means of dissection.
(8) Other applications, the discussion of which is beyond the scope of this article, include evaluation of the pastern for injuries to the SDF, DDF, and oblique sesamoidean ligament, and evaluation of the navicular bursae.
(9) The navicular bone, navicular bursa and their associated structures were collected from 20 horses ranging in age from 80 days gestation to 2 years post-gestation.
(10) Of 14 patients with navicular tuberosity avulsion, seven had damage to the anterior process of the calcaneum at the calcaneocuboid joint--possibly the result of an occult subluxation of the midtarsal joint.
(11) Two cases of isolated fracture and dorsal dislocation of the tarsal navicular are reported.
(12) Carpal navicular fracture is the most common wrist bone fracture.
(13) Surgical treatment consists of excision of the accessory navicular with its synchondrosis, without transposition of the posterior tibial tendon.
(14) The extent of decrease of skeletal loading was thirty per cent of body weight when the walking heel was placed slightly distal to the navicular bone.
(15) Occlusion of the R. navicularis and its branching arteries creates changes, arteriographically and histologically, which resemble those of navicular disease.
(16) No correlation was found between radiological evidence of the extent of navicular disease and severity of lameness or response to treatment.
(17) Common areas of pedal fracture including the metatarsal bones and, less frequently, the navicular, calcaneus, and other rearfoot entities are reviewed.
(18) Talo-navicular movements were constantly preserved, as well as that of the sub-talar joint, except in six cases where it was slightly diminished.
(19) A radiolucent stripe, cast by a thin collection of fat paralleling the lateral surface of the navicular bone, was seen in 96 percent of 400 normal wrists examined because of trauma.
(20) 258 fresh and old navicular fractures and pseudarthroses are analysed with regard to conservative and operative treatment.
Navy
Definition:
(n.) A fleet of ships; an assemblage of merchantmen, or so many as sail in company.
(n.) The whole of the war vessels belonging to a nation or ruler, considered collectively; as, the navy of Italy.
(n.) The officers and men attached to the war vessels of a nation; as, he belongs to the navy.
Example Sentences:
(1) Melanoma is the second most common cancer, after testicular cancer, in males in the U.S. Navy.
(2) I am absolutely sick to the stomach that this iconic Australian news agency would attack the navy in the way that it has,” he said.
(3) Because many individuals begin smoking soon after joining the Navy, effective prevention programs need to be implemented in recruit training and repeated in early training schools.
(4) As aircraft capable of sustaining high "G" maneuvers enter the U.S. Navy Fleet, the reported incidence of cervical injury to aircrew seems to have increased.
(5) India will have three carriers and both China and India are building blue-water [ocean-going] navies.
(6) The simplicity of the Navy method for treating cholera makes it well suited for use in epidemics in populations with no experience in cholera.
(7) Tallents's two children haven't exactly rebelled and joined the navy; one is involved in direct action, but he has chosen climate change.
(8) Two weeks after his forced dismissal, several colleagues threw a going-away party for the retired marine officer at the Army-Navy Club on Farragut Square, a few blocks from the White House.
(9) Vigils have been held in Cairo for the victims of EgyptAir flight 804 as a French navy ship headed to join the deep-sea search in the Mediterranean for the main wreckage and flight recorders.
(10) Using automatic and observer-operated equipment for monitoring thermal data, observations have been made during Royal Navy Wessex 5 helicopter operations in a sub-Arctic climate.
(11) Founded by the former US Navy Seal Erik Prince, Blackwater seized on the burgeoning private security contracts that emerged after the invasion of Iraq in 2003.
(12) The US navy regularly patrols the Asia-Pacific region, conducting joint exercises with its allies and training in the strategic region.
(13) They want to send a very clear message to China that they are serious about this.” Facebook Twitter Pinterest This image from the US navy purportedly shows Chinese dredging vessels in the waters around Mischief reef in the disputed Spratly archipelago in May 2015.
(14) They punished three of them, three of them ... so they would never want to go to the toilet again,‘‘ Fasher said, who was on the navy vessel at the time.
(15) The foreign minister, Julie Bishop, told the Australian the Snowden and navy stories were "counterproductive to our interests" and in another interview questioned whether the ABC's contract to operate overseas news channel the Australia Network was providing value for money.
(16) The Associated Press quoted a US security source as saying the Somali raid was carried out by members of the same navy Seal team that killed the al-Qaida founder Osama bin Laden.
(17) He has appointed Tory MP Andrew Murrison, a former Royal Navy medical officer, as his special representative for the remembrance.
(18) Bahrain, meanwhile, is picking up the lion’s share of the bill for the construction of a Royal Navy base, the Mina Salman support facility, which will include warehouses, a 300-metre jetty, accommodation, sports pitch and helipad.
(19) Commercial ships have played an important role in rescue operations, responding both to the calls of migrant ships that are in distress and requests for help from the Italian coastguard and navy.
(20) Illness incidence was examined aboard U.S. Navy vessels to ascertain whether sick call rates vary with ship size.