(a.) According to an established norm, rule, or principle; conformed to a type, standard, or regular form; performing the proper functions; not abnormal; regular; natural; analogical.
(a.) According to a square or rule; perpendicular; forming a right angle. Specifically: Of or pertaining to a normal.
(a.) Standard; original; exact; typical.
(a.) Denoting a solution of such strength that every cubic centimeter contains the same number of milligrams of the element in question as the number of its molecular weight.
(a.) Denoting certain hypothetical compounds, as acids from which the real acids are obtained by dehydration; thus, normal sulphuric acid and normal nitric acid are respectively S(OH)6, and N(OH)5.
(a.) Denoting that series of hydrocarbons in which no carbon atom is united with more than two other carbon atoms; as, normal pentane, hexane, etc. Cf. Iso-.
(a.) Any perpendicular.
(a.) A straight line or plane drawn from any point of a curve or surface so as to be perpendicular to the curve or surface at that point.
Example Sentences:
(1) Patients with normal echocardiogram and ECG on admission do not require intensive care monitoring.
(2) Homozygotes have sparse greasy fur and lower viability and fertility than normal littermates.
(3) Of the patients 73% demonstrated clinically normal sensibility test results within 23 days after operation.
(4) One hour after direct mechanical cardiomassage (DMCM) a moderately pronounced edema of the intercellular spaces in the basal compartment of the seminiferous epithelium, normal content of lactate and succinate dehydrogenases, and a certain decrease in the activity of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenases and NAD- and NADP-diaphorases were noted.
(5) Electronmicroscopical investigations have revealed that, under normal conditions, a minor vesicular transfer of intravenously injected peroxidase occurs across the endothelium in segments of arterioles, capillaries and venules, especially in arterioles with a diameter about 15-30 mu.
(6) Of 19 patients with coronary artery disease and "normal" omnicardiograms, only 8 (42%) had normal ventricular angiography.
(7) Tests showed the cells survive and function normally in animals and reverse movement problems caused by Parkinson's in monkeys.
(8) The goals in control patients were to attain normal values for all hemodynamic measurements.
(9) The main finding of this study is that diabetic adolescents with a high erythrocyte Na,Li countertransport rate have an arterial pressure significantly higher than patients with normal Na,Li countertransport fluxes.
(10) The 14C-aminopyrine breath test was used to measure liver function in 14 normal subjects, 16 patients with alcoholic cirrhosis, 14 alcoholics without cirrhosis, and 29 patients taking a variety of drugs.
(11) In the past, the interpretation of the medical findings was hampered by a lack of knowledge of normal anatomy and genital flora in the nonabused prepubertal child.
(12) A 66-year-old woman with acute idiopathic polyneuritis (Landry-Guillain-Barré [LGB] syndrome) had normal extraocular movements, but her pupils did not react to light or accommodation.
(13) Despite their absence, photoreceptors maintained a normal rate of OS assembly.
(14) Early stabilisation may not ensure normal development but even early splinting carries a small risk of avascular necrosis.
(15) Other haematological parameters remained normal, with the exception of the absolute number of lymphocytes, which initially fell sharply but soon returned to, and even exceeded, control levels.
(16) It was the purpose of the present study to describe the normal pattern of the growth sites of the nasal septum according to age and sex by histological and microradiographical examination of human autopsy material.
(17) In addition, KM231 could detect a small amount of the antigen ganglioside in human gastric normal and cancerous mucosa and in gastric cancer cell lines by HPTLC-immunostaining.
(18) The results indicate that OA-bearing macrophages primed T cells and generated helper T cells, whereas the culture of normal lymphocytes with soluble OA in the absence of macrophages generated suppressor T cells.
(19) In hypophysectomized rats the activity of alanine aminotransferase was increased, but its normal zonation (predominance in the periportal zone) was preserved.
(20) Five of the nine normal livers had peribiliary glands that showed HLA-DR.
Normalcy
Definition:
(n.) The quality, state, or fact of being normal; as, the point of normalcy.
Example Sentences:
(1) These results are discussed in terms of the role of contaminants in the observed synthesis, the "normalcy" of Acetabularia chloroplasts, the synthetic pathways for amino acids in plastids, and the implications of these observations for cell compartmentation and chloroplast autonomy.
(2) Uncertainty about normalcy of the next child increased as numeric risk increased, and few clients were willing to indicate that the child would probably or definitely be affected regardless of the numeric risk.
(3) "We want to bring normalcy to this country, but we have suffered from terrorism for 30 years, so it has to happen gradually," said defence secretary Rajapaksa.
(4) Distribution of ideal body weight and body mass index was below the median of controls, but very few patients were below the cut-off points for normalcy.
(5) Function and normalcy were also perceived to be important aspects of comfort.
(6) They can use established standards of growth to compare the child's height with that of other children of the same age to assess growth normalcy.
(7) A study was made of immunoglobulins in the CSF of 50 individuals who suffered from chronic migraine but showed normal results for the physical and neurological examinations; electroencephalograph, CSF tests (sub-occipital puncture) and proteinogram of the serum also fell within the limits of normalcy in all of the 50 cases.
(8) In addition, the techniques for subsequent retransplantation of cultured cells into cleared fat pads of isogenic hosts as a test for normalcy of cultured tissue are detailed.
(9) Nixon on Wednesday cited a return to some normalcy in the St Louis suburb, with school back in session and businesses reopening.
(10) reduced the sperm count from the 9th week, leading close to azoospermia on the 2nd post-treatment week which persisted until the 10th post-treatment week and normalcy was restored on the 13th post-treatment week.
(11) The normalcy of the menstrual cycles during the period of exercise was judged independently according to clinical and hormonal criteria, the latter comprising serial measurements of gonadotropin and sex-steroid excretion.
(12) The 30-min infusion had a higher normalcy rate than the 3-min method (91% versus 74%).
(13) It was most reliable in the diagnosis of occlusion or aplasia, subclavian steal and normalcy, and was less reliable in the detection of stenosis or hypoplasia of a vertebral artery.
(14) Analysis of ancillary experiences revealed continued themes of empathy and normalcy as well as guilt, separation, shock and anxiety, and uncertainty.
(15) In order to establish confidence that the predictive equations, lower limits of normalcy, and testing methodology are appropriate for specific patient populations, it is suggested that each clinical laboratory obtain PFT measurements on 10 to 20 individuals considered free of disease and representative of their patient population and compare these results with the prediction equations selected for use.
(16) Newly introduced technology (computerized analysis) authorizes an objective analysis of the tracing and the measurement of novel parameters, making it necessary however to re-evaluate the parameters of normalcy in the asymptomatic population.
(17) According to Lennie Goodings, publisher of Virago, the suggestion that in 1857 "bad girls, smut and perversion were essentially invented in the eyes of the law is both a fascinating story and, crucially, an important way of understanding how we arrived at our ideas of normalcy and deviancy – ideas which are with us to this day".
(18) On the withdrawal of corticosterone treatment, all the lipid classes turned to normalcy along with serum testosterone and prolactin.
(19) While a significant correlate of old age was attrition of IC neurons from the population capable of responding robustly to sounds, the majority of individual neurons demonstrated a remarkable degree of normalcy in their responses.
(20) The identified common perceptual themes within the pharmacologic paralysis experience were empathy, normalcy, acceptance, and sedative association.