(a.) Not erect or perpendicular; neither parallel to, nor at right angles from, the base; slanting; inclined.
(a.) Not straightforward; indirect; obscure; hence, disingenuous; underhand; perverse; sinister.
(a.) Not direct in descent; not following the line of father and son; collateral.
(n.) An oblique line.
(v. i.) To deviate from a perpendicular line; to move in an oblique direction.
(v. i.) To march in a direction oblique to the line of the column or platoon; -- formerly accomplished by oblique steps, now by direct steps, the men half-facing either to the right or left.
Example Sentences:
(1) Projection obliquity resulted in consistent underestimation of DPR angle.
(2) For consistent identification of the normal pancreas, preliminary longitudinal scanning at, or near, the mid-line and subsequent oblique scanning in the long axis are necessary prerequisites in delineating the anatomic outline of the pancreas.
(3) Gains in gait pattern, ease of bracing, and reduced pelvic obliquity were noted.
(4) Numerous slender sarcotubules, originating from the A-band side terminal cisternae, extend obliquely or longitudinally and form oval or irregular shaped networks of various sizes in front of the A-band, then become continuous with the tiny mesh (fenestrated collar) in front of the H-band.
(5) Gated blood pool images were stored in modified left anterior oblique views by the multiple gated method (28 frames per beat) after the in vivo labeling of erythrocytes using 25 mCi 99m-Tc.
(6) The most frequently occurring signs were: tilting of the disc (89%), oblique direction of the vessels (89%) and myopic astigmatism (96%).
(7) The presence of vital and sensitive organs such as the spinal cord, heart, and lungs makes curative radiotherapy of non-small cell lung cancer difficult to implement and necessitates use of oblique portals.
(8) The oblique interface between corneal and scleral stroma determines the appearance of the surgical limbus whose landmarks vary around the circumference of the globe but predictably correlate with structures of the anterior chamber angle.
(9) The radio-activity of 99mTc of the entire cardiac blood pool including the large vessels (T), the right ventricle including the right atrium (RV) and the left ventricle (LV) was calculated from the 30 degrees anterior oblique cardiac pool scintigram.
(10) (1) The superficial layer (external oblique aponeurosis).
(11) The sample surfaces were then photographed under a high-resolution metallographic microscope using oblique illumination.
(12) Specimen of the inferior oblique muscle revealed no abnormalities or showed decrease of type I muscle fibers.
(13) In patients with 18 unreduced unilateral hip dislocations, pelvic obliquity and scoliosis were present in 12.
(14) TTX also reduced the number of spines on the proximal portion of oblique dendrites in layer IV by 16%, yet did not change the number of spines on basilar dendrites.
(15) For the experimental studies, fractures of the jaw bone in terms of oblique osteotomies from angle to sigmoid notch of the mandible of the Malaysian monkeys were made by using #700 fissure bur and reduced and fixed them in terms of interosseous wiring.
(16) The authors describe two types of pelvic obliquity--total pelvic obliquity in which the sacrum is the lowest vertebra of the lumbar curve and subtotal pelvic obliquity in which there is some compensation between L5 and the sacrum.
(17) The obliquity of the joint line was measured in positive degrees (medial inclination) and negative degrees (lateral inclination).
(18) The sagittal distribution of N18 was studied in a patient with a thalamic lesion and an oblique distribution with the maximum region between Cz and nasion was demonstrated.
(19) Except for some short or oblique references, the first explicit clinical description of a case of anorexia nervosa by an American author (James Hendrie Lloyd) did not appear until 1893.
(20) Although we found clear and consistent subject-specific differences, the most common pattern in oblique visually-guided (i.e., fast) saccades reflected early dominance of the horizontal velocity signal as expressed in saccade trajectories curving away from the horizontal axis.
Plagiocephaly
Definition:
(n.) Oblique lateral deformity of the skull.
Example Sentences:
(1) Authors report a ring chromosome 18 (18 r) in a four year old boy, with low birth weight, retarded growth and development, microcephaly and plagiocephaly, horizontal nystagmus, ambiguous genitalia, clinodactyly of the fifth finger, distal axial triradius, whorls pattern in 8 fingers in dermatoglyphic.
(2) Both the safety and efficacy of the treatment of isolated craniofacial dysostosis (plagiocephaly) in infancy have been demonstrated.
(3) Torticollis was an associated finding in 64 percent of infants with deformational frontal plagiocephaly; almost all were ipsilateral.
(4) Congenital muscular torticollis usually requires surgical release of the sternocleidomastoid muscle to achieve a good cosmetic result and to prevent plagiocephaly, facial asymmetry, and scoliosis.
(5) Female preponderance was noted in both synostotic (79 percent) and deformational (76 percent) frontal plagiocephaly.
(6) Premature pelvic descent, in the left occipital anterior position, may account for the high incidence of left-sided deformational plagiocephaly and ipsilateral torticollis.
(7) Plagiocephaly is commonly attributed to the synostosis of a single coronal suture.
(8) An unusual association of Klippel-Feil syndrome and other abnormalities (Sprengel's deformity, 1st cervical and 1st dorsal spina bifida, homovertebral bone, scoliosis, plagiocephaly, basilar impression, pterygium colli, nanism, hypogenitalism, etc.)
(9) Cranial anomalies that are discussed include plagiocephaly, bregmatic fontanelle bones, Wormian bones, cranial trauma, and heterotopic bones.
(10) Based on these findings, it would seem pertinent to consider early surgical release of the sutures of the calvaria and cranial base in plagiocephaly to prevent asymmetric facial development.
(11) Strabismus, ptosis, lateral canthal dystopia, nasolacrimal obstruction, and cranial nerve palsy were noted preoperatively in 32%, 21%, 14%, 12%, and 9% of 34 patients, respectively, undergoing ophthalmologic evaluation prior to unilateral orbital advancement for plagiocephaly.
(12) The deformations (n = 7) included plagiocephaly (n = 5), hemifacial hypoplasia (n = 1), and micrognathia (n = 1).
(13) Plagiocephaly is a term commonly used to describe congenital forehead asymmetry.
(14) In 1960 Adolph Schultz described several cases of plagiocephaly in a collection of mantled howler monkeys (Alouatta palliata) from the forests of Central America.
(15) In type II anterior plagiocephaly, the frontal and orbital anomalies are accompanied by contralateral deviation of the nasal pyramid and homolateral anterior displacement of the petrous bone.
(16) The plagiocephaly index, an index that reflects an underlying anatomic asymmetry of the brain, was assessed in ten schizophrenic patients and its values were correlated with the lateral distribution of quantitatively evaluated EEG.
(17) The patient, a six-year-old boy, had, in addition, multiple associated congenital anomalies that included Sprengel deformity, omovertebral bone, scoliosis, hypoplasia of the right thumb, plagiocephaly, choanal atresia, and Diamond-Blackfan anemia.
(18) Categorization of frontal plagiocephaly as synostotic or deformational was reliably made by physical examination, focusing on the supraorbital rims, nasal root, ears, and malar eminences.
(19) Finally, the authors certify the frequency and the seriousness of ocular repercussion, even in so called benign types of cranio-stenoses, such as plagiocephaly, trigonocephaly, and scaphocephaly.
(20) Three plagiocephalies, two trigonocephalies have thus been treated, as well as 5 facio-craniostenosis for whom a 2 cm forehead advancement has been done, the following results being very encouraging.