(a.) Having greater length than breadth, esp. when rectangular.
(n.) A rectangular figure longer than it is broad; hence, any figure longer than it is broad.
Example Sentences:
(1) These neurons were generally oblong and measured 60-80 microns.
(2) The combination of 150 mcg clonidine and 2.5 mg cyclothiazide (Dimapres) in the form of a scored oblong sugar-coated tablet seems to satisfy these demands best and to be an optimal combination of clonidine and cyclothiazide.
(3) Four types of trophoblast cells are seen in mouse ectoplacental cone on day 8 of the pregnancy: (1) trophoblast-1 at the base of the cone are polyhedral, compactly arranged and contain large nucleoli, (2) trophoblast-2 in the middle of the cone enclose several heterolysosomes, erythro-and leucophagosomes, (3) trophoblast-3, also in the middle, have several membrane-bound osmiophilic granules, (4) trophoblast-4 at the periphery of the cone are oblong and enclose many pleomorphic bodies.
(4) Morphologic analysis of thalamically projecting LCN cells showed that they were smaller in size, and more oblong in shape in caudal regions of the nucleus.
(5) The presynaptic active zones at the SVB C synapse are discrete, and macular or oblong.
(6) Some morphological characteristics could apparently be related to specific modes of locomotion, namely the shape, more or less oblong, pear-like or round, according to genera or digits, and the possible fusion of the 2 sesamoid bones of the same digit to form a unique ossified structure.
(7) The mouth, an oblong slit like a tiny letterbox, conveys alarm.
(8) Eight healthy male volunteers took part in this study to determine the relative bioavailability of Treuphadol oblong tablets (500 mg paracetamol), Treuphadol Plus oblong tablets (500 mg paracetamol, 30 mg codeine phosphate) and Treuphadol suppositories (750 mg paracetamol) against commercial tablets (500 mg paracetamol).
(9) We show that the cytoplasmic surface of outer nuclear membrane is covered by numerous large, oblong "kernel-like" globular particles (30-35 nm length, 25-30 nm width), often aligned into curved chains or grouped into clusters.
(10) The mitochondria, small and round on days 12, 13 and 14, become oblong from day 18 of gestation.
(11) One protomer has an oblong shape, whereas the other with higher density has a head and a hook region.
(12) A description is given of the rare occurrence of peculiar oblong structures having a maximal length of about 4.5 micron and a width of 0.5 micron, in the visceral epithelial cells of human glomeruli.
(13) Treatment with Al led to the development, in the cytoplasm of certain root tip cells, of two oblong hyaline structures formed by material extruded from the nucleus.
(14) Gametocytes are round to oblong, measuring 6 by 5 mu, and the pigment in microgametocytes occurs in a single peripheral vacuole.
(15) The fields are rounded, oblong, or elongated, but gradations between categories are common.
(16) Necropsy of both groups of calves revealed a circular to oblong lesion that was congested, edematous, and firm, and which occupied 20% to 100% of the right caudal lung lobe and involved the remaining lung lobes to a more minor degree.
(17) Following intravitreal injections, retrograde transport of the enzyme was observed bilaterally, but predominantly contralaterally, in a large oblong field of cells at the isthmic level of the midbrain, bounded medially by the trochlear nucleus and laterally by the nucleus isthmi.
(18) In profile these granules appear oblong or circular with average dimensions of 170 x 50 nm.
(19) Of 57 aspergillomas 47 were round or oval, 7 oblong, 2 polypoidal and 1 lobulated.
(20) Sporozoites each possess an oblong refractile body at 1 end and appear packed together randomly and enclosed in a membrane along with a spheroid residuum composed of fine, uniform granules.
Prolate
Definition:
(a.) Stretched out; extended; especially, elongated in the direction of a line joining the poles; as, a prolate spheroid; -- opposed to oblate.
(v. t.) To utter; to pronounce.
Example Sentences:
(1) The uterine volume was measured in 30 patients 24 hours before hysterectomy by ultrasonography using the prolate ellipsoid formula.
(2) Native human Glu-plasminogen (Glu1-Asn791) was previously shown to have a radius of gyration of 39 A and a shape best described by a prolate ellipsoid [Mangel, W. F., Lin, B., & Ramakrishnan, V. (1990) Science 248, 69-73].
(3) Uterine volume, based on the ultrasound data, was calculated, utilizing the formula for a prolate ellipsoid, before and after treatment.
(4) Three commonly used prostate volume measurement techniques were analyzed: planimetry, prolate ellipse volume calculation (HWL), and an ellipsoid volume measurement technique.
(5) The left ventricle was modeled as a three-dimensional, prolate ellipsoidal shell.
(6) Several previous studies had indicated that S1 is a highly extended protein which can be modeled by a prolate ellipsoid with an axial ratio of 10 to 1.
(7) The length-to-width ratios of bacteriophage T2 and T4 heads and stereometric angles specifying the prolate icosahedral T2 capsid were evaluated on electron micrographs recorded from samples prepared by a variety of methods.
(8) The frictional ratio (2.14) is consistent with a prolate ellipsoid of axial ratio 24, corresponding to an apparent length and width of 516 and 21.5 A, respectively.
(9) The mutations of the three core genes (genes 67, 68, and 22) affect the width mainly by lateral outgrowths of the prolate particle, although small and large isometric particles are also found.
(10) This feature may be important in morphogenesis since the mean volume of prolate vesicles is larger than that of spherical vesicles.
(11) Assuming constancy of surface area and approximating red cell shapes by both prolate and oblate ellipsoids of revolution, values are determined for cell shape factor and volume under a variety of conditions.
(12) Consequently, more adsorption occurred at larger surface hydrophobicities, smaller size molecules, and for prolate orientation of ellipsoidal molecules.
(13) It had a prolate head and non-contractile tail and produced large haloes around plaques.
(14) In addition, although phase microscopic image analysis revealed that virtually all of the cells displayed a squamous morphology within 1 hour after exposure to FBS or TGF-beta 1, observations made 48 to 72 hours later showed the presence of clusters of small prolate spheroid-shaped cells surrounded by many involucrin-positive squamous-appearing cells.
(15) The paper explains how the formulas for calculating the surface area of the prolate spheroid, which a nucleus resembles, can be changed by suitable substitutions into formulas based on measured diameters l and k [mm] of the nucleus approach side surface, magnified 3.000 times, and on a mixed cyclometric function dependent on the axial ratio.
(16) Because high solvent content and weak diffraction are indicative of an extended flexible structure, we examined the molecular shape of the recombinant CD4 with ultracentrifugation and found that it has an axial ratio of roughly 6, when modeled as a prolate ellipsoid.
(17) The octamer is a prolate ellipsoid 110 angstroms long and 65 to 70 angstroms in diameter, and its general shape is that of a rugby ball.
(18) This area is about twice that calculated from a prolate ellipsoid model for prothrombin.
(19) Very simple formulas are deduced for the NSAR of a prolate spheroid or cylinder with R greater than 6.
(20) Vt is analogous to the equilibrium volume (V0), determined as the volume intercept of the logarithmic passive pressure-volume (P-V) relationship using LV volume estimated from LV weights (V0 nl = 37.6 + 4.4 ml), or the volume intercept of the linearized P-V relationship calculated from a prolate spheroidal model using measured minor and major diameters (V0 l = 44.5 + 3.5 ml).