(v. t.) To form into bone; to change from a soft animal substance into bone, as by the deposition of lime salts.
(v. t.) Fig.: To harden; as, to ossify the heart.
(v. i.) To become bone; to change from a soft tissue to a hard bony tissue.
Example Sentences:
(1) Marginal osteophytes developed from soft cellular tissue which later underwent chondrification and finally became ossified.
(2) The frequencies in the two groups are as follows: In the benign group, osteoma had the highest incidence and then, with decreasing frequencies: osteochondroma, chondroma, synovioma, giant cell tumor, ossifying fibroma, osteoid osteoma, chondromyxoid fibroma.
(3) Radiological findings can include a large, poorly ossified skull with decreased ossification in the sutural areas.
(4) By means of the presentation of several cases of Stylohyoid Complex partially or totally ossified, the authors emphasize in the necessity to have in mind this diagnosis in every patient with craniofacial pains, although it is in sometimes a casual radiological finding in a asymptomatic patient.
(5) Treatment was surgical resection of 1 cm of the ossified ligament.
(6) The foci of the red bone marrow, termed as the "marrow foci", were observed in the ossified portion of the cartilages.
(7) Measurements for radioulnar variance in adults cannot be used in children because the epiphyses are not fully ossified.
(8) The histologic diagnosis was sclerosing (ossifying) xanthoma.
(9) Ossifying renal tumor of infancy is a rare lesion, with only 2 cases reported in the literature.
(10) The computed tomographic findings in a case of cemento-ossifying fibroma involving the maxilla and maxillary sinus are presented.
(11) Four of them (4.9%) presented the classical hypertrophic osteoarthropathy (HOA) described by Bamberger and Pierre Marie, i.e., finger clubbing, ossifying periostitis of the long bones, joint pains and swelling.
(12) Observations of patients with plasma cell osteomyelitis and chronic destructive sympathetic arthritis indicate a special set of findings due to plasma cell osteomyelitis: metadiaphyseal ossifying periostitis, extreme demineralisation of the adjacent epiphysis with spotty focal sclerosis of the spongiosa and a chronic arthritis.
(13) Ossifying enthesitis is a common characteristics of "classic" spondylo-arthropathies which are all ossifying polyenthesites: ankylosing spondylarthritis, psoriasic rheumatism, rheumatism of enteropathies, Fiessinger-Leroy-Reiter syndrome and juvenile spondylo-arthropathies.
(14) The lesion was reoperated 3 years after the primary diagnosis with resection of the non-ossified tumour site and reconstruction with a vascularized fibular graft.
(15) Smears consisting primarily of spindle cells or fibrous tissue may lead to an erroneous diagnosis of a fibrohistiocytic neoplasm, fibrous dysplasia, fibrous cortical defect or ossifying fibroma.
(16) Spheroidal calcifications, however, were identified in ossifying fibroma only, but not in all of these.
(17) A case of peripheral ossifying fibroma is presented.
(18) They can appear in form of: hemorrhagic cyst (25), self-organizing hematoma (14) and ossifying hematoma (3 patients).
(19) The distinctive feature of the first case was the presence of ossified loose bodies surrounding the head of the condyle, whereas in the second there was clear evidence of arthrosis.
(20) To investigate the validity of balloon valvuloplasty, this procedure was carried out in the operating room under direct vision in 30 patients just prior to excision and replacement of the ossified aortic valve.
Transform
Definition:
(v. t.) To change the form of; to change in shape or appearance; to metamorphose; as, a caterpillar is ultimately transformed into a butterfly.
(v. t.) To change into another substance; to transmute; as, the alchemists sought to transform lead into gold.
(v. t.) To change in nature, disposition, heart, character, or the like; to convert.
(v. t.) To change, as an algebraic expression or geometrical figure, into another from without altering its value.
(v. i.) To be changed in form; to be metamorphosed.
Example Sentences:
(1) The promoters of the adenovirus 2 major late gene, the mouse beta-globin gene, the mouse immunoglobulin VH gene and the LTR of the human T-lymphotropic retrovirus type I were tested for their transcription activities in cell-free extracts of four cell lines; HeLa, CESS (Epstein-Barr virus-transformed human B cell line), MT-1 (HTLV-I-infected human T cell line without viral protein synthesis), and MT-2 (HTLV-I-infected human T cell line producing viral proteins).
(2) Augmentation of transformation response was generally not seen at 40 degrees C; incubation at that temperature was associated with decreased cellular viability.
(3) The fibrous matrix and cartilage formed within the nonunion site transformed to osteoid and bone with increased vascularity.
(4) These major departmental transformations are being run in isolation from each other.
(5) Transformed mammalian cells express both the usual NADP-dependent trifunctional methylenetetrahydrofolate dehydrogenase-cyclohydrolase-synthetase as well as the bifunctional NAD-dependent methylenetetrahydrofolate dehydrogenase-cyclohydrolase.
(6) A murine keratinocyte cell line that is resistant to the growth-inhibitory effects of transforming growth factor beta 1 (TGF beta 1) was examined for differential gene expression patterns that may be related to the mechanism of the loss of TGF beta 1 responsiveness.
(7) The remainder of the radioactivity appeared chromatographically just prior to the bisantrene peak, indicating that compounds more polar than the parent were present as transformation products.
(8) Friend erythroleukemia cells were induced to differentiate by dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) and hexamethylene-bis-acetamide (HBMA) in order to investigate whether their lipid characteristics, common to other systems of transformed cells, revert to a normal differentiation pattern.
(9) This observation not only provides definitive evidence for the photogeneration of O2-, but also indicates that only a fraction of this species is transformed into H2O2 in the absence of SOD.
(10) Despite this alteration in subcellular distribution, the mutant polypeptide retained the ability to induce fibroblast transformation by several parameters, including the ability to display anchorage-independent growth.
(11) We assumed that the sensory messages received at a given level are transformed by a stochastic process, called Alopex, in a way which maximizes responses in central feature analyzers.
(12) At its vanguard is the historic quarter of Barriera di Milano, which is being transformed by an influx of artists and galleries.
(13) These results suggest that a certain minimum level of expression of c-myc is required for the maintenance of ras transformation in NIH 3T3 cells.
(14) It comes as the museum is transforming itself in the wake of major cuts in its government funding and looking more towards private-sector funding, a move that has caused some unease about its future direction.
(15) In keratinocyte lines immortalized by E7 alone, the p53 half-life was found to be similar to that in non-transformed cells; however, it decreased to approximately 1 h following supertransfection of an E6 gene.
(16) A human Epstein-Barr virus-transformed B-cell line (IC.1) was characterized for cell surface antigen profile and permissivity to immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection.
(17) Cryopreserved autologous blood cells may thus restore some patients with CGL in transformation to chronic-phase disease and so may help to prolong life.
(18) The compounds 1-3 in reaction with nicotine aldehyde or p-chlorobenzaldehyde were transformed into appropriate anilides of 2,3-epoxypropionic acid 4-9.
(19) In this paper sensitive and selective bioassays are described for growth factors acting on substrate-attached cells, in particular members of the epidermal growth factor, transforming growth factor beta, platelet-derived growth factor, insulin-like growth factor, and heparin-binding growth factor families.
(20) Elevated, but variable levels of this protein were observed in proliferating normal fibroblasts and transformed cells of fibroblast, epithelial and lymphoid origin.