(a.) Having the power to give form or fashion to a mass of matter; as, the plastic hand of the Creator.
(a.) Capable of being molded, formed, or modeled, as clay or plaster; -- used also figuratively; as, the plastic mind of a child.
(a.) Pertaining or appropriate to, or characteristic of, molding or modeling; produced by, or appearing as if produced by, molding or modeling; -- said of sculpture and the kindred arts, in distinction from painting and the graphic arts.
Example Sentences:
(1) The various evocational changes appear to form sets of interconnected systems and this complex network seems to embody some plasticity since it has been possible to suppress experimentally some of the most universal evocational events or alter their temporal order without impairing evocation itself.
(2) With the exception of PMMA and PTFE, all plastics leave a very heavy tar- and soot deposit after burning.
(3) The consequences of proved hypersensitivity in patients with metal-to-plastic prostheses, either present prior to insertion of the prosthesis or evoked by the implant material, are not known.
(4) We found that when neutrophils were allowed to settle into protein-coated surfaces the amount of O2- they generated varied with the nature of the protein: IgG greater than bovine serum albumin greater than plastic greater than gelatin greater than serum greater than collagen.
(5) FGF did not influence P production, while EGF clearly increased basal P production of the cells cultured on plastic.
(6) Alveolar macrophages (greater than 97% esterase positive) were isolated form bronchoalveolar lavage fluids by adherence onto plastic.
(7) During collection, the rat was restrained in a plastic holder where it was free to eat.
(8) The agency, which works to reduce food waste and plastic bag use, has already been gutted , with its budget reduced to £17.9m in 2014, down from £37.7m in 2011.
(9) Radiological examination provides more accurate indications for plastic surgery of the pelvic floor, influences the operative procedures and permits better evaluation of operative results.
(10) Unlike cells grown on plastic, RME cells grown on type I collagen were readily subculturable and serial subculture resulted in the cells undergoing 15-20 population doublings (5-6 passages) before exhibiting any loss of growth potential.
(11) In 36 patients plastic reconstruction of the urinary bladder, sphincter and urethra was performed with local tissues after the Young technic in the G. A. Bairov modification.
(12) This result contraindicates a general permissive-requisite role for forebrain NE for the mammalian brain's plasticity during its critical periods.
(13) Markram's papers on synaptic plasticity and the microcircuitry of the neural cortex were enough to earn him a full professorship at the age of 40, but his discoveries left him restless and dissatisfied.
(14) Thus functional plasticity in response to early experience appears to be a fundamental aspect of cortical development.
(15) A metal-plastic prosthesis was tested in positions and with forces considered applicable to arthritics.
(16) The surgeon must have an exact idea of this canal before undertaking operation for plastics of the hernial defect.
(17) HVc and RA grow during the subsong and plastic song periods of song development.
(18) Asymmetries occur less often whilst using the low-cervical-pull according to Sander, due to the reduced friction between the two plastic parts of this headgear system.
(19) This paper reports the findings of a national survey of Medical Schools and Plastic Surgery Units.
(20) Plastic surgery seems to be successful in mitral valve lesions, whereas lesions of the aortic valve are such that valve replacement is required.
Vinyl
Definition:
(n.) The hypothetical radical C2H3, regarded as the characteristic residue of ethylene and that related series of unsaturated hydrocarbons with which the allyl compounds are homologous.
Example Sentences:
(1) Replacement of vinyl groups with bulkier substituents (hydroxyethyl or acetyl groups) decreases holoenzyme stability and catalytic activity.
(2) Glove manufacturers were queried to ascertain the occurrence of Lowinox 44S36 and butylhydroxyanisole in different brands of latex and vinyl examination gloves.
(3) This was possible because the Ara test, for volatile compounds (such as vinyl bromide), did not require the use of special vaporization techniques, which are difficult to evaluate quantitatively for mutagenic activity.
(4) A gas chromatographic method is described for the quantification of levels of 1,1,1-trichloroethane in vinyl chloride polymer resins and in poly(vinyl chloride) (PVC) bottles used in the packaging of foods.
(5) Rats have been exposed in a closed system to the chlorinated ethylenes vinyl chloride and trichloroethylene and to carbon tetrachloride as a reference compound.
(6) Biochemical and pharmacological effects of gamma-vinyl GABA (Vigabatrin, GVG), and irreversible enzyme-activated inhibitor of 4-aminobutyrate: 2-oxoglutarate aminotransferase (EC 2.6.1.19; GABA-T), were measured in mice.
(7) Also, if you want to press vinyl, forget it – leading up to this day all of the pressing plants are booked.
(8) A sensitive potentiometric monitoring method was developed that permits the continuous measurement of the disolution profiles of methyl vinyl ether-maleic anhydride-acid copolymers and salt derivatives.
(9) Vinyl perdeuterated arachidonic acid (20:4 delta 5,8,11,14-d8) was prepared from eicosatetraynoic acid (ETYA) and was esterified with 1-palmitoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine to yield 1-palmitoyl-2-vinylperdeuterioarachidonoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocho line [(16:0)(20:4-d8)PC].
(10) The arts and social space in Deptford opened in 2015 after three years of fundraising and it now runs a programme of gigs, screenings, talks and performances, as well as being home to Tome Records, which has a distractingly good selection of vinyl, as well as tapes and zines.
(11) Measurements of GABA were performed at two different times of day (11.00 and 15.00 h), 3 h after intraperitoneal administration of gamma-vinyl-GABA (GVG), an irreversible inhibitor of GABA transaminase.
(12) Similarly, incubation of cells with methyl vinyl ketone or allyl alcohol, but not N-dimethylnitrosamine, altered cellular GSH status.
(13) Vinyl chloride disease is the best known among these.
(14) The number of 6-TG-resistant cells increased in the high-occupational-cancer-risk group of vinyl chloride- and mixed organic industrial dust (MOID)-exposed workers as well as in the primary lung cancer patients.
(15) Also screened without exogenous activation were seven potential metabolites of vinyl chloride in their pure forms as well as the related epichlorohydrin.
(16) Admixtures were prepared in 2-L ethylene-vinyl acetate bags using conventional techniques and stored at room temperature.
(17) The interaction of vinyl chloride (VC) with poly(vinyl)chloride) (PVC) has been studied by inverse gas chromatography (IGC).
(18) A total nutrient admixture composed of 5% amino acid injection, 20% dextrose injection, and 3% intravenous fat emulsion was prepared aseptically in four 2-L ethylene-vinyl acetate bags.
(19) Vinyl chloride has been associated recently with findings of angiosarcoma in animals and man.
(20) The present investigation was undertaken to gain insight into the factors governing diffusion of a series of monosubstituted benzoic acids across ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymers.