(v.) Capable of being plied, turned, or bent; easy to be bent; flexible; pliant; supple; limber; yielding; as, willow is a pliable plant.
(v.) Flexible in disposition; readily yielding to influence, arguments, persuasion, or discipline; easy to be persuaded; -- sometimes in a bad sense; as, a pliable youth.
Example Sentences:
(1) For removal of catheter fragments from vessels of small diameter, such as the subclavian vein, or vessels in which the catheter has to take an acute bend to enter, such as the right or left pulmonary artery, a smaller, more pliable Bean-Smith-Mahorner biliary stone helical basket was adapted by extending the length of wire to 100 cm.
(2) In this theory the isoprenoid chain of the retinal is considered a structurally pliable molecular entity that can generate charge redistributions and can be subsequently achieve intermediate conformations or various isomeric states to minimize the energy of the new protein structure generated by light.
(3) The plug is made of a soft, pliable plastic material with open cells, containing a carbon filter which allows flatus to pass odour-free.
(4) A patient's epiglottis became trapped between the pliable grates in the mask portion of the laryngeal mask and partially obstructed his airway.
(5) In regard to valvular anatomy, 67 had calcified valves, 58 had pliable valves and only mild subvalvular disease, and 75 had flexible valves but extensive subvalvular disease.
(6) Add as much of the sparkling water as you need to make a smooth, pliable mixture.
(7) As he checks the woman’s heart with a stethoscope, he explains exactly what is about to happen to her – the nurses will hook her up to an EKG machine, among other procedures – and gets the woman to lie down, still muttering at the original nurse but pliable.
(8) The splitting of several calcareous nodules on a valve made it more pliable.
(9) Explanted valves showed no tissue thickening or shrinkage, problems seen with earlier valves made with untreated autogenous tissue, and the leaflets remained pliable, free of the degenerative changes usually seen in the sheep model.
(10) A pliable, easy to place, double pigtail, internal ureteral stent made of elastomeric polyurethane is described.
(11) The operation resulted into a normally looking penis through the creation of a wide neourethra starting with a meatus at the apex of the glans and covered by a pliable elastic hair-less skin.
(12) In contrast to the pectoralis major myocutaneous flap, the pectoralis major muscle flap is light and pliable.
(13) Cabinet members speedily agreed to hefty cuts in 2010 and proved so pliable that the "star chamber", which hears appeals from ministers against the Treasury, never met once.
(14) It remains pliable until light is applied, allowing adjustments in shape for a well-fitted implant without time constraints.
(15) The Wallstent (Medinvent SA, Lausanne, Switzerland), a pliable, tubular stainless steel mesh, is the metallic stent of choice for treatment of malignant strictures and can be implanted in a single session resulting in a shortened hospital stay for patients undergoing palliation of irresectable biliary tumours.
(16) Optimal results may be expected in patients in normal sinus rhythm, with pliable mitral leaflets, and with no severe subvalvular disease identified by echocardiography, who undergo dilation with large effective balloon dilating areas.
(17) Clonidine has been incorporated into a small, pliable adhesive cutaneous delivery device designed to provide therapeutically effective doses of drug at a constant rate for at least 7 days.
(18) The hypopharyngeal mucosa is a thin, pliable lining, which often needs replacement after tumor excision, stenosis and fistulae.
(19) The data suggest that LICS act as pliable fluid reservoirs that empty and collapse on stimulation of Cl secretion.
(20) The many difficulties associated with bladder stimulation include simultaneous sphincter contraction, pain, electrode and insulation difficulties, and fibroplasia due to movement of electrodes placed in pliable tissues.
Reim
Definition:
(n.) A strip of oxhide, deprived of hair, and rendered pliable, -- used for twisting into ropes, etc.
Example Sentences:
(1) Three cases of meningiomas originated in the optic nerve sheath in its intra-canalicular portion, have been operated on in Reims since we dispose of the TDM; it gave us the opportunity to re-define the way how to explore an area always difficult to investigate; indeed it has been impossible for a long time to clearly isolate meningiomas in the optic canal through the classical neuro-radiologic technics.
(2) He united the Chamber Orchestra of Europe and an outstanding roster of international singers in Rossini's effervescent but then-neglected Il Viaggio a Reims at the 1985 Pesaro festival; the resultant recording proved a bestseller and remains a desert-island set for many opera lovers.
(3) And that was one of the things that I’ve always dreamt of doing.” – Rennes winger Paul-Georges Ntep after scoring a goal against Reims that saw him round the goalkeeper before getting on his hands and knees and heading the ball over the line “I’ve used up all my credits.
(4) Surveillance of one of the Charlie Hebdo attackers, Saïd Kouachi, had been lifted when he moved house from Paris to the north-eastern city of Reims.
(5) We therefore conducted a prospective study in the urban population of Reims.
(6) A good place to see this is at the Ruinart champagne house on the outskirts of Reims.
(7) France was bracing itself for a two-year high in electricity consumption as temperatures plunged to -20C in Reims and Mulhouse.
(8) The club deserves better than this season.” Michy Batshuayi’s 24th-minute goal was enough to beat Angers, taking Marseille up to 13th, eight points clear of 18th-placed Stade de Reims.
(9) Driving around here – Reims, Epernay, and the surrounding villages – is like driving round the inside of the locked cabinet at the off licence.
(10) This original technique was developed by D. Ploton at the CHU de Reims.
(11) The authors report the different types of mutilating surgery: evisceration, enucleation and exenteration, realized at Reims C.H.R., between 1983 and 1988.
(12) Return rail fares from London to Reims start at £79 with Rail Europe (0844 848 4070, raileurope.co.uk ).
(13) 36 patients consecutively admitted in medical and surgical wards of Reims' University Hospital, and referred to the Psychiatric Emergency Unit, were assessed for their psychiatric morbidity (DMS-III-R, axis I) and their psychiatric dangerousness.
(14) The population of Reims Hospital Psychiatric Emergency Unit is described for the years 1989 and 1975-76.
(15) While Roberge returned to his native France for a season-long loan at Ligue 1 Reims, Modibo, formerly of Lazio, had his contract cancelled.
(16) Starting from a collection of 67 cases of hanging taken over by the Anesthesia Resuscitation Department belonging to Reims Hospital University Centre, the authors report their clinical observations and make an analytical confrontation of this type of accident according to various criteria such as: - the initial physical condition of the victims; - the evolution of the symptoms; - the various medical treatments used.
(17) Originally from Mértola in south-east Portugal, Manuel Colaço Dias was 18 when he moved with his parents to Reims, north-east France, to escape the authoritarian Estado Novo regime.