(a.) First in order of time or development or in intention; primitive; fundamental; original.
(a.) First in order, as being preparatory to something higher; as, primary assemblies; primary schools.
(a.) First in dignity or importance; chief; principal; as, primary planets; a matter of primary importance.
(a.) Earliest formed; fundamental.
(a.) Illustrating, possessing, or characterized by, some quality or property in the first degree; having undergone the first stage of substitution or replacement.
(n.) That which stands first in order, rank, or importance; a chief matter.
(n.) A primary meeting; a caucus.
(n.) One of the large feathers on the distal joint of a bird's wing. See Plumage, and Illust. of Bird.
(n.) A primary planet; the brighter component of a double star. See under Planet.
Example Sentences:
(1) The only other evidence of Kopachi's existence is the primary school near the memorial.
(2) We also show that proliferation of primary amnion cells is not dependent on a high c-fos expression, suggesting that the function of c-fos is more likely to be associated with other cellular functions in the differentiated amnion cell.
(3) A total of 555 caries lesions were registered on proximal surfaces, 49.1% being primary lesions in the enamel, 21.4% primary lesions into the dentin and 29.5% secondary lesions.
(4) Two cases with primary Carcinoma in situ (Cis) were treated with the same protocol.
(5) Taken together these results are consistent with the view that primary CTL, as well as long term cloned CTL cell lines, exercise their cytolytic activity by means of perforin.
(6) Community involvement is a key element of the Primary Health Care (PHC) approach, and thus an essential topic on a course for managers of Primary Health Care programmes.
(7) These findings raise questions regarding the efficacy of medical school curriculum in motivating career choices in primary care.
(8) In view of reports of the reduction of telomeric repeats in human malignant tumors, we measured the lengths of telomeric repeats in 55 primary neuroblastomas.
(9) The blockade of H2 receptors is the primary action of these drugs; however, they possess also secondary actions which may represent untoward effects but in some cases may be actually useful (increase in prostaglandin synthesis, inhibition of LTB4 synthesis, etc.)
(10) For related pairs, both the primes (first pictures) and targets (second pictures) varied in rated "typicality" (Rosch, 1975), being either typical or relatively atypical members of their primary superordinate category.
(11) Determination of the primary structure for factor V has provided the basis for examination of structure-function relationships.
(12) The 36-year-old teacher at an inner-city London primary school earns £40,000 a year and contributes £216 a month to her pension.
(13) If there is a will to use primary Care centres for effective preventive action in the population as a whole, motivation of the professionals involved and organisational changes will be necessary so as not to perpetuate the law of inverse care.
(14) The move would require some secondary legislation; higher fines for employers paying less than the minimum wage would require new primary legislation.
(15) Valvular stenoses of the bronchi and especially of the bronchioles in various types of primary pulmonary disease are of considerable importance etiologically.
(16) For the case described by the author primary tearing of the chiasma due to sudden applanation of the skull in the frontal region with burstfractures in the anterior cranial fossa is assumed.
(17) Of the 622 people interviewed, a large proportion (30.5%) believed that the first deciduous tooth should erupt between the age of 5-7 months; the next commonly mentioned time of tooth eruption was 7-9 months of age; and 50.3% of the respondents claimed to have seen a case of prematurely erupted primary teeth.
(18) In the triploids, the 40 female chromosomes present (mouse, n = 20) were derived from a single diploid pronucleus formed after the extrusion of a first polar body, and following the monospermic fertilization of primary oocytes.
(19) Subthreshold concentrations of the drug to induce complete blockade (5 x 10(-8)M) allowed to observe a greater depression of bioelectric cell characteristics in primary than in transitional fibres.
(20) Therefore, the measurement of the alpha-antitrypsin content plays the crucial part in differential diagnosis of primary (hereditary determined) and secondary (obstructive) emphysema.
Primus
Definition:
(n.) One of the bishops of the Episcopal Church of Scotland, who presides at the meetings of the bishops, and has certain privileges but no metropolitan authority.
Example Sentences:
(1) Power (25 watts) was delivered via the Primus (Technomatix) transrectal microwave applicator with simultaneous cooling of the rectal mucosa (between 12 and 14C).
(2) One hundred twenty radiographs of the foot were evaluated for hallux abductus angle, lateral talometatarsal angle, and metatarsus primus elevatus position.
(3) The authors describe their operative approach to metatarsus primus adductus deformity when present in conjunction with a congenitally short first metatarsal.
(4) In fact, the diagnosis of metatarsus primus elevatus with associated advancing degenerative joint disease is probably being missed in a significant number of patients.
(5) Many methods of fixation have been used after proximal abductory metatarsal osteotomies for the correction of metatarsus primus varus.
(6) The deformity of hallux abducto valgus is often accompanied by the deformity of metatarsus primus varus.
(7) The waitress puts two more Primus down on the table.
(8) With regard to its insertion, though, it can just as well represent a detached part of the m. lumbricalis primus whose tendon became attached to the m. flexor digitorum superficialis at the time of simultaneous development of those muscles of the hand.
(9) A young man had hereditary sensory radicular neuropathy with relapsing ulcer of the foot and, in addition to previously known clinical features, osteoarthropathy with hallux valgus, metatarsus primus varus, exostosis, and pes planus.
(10) Drawing back the panel: what a solar energy ranking system looks like Read more Primus Power has developed a flow battery that is quite different from conventional designs.
(11) Evans is, as they say of prime ministers, primus inter pares – he is first among equals.
(12) The hallux valgus angle was associated with medial deviation of the first metatarsal measured by all three of the parameters defined and tested, i.e., the intermetatarsal, metatarsus primus varus, and metatarsus omnis varus angles.
(13) Enterobacter was a minor symbiont of M. darwiniensis, C. primus, and N. graveolus; Streptococcus was a minor symbiont of H. ferox, C. lacteus, S. intermedius intermedius, and N. exitiosus; and Bacillus was a minor symbiont of C. acinaciformis and S. intermedius intermedius.
(14) Dr. Evins suggests a relatively simple technique to reduce the metatarsus primus adductus angle associated with hallux abducto valgus.
(15) The mean metatarsophalangeal angle was 31 degrees, and there was a metatarsus primus varus varying from 10 degrees to 20 degrees.
(16) In thirty-five the sesamoids had changed position relative to the first metatarsal bone, which in all cases could be attributed to metatarsus-primus-varus.
(17) Metatarsus primus varus was found not only in the early stages of hallux valgus but in the unaffected feet of children with unilateral hallux valgus.
(18) Although the Mitchell osteotomy corrected the metatarsus primus varus in each case, the current series shows a discouraging incidence of later recurrence of hallux valgus and restriction of metatarsophalangeal motion causing the abandonment of this procedure for the management of juvenile bunion.
(19) The PRIMUS system was designed as a dedicated microwave hyperthermia system for treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH).
(20) Our technique of basal osteotomy of the first metatarsal is a simple and effective procedure to correct metatarsus primus varus and may restore the distal transverse arch.