(n.) An original or model after which anything is copied; the pattern of anything to be engraved, or otherwise copied, cast, or the like; a primary form; exemplar; archetype.
Example Sentences:
(1) Variability (CV = 0.7%) in body volume of a 45-year-old reference man measured by SH method was very similar to variation (CV = 0.6%) in mass volume of the 60-1 prototype.
(2) Infants were habituated to models posing either prototypically positive displays (e.g., happy expressions) or positive expression blends (e.g., mock surprise).
(3) The nucleotide and amino acid sequences of the M RNA of Bunyamwera virus (prototype of the serogroup) and snowshow hare and La Crosse viruses (California serogroup) (Lees et al., 1986; Eshita and Bishop, 1984; Grady et al., 1987) were compared to those of Germiston virus.
(4) There are several known enzymes recognizing the same sequence, although the prototype NarI and isoschizomers NdaI and NunII cleave the substrate to produce 5'-protruding ends, whereas cleavage with isoschizomer BbeI results in 3'-protruding ends.
(5) The two new genome types differ from the prototype Ad7c virus in having two (Ad7c1) or one (Ad7c2) extra cleavage sites for the restriction endonuclease EcoRI.
(6) This entity belongs to the group of endocrine duodenal ulcer diatheses of which the Zollinger-Ellison Syndrome (ZES) is the prototype.
(7) We compared viral DNA sequences in prototype EBV strains with data presented in the Virology paper.
(8) Results of a four year clinical study of the prototype involving 1743 patients are reported.
(9) This assay is a prototype study of human response to therapy in relation to tumor antigen and host response, as measured by a nonspecific tumor associated antigen.
(10) From these 26 responses the authors have structured a prototypic call schedule and presented its application.
(11) Two different prototypes of columella materials made from aluminum oxide ceramics were newly designed by the author for ossicular reconstruction.
(12) The sequence of molecular clones of the genome of MVM(i), a lymphotropic variant of minute virus of mice, was determined and compared with that of MVM(p), the fibrotropic prototype strain.
(13) The prototype system, which can operate from 2 Hz to 10 kHz, covers most of the frequency range of interest in the encephalographic research.
(14) The optical and thermic properties of the catheter prototypes were determined by physical methods.
(15) A prototype system, termed an acoustic plethysmograph, was built and used to measure the volume of newborn miniature pigs.
(16) A Spinal Pedicle Finder (S.P.F) has been designed for transpedicular screws and a prototype has been completed.
(17) Serogrouping of Bacteroides nodosus is based on antigenic differences in fimbriae of the different New Zealand prototype strains.
(18) We suggest that GHB may serve as the prototype for a new class of hypnotic compounds derived from natural sources and capable of activating the neurological mechanisms of normal human sleep.
(19) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Farage ’flattered’ by Trump’s call for him to be US ambassador In another shot at Obama, referring to remarks by the US president before the Brexit vote about the possible trade consequences of Britain leaving Europe, Farage said: “No longer do we have a president who says that we’re at the back of the line.” Everything you need to know about Trump and the Indiana Carrier factory Read more He also said Hillary Clinton, Trump’s opponent, had “wanted the European Union to be a prototype for a bigger model across the whole world”.
(20) Strains of AV10, 24, and 27 were identical or only slightly different from the respective prototypes.
Singleton
Definition:
(n.) In certain games at cards, as whist, a single card of any suit held at the deal by a player; as, to lead a singleton.
Example Sentences:
(1) One thousand singleton low-risk pregnancies were cross-sectionally studied at 36-40 weeks gestation with continuous-wave Doppler ultrasonography in order to assess its usefulness as an antepartum monitoring technique for the identification of fetuses at risk of developing an adverse outcome.
(2) From the 32nd week on, the twins' mean weekly BPD increment decreased, this lesser growth rate being more marked than that of singletons.
(3) A review of the existing literature reveals that coexistent fetal skeletal dysplasia and hydramnios have an extremely poor prognosis, especially in the nonachondroplastic patient with singleton fetus.
(4) Mean birth weight and gestational age were similar among the three groups for singleton gestations.
(5) Fifty-three patients were studied between the 12th to 18th week, and 41 women were between the 34th to 40th week of an accurately dated, clinically normal, singleton pregnancy.
(6) But we can see in five years’ time it [becoming] best practice.” Drinks giant Diageo is a major investor in sensory marketing, launching multi-sensory spaces and apps for brands including Guinness, the Singleton and Johnnie Walker.
(7) A fetus may survive an intentional interference with its intrauterine environment (1) if gestational age is mistaken and the procedure of induced abortion does not kill the fetus, (2) if a change of heart takes place after abortifacient drugs are taken and the abortion does not proceed, and (3) if a high-multiple pregnancy is reduced to a singleton or a twin pregnancy to improve the likelihood that the remaining fetuses will reach viability.
(8) Kelly and KR continued to toil in the Wembley heat to no avail and after the forward Brad Singleton charged over for Leeds’ next, their race was well and truly run.
(9) To determine the extent to which disparities in risk status and access to tertiary care affect racial differences in neonatal mortality rates among normal birth weight infants, we conducted a vital records study concerning normal weight black (N = 44,399) and white (N = 48,146) singleton births in Chicago.
(10) In contrast to singleton pregnancies, advanced labor with more than four centimeters cervical dilatation should not preclude good chances for successful treatment.
(11) These pregnancies resulted in 16 live births (7 singletons, 3 twins, 1 triplets).
(12) To test the hypothesis that dizygotic (DZ) twin mothers smoke more frequently than mothers of singletons and monozygotic (MZ) mothers, researchers have conducted a case control study in Denmark using as cases all women who gave birth to live born twins in 1984-1985.
(13) Since it is impossible to differentiate in a singleton pregnancy between these two types of FM on the basis of maternal perception alone, the natural model of twin pregnancy was used.
(14) In the screening group, 6.2% of liveborn singletons were small for gestational age (less than the 10th percentile) compared with 8.5% in the non-screening group (p less than 0.05).
(15) Three prepartum obstetrical risk-scoring methods (Goodwin, Halliday, Hobel) were retrospectively applied to a consecutive series of 795 singleton pregnancies.
(16) Fetal crown rump length (CRL) was measured weekly in 33 singleton pregnancies that were established after in vitro fertilization, gamete intrafallopian transfer or natural intercourse in monitored infertility treatment cycles.
(17) To evaluate the effectiveness of nurse-midwifery care in this sample, a prospective study of the service's 496 singleton birth outcomes during 1990 was undertaken.
(18) The 1,579,854 births and 14,591 deaths of singletons who were black or white and whose mothers were 25-49 years of age were included.
(19) By 1985 some 1342 singleton perinatal deaths had occurred.
(20) Also nowadays twin pregnancy is a risk pregnancy with a 2.3 fold higher perinatal mortality compared with singleton pregnancy in our matched-pair-group.