(a.) Having four sides, and consequently four angles; quadrangular.
(n.) A plane figure having four sides, and consequently four angles; a quadrangular figure; any figure formed by four lines.
(n.) An area defended by four fortresses supporting each other; as, the Venetian quadrilateral, comprising Mantua, Peschiera, Verona, and Legnano.
Example Sentences:
(1) In 33 patients an external quadrilateral frame system was applied primarily, and in the remaining nine within 1-2 weeks.
(2) Attempts have been made to avoid the fallacies with the introduction of quadrilateral and Wits analyses.
(3) The purpose of this case report is to 1) briefly describe the traditional above-knee (AK) quadrilateral socket, 2) describe the contoured adducted trochanteric-controlled alignment method (CAT-CAM) socket, 3) describe the management of a patient with a temporary CAT-CAM prosthesis, and 4) explain how the CAT-CAM prosthesis approach has resolved a medically complex clinical problem.
(4) Moreover, the impression has been created that they are not governed by the basic biomechanical rules identified by Radcliffe as affecting the quadrilateral socket.
(5) Axisymmetric 8-node quadrilateral element for arbitrary loading was used for the analysis.
(6) Successful ligation experiments include the oligomerization of individual three-arm and four-arm junctions, the assembly of a quadrilateral from four junctions with different sticky ends, and the recent construction of a molecule with the connectivity of a cube.
(7) This paper applies the more abstract and inclusive concept of "embodiment" from the phenomenological movement in philosophy to the life history of a 35-year-old American woman born with quadrilateral limb deficiencies.
(8) On Tuesday the finance ministers of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland branded quadrilateral Brexit talks with the chief secretary to the Treasury, David Gauke, as disappointing, accusing him of failing to provide enough information on how exiting the EU would affect their nations.
(9) Craniofacial structure was described with DiPaolo's quadrilateral measures.
(10) Analysis showed that a pair of parallel sides of a quadrilateral were viewed as parallel to the viewer's forehead when the sides were horizontal in the image plane and were seen as slanting in depth if they were slanted in the image plane.
(11) Septal deformity is of two kinds, which may occur independently, or together: 1) anterior cartilage deformity of the quadrilateral septal cartilage, caused by direct trauma or pressure at any age; and 2) combined septal deformity involving all the septal components, caused by compression across the maxilla from pressures occurring during pregnancy or parturition.
(12) In this patient, entrapment of the axillary nerve by fibrous bands in the quadrilateral space caused shoulder pain with paresthesias in the upper extremity.
(13) An axisymmetric element of quadrilateral cross-section is developed and applied to the mechanical test problem of a cylindrical specimen of soft tissue in unconfined compression.
(14) The primary treatment was conservative with cast immobilization in 86 patients, external fixation by a quadrilateral system in 14, and open reduction and internal fixation in four.
(15) The two danger zones are the zygomatic arch which is crossed by the frontal nerve trunk and a quadrilateral area between the hairline and the tail of the eyebrow and a vertical line 1.5 cm lateral to the lateral canthus of the eye.
(16) In healthy children younger than 5 years of age, the thymus had a quadrilateral shape and biconvex lateral contours.
(17) Five, rehabilitated, unilateral above-knee amputees (average age, 34.4 years) using quadrilateral sockets were converted to Contoured Adducted Trochanteric-Controlled Alignment Method (CAT-CAM) sockets to determine the effect on ambulatory function.
(18) The quadrilateral did not appear to be rectangular when viewed in peripheral vision even though the rectangular viewing condition was used.
(19) We consider the CAT-CAM prosthesis an improvement over the quadrilateral socket for increasing ambulation independence in the individual with AK amputation and other medical complications.
(20) He also criticised the UK for not showing more imagination Updated at 11.36am GMT 11.12am GMT The leaders of Sweden , Finland , the Netherlands and Denmark have been holding talks ( a quadrilateral-meeting? )
Trapezium
Definition:
(n.) A plane figure bounded by four right lines, of which no two are parallel.
(n.) A bone of the carpus at the base of the first metacarpal, or thumb.
(n.) A region on the ventral side of the brain, either just back of the pons Varolii, or, as in man, covered by the posterior extension of its transverse fibers.
Example Sentences:
(1) The authors describe three patients in whom this complication occurred after Silastic replacements of the carpal scaphoid and trapezium bones.
(2) The wrist motion remaining after simulated arthrodeses was as follows: capitate-hamate: flexion (Flx) 98%, extension (Ext) 92%, ulnar deviation (UD) 96%, radial deviation (RD) 90%; scaphoid-lunate: Flx 97%, Ext 91%, UD 90%, RD 91%; scaphoid-trapezium-trapezoid: Flx 86%, Ext 88%, UD 67%, RD 69%; scaphoid-lunate-triquetrum: Flx 91%, Ext 82%, UD 86%, RD 70%; capitate-lunate: Flx 70%, Ext 59%, UD 89%, RD 79%; capitate-hamate-triquetrum: Flx 88%, Ext 79%, UD 88%, RD 81%; hamate-triquetrum: Flx 90%, Ext 85%, UD 89%, RD 94%; scaphoid-trapezium-trapezoid-capitate: Flx 85%, Ext 77%, UD 64%, RD 57%.
(3) Twenty-five patients who presented with symptoms of disabling pain secondary to arthritis at the base of thumb had 29 arthroplasties with silicone rubber trapezium implants.
(4) Although the design features of the Niebauer implant offer theoretical advantages for stability and fixation, this study does not demonstrate better results compared with other types of silicone trapezium implants.
(5) Operation, consisting of resection of the trapezium and shortening by 1.5 cm of the abductor pollicis longus tendon was performed on 16 thumbs.
(6) If there is localized uptake in the area of the trapezium, additional radiographic studies may be necessary to confirm or exclude this fracture.
(7) The fracture of the trapezium can prevent the normal mobility of the thumb, and therefore an anatomical reduction is desirable.
(8) Osteoarthritic involvement of more than one of the articular surfaces of the trapezium was found in a group of 31 hands.
(9) The area under each sensitivity gradient was determined using the trapezium rule.
(10) The first point of reference is fixed and consists of a line projected through the radial articular surface of the second metacarpal with the trapezium.
(11) Trapezium-scaphoid-trapezoid subluxations and trapezoid-capitate-scaphoid-trapezium subluxations or dislocations are rare.
(12) The present study deals with patients in whom the diagnostic procedures applied in rhizoid arthrosis were considered to reveal scaphoid-trapezium-trapezoid (STT) arthrosis.
(13) We studied 18 patients ranging in age from 16 years to 57 years who presented 8 to 78 months (average, 31.7 months) after silicone arthroplasty (four scaphoid, six lunate, one scapholunate, four finger, two wrist, one trapezium, and one ulnar head for metacarpal hemiarthroplasty).
(14) Fractures of the body of the trapezium are uncommon.
(15) After excision of the trapezium, a strip from the flexor carpi radialis was wound around the main portion of the flexor carpi radialis tendon and the abductor pollicis longus.
(16) The patients treated by resection of the trapezium and tendon interposition were more satisfied and had less pain than those treated by implantation of a Swanson prosthesis.
(17) Having performed 100 anatomical dissections we found that in the first dorsal compartment of the wrist besides other tendons there are one or two tendons belonging to a musculo-tendinous unit, not yet described, inserting in the trapezium and acting almost together with the other units going to the first metacarpal.
(18) Excision of the trapezium gave good results with respect to pain relief, but there was loss of thumb stability and strength.
(19) Relationships between the younger, single members of staff were purest catnip to us; we were always turning love triangles into love trapeziums.
(20) The physio-pathology of fractures of the trapezium was investigated by personal experiments conducted in the laboratory on 26 wrists and showed 3 main mechanisms: a fall on the hand with the wrist extended and radially deviated (Manon) and direct commissural trauma combined with various degrees of shearing described by Monsche.