(v. t.) To stretch out; to draw out into thongs, threads, or filaments.
(n.) A bundle, package, or quantity of paper, usually consisting of twenty quires or 480 sheets.
(v. t.) To bevel out, as the mouth of a hole in wood or metal; in modern usage, to enlarge or dress out, as a hole, with a reamer.
Example Sentences:
(1) The commonly used line-to-line reaming technique was compared to an underreaming technique using both four-fifths and one-third porous-coated anatomic medullary locking (AML) implants.
(2) The disturbance without reaming was limited to the inner layer of the cortex and involved only one-third of the cortical cross-section.
(3) Median strain values of reamed only and polyacetal-nailed femora ranged from 67 to 90 percent of the intact side.
(4) In 10 dogs, closed intramedullary nailing with reaming was performed while compartment pressures were measured.
(5) Errors in surgical judgment were attributed to inadequate preoperative analysis of the pattern of the fracture; undetected intraoperative comminution during reaming or insertion of the nail, or both; or postoperative failure to recognize an increase in comminution and instability of the fracture.
(6) Instead, they continue to pursue austerity policies, which reams of historical data suggest harms economic recovery and does little to create jobs.
(7) Forty comminuted or unstable fractures of the femoral shaft were treated by closed intramedullary reaming and locked nailing.
(8) The process of reaming causes circulatory disturbances in the inner two-thirds of the diaphyseal cortex.
(9) The femoral nailing procedure with reaming in multiple trauma patients involves a potential risk to the lung.
(10) Care must be taken at surgery to ream sufficiently and obtain proper cup fit and position.
(11) The bone remodeling consisted of endosteal surface bone resorption and periosteal surface bone deposition, most likely due to a loss of structural support from the reamed medullary canal.
(12) The line-to-line reamed group showed significantly greater motion than both underreamed groups for all micromotion parameters.
(13) Two gross surgical implantation techniques, one involving reaming out the intramural portion of the uterine tube and the other dissecting it out via a transfundal incision, are compared with microsurgical uterotubal anastomosis.
(14) While it’s suffered setbacks, Uber has a huge competitive advantage in the market: it owns reams of smart data on traffic flows that will be critical to developing the technology.
(15) Mechanical tests showed that the greatest stability was achieved when the prosthetic cup was completely intruded, when all articular cartilage was removed and the socket was reamed, and when anchoring holes for cement were devised.
(16) Restricted reaming, brushing and lavage to remove debris, use of high-viscosity cement, and pressurization of the cement are of paramount importance.
(17) We conclude that bone healing is delayed by medullary reaming, whereas the pattern of healing is similar in bones with and without reaming.
(18) I assimilate reams of paper and electronic notes, scores of blood tests, x-rays and scans, and the current physiological status of the patients.
(19) Nailing was performed either primarily or secondarily and reaming was performed in most cases.
(20) Intramedullary reaming caused marked reductions in systemic and pulmonary artery blood pressure.
Reamer
Definition:
(n.) One who, or that which, reams; specifically, an instrument with cutting or scraping edges, used, with a twisting motion, for enlarging a round hole, as the bore of a cannon, etc.
Example Sentences:
(1) To induce the periodontitis, a defect was prepared with a endodontic reamer in the proximal surfaces of the upper 1st and 2nd molars of rats.
(2) Endosteal defects of variable length and involving a variable amount of the cortical wall were created with an expanding reamer in canine femurs.
(3) The apical third of the root was then ground parallel to the long axis until the distal segment of the K-reamer and the root canal appeared.
(4) Two canal instrumentation methods were used, conventional step-back preparation with K-Flex files and traditional instrumentation combining reaming with reamers and filing with K-Flex files.
(5) A used (dulled) endodontic reamer or file can be utilized as directional guide for tooth resection, because it is economical, autoclavable, and safe.
(6) Reamer argues that the social worker has a duty to warn, should disclose no more information than is necessary, and should seek authorization from a hospital review committee.
(7) The active electrode was a K-reamer n. 15 which was advanced along the canal until "Odontometer" indicated "apical constriction".
(8) A reaming defect was made, using flexible reamers to thin the cortex from the lesser trochanter distally to a site corresponding to the tip of a standard femoral component, to simulate THA after removal of a previously inserted femoral stem.
(9) Autologous bone graft is harvested from the outer iliac wing as a bone paste most easily by use of an acetabular reamer.
(10) Most lateral branches were small, 80% were the size of a #10 reamer or less, and only 3% were thicker than a #40 reamer.
(11) Temperatures in excess of 50 degrees for a duration of more than one minute were found within approximately 2 mm from the periphery of the reamer.
(12) Specialized surgical instruments used for the operation included mortising chisels with cannulated reamers, right-angled curettes, and depth-limited impactors.
(13) The distance between the tip of the reamer and the apical constriction was measured with a microscope precision of 0.125 mm.
(14) Independently of instrument (K reamer or combination K reamer and H file), irrigating solution (sodium chloride) and root canal dressing a similar degree of preparing and cleaning effectiveness of root canals was detected.
(15) Group I was mechanically prepared with reamers and files.
(16) A removable plastic collar was fixed to endocanal electrode (K-reamer) on which the exact length was signalized as apical constriction, followed by radiographic control.
(17) Endodontic reamers were contaminated with microorganisms, lased at various levels of energy, placed in Trypticase soy broth, incubated, and read for growth or no growth to determine sterility.
(18) The use of a Tompkin reamer to smooth the surface produced even deeper criss-cross grooves than the scaler, and not a satisfactory smooth surface.
(19) Two hundred seventy new files, reamers, and Hedström files from three different manufacturers were evaluated for debris and defects.
(20) This study determined whether cold treatment at -96 degrees C affected the mechanical properties of different compositions and sizes of Flexi-Post systems, various sizes of dental reamers, and external wrenches.