(n.) An equilateral parallelogram, or quadrilateral figure whose sides are equal and the opposite sides parallel. The angles may be unequal, two being obtuse and two acute, as in the cut, or the angles may be equal, in which case it is usually called a square.
(n.) A rhombohedron.
Example Sentences:
(1) They rose steeply from DIV 3 to 8 in rhomb- and diencephalon but not in mesencephalon.
(2) Other membranes of the same cell or of other cells display either FCC only, aligned and occasionally ordered in "rhombs," "lines" only, with a similar pattern, or randomly distributed FCC.
(3) The second type of crystal (not observed in serial sections) is found compatible with a rhomb-dodecahedron which indexes on a cubic cell with a equal to 9.6 nm.
(4) D. Perception of size: appreciation of shape in two dimentions: circle, triangle, square, cross, rhomb, appreciation of form in three dimensions: ball, column, cone, trignonal prism, cube.
(5) As models the square, the circle, the rhomb, and the equilateral triangle were used.
Rhomboid
Definition:
(n.) An oblique-angled parallelogram like a rhomb, but having only the opposite sides equal, the length and with being different.
(a.) Same as Rhomboidal.
Example Sentences:
(1) Direct projections from the nucleus reuniens (Re) and the rhomboid nucleus (Rh) in the midline of the thalamus were examined in the rat by utilizing anterograde axonal transport of Phaseolus vulgaris leukoagglutinin (PHA-L).
(2) A case of median rhomboid glossitis associated with amyloid deposition was presented.
(3) Thus, we have recognized a central core in the anterodorsal area; oval, juxtacapsular, and rhomboid nuclei in the anterolateral area; and fusiform, dorsomedial, dorsolateral, magnocellular, and ventral nuclei in the anteroventral area.
(4) While the arteries show a long stretched spinle or lancet like form they change over blunt, oval, triangular or rhomboid forms into polygonal cells with spiked border lines at the venules.
(5) Two modifications to the classic design of the rhomboid flap are described.
(6) Within the thalamus, only galanin-immunoreactive fibers were seen within the midline paraventricular, reuniens, and rhomboid nuclei.
(7) The transfer of the levator scapulae associated, or not, with the rhomboid minor allows regression of functional signs and a return to normal function of the shoulder.
(8) No pathways were demonstrated from the medial line nuclei (paraventricular, interanteromedial, rhomboid, central medial and reunial), from intralaminar nuclei (central lateral, paracentral and parafascicular) and from the lateral part of the thalamic medio-dorsal nucleus to the amygdala.
(9) Qualitative observations showed that the general configuration of the trabecular meshwork changed gradually with age, from a long wedge shape to a shorter, more rhomboidal form.
(10) To investigate the possible rôle of Candida in median rhomboid glossitis, the presence of Candida was looked for both in the foramen cecum area and the lateral borders of 100 human cadaver tongues.
(11) Calretinin cells were most prominent in the midline (paraventricular, reuniens, rhomboid) and intralaminar (central medial, paracentral) nuclei and in a group of cells along the rostral central gray which appeared continuous with the caudal extent of the midline nuclei.
(12) A series of twenty-eight cases of median rhomboid glossitis were studied histologically.
(13) Among the most densely innervated nuclei are the parafascicular, paraventricular, rhomboid, central medial and parts of mediodorsal, lateral posterior, and ventral lateral geniculate.
(14) The Limberg (rhomboid) flap is a very reliable surgical method in which the donor site and the associated tension in tissue lie outside the weight-carrying areas; the donor site lies in the perineal area, which is never used for other flaps.
(15) Median rhomboid glossitis is an inflammatory lesion of the tongue, now believed to be secondary to candidiasis.
(16) A red-violet, rhomboid-shaped mark on the sacrum of 25 children is described.
(17) We have examined the role of rhomboid in eye development and find that, while mutant clones have only a subtle phenotype, ectopic expression of the gene causes the non-neuronal mystery cells to be transformed into photoreceptors.
(18) The densities are paired on the adjacent septal membranes, and most frequently are shown by optical diffraction to be arranged on the membrane surfaces in hexagonal or rhomboidal lattices with a centre-to-centre spacing of 34.8 nm.
(19) We document a case of median rhomboid glossitis with heavy colonisation by Actinomyces in a 60-year-old male.
(20) Small ovoid glomerular cells are morphologically and biochemically intermediate between circular glomerular cells and rhomboid glomerular cells, and may represent an in vitro modification of either circular glomerular cells or rhomboid glomerular cells.