(n.) The margin, edge, verge, or border of a surface; especially (when the thing spoken of is somewhat oblong in shape), one of the longer edges as distinguished from the shorter edges, called ends; a bounding line of a geometrical figure; as, the side of a field, of a square or triangle, of a river, of a road, etc.
(n.) Any outer portion of a thing considered apart from, and yet in relation to, the rest; as, the upper side of a sphere; also, any part or position viewed as opposite to or contrasted with another; as, this or that side.
(n.) One of the halves of the body, of an animals or man, on either side of the mesial plane; or that which pertains to such a half; as, a side of beef; a side of sole leather.
(n.) The right or left part of the wall or trunk of the body; as, a pain in the side.
(n.) A slope or declivity, as of a hill, considered as opposed to another slope over the ridge.
(n.) The position of a person or party regarded as opposed to another person or party, whether as a rival or a foe; a body of advocates or partisans; a party; hence, the interest or cause which one maintains against another; a doctrine or view opposed to another.
(n.) A line of descent traced through one parent as distinguished from that traced through another.
(n.) Fig.: Aspect or part regarded as contrasted with some other; as, the bright side of poverty.
(a.) Of or pertaining to a side, or the sides; being on the side, or toward the side; lateral.
(a.) Hence, indirect; oblique; collateral; incidental; as, a side issue; a side view or remark.
(n.) Long; large; extensive.
(v. i.) To lean on one side.
(v. i.) To embrace the opinions of one party, or engage in its interest, in opposition to another party; to take sides; as, to side with the ministerial party.
(v. t.) To be or stand at the side of; to be on the side toward.
(v. t.) To suit; to pair; to match.
(v. t.) To work (a timber or rib) to a certain thickness by trimming the sides.
(v. t.) To furnish with a siding; as, to side a house.
Example Sentences:
(1) Previous use of the drug is found in more than 50 per cent of the patients, and it was often followed by a neglected side-effect.
(2) No differences between the two substances were observed with respect to side effects and general tolerability.
(3) During and after the infusion of 5HTP, none of the patients showed an increase in anxiety or depressive symptoms, despite the presence of severe side effects.
(4) gamma-Aminobutyric acid (GABA) and glutamate release from the treated side was higher than the control value during the first 2-3 h, a result indicating an important role of glial cells in the inactivation of released transmitter.
(5) The obvious need for highly effective contraception in women with existing disorders of glucose metabolism has led to a search for oral contraceptive (OC) regimens for such women that are efficient but without unacceptable metabolic side effects.
(6) Side effect incidence in patients treated with the paracetamol-sobrerol combination (3.7%) was significantly lower than that observed in subjects treated with paracetamol (6.1% - P less than 0.01), salicylics (25.1% - P less than 0.001), pyrazolics (12.6% - P less than 0.001), propionics (20.3%, P less than 0.001) or other antipyretics (17.9% - P less than 0.001).
(7) These findings suggest that clonidine transdermal disks lower blood pressure in hypertensive patients, but produce local skin lesions and general side effects.
(8) Completeness of isolation of the coronary and systemic circulations was shown by the marked difference in appearance times between the reflex hypotensive responses from catecholamine injections into the isolated coronary circulation and the direct hypertensive response from a similar injection when the circulations were connected as well as by the marked difference between the pressure pulses recorded simultaneously on both sides of the aortic balloon separating the two circulations.4.
(9) The Tyr side chain had two conformations of comparable energy, one over the ring between the Gln and Asn side chains, and the other with the Tyr side chain away from the ring.
(10) Estimates of potential for gastrointestinal side effects using the rat enteropooling assay and in vivo monkey effects indicate that diarrhea will be substantially reduced with retention of uterine stimulating potency.
(11) The reason for the rise in Android's market share on both sides of the Atlantic is the increased number of devices that use the software.
(12) Only those derivatives with a free amino group and net positive charge in the side chain were effective.
(13) Thus there may be four types of LPS in PACI: one contains unsubstituted core polysaccharide and yields L2 on acid hydrolysis, another has short antigenic side-chains of the SR type and yields the LI fraction, while the two high molecular weight fractions are derived from core polysaccharides with different side-chains.
(14) For retrospective action to be taken, and an FA charge to follow, the decision of the panel must be unanimous.” The match between the sides ended in acrimony and two City red cards.
(15) We studied the effect of low-dose intrathecal morphine (0.00-0.20 mg) on pain relief and the incidence of side effects after cholecystectomy in 139 patients divided into eight groups according to intrathecal morphine dose: groups 1 (0.00 mg), 2 (0.04 mg), 3 (0.06 mg), 4 (0.08 mg), 5 (0.10 mg), 6 (0.12 mg), 7 (0.15 mg), and 8 (0.20 mg).
(16) The temperature increased from the anterior to the posterior region on both buccal and lingual sides of both arches.
(17) The product of this enzymatic hydrolysis was F420 with one less glutamic acid in the side chain.
(18) On embryonic day 3.5 (E3.5), 1 day after surgery, there is a 42% average increase in volume of the polyganglia compared with the corresponding DRG on the unoperated side.
(19) Side effects were observed in 15.9% of the patients in the urapidil group and in 11.3% of the prazosin group (NS).
(20) Significant side-effects occurred infrequently and only 2 children lost weight during the period of medication.
Whiplash
Definition:
(n.) The lash of a whip, -- usually made of thongs of leather, or of cords, braided or twisted.
Example Sentences:
(1) To provide a perspective on "whiplash" injury in Australia by examining conflicting evidence, which suggests on the one hand that the disorder is a culturally conditioned and legally sanctioned illness and on the other, that it is an occult injury which can cause chronic pain.
(2) Whiplash, or cervical acceleration extension injury, is due predominantly to hyperextension and prolongation of the neck, with rebound flexion.
(3) Psychological tests and psychiatric evaluation indicated that organic brain pathology was present in the whiplash patients, although to a lesser extent than in patients with traumatic encephalopathy.
(4) PEMT as described is safe for domiciliary use and this study suggests that PEMT has a beneficial effect in the management of the acute whiplash injury.
(5) Contact with the tentacles of the jellyfish had produced characteristic whiplash-like weals on the skin.
(6) The special features indicating neck involvement include: whiplash trauma by history, reduction of range of movement in the neck, ipsilateral shoulder and--occasionally--arm pain, and, further, the fact that attacks can be precipitated mechanically by the patients (by neck movements) or by the physician (by external pressure towards circumscribed points in the neck).
(7) Our investigation shows that skeletal lesions after whiplash injury, although very few, are shown by plain skeletal radiography.
(8) This disturbance of retention is not observed when the acquisition is performed before the whiplash.
(9) Chronic rheumatic pain syndromes such as the fibrositis syndrome, 'whiplash' syndrome, low back pain syndrome and regional pain syndrome are common clinical disorders of unknown cause.
(10) Case reports are given to discuss the pathomechanism and therapy of emphysema as a result of injuries of cranium and larynx, dental treatment, whiplash injury, adenotonsillectomy and spontaneously in asthma.
(11) Risk factors which should alert the medical team to possible coexisting brain injury include history of loss of consciousness at original injury, history of trauma to the head, whiplash injury to the neck, multisystem trauma, and admission of memory or attention deficits by the patient.
(12) Acute whiplash injuries are a common cause of soft tissue trauma for which the standard treatment is rest and initial immobilisation with a soft cervical collar.
(13) This article reviews the literature on whiplash shaken infant syndrome since Caffey's original review.
(14) Laryngeal ruptures are caused by vertical traction on the larynx and trachea, mainly by pushing the chin upon a dashboard or by so called whiplash trauma.
(15) In this report are described chemically-induced ulnar neuritis from cortisone injections about the medial humeral epicondyle; pressure ulnar neuritis in patients with enforced bed rest and from improper positioning on operating table with permanent neural deficit and the relationship of such hypermobile ulnar nerves to extension-flexion (whiplash) trauma to the neck.
(16) The published English language literature derived from MEDLINE covering epidemiological, pathogenetic and psychological aspects of "whiplash" injury, post-traumatic stress disorder, abnormal illness behaviour and iatrogenicity; the Australian legal literature; the printed news media; the Transport Accident Commission of Victoria and the State Government Insurance Commission of South Australia.
(17) During flexion whiplash, the torque at the occipital condyle reverses its direction at about 25 ms after impact.
(18) These case reports illustrate both sides of the controversy on the organic versus psychogenic etiology of the cerebral symptoms following whiplash-injury of the neck.
(19) Whiplash injuries usually result in neck pain owing to myofascial trauma, which has been documented in both animal and human studies.
(20) Otoneurological examination showed abnormalities in 9 of 17 whiplash subjects.