(superl.) Having an even surface, or a surface so even that no roughness or points can be perceived by the touch; not rough; as, smooth glass; smooth porcelain.
(superl.) Evenly spread or arranged; sleek; as, smooth hair.
(superl.) Gently flowing; moving equably; not ruffled or obstructed; as, a smooth stream.
(superl.) Flowing or uttered without check, obstruction, or hesitation; not harsh; voluble; even; fluent.
(superl.) Bland; mild; smoothing; fattering.
(superl.) Causing no resistance to a body sliding along its surface; frictionless.
(adv.) Smoothly.
(n.) The act of making smooth; a stroke which smooths.
(n.) That which is smooth; the smooth part of anything.
(a.) To make smooth; to make even on the surface by any means; as, to smooth a board with a plane; to smooth cloth with an iron.
(a.) To free from obstruction; to make easy.
(a.) To free from harshness; to make flowing.
(a.) To palliate; to gloze; as, to smooth over a fault.
(a.) To give a smooth or calm appearance to.
(a.) To ease; to regulate.
(v. i.) To flatter; to use blandishment.
Example Sentences:
(1) These immunocytochemical studies clearly demonstrated that cells encountered within the fibrous intimal thickening in the vein graft were inevitably smooth muscle cell in origin.
(2) Thus adrenaline, via pre- and post-junctional adrenoceptors, may contribute to enhanced vascular smooth muscle contraction, which most likely is sensitized by the elevated intracellular calcium concentration.
(3) In addition to their involvement in thrombosis, activated platelets release growth factors, most notably a platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) which may be the principal mediator of smooth muscle cell migration from the media into the intima and of smooth muscle cell proliferation in the intima as well as of vasoconstriction.
(4) Peripheral eosinocytes increased by 10%, and tests for HBsAg, antiHBs, antimitochondrial antibody and anti-smooth muscle antibody were all negative.
(5) After vascular injury, smooth muscle cells proliferate, reaching a maximum rate at day 2.
(6) Recent studies have shown that an aberration in platelet-derived growth factor gene expression is unlikely to be a factor in proliferation of smooth-muscle cells.
(7) The Ta loop was a smooth, elongated ellipse in configuration and showed clockwise rotation in all planes, as did the P loop.
(8) This series of tests included tests for pathologic nystagmus, saccades, smooth pursuit, and optokinetic nystagmus, as well as bithermal caloric testing and rotational testing.
(9) It inhibits platelet and vascular smooth muscle activation by cGMP-dependent attenuation of the agonist-induced rise of intracellular free Ca2+.
(10) It is concluded that a Na-H antiport system in vascular smooth muscle regulates Na influx rate, contributes to intracellular pH regulation and influences basal levels of Na,K-pump activity.
(11) By 30 min after insemination, the surface of the egg is relatively smooth.
(12) An electrogenic sodium-potassium pump appears to contribute materially to the steady-state potential and to certain of the transient potential responses of vascular smooth muscle.
(13) Distribution patterns of phosphatidylserine and phosphatidylinositol in the smooth muscle as well as in the mucosa were different from those in the liver.
(14) Ultrastructural study of the uterine lesion demonstrated smooth muscle cells with only a few "autophagic" facuoles to cells nearly replaced by lysosomes.
(15) These early hyperplastic lesions revealed stellate-shaped dilated bile canaliculi lined by blebs and abnormally thick elongated microvilli, a decreased number of microvilli on the sinusoidal surface, a marked increase in smooth endoplasmic reticulum, large nucleoli, and bundles of pericanalicular microfilaments.
(16) We conclude that once daily doxazosin provides smooth and effective blood pressure control throughout a 24 h post-dose period.
(17) It is suggested that contractile responses to electrical stimulation in isolated sheep urethral smooth muscle are mediated by the sympathetic nervous system, mainly through release of noradrenaline stimulating postjunctional alpha 1-adrenoceptors.
(18) Four fractions enriched, respectively, in plasma membrane (PM), smooth endoplasmic reticulum (SER), rough endoplasmic reticulum (RER), and mitochondria were isolated from estrogen-dominated rat myometrium.
(19) From the findings of this study the authors recommend wide excision of colorectal smooth-muscle tumours whenever there is a suggestion of malignancy.
(20) All smooth strains of Brucella bear two lipopolysaccharide (LPS) antigens in a ratio that defines the classification of strains in serovars, A (A greater than M), M (M greater than A) and A.M (A = M).
Unlined
Definition:
Example Sentences:
(1) The pulpal responses elicited by 1% aqueous citric acid, 1% citric acid in 30% ethanol and 0.1% citric acid in 30% ethanol solutions, in unlined cavities and in cavities lined with Dycal after acid application, were compared with those elicited by a negative control material--(Nobetec), and a positive control material--(Syntrex).
(2) A technique is described in which unlined skin flaps are used after excision of malignant oral lesions.
(3) Ruby is lobbing bloodied lumps of cake into an unlined bowl and sobbing bitterly as she does so.
(4) Silicate cement was inserted in deep unlined cavities in 70 human teeth; 35 cavities were cleaned with an antibacterial cleanser, and the other 35 cavities in the contralateral teeth were treated with water spray only.
(5) Parenchymal cells were highly vacuolated, occasionally with membranous vacuoles, but most often revealing large, clear cytoplasmic zones unlined by any membranes.
(6) Cylindrical specimens were prepared by dead-loading or hand-condensing amalgam in a Teflon mold which was unlined, lined with Panavia EX, or lined with Amalgambond.
(7) Of the 30 cysts, 12 were corpus luteum cysts; 10 were called lutein cysts, nonspecific, and had a lining of luteinized cells of a single cell type; three cysts were luteinized follicles; four cysts were unlined or lined by a single layer of cells.
(8) Unlined channels of blood were found in connective tissue before treatment but not after.
(9) The amount of F retained was reduced significantly from 3.65 mg F in the first appointment, to 1.24 mg F in the second appointment when unlined trays were used.
(10) The use of unlined buccal fat pad as a pedicled graft to close palatal defects is reported.
(11) In addition, all teeth with deep unlined cavities showed inflammatory cells as did 1 with an intermediate depth unlined cavity.
(12) Unlined silicate restorations were placed in intact and experimentally altered monkey, teeth.
(13) The pulpal reactions to amalgams with relatively high Cu content were compared with a conventional amalgam placed in unlined cavities prepared in intact monkey teeth.
(14) The pulpal response to an experimental adhesion promoter (PTP) used in conjunction with a composite resin material, Biogloss, is described, in lined and unlined cavities.
(15) Amalgams were placed in cavities lined with ZOE and in unlined cavities.
(16) In vitro corrosion tests of samples so prepared exhibited corrosion resistance far superior to unlined control samples.
(17) The time dependences of these parameters are nonlinear [correction of unline] curves.
(18) Pseudocyst of the auricle is an asymptomatic, noninflammatory cystic swelling that typically involves the anthelix of the ear and results from an accumulation of fluid within an unlined intracartilaginous cavity.
(19) Less microleakage was observed in resin-bonded amalgam restorations than in Copal varnish-lined or unlined restorations.
(20) In the short observation period the inflammatory reactions were more pronounced when unlined composite fillings were evaluated compared with silicate cement fillings and with lined fillings.