(n.) Extension, considered independently of anything which it may contain; that which makes extended objects conceivable and possible.
(n.) Place, having more or less extension; room.
(n.) A quantity or portion of extension; distance from one thing to another; an interval between any two or more objects; as, the space between two stars or two hills; the sound was heard for the space of a mile.
(n.) Quantity of time; an interval between two points of time; duration; time.
(n.) A short time; a while.
(n.) Walk; track; path; course.
(n.) A small piece of metal cast lower than a face type, so as not to receive the ink in printing, -- used to separate words or letters.
(n.) The distance or interval between words or letters in the lines, or between lines, as in books.
(n.) One of the intervals, or open places, between the lines of the staff.
(n.) To walk; to rove; to roam.
(n.) To arrange or adjust the spaces in or between; as, to space words, lines, or letters.
Example Sentences:
(1) One hour after direct mechanical cardiomassage (DMCM) a moderately pronounced edema of the intercellular spaces in the basal compartment of the seminiferous epithelium, normal content of lactate and succinate dehydrogenases, and a certain decrease in the activity of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenases and NAD- and NADP-diaphorases were noted.
(2) The extrusion of granules into the intercellular space via exocytosis is frequently observed.
(3) We report on a patient, with a CT-verified low density lesion in the right parietal area, who exhibited not only deficits in left conceptual space, but also in reading, writing, and the production of speech.
(4) The amino-terminal region of a 70 kDa mitochondrial outer membrane protein of yeast and the presequence of cytochrome c1, an inner membrane protein exposed to the intermembrane space, are thought to be responsible for localizing the proteins in their final destinations after synthesis in the cytosol.
(5) The supravesical portion showed a cystic appearance with a capsule in the space of Retzius.
(6) These and other results suggest that the experimental agents do not provide protection against alloxan inhibition by preventing the entry of alloxan into the intracellular space of the islet.
(7) Pitlike surface structures seen in negatively stained whole cells and thin sections were correlated with periodically spaced perforations of the rigid sacculus.
(8) The findings indicate that these spaces were lined by a lipid monolayer which formed bilayered lamellae under certain conditions.
(9) However, cimetidine did not show any effect on the proliferation of collagenous fibers in the interstitial space of the mucosa.
(10) Closure of both cleft spaces by orthodontic means was achieved in 20 of the 21 patients in the first group, and in 14 of the 20 patients in the second group.
(11) By measurement and analysis of the changes in carpal angles and joint spaces, carpal instability was discovered in 41 fractures, an incidence of 30.6%.
(12) We therefore conclude that widely spaced (and unknown) parts of the protein chain are required for the intersubunit interactions that eventually lead to functional assembly of the receptor.
(13) In the case of the latter, it show either a more or less typical appearance of radicolography only or, more rarely, a picture which combines opacification of the epidural space with the subarachnoid passage of the contrast medium.
(14) The penetration coefficient, determined by the surface tension, contact angle and viscosity, is a measure of the ability of a liquid to penetrate into a capillary space, such as interproximal regions, gingival pockets and pores.
(15) Despite Facebook's size and reach, and its much-vaunted role in the short-lived Arab spring , there are reasons for thinking that Twitter may be the more important service for the future of the public sphere – that is, the space in which democracies conduct public discussion.
(16) Clinical evaluation of passive range of motion, antero-posterior laxity and the appearance of the joint space showed little or no difference between the reconstruction methods.
(17) On histopathologic examination there were microabscesses in the inner choroid and subretinal space, disrupting the outer retina but sparing the inner retina.
(18) Immediately prior to and at maximal workloads, carbon monoxide shifted into extravascular spaces and returned to the vascular space within five minutes after exercise stopped.
(19) Fluid movement out of the ICF space attenuated the decrease in the ECF space.
(20) The results of the study suggest that perhaps tobramycin of cefotaxime-impregnated PMMA beads would produce local levels of antibiotic high enough to sterilize a given dead space for a period of 28 days.
Suprasternal
Definition:
(a.) Situated above, or anterior to, the sternum.
Example Sentences:
(1) In patients with problematic CT findings, particularly children and patients with allergies to contrast media, suprasternal sonography can provide important additional information.
(2) Most were noted in the suprasternal location; all but one were first noted in infancy or childhood.
(3) The highest local blood velocity within the aortic arch can be recorded from a transducer placed in the suprasternal notch.
(4) Aortic blood velocity was recorded from the suprasternal notch by a special continuous-wave Doppler unit.
(5) In each patient, a suprasternal ultrasonic Doppler probe was used to measure cardiac output before induction of anesthesia, during and after operation.
(6) Suprasternal tubercle is considered to be the osseously fused type of suprasternal bone.
(7) The stroke volume index and cardiac index were determined using suprasternal Doppler measurements.
(8) Patients who had free nipple grafts were older and heavier and had larger specimen weights and longer suprasternal notch-to-nipple distances.
(9) A 33 year old woman with Marfan's syndrome and aortic root dissection was studied with precordial and suprasternal echocardiography.
(10) Imaging of the left atrium from the suprasternal notch may help to differentiate between supraventricular and ventricular rhythm disturbances.
(11) Two patients had tracheal stenosis in the region of the suprasternal notch.
(12) A Doppler computer, calibrated for the aortic diameter and the transcutaneously measured cardiac output from the suprasternal notch, computed the Doppler cardiac output from the descending aortic blood flow velocity signal.
(13) The present study was undertaken to measure normal aortic blood velocity profiles by means of continuous wave Doppler echocardiography from apical and suprasternal positions in 40 healthy adults.
(14) This was drained through a suprasternal incision and the mediastinal cavity was intermittently irrigated with povidone iodine solution and packed with gauze.
(15) Acceleration and peak velocity of flow and stroke volume were determined by non-imaging Doppler echocardiography in the suprasternal notch in 38 patients as they underwent simultaneous exercise radionuclide ventriculography.
(16) The accuracy of noninvasive cardiac output (CO) measurement techniques, such as electrical bioimpedance (BIO), suprasternal continuous-wave Doppler (CWD), pulsed-wave Doppler (PWD), and transesophageal continuous-wave Doppler (TED) ultrasound has been variably judged in recent years.
(17) It is widely accepted that most lateral cervical fistulas with an external opening in the suprasternal region orginate from second branchial arch remnants.
(18) Finally, the suprasternal approach is suitable for sonographically guided biopsies of mediastinal tumors.
(19) The peak blood flow velocity across the prosthetic valve was recorded at the left ventricular apex, the suprasternal notch, and the right parasternal border in the second intercostal space.
(20) A midline incision is extended from the suprasternal notch to the pubis, and a catheter is advanced into the aortic root by means of the brachiocephalic artery for monitoring systemic arterial pressure and later for coronary vascular washout with a cold cardioplegic solution.