(n.) An implement shaped like a knife, flat, thin, and somewhat flexible, used for spreading paints, fine plasters, drugs in compounding prescriptions, etc. Cf. Palette knife, under Palette.
Example Sentences:
(1) The relationship between technique of obtaining Papanicolaou smears, presence of endocervical cells, and rate of cervical neoplasia was studied by comparing an endocervical and ectocervical nylon brush (Bayne brush), Ayre spatula plus endocervical brush, and spatula plus cotton-tipped swab in a randomized, prospective trial involving 11,061 patients.
(2) A model system of exfoliated normal human cervicovaginal squamous cells, exfoliated rodent tumor cells, and acellular, viscous, mucuslike material was used to investigate cell deposition on smear preparations made with three different instruments: plastic spatulas, wooden spatulas, and brush-tipped collectors.
(3) Both the modified Ayre spatula and the cytobrush were found to be inadequate in a significant number of patients with known cytological atypia.
(4) Since the collected epithelium cells adhere to the pipettes, these cells were transferred onto a polycarbonate filter by using a micro spatula.
(5) The performance of a new ectocervical brush sampler--the Cervex--was compared with the Ayre spatula in 280 paired cervical smears.
(6) With this approach, retraction of the orbital contents decreases the amount of retraction of the brain to such an extent that a brain spatula is not necessary for access to the anterior communicating artery complex.
(7) The incidence of smears with endocervical cells, however, was significantly greater using the Aylesbury (33.4%) than the Ayre (20.4%) spatulas, despite there being no difference in the incidence of smears with epithelial abnormalities.
(8) The inefficiency of the Ayres Spatula in detecting abnormality in cervical cytology has been demonstrated recently in a number of trials.
(9) 5 Flip with a spatula and cook the other side for a few minutes until golden.
(10) After closing the scleral flap with eight interrupted sutures and the conjunctival flap with a running suture, a 1-mm spatula was inserted beneath the scleral flap, and the trabeculum was punctured.
(11) The efficacy of a new sampling technique performed for early detection of cervical carcinoma is compared with Pap smears with the swab-and-wooden spatula technique in 312 women.
(12) The nationwide screening program for cervical carcinoma in The Netherlands was unique in that all women between the age of 35 and 55 years were individually invited to undergo a cervical spatula smear.
(13) Fifty-nine patients had a cervical scrape with a wood spatula first and a plastic spatula second: 60 were scraped in the inverse order.
(14) The cytologically positive cases found in 25,300 cervical smears of spatula samples and 6,168 smears prepared by combined spatula-Cytobrush sampling were analyzed.
(15) In 130 high-risk patients for cervical pathology paired smears were obtained with a wooden spatula and a Cytobrush.
(16) The Multispatula, which is adjustable to the specific shape of each individual cervix, was compared with the Ayre spatula in 236 patients.
(17) A cyclodialysis spatula specifically designed for glaucoma surgery is presented which facilitates the performance of the cyclodialysis procedure alone or in combination with cataract extraction and decreases the chance of inadvertent damage to the eye.
(18) The single case of filamentous bacteria suggests that a spatula may yield better organism retrieval from ulcers caused by filamentous organisms.
(19) They are also known for space-saving devices such as utensils which pack neatly on top of each other in a stand, spatulas, palette knifes and ladles that use a weighted handle to avoid being placed on the countertop, thus saving cleaning.
(20) There are three typical types of manicure: the regular polish; the gel or acrylic spatula-shaped talons beloved of the tabloid Wag; and the super-cool, bejewelled nail art more commonly seen in either east London or Japan.
Spreader
Definition:
(n.) One who, or that which, spreads, expands, or propogates.
(n.) A machine for combining and drawing fibers of flax to form a sliver preparatory to spinning.
Example Sentences:
(1) In 20 canals finger spreaders were used for the condensation and in a further 20 canals D-11-T spreaders were used.
(2) A higher percentage of BPBs and wet spreaders (Capnocytophaga) was noted at partially edentulous implant sites when compared with edentulous implant sites, perhaps reflecting the lower numbers of periodontal pathogens present in edentulous mouths.
(3) Different kinds of spreaders can be used in the lateral condensation technique.
(4) As we picked our way along stream-side bushes, pulling off hard little rosehips and stripping elders of their berries, the scent of September filled the air; the smell after muck-spreaders had been out in the fields.
(5) Based on a minimum 1-year follow-up of 14 patients and a total experience of 28 patients, the procedure has the following advantages: (1) near normal anatomic structure is retained, (2) common secondary dorsal deformities are avoided, (3) the retained roof can function as a spreader graft, (4) the skin attachment with its attendant blood supply is preserved, and (5) the graft can be removed primarily or easily modified secondarily.
(6) Significantly less apical dye penetration occurred when teeth were obturated using an ultrasonically activated spreader as compared with manual condensation with fine finger spreaders.
(7) The highest intracanal temperature recorded was 114.51 degrees C at a power setting of 6, while the mean intracanal temperature increase above the average room temperature ranged from 8.18 to 65.05 degrees C. In addition, the spreader was not uniformly heated to the same temperature throughout its entire length.
(8) There were 1,700 snow plows and 450 salt spreaders working the streets in New York City, De Blasio said.
(9) It has been shown that the taper should be sufficient to permit deep penetration of the spreader or plugger alongside the gutta-percha during lateral condensation.
(10) The catheter was a kind of spreader causing insufficiency of the tricuspid valve.
(11) In conclusion, although there were no significant differences in mean deformation or fracture incidence in curved roots between the spreaders, the roots showing high deformation readings in the D11 group may be more susceptible to future vertical root fractures.
(12) The device used for measuring stiffness of a spinal motion segment is a lumbar spinal spreader with a load strain gauge and a displacement transducer.
(13) Accordingly, a wide range of adaptive equipment is available--including outrigger skis, flip-skis, canting wedges, ski bras, "toe spreaders," sit-skis, and mono-skis--to allow safe enjoyment of the sport.
(14) Two evaluators independently measured 20 randomly selected samples of each size of finger spreader and accessory gutta-percha cone.
(15) Only the more tapered spreader, the D11, produces vertical root fractures, although very few in number.
(16) Governor Christie (@GovChristie) There are approximately 3,300 plows and spreaders out on New Jersey highways, including the Turnpike, GSP and ACE.
(17) Moreover, he suggests a wound spreader for appendectomy, supplied with a grip mechanism, that helps avoiding peritoneal traumas and facilitates suturing of muscles.
(18) The purpose of this study was to determine the incidence of vertical root fractures in the mesial roots of extracted human mandibular molars that were endodontically prepared by hand or ultrasonic instrumentation and obturated with laterally condensed gutta-percha and sealer using finger and hand spreaders.
(19) January 3, 2014 6.25pm GMT The storm "has moved entirely off the coast of New Jersey and road conditions are continuing to improve," according to no less an authority than Governor Chris Christie, who adds: We are down to black pavement along most highways, but the plows and salt spreader trucks are still out there working.
(20) On these bases the Authors evaluated and compared the morphology of some spreaders, and gave data and directions how to rationally use these instruments in clinical practice.