(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.
Utensil
Definition:
(v. t.) That which is used; an instrument; an implement; especially, an instrument or vessel used in a kitchen, or in domestic and farming business.
Example Sentences:
(1) The previous year, he claimed £1,415 for two new sofas, made two separate claims of £230 and £108 for new bed linen, charged £86 for a new kettle and kitchen utensils and made two separate claims, of £65 and £186, for replacement glasses and crockery.
(2) We’d handed out four or five platefuls and they demanded we put our utensils down and come with them,” he said.
(3) These errors include losses of food on cooking and eating utensils and dishware, losses of feces or urine on toilet paper or in collection containers, and losses through sweat, exfoliated skin, hair and nail growth, saliva, menses, blood sampling, toothbrushing, semen, and, for nitrogen, from flatus and respiration.
(4) The cup method is considered to have advantages because utensils and ingredients for this method are more readily available in these rural homes.
(5) The problems related to the release of toxicants from ceramic utensils are treated from the aspects of ceramics, test techniques, analytics, toxicology and food law, with special regard to the necessity for a well-balanced compromise between the justified hygienic demands of health protection and the actual technological possibilities.
(6) Utensil drying racks were found in 56.0% of the households.
(7) 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.
(8) Additionally we carried out an investigation of kitchensurfaces and -utensils by means of "Rodac"-plates.
(9) The money is better now, and I can earn enough for food and clothes for the children – and I can buy clothes and kitchen utensils for myself,” she says.
(10) Home cookware was examined by atomic absorption spectroscopy: seven different stainless utensils as well as cast iron, mild steel, aluminum and enamelled steel.
(11) Specific behaviors taught, such as replacing utensils after each bite and eating slowly, showed significant changes in the expected directions with weight change.
(12) Mands for two of three utensils emerged following tact intervention.
(13) Most of them knew that promiscuity, blood transfusion and sharing injection needles and syringes are the major modes of transmission, but a number still incriminate toilet seats, eating utensils, hand-shaking and kissing.
(14) Correlations were found between the time a dog spent in a manyatta and whether dogs were allowed to clean children, scavenge from cooking utensils and defecate within the home area.
(15) At the end of the course participants had to: 1) recognize common illnesses in children; 2) identify children needing immediate referrals to the hospital; 3) take temperature, sponge a child with a fever, sterilize an infant's feeding utensils using hypochlorite solution, assess the nutritional status of children; 4) list the various components and prepare a weaning diet; and 5) discuss the nutritional needs for preschool and school-aged children.
(16) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Flatpack furniture and kitchen utensils Photograph: David Levene for the Guardian Some items were still in their boxes, flatpacks intact.
(17) Police believed two to three of the camps were only abandoned as recently as two weeks ago because they found rice, vegetables, recently cooked meals and cooking utensils.
(18) Watching, I began to shift my gaze from the bakers to the work surfaces, counting all the utensils.
(19) Ancillary hygienic measures included the use of disposable feeding and drinking utensils, frequent removal and destruction of faeces and scrubbing of sanitary trays and cages with hot 5% sodium carbonate solution.
(20) K. Schürer exhibited a complete equipment of a modern pharmacy with glass and porcelain drug jars and various pharmaceutical utensils.