(n.) A part, or small portion, of anything, or one of a number of things, intended to exhibit the kind and quality of the whole, or of what is not exhibited; a sample; as, a specimen of a man's handwriting; a specimen of painting; aspecimen of one's art.
Example Sentences:
(1) However, when first trimester specimens were analyzed, the direct-product measurements were significantly larger than the corresponding 3H2O assay results.
(2) The fluoride treated specimens released more fluoride than the nontreated ones.
(3) Sperm specimens were obtained from 13 men participating in our in vitro fertilization program.
(4) As a consequence, similar response curves were obtained for urine specimens containing morphine or barbiturates.
(5) The remaining case had a calibre persistent submucosal artery within the caecum that was found incidentally in a resection specimen.
(6) Flow cytometric DNA analysis was performed on both fresh and on paraffin embedded samples obtained by gastroscopic biopsies in 5 patients with histologically normal gastric mucosa (20 specimens) and by radical gastrectomies in 9 cases of human gastric cancer (36 specimens).
(7) Immunofluorescent staining for HLA-DR showed dermal positivity in 12 of 13 involved- and 9 of 13 uninvolved-skin biopsy specimens from scleroderma patients, compared with only 1 of 10 controls.
(8) A specimen of a very early ovum, 4 to 6 days old, shown in the luminal form of imbedding before any hemorrhage has taken place, confirms that the luminal form of imbedding does occur.
(9) The sensitivity of an indirect fluorescent antibody (IFA) test (screening test) for the detection of antibodies to cytomegalovirus (CMV) was examined by using 128 serum specimens and quaternary aminoethyl (QAE)-Sephadex A50 column chromatography to separate IgM from IgG class antibodies.
(10) From these results it was concluded that FITC-Con A staining method applied to smear specimens is more advantageous in the rapidity and the simplicity for tumor cell diagnosis than section specimen method.
(11) Two fully matured specimens were collected from the blood vessel of two fish, Theragra chalcogramma, which was bought at the Emun market of Seoul in May, 1985.
(12) In the second comparison, HSV was isolated from 225 of 1,026 (21.9%) specimens and duplicate human foreskin fibroblast cell wells stained at 24 and 72 h were PAP positive in 241 of 1,026 (23.5%).
(13) However, a highly significant upward shift of the proliferating cell compartment was observed in the cancer group, resulting in a specific modification of the [3H]TDR labeling pattern in 6 of 17 specimens.
(14) Urine specimens from patient REE also contained a light chain fragment that lacked the first (amino-terminal) 85 residues of the native light chain but otherwise was identical in sequence to the light chain REE.
(15) Residual cancer was found in the radical prostatectomy specimen in 11 of the 29 stage-A1 patients (38%) and in 66 of the 86 stage-A2 patients (77%).
(16) Thin films (OD approximately 0.7) of glucose-embedded membranes, prepared as a control, showed virtually 100% conversion to the M state, and stacks of such thin film specimens gave very similar x-ray diffraction patterns in the bR568 and the M412 state in most experiments.
(17) One-half of the specimens were treated with citric acid, pH 1, for 3 minutes, while the remainder served as untreated control specimens.
(18) It was found to be convenient for routine laboratory use and increased the yield of positive plate cultures in specimens without antibiotics from 53 to 75% (P less than 0.01) and in specimens containing antibiotics from 24 to 38% (P less than 0.05).
(19) In invasive epidermoid carcinoma, the accuracy with the self-collected specimens approached the physician-scraped specimens.
(20) Two-thirds of the specimens tested gave positive results.
Typify
Definition:
(v. t.) To represent by an image, form, model, or resemblance.
Example Sentences:
(1) Algorithms that were based on any of the alternate definitions of localized reduction in retinal sensitivity performed equally well, which suggests that any of these approaches is useful in searching for glaucomatous visual loss as typified by this database.
(2) We have studied the expression of genes that typify osteogenic differentiation in mandibular condyles during in vitro cultivation.
(3) The first portion is typified by the presence of short apical tubules, variously sized apical vacuoles, and numerous lysosomes.
(4) Alternative splicing generates various Ly-5 glycoprotein isoforms of the cell surface that typify different cell lineages and stages of hematopoietic differentiation in the mouse; exons 4-6 are incorporated to generate a B-cell isoform (B220) and excluded from a T-cell isoform (T200), the other coding exons (3 and 7-33) being shared.
(5) The Ly-5 system of the mouse is expressed exclusively by hematopoietic cells and comprises a series of glycoprotein isoforms that typify different hematopoietic cell lineages.
(6) Aspects of this experimental model typify cutaneous herpes simplex disease of man.
(7) The agents could be divided into 4 classes: (1) agents having no effect upon transmission at this cholinergic junction; (2) agents of a class typified by curare, which depressed all EPSPs of a train to the same extent, and which are believed to be acting in this system solely as competitive postsynaptic blockers; (3) agents typified by acetylcholine and carbachol (ACh class), which selectively depressed earlier EPSPs of a train more than later EPSPs and which appear to act by reducing the fractional release of transmitter; (4) agents typified by trimethidinium (trimethidinium class), which selectively depress later EPSPs of a train more than earlier EPSPs and which appear to act by reducing the rate of transmitter supply into the readily releasable pool.
(8) Three types of flavones are distinguished on the basis of their effect on the constitutive and polycyclic hydrocarbon-induced rat hepatic enzyme activity: (a) the 5,6- and 7,8-benzoflavones and their more hydrophobic derivatives inhibit the induced enzyme and increase or do not affect the constitutive enzyme activity; (b) derivatives typified by the 4'-hydroxylated benzoflavones similarly decrease both induced and constitutive activities; (c) polyhydroxyflavones inhibit the constitutive enzyme more than the induced enzyme.
(9) Despite the diversity of the NK target repertoire, it is typified by cells of relatively immature phenotype.
(10) This typifies how gamers have felt right down to their core.
(11) The Chinese government is depicted as benevolent, while the US government manages to be both sinister and useless – typified by the black-clad CIA operatives, one of whom gets beaten up by a Chinese character.
(12) Studies that try to associate immunoinflammatory disease, typified by rheumatoid arthritis, and malignancy have been limited by several important methodologic difficulties.
(13) Garry White, chief investment commentator at Charles Stanley, says that episode typifies M&S's new problem: "They got the product right, but didn't get the buying right.
(14) Older persons moving to retirement destinations like Florida should typify the 1st move, whereas those moving from Florida to northern urban areas should typify the 2nd and 3rd moves.
(15) Data selected from a study in differential GSR conditioning suggest, for the present purposes, the desirability of a trichotomous classification of GSRs depending upon the response rates which typify the nonresponse state of a particular S under a particular set of conditions.
(16) The case presented here typifies the clinical manifestations of this entity and illustrates appropriate management.
(17) The rise of Pret typifies the improvements in British eating over the last generation.
(18) A serine-containing glycopeptidolipid antigen isolated from Mycobacterium xenopi typified a new class of mycobacterial glycopeptidolipid antigens devoid of the C-mycoside core structure [Rivière, M., & Puzo, G. (1991) J. Biol.
(19) Osteoblastic osteitis is a rare kind of bone infection typified by a proliferative reaction of the periosteum and by exuberant bone formation.
(20) Conversion from an acute productive phase of infection to a chronic, nonproductive phase of infection in this model has ultrastructural correlates that appear to typify persistent paramyxoviral infections of brain.