(n.) A little or spot in or anything, of a different substance or color from that of the thing itself.
(v. t.) To mark with small spots of a different color from that of the rest of the surface; to variegate with spots of a different color from the ground or surface.
Example Sentences:
(1) The nuclear origin of the Ha antigen was confirmed by the speckled nuclear immunofluorescence staining pattern given by purified antibody to Ha obtained from a specific immune precipitate.
(2) Ensemble averaging of a large number of unfiltered spectra was used as the "gold standard" in the evaluation, i.e., as the output of an ideal filter which reveals the exact nature of the underlying Doppler spectrum after speckle has been eliminated.
(3) Rather than the predominant homogeneous pattern seen elsewhere in systemic lupus erythematosus and rheumatoid arthritis, the speckled pattern was commonest among Thai patients with these two diseases (67.9% and 76.9% respectively).
(4) The localization of these key components of the pre-mRNA splicing machinery to speckled nuclear regions suggests that these regions may be involved in pre-mRNA splicing.
(5) The commonest FANA pattern is the speckled pattern.
(6) It is shown that there exists a trade-off between speckle reduction and reproduced density range.
(7) The secretory granules of the pro-acinar cells contained speckled or rod-like substructures which stained intensively for carbohydrates and were digested by proteolytic enzymes.
(8) Clinical and laboratory findings were correlated from 46 patients with IgG localization in epidermal nuclei in a speckled (particulate) pattern on direct immunofluorescence of normal skin.
(9) A 2 year-old girl presented with bacterial meningitis followed by a lupus erythematosus syndrome consisting of erythematous rash, Raynaud's phenomenon and mutilating cicatricia atrophy; high speckled antinuclear antibodies and anti-Sm and anti-Ro antibodies titers; a selective absence of C4; moderate mesangial proliferation with IgM and C1q mesangial deposits.
(10) Indirect immunofluorescence examination of cultured human embryo cells, using the serum of patients with nasopharyngeal cancer, showed a speckled nuclear pattern.
(11) A new online signal processing technique is described to reduce speckle noise in ultrasound images.
(12) Serological examination revealed antinuclear antibodies with a titer of 1:5120 (speckled pattern) and anti-RNP antibody with a titer of 1:32.
(13) Time-average speckle interferometry has been applied to obtain displacement patterns on the chest wall produced by cardiac action, in the absence of breathing, during various phases of the cardiac cycle.
(14) We present applications to speckle reduction, detection of specular reflectors, attenuation estimation and ultrasound imaging.
(15) Live animal speckle scores classified carcasses as Select or Choice with 77% accuracy.
(16) A unique sparsely speckled antinuclear antibody pattern was seen.
(17) The sand was brown-red and the speckles of salt sparkled in the sun.
(18) They re-enter the newly formed nuclei of the two daughter cells at early telophase, producing speckled nuclear fluorescent patterns typical of interphase cells.
(19) This agrees with earlier manual-visual measurements but the higher precision due to computer evaluation of the speckle patterns gives much more reliable estimate of the repositioning error.
(20) The monoclonal antibody reacted with the 350-kDa protein in immunoblot analysis and immunostained intranuclear speckles; both immunoreactions were abolished by treatment with alkaline or acid phosphatase.
Stipple
Definition:
(v. t.) To engrave by means of dots, in distinction from engraving in lines.
(v. t.) To paint, as in water colors, by small, short touches which together produce an even or softly graded surface.
(n.) Alt. of Stippling
Example Sentences:
(1) There was a 25-year history of normochromic normocytic anaemia with moderate basophilic stippling, mild renal failure, hyperuricaemia and abnormal porphyrins.
(2) Basophilic stippling and circulating nucleated red cells were not common findings in blood films.
(3) All of the cases exibited the classic form of osteopoikilosis with stippling.
(4) Seven of 100 (three bilateral, four unilateral) patients demonstrated rib stippling.
(5) We observed various macular pathologies in the form of macular stippling, retinal pigment epithelial defects, colloids & disciform lesions all in NIDDM patients, 70% of whom were uncontrolled on therapy.
(6) A distinct stippled pattern of vascular fluorescence was found in 87% of lesion biopsies; 75% of these contained deposits of IgA.
(7) We assumed, therefore, that there are two different ultrastructural forms of 3H-tryptophan containing extracellular enamel proteins and suggest that the granular or "stippled" form represents newly secreted precursor enamel protein.
(8) The "experimental" morphologic criteria were the presence of both basophilic stippling and either microcytosis or target cells.
(9) The calcification of the involved joints was more diffuse than the usual linear stippled calcification.
(10) The fish exposed to the highest lead concentration also showed an anemic response and basophilic stippling of erythrocytes.
(11) The second was a 16 months old Arabic boy without typical features but with a cataract and stippled calfications of a limited number of epiphysae.
(12) The neoplastic lymphoid cells consisted of either a monomorphous population or a variable mixture of small, medium-sized, and large cells with stippled chromatin and distinct nucleoli.
(13) In preameloblasts, on the other hand, the precipitates were located in mitochondria, nuclei, and on the inner face of the plasma membrane; however, few reaction products were observed in the intercellular spaces, lysosomelike granules, secretory granules, and stippled materials.
(14) Since the majority of transitional cell neoplasms have a papillary configuration, the stipple sign is highly suggestive of the presence of this lesion.
(15) In all three eyes, characteristic "stippling," or granularity, of the affected macula developed rapidly and vitreal cells were observed.
(16) Upon microscopic examination, any vaginal discharge with epithelial cells stippled with small coccobacilli indicated a possible Gardnerella vaginalis infection.
(17) To evaluate the mechanical or biochemical insult to the cornea induced by overnight rigid gas permeable (RGP) or soft contact lens (SCL) wear, punctate, stipple staining and corneal blotting were evaluated by biomicroscopy in a group of 23 subjects who participated in a single overnight in-laboratory test session.
(18) Fan-shaped stippled burns were produced on the skin when a revolver whose barrel had been modified by the Mag-Na-Port process was fired twice with the side of the muzzle in contact.
(19) The phalangeal anomaly is very important for the diagnosis of chondrodysplasia punctata at an age when epiphyseal stippling is no longer present.
(20) On computed tomographic scanning, an iso-or high-density mass containing stippled calcifications and originating in a posterior cervical neural arch was observed in all three cases.