(n.) An articulation formed by intervening cartilage; as, the pubic symphysis.
(n.) The union or coalescence of bones; also, the place of union or coalescence; as, the symphysis of the lower jaw. Cf. Articulation.
Example Sentences:
(1) Rigidly fixing the pubic symphysis stiffened the model and resulted in principal stress patterns that did not reflect trabecular density or orientations as well as those of the deformable pubic symphysis model.
(2) Greater attention to these factors and use of a larger dose of tetracycline (greater than or equal to 1 g) may increase the likelihood of a successful pleural symphysis.
(3) During walking, all components of sacroiliac articulation and the symphysis pubis are apparently subjected to sudden changes in stress.
(4) Permanent pleural symphysis was obtained in all but 2 patients: one who required one single puncture withdrawing 400 cc, the other with mesothelioma on cured Hodgkin's disease, which was a failure.
(5) Stress fractures of the symphysis pubis are usually due to bone insufficiency.
(6) The use of the technique of lavage-drainage of doxycycline could be an alternative in those patients with a malignant pleural effusion whose general condition contra-indicates a symphysis under pleuroscopy.
(7) Perivesical effusions most frequently accompany anterior pelvic arch injuries, i.e., double vertical and Malgaigne fractures and fractures involving, or separation of, the pubic symphysis.
(8) The authors describe a case of Cogan's syndrome in a patient with ulcerative colitis complicated by several cardiovascular manifestations including bilateral coronary ostial stenosis, rapidly progressive aortic regurgitation and aneurysm of the thoracic aorta, thrombosis of the common iliac artery and pericardial symphysis.
(9) In the multivariate analysis the maximum symphysis-fundus height measurement and gestational duration were strongly significant (p less than 0.001), after correction for other variables, for the probability of being delivered of an infant of high birth weight.
(10) the gas is released from solution from the small amount of fluid trapped in the calculus, in the same way that gas may be 'pulled' out of solution in a joint, a degenerate intervertebral disc or the fibro-cartilage of the symphysis pubis.
(11) Abnormal mucopolysacchariduria, observed in both patients, and cataracts, fusion of the symphysis pubis, and deficiency of carpal bones, seen in the mother, have not been described previously.
(12) There was a significant difference between the two groups when measurements relating the foramen to the body of the mandible (symphysis menti) were considered, the foraminal position being more distal in the Chinese group.
(13) In patients with injury to the sacro-iliac joints or of the sacrum, the extent of the injury and the degree of pelvic instability was better shown by CT. All other bony lesions, such as fractures of the ilium, pubis, ischium or the symphysis could be diagnosed adequately by simple radiographs.
(14) The findings of this study support the use of serial symphysis-fundus measurements in community antenatal clinics.
(15) There is positive correlation between mandibular plane angle and height of symphysis.
(16) Thus, both sacroiliac articulation and symphysis pubis show characteristic distribution of the subchondral bone density and layout of the tensile collagen fibrous material as expression of a strongly varying qualitative pattern of stress during walking.
(17) Four Bränemark fixtures (7mm) were installed in the symphysis of the mandible between the mental foramen.
(18) Acupuncture steel needles situated in the thoracal, lumbal, sacral region and in the region above the symphysis were stimulated by a rectangular impulse current.
(19) The results of tests for associations among radiographic findings of the dorsolumbar spine, peripheral joints, tendon insertions and the pubic symphysis are presented.
(20) in the symphysis, the condylar neck and in the transition area between corpus and ramus.
Synovia
Definition:
(n.) A transparent, viscid, lubricating fluid which contains mucin and secreted by synovial membranes; synovial fluid.
Example Sentences:
(1) In the synovia, size and number of the multinuclear giant cells are less pronounced.
(2) Species-specific proteins identified in these mycoplasmas and the 41 kDa protein of M. synoviae were purified by preparative SDS-PAGE in amounts sufficient for further characterization and for use in serodiagnostic tests.
(3) M. synoviae was isolated from five of 16 Merriam's wild turkeys trapped in Arizona.
(4) Tracheal cultures were negative for all pathogenic Mycoplasma spp., including M. gallisepticum, M. synoviae, M. meleagridis, and M. iowae.
(5) It is concluded that the cases described are similar to avian infectious synovitis syndrome caused by M. synoviae previously described overseas.
(6) Significantly less or equivocal staining was noted in OA and normal human synovia.
(7) The findings of 38 biopsies of the synovial lining are as follows: In 18 cases LAD tears, in 15 cases foreign body reactions with wear particles and an instance of lymphocytic infiltration of the synovia was seen.
(8) Mycoplasmas and acholeplasmas belonging to more than eight serogroups were cultured from 68 of them, and comprised 12 M anatis, one M columbinasale, two M gallinaceum, two M gallinarum, nine M synoviae, three unidentified Mycoplasma species, 37 Acholeplasma laidlawii and one unclassified acholeplasma belonging to each of serogroups 7 and 8.
(9) Mycoplasma gallisepticum antiserum cross-reacted with M synoviae polypeptides in ELISA and TA immunoblots.
(10) Immunofluorescence and flow cytometric methods were examined to detect and distinguish Mycoplasma gallisepticum and M. synoviae.
(11) Treatment of experimentally infected eggs and eggs laid by infected flocks with 2.5 mg. of tylosin tartrate in the aircell on the ninth day of incubation resulted in the elimination of Mycoplasma synoviae.
(12) M. synoviae was shown to be cytophilic for the chick cell membranes where the mycoplasmas reproduced and formed microcolonies which, on successive days, increased in size.
(13) An immunobinding assay capable of distinguishing among Mycoplasma synoviae, M. gallisepticum, M. gallopavonis, and M. meleagridis was developed.
(14) Progressive systemic sclerosis (PSS; scleroderma) is a multisystem disease characterized by inflammation, fibrosis and degeneration of the integument, with similar changes and vascular lesions in the heart, lungs, kidneys, gastrointestinal tract and synovia.
(15) Four cases in which contact infection was experimentally induced in broilers by Mycoplasma synoviae (M.s.)
(16) During the first days in culture the adherent cells from rheumatic synovia produced higher amounts of prostanoids, especially the proinflammatory and immunosuppressive prostaglandin E2 (PGE2), than cells originating from non-inflamed synovia.
(17) Twenty-six IgG-secreting and eight IgM-secreting hybridomas were derived from the synovia of two patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA).
(18) Synovia from four patients without arthritis were negative (three autopsy specimens and one post-traumatic sample).
(19) The immunoperoxidase technique was proved to be a specific and reliable method for the identification of M. gallisepticum and M. synoviae.
(20) Results of in vitro studies showed that 10 ppm of BHT in Mycoplasma medium prevented growth of each of the six Mycoplasma synoviae (Ms) isolates.