(v. t.) To assign to the same date or period of time; as, to synchronize two events of Greek and Roman history.
(v. t.) To cause to agree in time; as, to synchronize the movements of different machines; to synchronize clocks.
Example Sentences:
(1) The fluctuations in [Ca2+]i measured with fura-2 were synchronized among the population of cells observed and were sensitive to extracellular Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+]o).
(2) Histone mRNA, labeled with 32P or 3H-methionine during the S phase of partially synchronized HeLa cells, was isolated from the polyribosomes and purified as a "9S" component by sucrose gradient sedimentation.
(3) An experimental model was established in the ewe allowing one to predict with accuracy an antral follicle that coincidentally would either undergo ovulation (6-8 mm diameter) or atresia (3-4 mm diameter) following synchronization of luteal regression and the onset of the gonadotropin surge.
(4) By means of rapid planar Hill type antimony-bismuth thermophiles the initial heat liberated by papillary muscles was measured synchronously with developed tension for control (C), pressure-overload (GOP), and hypothyrotic (PTU) rat myocardium (chronic experiments) and after application of 10(-6) M isoproterenol or 200 10(-6) M UDCG-115.
(5) As the frequency of the stimulus bursts was progressively changed, the sinoatrial (SA) nodal pacemaker cells became synchronized with the repetitive bursts of stimuli over a certain range of burst frequencies.
(6) The analysis suggests that the wave-peak discharge results from synchronous alternation of depolarization potentials and long periods of postsynaptic inhibition in most of the cortical elements.
(7) A synchronization of plasma prorenin with the other hormones was seen both before, as previously reported, and during enalapril treatment.
(8) 77 per cent of the synchronous tumors were located in the left colon.
(9) The spore germination was synchronized by selection of the spores of the definite size and maintenance at a temperature of 0 degrees.
(10) The average vlaues of the correlation coefficients were found to increase from arousal through slow synchronized sleep (S sleep), reaching the highest value in REM sleep.
(11) A review of 90 patients presenting in Leeds over the period 1976-80 with synchronous hepatic metastases from colorectal cancer has been undertaken.
(12) A system for obtaining synchronous germination of mitospores is described.
(13) Treatment with 0.3 microM or 0.7 microM BPDE-I, which are doses that interfere with DNA synthesis in operating replicons in asynchronous cells, also inhibited the growth of nascent DNA strands in synchronized cells by 22 and 64%, respectively.
(14) Electrographically, the motor phenomena corresponded with the occurrence of periodic synchronous discharges (PSD) (in one-to-one manner).
(15) A synchronic increase and decrease of IgG-1 serum levels and indirect fluorescent antibody titres were observed during the course of the infection.
(16) Rabbit morulae and blastocysts were cultured in conventional culture media [Ham's F10 or BSM II supplemented with bovine serum albumin (BSA) or serum] or in Ham's medium supplemented with synchronous or asynchronous uterine flushings, mostly for 2 days, and afterwards investigated by light and electron microscopy and by autoradiography.
(17) However, a region containing pixels that are perfectly synchronous on average would still yield a finite distribution of calculated Fourier coefficients due to the propagation of stochastic pixel noise into the calculated values.
(18) The uterine osteosarcoma is the seventh case reported in the world, while it is the second case of synchronous triple primary tumors of the upper female genital tract.
(19) A consequence of periodic clusters of cellular bursts was the widespread occurrence of periodic synchronized synaptic potentials, as have been observed in hippocampal slices and human temporal neocortical slices.
(20) This syncitium-like arrangement is interpreted as the morphological counterpart of a possibly synchronized function of these cells.
Synchrony
Definition:
(n.) The concurrence of events in time; synchronism.
Example Sentences:
(1) Left ventricular synchrony was assessed from regional volume curves derived by dividing the global ventricular region of interest into four quadrants.
(2) This study demonstrates that 1) complete AV block is not a contraindication to the Fontan operation, 2) some patients may not require AV synchrony postoperatively for survival, and 3) postoperative atrial flutter or fibrillation may cease or be easier to control after the Fontan operation.
(3) Three areas of abnormality were seen in schizophrenics: first, the interval preceding the motor response was characterized by reduced motor steadiness prior to the button-press response; second, the motor response was made with excessive force (hyperdynamia); and third, the agonist-antagonist synchrony (motor reversal) was impaired.
(4) Synchronized cells (doubly arrested by serum starvation and aphidicolin) displayed a biphasic distribution of the number of cruciforms over the first 6 h after release from synchrony with maxima at 0 and 4 h after release.
(5) Satisfactory synchrony was achieved to study S phase events.
(6) After treatment of Chinese hamster cells (line CHO) with various protocols for synchrony induction, the subsequent ability of cells to traverse the cell cycle (i e., to perform, an essential cell cycle process) has been determined by measurement of the DNA distribution pattern among cells in large populations with the Los Alamos flow microfluorometer In the cultures prepared by the various synchronizing techniques the vast majority of cells traversed the cell cycle in a normal fashion; however, in all cultures examined there remained small subpopulations which, though remaining viable for several days, could not carry out normal traverse.
(7) Synchrony was documented by nuclear staining and fluorescence microscopy, and by determining the variation of the buoyant density of the cells during outgrowth.
(8) All nineteen pairs of alpha-motoneurones examined during the flexion reflex showed short-term synchrony of discharge.
(9) Beta-endorphin in mouse serum and brain tissue were recognized to be in synchrony with the time course of the relief.
(10) Usually, it is transitory and resolves spontaneously, but a long period with very fast heart rate and without atrio-ventricular synchrony contraction may cause low cardiac output.
(11) The analysis provided a firm basis for the recognition of synchrony and the objective graphical presentation of the growth pattern of a synchronized culture.
(12) Effective atrioventricular synchrony is partially determined by interatrial conduction time (IACT).
(13) All investigations indicated an excellent overall system performance, stable AV synchrony, and infrequent myopotential interference, and a low complication rate throughout the follow-up period.
(14) The synchrony that existed among the various organs in terms of both sperm loss and the generation of abnormal spermatozoa may be the result of a rapid dispersion of gametes from the testis and not due to local responses as would be expected if sperm flow were affected by the irradiation.
(15) We studied a male patient with cyclic thrombocytopenia whose bone marrow megakaryocyte count showed cyclic fluctuations in synchrony with cyclic changes of platelet count.
(16) The degree of synchrony of the various cell fractions was measured by flow-cytofluorometric DNA analysis.
(17) They were trained to initiate impulses of isometric elbow force in synchrony with the last of a predictable series of regular tones.
(18) Dextrose-grown cells showed optimal sporulation synchrony when inoculated into sporulation medium from early stationary phase when the dextrose in the medium is exhausted.
(19) At low rates, A-V synchrony benefits patients with refractory cardiac decompensation; however, in patients with healthy myocardiums, achieving higher pacing rates is more significant than maintaining synchrony.
(20) Synchronized B cells will retain their synchrony for several divisions, when they are stimulated by immobilized Ig-specific antibodies, alpha and beta factors.