(n.) A general view, or a collection of heads or parts so arranged as to exhibit a general view of the whole; an abstract or summary of a discourse; a syllabus; a conspectus.
Example Sentences:
(1) The diagnosis of PTH still should rely on a synopsis of a typical clinical and biochemical hepatitis syndrome, characteristic serological findings and an adequate intervall between blood transfusion and outbreak of hepatitis.
(2) Thus, the signification and influence of religious, metaphysical, legal, socioeconomical and certain technical factors of the autopsy practice are briefly described, followed by a synopsis of the situation of the pathologist facing the demands of medicine, science, education, and administration.
(3) On the occasion of a case with fetal paroxysmal tachykardia a synopsis is given on former observations of extreme fetal tachycardias ante-partum.
(4) The authors describe their own experiences with this problem, as well as a synopsis of pertinent scientific literature.
(5) He performed his debut show , Dicing with Dr Death, as part of the Edinburgh fringe comedy festival, described in its synopsis as “a rip-roaring ride through his 20 years working with life’s one certainty: death”.
(6) A synopsis of the last 12 years provides information about the patients, indications for storage, the method of preservation used and the fate of the cryopreserved samples used for insemination.
(7) Since each of the specific CSF parameters may be false negative in some cases, a careful synopsis of laboratory parameters was done.
(8) After the inspector general released an unclassified synopsis of the report in September, the air force claimed the watchdog relied on outdated, year-old information.
(9) This synopsis of the two syndromes includes definition, relative incidence, mechanism of fertilization, and clinical course.
(10) This brief synopsis of an organizational perspective on early development represents an integration of three major areas of the author's research: that of a detailed observational study of early mother-infant interaction over the first three years of life; that of a continuous neonatal state and caregiving interactional monitoring method over the first two months of life; and that of a 25- to 30-year follow-up on the same infants observed initially.
(11) These are summarized with a synopsis of the recommended treatments for the various conditions in Table 1.
(12) An evaluative synopsis indicates that including the case described in this paper only 13 can be regarded as a clinical, morphologic, and functional entity.
(13) A systematically organized synopsis involving a numerical estimate of different taxons (a quantitative analysis per Prosobranchia and Pulmonata subclass families) is presented.
(14) Histological and roentgenological synopsis on the importance of lymphangiosis carcinomatosa for the occurrence of unilateral Kerley-B lines.
(15) Our synopsis of serovars corresponds with the results obtained in a recent world-wide study.
(16) We present here a brief synopsis of the ontogeny of immunotoxicology as a discipline including methodology currently used in our laboratory, as well as in others, for investigating the immunomodulatory potential of chemicals at the cellular and biochemical level.
(17) Based on a series of known facts on clinical findings and changes in the metabolism of chronic alcoholics and delirious people the possible pathomechanism of cerebral imbalances is presented according to a synopsis.
(18) Finally, a synopsis of equivalent nonparametric procedures for common parametric methods is presented.
(19) It should be included in the synopsis of all endocrine and genetic parameters of a patient, particularly in clinic in which the morphological substrate of disturbed functions and apparent diseases is still examined.
(20) Within each industrial category, a synopsis of individual genetic toxicity studies is presented, followed by an interpretation of results on a comprehensive, industry-wide basis.
Synoptist
Definition:
(n.) Any one of the authors of the three synoptic Gospels, which give a history of our Lord's life and ministry, in distinction from the writer of John's Gospel, which gives a fuller record of his teachings.