(n.) A drop of the limpid, saline fluid secreted, normally in small amount, by the lachrymal gland, and diffused between the eye and the eyelids to moisten the parts and facilitate their motion. Ordinarily the secretion passes through the lachrymal duct into the nose, but when it is increased by emotion or other causes, it overflows the lids.
(n.) Something in the form of a transparent drop of fluid matter; also, a solid, transparent, tear-shaped drop, as of some balsams or resins.
(n.) That which causes or accompanies tears; a lament; a dirge.
(v. t.) To separate by violence; to pull apart by force; to rend; to lacerate; as, to tear cloth; to tear a garment; to tear the skin or flesh.
(v. t.) Hence, to divide by violent measures; to disrupt; to rend; as, a party or government torn by factions.
(v. t.) To rend away; to force away; to remove by force; to sunder; as, a child torn from its home.
(v. t.) To pull with violence; as, to tear the hair.
(v. t.) To move violently; to agitate.
(v. i.) To divide or separate on being pulled; to be rent; as, this cloth tears easily.
(v. i.) To move and act with turbulent violence; to rush with violence; hence, to rage; to rave.
(n.) The act of tearing, or the state of being torn; a rent; a fissure.
Example Sentences:
(1) To determine the accuracy of double-contrast arthrography in complete rotator cuff tears, we studied 805 patients thought to have a complete rotator cuff tear who had undergone double-contrast shoulder arthrography (DCSA) between 1978 and 1983.
(2) For the case described by the author primary tearing of the chiasma due to sudden applanation of the skull in the frontal region with burstfractures in the anterior cranial fossa is assumed.
(3) For the 20 patients who received treatment in the latter period (1987-1990), we gave priority to conservative treatment for type T cases that were free from complications, and adopted a treatment method attaching greater importance to the resection of intimal tears.
(4) Recently the presence of a coating inhibitory factor was described in human tears which can prevent the binding of proteins to a solid phase.
(5) The typical signs of muscle tears and neuromuscular diseases in relation to normal sonomorphology are discussed.
(6) In one case MRI showed a false image of tear of the supra spinatus m. on its anterior edge.
(7) If a tear is found, remove all unstable meniscal fragments, leaving a rim, if possible, especially adjacent to the popliteus recess, and then proceed to open cystectomy.
(8) In contrast, significant tear IgG increase was observed during the rejection phenomenon.
(9) At least one of these manipulative tests was positive in 79% of meniscal tears.
(10) Tests were undertaken to study resistance to tears in laser welded dental metal alloys.
(11) Death, helicopter crashes and tears: nurses' career-defining moments Read more Of course, we still continue to accept and treat patients as we always have.
(12) Even a long tear with a stable reduced position can be expected to show good healing.
(13) Shell casings littered the main road, tear gas hung in the air and security forces beat local residents.
(14) According to Israeli media reports, the US statement had caused "senior officials in Jerusalem to tear out their hair".
(15) The patients usually had a history of recurrent hamstring "tears."
(16) Egged on by Israel, Trump has threatened to tear up Obama’s landmark 2015 nuclear deal with Iran.
(17) This approach was used in 42 shoulders with rotator cuff tears or posterior instability without complications of infection, failure of deltoid healing, or compromise of suprascapular or axillary nerves.
(18) Perhaps it’s the lot of people like my colleagues here in the centre and me to wrestle with our consciences, shed tears, lose sleep and try to make the best of a very bad, heart-breaking job and leave the rest of the world to party, get pissed and celebrate Christmas.
(19) The MRI scan is a highly accurate, noninvasive modality for documentation of meniscal pathology as well as cruciate ligament tears in the knee.
(20) Lateral ligament tear is often associated with anterior cruciate ligament tear.
Teat
Definition:
(n.) The protuberance through which milk is drawn from the udder or breast of a mammal; a nipple; a pap; a mammilla; a dug; a tit.
(n.) A small protuberance or nozzle resembling the teat of an animal.
Example Sentences:
(1) During a single reversal trial of two 2-wk experimental periods, teats of all glands of 12 Holstein cows were subjected to a milking routine conducive to large vacuum fluctuations and flooded teat cups.
(2) A further 26 herds (iiii) which did not employ iodine-containing teat-dips, were also studied.
(3) The mean percentage changes in teat end thickness (relative to the premilking values for individual teats) varied from 10% decrease up to 20% or more increase depending on the particular milking system used.
(4) was apparent when hyperosmotic sucrose was introduced into this teat pouch.6.
(5) Other variables may be associated with host resistance: an increasing percentage of cows leaking milk increased the rate of mastitis; postmilking teat disinfection was associated with a higher incidence of clinical mastitis; and a high frequency of cubicle disinfection was also associated with more mastitis.
(6) Most lesions involve the teat ends and more are observed in the left hind teat than in any of the other teats.
(7) When the PD reached 80-90% of the liner vacuum, the load was just sufficient to occlude the teat canal.
(8) Around the time of milking the plasma oxytocin profile showed a strong response to the preparation for milking, and a further effect releated to the attachment of the teat cups of the milking machine.
(9) 3H-Yohimbine and 3H-rauwolscine, both potent and selective alpha 2-adrenergic antagonists, were used to identify alpha 2-adrenoceptors in smooth muscles of the cistern wall of teats of lactating cows.
(10) When the metal grid was in poor condition, the incidence of teat injuries as well as udder diseases of heifers increased.
(11) Twenty cows and 20 uncalved 20 month old heifers with severely burnt teats were studied.
(12) We postulated earlier that a low ratio of beta 2- to alpha 2-adrenoceptors in teat tissue of fast milking cows probably reflects changes of mainly prejunctional adrenoceptors.
(13) This teat cistern model and the experimental procedure used should be suitable for further studies of the development of local inflammation.
(14) During vaginal stimulation, oxytocin increased transiently in D and more than by teat stimulation in C. This allowed the removal of 75% of milk in D, whereas almost no more milk was available in C. After oxytocin injections, 3 and 16% of residual milk were obtained in C and D respectively.
(15) However, when contact was avoided between the teats and the milking machine, the stimulation of teat alpha-receptors (phenylephrine) did not inhibit milk flow.
(16) The efficacy of an acrylic latex barrier teat dip with germicide on new infections at parturition was tested on 113 cows and heifers during the prepartum period.
(17) Streptococcus agalactiae was eradicated prior to Trial 2 in which the detergent teat dip was compared to a 1% iodophor product of proven efficacy.
(18) The activities of epinephrine (2-6 micrograms) and of norepinephrine (20-60 micrograms) on the relaxation of teat sphincter muscles were compared by measuring milk leakage from the full udder of 5 lactating cows.
(19) Adherence increased from teat sinus to lactiferous sinus to the large ducts, and cells from the lactiferous sinus to the large ducts, and cells from the lactiferous sinus were used for all other experiments.
(20) The abilities of common postmilking teat disinfectant solutions and a teat skin ointment to retard Staphylococcus aureus colonization and promote healing of chapped skin were studied.