(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.
Waterworks
Definition:
Example Sentences:
(1) This information has been collected in Finland retrospectively from waterworks, and will be correlated with the Finnish Cancer Registry data.
(2) Removal of humus by anionic exchange is a potential process for small waterworks in Norway.
(3) For the sake of the natural character of water catchment and in order not to degrade the waterworks to mere "water-manufacturers", we are all requested to handle thoroughly and cautiously water-endangering substances.
(4) Finished drinking water samples were collected from 384 waterworks that supply 70.9% of the Norwegian population.
(5) We report a case, a 28-year-old male waterworks technician, who developed dyspnea, cough, chest pain, metallic taste and ache in the whole body three hours after heating approximately 30 ml of liquid mercury during an experiment.
(6) In the light of the current very low incidence of indigenous typhoid fever, it is suggested that the examination of relevant waterworks staff and prospective employees for carriage of the agents of potentially waterborne disease should be done selectively by appropriate laboratory tests only when indications for them are revealed by medical assessment.
(7) The Author has collaborate with the Anthos advised some sagacity and modifications, especially at the waterworks, for render "surgical" a regular odontological compact instrument.
(8) Travel tip If you’re with the kids – or just a fan of urban planning – the Waterworks Museum at Friedrichshagen has a fascinating exhibition set in a 19th-century machine hall.
(9) A second experiment was performed at a municipal waterworks in order to assess the role of water treatment processes in the production of mutagenic compounds.
(10) The waterworks founded during the second half of the last century obtained the raw water exclusively from the Ruhr-valley; they were responsible for the water supply of the industrial area situated on the right of the river Rhine.
(11) Additionally, we examined 8 samples from the waterworks of Mannheim and 4 samples from a lake in the Mannheim area.
(12) Her husband and 19-year-old son both belong to a union and have worked on underground waterworks, but both were laid off after Hurricane Sandy struck New York.
(13) Although it does not appear justified to close down waterworks effective 1 October 1989 if these limit values are exceeded, it must be carefully considered up to which concentration--depending on the individual substance--special permissions can be granted for a limited period of time.
(14) Water samples were collected from 384 waterworks that supply 70.9% of the Norwegian population.
(15) Two out of 8 untreated water samples of the waterworks of Mannheim showed mutagenic effects in the undiluted water following metabolic activation.
(16) Naturally grown cell material of Crenothrix polyspora from the well of a waterworks was studied by means of phase-contrast and Nomarski interference microscopy as well as by transmission electron microscopy.
(17) The waterworks pre-purified the water from the Ruhr before infiltration into the underground in order to increase the quantity and quality of the recharged water.
(18) This development was caused by a sudden increase of the Aeromonas density in the drinking water of the municipal Dune Waterworks of The Hague and reports about the possible health significance of these organisms in drinking water.
(19) Over the past five years, Greece has faltered on promises to sell vital parts of its infrastructure – ports, airports, marinas and waterworks – in exchange for billions of euros in loans.
(20) The contribution reports on two contamination cases, i.e., a waterwork "Durlacher Wald" and an industrial plant "Oberrheingraben" which were remedied using biological and physico-chemical methods.