(n.) The act of terminating, or of limiting or setting bounds; the act of ending or concluding; as, a voluntary termination of hostilities.
(n.) That which ends or bounds; limit in space or extent; bound; end; as, the termination of a line.
(n.) End in time or existence; as, the termination of the year, or of life; the termination of happiness.
(n.) End; conclusion; result.
(n.) Last purpose of design.
(n.) A word; a term.
(n.) The ending of a word; a final syllable or letter; the part added to a stem in inflection.
Example Sentences:
(1) The amino acid sequence deduced from the nucleotide sequence contained both amino- and carboxyl-terminal sequences.
(2) Treatment termination due to lack of efficacy or combined insufficient therapeutic response and toxicity proved to be influenced by the initial disease activity and by the rank order of prescription.
(3) We have examined the insertion of bovine 17 alpha-hydroxylase (P45017 alpha) into the endoplasmic reticulum of COS 1 cells to evaluate the functional role of its hydrophobic amino-terminal sequence and membrane insertion.
(4) The use of glucagon in double-contrast studies of the colon has been recommended for various reasons, one of which is to facilitate reflux of barium into the terminal ileum.
(5) Amino acid sequence analysis showed that both peaks had identical N-terminal sequences through the first 28 residues.
(6) Plasma NPY correlated better with plasma norepinephrine than with epinephrine, indicating its origin from sympathetic nerve terminals.
(7) As a group, the three mammalian proteins resemble bovine serum conglutinin and behave as lectins with rather broad sugar specificities directed at certain non-reducing terminal N-acetylglucosamine, mannose, glucose and fucose residues, but with subtle differences in fine specificities.
(8) In the caudal spinal trigeminal nucleus (Vc), the collaterals of one half of the periodontium afferent fibers terminated mainly in lamina V at the rostral and middle levels of Vc.
(9) The amino-terminal region of a 70 kDa mitochondrial outer membrane protein of yeast and the presequence of cytochrome c1, an inner membrane protein exposed to the intermembrane space, are thought to be responsible for localizing the proteins in their final destinations after synthesis in the cytosol.
(10) The mtRF-1 could translate all of the known termination codons in the rat mitochondrial genome.
(11) However, none of the nerve terminals making synaptic contacts with glomus cells exhibited SP-like immunoreactivity.
(12) The B cell epitopes included regions of transition between the more hydropathic (including the N-terminal end of the F1 and F2 protein) and hydrophilic sequences.
(13) Somatostatin-like immunoreactivity has been found to occur in nerve terminals and fibres of the normal human skin using immunohistochemistry.
(14) The seve polypeptide chains investigated had generalyy similar properties; all contained two residues per molecule of tryptophan and N-acetylserine was the common N-terminal amino acid residue.
(15) Urine specimens from patient REE also contained a light chain fragment that lacked the first (amino-terminal) 85 residues of the native light chain but otherwise was identical in sequence to the light chain REE.
(16) The presence of a few key residues in the amino-terminal alpha-helix of each ligand is sufficient to confer specificity to the interaction.
(17) The earliest degenerative changes were seen in sensory and motor terminals at 20-24 h after the lesion.
(18) The terminal half-life averaged 12 h following intravenous and 15 h after oral administration.
(19) A retrospective study examined the reactions to the termination of pregnancy for fetal malformation and the follow up services that were available.
(20) A reduction in neonatal deaths from this cause might be expected if facilities for antenatal diagnosis and termination of pregnancy were made available, although this raises grave ethical problems.
Tip
Definition:
(n.) The point or extremity of anything; a pointed or somewhat sharply rounded end; the end; as, the tip of the finger; the tip of a spear.
(n.) An end piece or part; a piece, as a cap, nozzle, ferrule, or point, applied to the extreme end of anything; as, a tip for an umbrella, a shoe, a gas burner, etc.
(n.) A piece of stiffened lining pasted on the inside of a hat crown.
(n.) A thin, boarded brush made of camel's hair, used by gilders in lifting gold leaf.
(n.) Rubbish thrown from a quarry.
(v. t.) To form a point upon; to cover the tip, top, or end of; as, to tip anything with gold or silver.
(v. t.) To strike slightly; to tap.
(v. t.) To bestow a gift, or douceur, upon; to give a present to; as, to tip a servant.
(v. t.) To lower one end of, or to throw upon the end; to tilt; as, to tip a cask; to tip a cart.
(v. i.) To fall on, or incline to, one side.
(n.) A light touch or blow; a tap.
(n.) A gift; a douceur; a fee.
(n.) A hint, or secret intimation, as to the chances in a horse race, or the like.
Example Sentences:
(1) This study examined both the effect of variations in optical fiber tip and in light wavelength on laser-induced hyperthermia in rat brain.
(2) Sickle and normal discocytes both showed membrane elasticity with reversion to original cell shape following release of the cell from its aspirated position at the pipette tip.
(3) The complication might have been prevented by measurements of U and I, reflecting changes in impedance or by measurements of catheter tip temperature (T).
(4) But what about phenomena such as table tipping and Ouija boards?
(5) The relationship between technique of obtaining Papanicolaou smears, presence of endocervical cells, and rate of cervical neoplasia was studied by comparing an endocervical and ectocervical nylon brush (Bayne brush), Ayre spatula plus endocervical brush, and spatula plus cotton-tipped swab in a randomized, prospective trial involving 11,061 patients.
(6) Eight electrodes of different size and tip characteristics were evaluated at different temperatures and time settings, both in vitro and in vivo.
(7) Neither was the intra-VMH infusion of MA effective if: (i) the rats were not primed with estrogen; (ii) the tips of the cannulae were outside the VMH; or (iii) it was preceded by an intra-VMH infusion of the alpha 1b-antagonist, chloroethylclonidine (CEC).
(8) "We know that a country has tipped when local-to-local connections outnumber local to foreign," he added.
(9) An inner cannula containing PGE2 or PGF2alpha at its tip was inserted into the previously implanted outer cannula.
(10) The linear flow accelerator failed to prevent, but did delay, catheter tip recoil in proportion to the prolongation of contrast medium injection time.
(11) The inter-connecting linkage system develops postnatally, and the 'tip-linkages' are already found in one-week-old mice, suggesting that the critical organization of the micromechanics of the stereocilia matures rapidly during the postnatal period.
(12) A new simplified technique for evaluating the internal pudendal artery and the penile vessels is described using a new catheter configuration with a very short 90 degrees-angled tip.
(13) Tipping petrol on a fire isn’t going to get the heat out of it,” he told ABC radio.
(14) When used in snail neurones such electrodes gave very similar pHi values to those recorded simultaneously by recessed-tip glass micro-electrodes.
(15) This study demonstrates the limitations of the Q-Tip test and reconfirms the need for more sensitive and specific urodynamic investigations of the incontinent woman.
(16) Following orthodontic treatment the canine's incisal edge occlusion demonstrates the tip and torque present in the appliance that was used.
(17) After 4 weeks of in vivo growth, extensive growth of arborizing ducts was apparent in recombinants composed of urogenital sinus mesenchyme and a single adult prostatic ductal tip.
(18) Conversely, serum starvation decreased TIP levels within 1 hr.
(19) He unleashes a scorching drive from about 18 yards, which Joe Hart tips wide via his right post.
(20) One patient harbored a basilar trunk aneurysm, 1 an aneurysm of the proximal posterior cerebral artery, 3 an aneurysm of the superior cerebellar artery, and 10 an aneurysm at the basilar tip.