(n.) A group or series of four dramatic pieces, three tragedies and one satyric, or comic, piece (or sometimes four tragedies), represented consequently on the Attic stage at the Dionysiac festival.
Example Sentences:
(1) Thus, there is still a need for improvement, particularly future research devoted to better understanding of the electrophysiological mechanisms responsible for arrhythmias, electrosurgical and medical arrhythmia therapy, and right and left ventricular mechanics after repair of tetralogy of Fallot.
(2) Ninety-six consecutive total repairs of the tetralogy of Fallot are reviewed.
(3) diastasis recti abdominis with pericardial hernia, ventral defect of the diaphragm, partial defect of the sternum, and tetralogy of Fallot.
(4) The following cardiovascular lesions were operated: large aortopulmonary septal defects, localized just above the valvular rings in 2 patients with severe pulmonary hypertension, with very good effect in both; tetralogy of Fallot - in 2 babies, in one with good effect; congenital mitral obstruction with pulmonary hypertension in one case, with good effect; total anomalous pulmonary venous return of supracardiac type in one child, decreased 1 week following operation; type 1 complete transposition of great arteries in one baby, deceased one day following operation; large ventricular septal defects, with systemic or nearly systemic pulmonary hypertension in 5 children, in one with long-term good effect.
(5) The aim of the study was to evaluate the main predictors of the inducibility of sustained ventricular tachycardia (VT) in patients with repaired tetralogy of Fallot.
(6) A review was undertaken of 488 patients followed up for more than 1 month after repair of tetralogy of Fallot (mean follow-up time 6.1 years); 13.5% had ventricular arrhythmia on routine electrocardiogram.
(7) The patient was a 27-year-old female who had undergone corrective surgery for tetralogy of Fallot at the age of 8, and developed VT of distinctly different QRS configurations.
(8) The work is based on the analysis of complications of Waterston-Cooley-Edwards anastomosis which create tactical and technical difficulties in correction of Fallot's tetralogy.
(9) Three patients aged 4, 11, and 24 years with congenital heart disease had St. Jude Medical valves in pulmonary positions (two cases) for tetralogy of Fallot and in the tricuspid position (one case).
(10) Early and late results in 309 patients undergoing repair of tetralogy of Fallot between 1960 and 1982 were analyzed with respect to independent determinants of operative mortality, late reoperation, and late death.
(11) As a result, the most frequently observed abnormality (50%) was a complex of anomalies similar to tetralogy of Fallot in man.
(12) Fallot's tetralogy is associated with increased maternal age and parity.
(13) The necessity of recatheterization after correction of tetralogy of Fallot is discussed.
(14) A 3-year-old boy underwent corrective surgery for tetralogy of Fallot.
(15) Surgical repair was performed on 8 patients with tetralogy of Fallot and congenital or acquired absence of the left pulmonary artery.
(16) To preserve right ventricular function after intracardiac repair of tetralogy of Fallot, we developed a standardized patch infundibuloplasty with minimum ventriculotomy and myocardial resection.
(17) We analyzed 131 hearts with tetralogy of Fallot for their prominent surgical anatomical features.
(18) The treatment of a rarely described variant of tetralogy of Fallot with pulmonary atresia is reported.
(19) Cardiac catheterization revealed an extreme tetralogy of Fallot complicated by a patent ductus arteriosus.
(20) The infection was associated with Fallot's tetralogy in 10 patients (17%), ventricular septal defect in 7 (4%), bicuspid aortic valve in 7 (16%), coarctation of the aorta in 6 (8%), atrial septal defects in 2 (1%), and patent ductus arteriosus and pulmonary artery branch stenosis in 1 patient each.
Trilogy
Definition:
(n.) A series of three dramas which, although each of them is in one sense complete, have a close mutual relation, and form one historical and poetical picture. Shakespeare's " Henry VI." is an example.
Example Sentences:
(1) The 'prequel' trilogy, featuring Anakin Skywalker's fall to the dark side and the much-maligned Jar Jar Binks, was released between 1999 and 2005 but Lucas has developed the franchise far beyond those six original films.
(2) Peter Mayhew, who played Han Solo's wookiee sidekick Chewbacca in the original Star Wars trilogy, stood at an impressive 7 ft 2" and also had what might be described as broad facial features.
(3) Alfred was previously portrayed by Michael Caine in Christopher Nolan 's Dark Knight trilogy and the late Michael Gough in the earlier Tim Burton and Joel Schumacher movies.
(4) Critical verdict The Tin Drum catapulted Grass to the forefront of European fiction and since then he has been Germany's "permanent Nobel candidate"; of the remainder of the Danzig trilogy, Cat and Mouse is the best regarded.
(5) If only she could have foreseen the levels of excitement and anticipation surrounding Star Wars: The Force Awakens , the seventh instalment, in which she will return alongside co-stars from the original trilogy including Harrison Ford and Mark Hamill.
(6) An edited naturalism appeared for Roots, the first play of the Wesker trilogy; and for The Kitchen, abstraction: plates, simple structural blocks and sound and light effects were enough to make the audience see a workplace.
(7) Following his role in Gods and Monsters, McKellen went on to shoot what would prove his most popular role, as Gandalf in the Oscar-winning Lord of the Rings trilogy .
(8) So when he made the second trilogy, which described events that took place before the first series, they were confusingly titled as episodes I, II and III.
(9) And the same applies to movies like Star Wars, which, three trilogies in now, is standing on two generations of giants’ shoulders.
(10) A compelling new documentary, The Thrilla in Manila, is unflinching in the way it documents the systematic racial abuse Ali directed against Frazier for the next five years - culminating in the final fight of their epic trilogy in 1975.
(11) The usually golden C-3PO himself is also shown sporting a silver leg in parts of the original trilogy.
(12) Despite the success of Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings trilogy, there was a whiff of snobbery.
(13) The Laidlaw trilogy is one of the finest things in modern fiction, in the Chandler and Simenon class."
(14) Now he's finished Bish Bosch, which he considers to be the final instalment in a trilogy, is he going to work on something completely different?
(15) It is expected to be the first of a trilogy based on James' novels.
(16) The spur to the public debate on the death penalty stemmed from a trilogy of miscarriages of justice In 1950, Timothy Evans was unjustly hanged on the evidence of a neighbour, John Christie, who was subsequently convicted of murder, in a house they shared in west London.
(17) The forthcoming Lego Movie - due out in February- will reportedly feature tiny plastic versions of several of the best known figures from Lucas's original trilogy.
(18) Perhaps the most relevant of Achebe's works to my generation is No Longer at Ease , the second book of his trilogy, which powerfully exposed the difficulty of navigating a world where one is expected to partake of western secular education and all the values and privileges that comes with it, and still be hostage to the commanding beliefs of one's own culture.
(19) From his brutal Pusher trilogy to the weird and wonderful anti-biopic Bronson , these films are more like art installations, shimmering with stylish violence and near-hallucinatory moments.
(20) My trilogy is going to be put on at the Royal Court.