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Torsi


Definition:

  • (pl. ) of Torso

Example Sentences:

Torso


Definition:

  • (n.) The human body, as distinguished from the head and limbs; in sculpture, the trunk of a statue, mutilated of head and limbs; as, the torso of Hercules.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Blood flow was measured in leg and torso skin of conscious or anesthetized sheep by using 15-micron radioactive microspheres (Qm) and the 133Xe washout method (QXe).
  • (2) The fashion in Hollywood leading men now is for the sort of sculpted torso that requires months, if not years, of dedicated abdominal crunching.
  • (3) To test the hypothesis that during unsupported arm exercise (UAE) some of the inspiratory muscles of the rib cage partake in upper torso and arm positioning and thereby decrease their contribution to ventilation, we studied 11 subjects to measure pleural (Ppl) and gastric (Pga) pressures, heart rate, respiratory frequency, O2 uptake (VO2), and tidal volume (VT) during symptom-limited UAE.
  • (4) Transfer impedance vectors between 81 lead points on the human torso model and 392 positions covering ventricular areas in the torso were measure.
  • (5) We found that the maps reflected relatively faithfully the underlying dipolar source for the homogeneous torso and even for the torso with lungs.
  • (6) The authors question whether amounts of lidocaine greater than the recommended dosage may be safely used in the patient undergoing lipoplasty of the torso and knees.
  • (7) We describe a fast and numerically effective biomagnetic inverse solution using a moving dipole in a realistic homogeneous torso.
  • (8) In weightlessness, "falls" were achieved using elastic cords running from a torso harness to the floor.
  • (9) Seven months later the upper half of his torso was found buried in woodland in West Sussex.
  • (10) The victim's lower torso and automobile were also found along the same path 31 m (101 ft) and 41 m (133 ft) beyond the sign, respectively.
  • (11) The developmental signal that specifies the fates of cells at the anterior and posterior termini of the Drosophila embryo is transmitted by the torso receptor tyrosine kinase.
  • (12) Care of the experimental babies included supporting the head on a small water pillow and supporting the torso at the same level to avoid flexion or curvature of the spine; the control group received customary care.
  • (13) To this effect, scaling of the torso model can easily be included in the computation.
  • (14) Lower torso injuries occurred primarily in frontal impacts in both the back and front seats.
  • (15) His head and torso were tightly bandaged, bloodstained gauze protruding from between the layers.
  • (16) Pelvic rotations are described, but no evident relationships between pelvic rotations in the different planes and ILBM-activity could be seen, probably because the changes in the position of the torso are of more importance.
  • (17) Some of the museum’s mannequins had their torsos hacked out, the waists of McQueen’s clothes being impossibly small, even by mannequin standards.
  • (18) Conversely, older patients (60 years of age or older) injured in falls are more likely to have operable intracranial mass lesions without significant injury to the torso (p less than 0.001).
  • (19) Doses to organs in the torso were calculated from the waist-level film badge dosemeter reading using normalised organ dose data.
  • (20) The torso apparatus is used to practice insertion of a hemodynamic monitoring catheter; the cardiac monitor displays catheter pressure readings as the catheter is advanced into the heart and also pulmonary artery and wedge position.

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