(a.) Resembling a worm in form or motions; vermicular; as, the vermiform process of the cerebellum.
Example Sentences:
(1) The region of the tentorium and straight sinus can occasionally give rise to a vermiform appearance (the "AVM artifact").
(2) The greatest problems appeared in diagnosing thrombosis of mesenterial vessels and acute appendicitis in cases with the retrocecal disposition of the vermiform process.
(3) Deeper levels showed aggregations of bizarre structures, which the authors term "vermiform bodies," and which appear to be collections of abnormal amounts and types of elastic tissue.
(4) A case of torsion of the vermiform appendix is described.
(5) The determination of CIC is shown to be more informative concerning inflammatory changes in the vermiform process.
(6) This article summarizes the age-related structural and functional alterations in the esophagus, stomach, small and large intestines, liver, pancreas, and vermiform appendix.
(7) Patients presenting with adenocarcinoma of the vermiform appendix at the Royal Preston and Chorley District General Hospitals were reviewed for the 15 year period 1972-1986.
(8) 50% of all perforations of the vermiform appendix happen 12 hours or less after onset of the disease.
(9) Electron microscopy showed the cells of both neoplasms to contain abundant, thick, vermiform, organelle-free processes, previously described solely in large cell lymphomas.
(10) We report a patient with clinical vermiform motor activity, muscle cramps, delayed relaxation of grip, and continuous motor unit discharges who developed mild symmetric symptoms in the upper extremities following a viral infection.
(11) Primary adenocarcinoma of the vermiform appendix is a rare clinical entity that is virtually never diagnosed preoperatively.
(12) TMC in the vermiform appendix and in a cutaneous mastocytoma reacted with antibodies against ACTH, Leu-enkephalin, Met-enkephalin, and peptide histidine isoleucine (PHI).
(13) The authors discuss data in the literature and analyse the features of the clinical picture, diagnosis, and treatment of carcinoid of the vermiform process in 8 patients.
(14) The methods of macro-microscopy and angio-roentgenography were used to study the change of blood vessels of the vermiform process in 80 rabbits.
(15) The histological examinations of "unaltered" vermiform processes ablated during the operations have revealed signs of acute inflammation in most of them which speaks in favour of appendectomy in acute diseases of uterine appendages.
(16) In 50 human fetuses of the crown-rump length ranging from 88 mm to 185 mm (12 to 20 weeks), the variability of the arterial vascularization of the vermiform appendix was investigated using the injection method.
(17) Movement in vitro occurred by alternate attachment and release of the suckers with a vermiform peristalsis and the rings of spines between the suckers were considered to aid this movement in vivo.
(18) The cycle period and the distance traveled during a cycle are greater in inchworm than in vermiform crawling; however, the velocity of travel is the same for both (Fig.
(19) This disease pattern is characterised by episodic hyperpnoeas and apnoeas, retardation, muscular hypotension, opsoclonia, complete or partial agenesis of the vermiform process of cerebellum, as well as a dilated fourth ventricle.
(20) Cells with a positive peroxidase reaction in the endoplasmic reticulum and the nuclear envelope make up approximately 40% of cells in rat hepatic sinusoids and have abundant cytoplasm containing numerous granules and vacuoles, and occasional tubular, vermiform invaginations.
Wormy
Definition:
(superl.) Containing a worm; abounding with worms.
(superl.) Like or pertaining to a worm; earthy; groveling.
Example Sentences:
(1) The most conspicuous and prevalent helminth was C. complanatum as fish were "wormy" and unmarketable due to the presence of high numbers of metacercariae.
(2) The impact of targetted treatment depends critically on the factors that generate heterogeneity in parasite burdens and on whether or not selectivity is based on a single or repeated identification of the 'wormy' fraction of the community.
(3) The findings over a 12-month follow-up period after one treatment included: mean monthly incidence of 20%, higher and more rapid return to previous prevalence and intensity of infection in children or 'wormy' persons than in adults or 'non-wormy' persons.
(4) Wormy individuals with heavy infections are shown to be predisposed to this state such that they reacquire heavier than average worm burdens following treatment.