(n.) An instrument for measuring the degree of viscosity of liquids, as solutions of gum.
Example Sentences:
(1) The cells were subjected to uniform hydrodynamic shear stress in a Ferranti Shirley Cone and Plate Viscosimeter.
(2) Rheologic characteristics of arterial and venous blood have been examined by Rotovisco RV-100 (Haake, FRG), a present-day rotation viscosimeter.
(3) Therefore, the eta of mixtures of washed normal (AA) and sickle (SS) red cells was determined in a rotational viscosimeter as a function of the hematocrit level of SS cells (HS), HT, oxygen tension (PO2), and shear rate.
(4) The viscous, as well as the elastic, properties of blood samples diluted with isotonic saline or pure water, respectively, and of undiluted whole blood samples are compared by means of a dynamic capillary viscosimeter (OCR-D, A. Paar K.G., Austria).
(5) Haemodynamic measurements, as well as whole blood viscosity assessment using a middle and high shear rate viscosimeter, revealed only small and insignificant improvements.
(6) Furthermore, they consider the use of this viscosimeter for the study of the rheological properties of blood and plasma.
(7) Investigations were conducted with the use of Geppler's viscosimeter and filtration of red blood cell suspension.
(8) Viscosity was measured electronically with a novel capillary viscosimeter.
(9) The viscosities of 0.2%, 0.5% and 1.0% solutions of this polymer were found to be 840, 5200 and 15000 cp respectively, measured with a Brookfield LVF viscosimeter at 6 rpm.
(10) The problem of measuring plasma viscosity has been solved through the use of capillary and falling-ball viscosimeters which have a determination variance of less than 1%.
(11) Blood hyperviscosity was detected by rotation and ultrasound viscosimeters both under low and high shift frequencies.
(12) Whole blood, plasma and erythrocyte viscosity values were determined with a Contraves LS30 viscosimeter.
(13) During an examination of a group of 63 patients with chronic ischaemic heart disease and condition after myocardial infarction the viscosities measured with the help of a rotation viscosimeter lay clearly above the values of good reference persons.
(14) Zimm--Crothers rotational viscosimeter was used for determining gradient relationship of viscosity eta (g).
(15) The following measurements have been performed: hematocrit by microcentrifugation; fibrinogen by nephelometry; plasma viscosity by means of capillary viscosimeter (Myrenne KSPV4); deformability by Hanss hemorheometer using nucleopore membranes and red blood cell aggregation and disaggregation by means of a SEFAM erythro-aggregometer.
(16) The studies were conducted with the aid of a rotational viscosimeter with a speed shift range from 8.8 to 140 sec.-1.
(17) Viscosities of cell suspensions of human skin epithelium (NCTC strain 2544) were determined by a Wells-Brookfield rotation viscosimeter.
(18) The authors describe a modified Zimm-Krothers viscosimeter fit for hemorheological studies.
(19) Rotary viscosimeters were used to study the postirradiation destruction of the DNA-structural complex (DSC) of rat thymocyte nuclei exhibited by a change in alkaline denaturation of DSC upon lysis.
(20) Maximal, minimal, and mean viscosity were determined by a modified capillary viscosimeter.
Viscous
Definition:
(a.) Adhesive or sticky, and having a ropy or glutinous consistency; viscid; glutinous; clammy; tenacious; as, a viscous juice.
Example Sentences:
(1) The results of autokeratoplasty have been better if the Healon viscous-elastic bioprotector has been employed.
(2) At surgery, upon incision of the paravertebral muscle fascia, viscous pale fluid was encountered emanating from a foramen in the thoracic lamina.
(3) A model system of exfoliated normal human cervicovaginal squamous cells, exfoliated rodent tumor cells, and acellular, viscous, mucuslike material was used to investigate cell deposition on smear preparations made with three different instruments: plastic spatulas, wooden spatulas, and brush-tipped collectors.
(4) This large increase in power output can be accommodated without an increase in metabolic rate only if internal viscous resistances to flagellar bending are relatively low.
(5) The observation that the apparent activation energy for hydraulic conductivity is less than that for water diffusion across the red cell membrane is characteristic of viscous flow and suggests that the flow of water across the membranes of these red cells under an osmotic pressure gradient is a viscous process.
(6) The nodule typically accumulates a viscous yellow fluid.
(7) Oropharyngeal topical anesthesia with viscous lidocaine (25 ml of 2% as a "mouthwash and gargle" 10 min before laryngoscopy) attenuated the pressor but not heart rate (HR) response during laryngoscopy and tracheal intubation.
(8) Here we demonstrate that injection of HCl through solutions of pig gastric mucin produces viscous fingering patterns dependent on pH, mucin concentration and acid flow rate.
(9) The viscous layer of the cornea was seen by TEM in one case of PPD.
(10) By means of an oscillating capillary rheometer and densimeter, the viscous and elastic parts of the complex viscosity of whole blood and plasma were measured from the ipsilateral internal jugular vein in 17 patients with unilateral occlusive carotid lesions during different stages of carotid endarterectomy.
(11) This type of ventilation brought about changes in viscous properties, measured during creep and oscillation of the mucus, which would be expected to reduce mucus clearance in vivo.
(12) The stability and accuracy of all the methods depend on the amount of viscous pressure loss dictated by wall friction.
(13) If you get a group of people together who wouldn't dream of drinking three quarters of a pint of viscous fatty liquid, and you got them to drink a mug of Horlicks, it would actually disrupt their sleep.
(14) This protein friction, with such viscous-like characteristics, may well play a role as a velocity-limiting factor in the normal ATP-induced sliding movement of motile proteins.
(15) At a hydrophobic surface, molecules move apart and local water becomes strongly bonded, inert, and viscous and accumulates large cations, univalent anions, and compatible solutes.
(16) The transport equation describing the flow of solute across a membrane has been modified on the basis of theoretical studies calculating the drag of a sphere moving in a viscous liquid undergoing Poiseuille flow inside a cylinder.
(17) Remnants of the highly viscous and sticky contrast medium that remain attached to the vascular wall complicate the technical procedure of anastomosing.
(18) Therefore, in this study, we measured the ability of viscous agents to maintain the deepness of the anterior chamber in vitro and discussed the correlations between this ability and the viscosity or elasticity of the various viscous agents.
(19) In 21 experiments, 5 for each of 3 viscoelastic fluids with varying characteristics and 6 for a viscous fluid, aerosol deposition was significantly enhanced in every experiment, irrespective of the type of fluid added.
(20) The results confirm that the intracervical administration of PGE2 in a viscous medium can induce ripening of the cervix in those patients at term displaying unfavorable cervical state.