noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a blood/urine/tissue etc sample
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He compared the samples with a blood sample from Mr Green.
connective tissue
muscle tissue (= the substance that muscles are made from )
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If you lose weight too quickly you will lose muscle tissue as well as fat.
scar tissue
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His hand was rough with scar tissue.
tissue paper (= very thin paper for wrapping things )
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All the clothes were wrapped in tissue paper.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
connective
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Heart tissue has a complex architecture that includes blood vessels and connective tissue, as well as muscle cells.
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Meanwhile, studies published in the Western Journal of Medicine found no evidence linking implants with connective tissue diseases.
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None had connective tissue disease then or in the follow up period.
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I was tired between synapses and in the connective tissue of organs.
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Most patients affected have been young women with connective tissue disorders who receive aspirin regularly in high dosage.
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Macrophage: a large scavenger cell present in connective tissue and in many major organs and tissues.
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A portion of the tail of the pancreas was then quickly excised, trimmed of adipose and connective tissue and used immediately.
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At these points there are also constrictions in the blood vessels and nerves, and weaknesses in the connective tissues .
different
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In the presence of malignancy it is known that different tissues can respond in different ways.
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They have also taken partly developed cells from one tissue and converted them into different tissue.
fatty
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These are quickly broken down, but it takes the body longer to shed fatty tissue , so weight loss slows down.
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When whales eat contaminated prey, organochlorines go first to the digestive system, and are then deposited in fatty tissues .
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Women, in particular, can train off too much fatty tissue , and this sometimes leads to menstrual problems.
fetal
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Much of the effort of the anti-abortion movement has been directed against clinicians and against researchers working on fetal tissue .
fibrous
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This remedy has an affinity for fibrous tissues , joints and tendons.
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The three nails are formed of dark fibrous tissue and are exceedingly sharp.
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The fibrous tissues round the infected area impedes access of antituberculous substances.
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Damaged or destroyed muscles eventually became replaced with fibrous tissues that shortened and contracted.
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In muscle disease degeneration of muscle fibres and replacement with fibrous tissue have been seen.
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Abnormal fibrous tissue overgrowth has long been known to affect a number of widely separate organ systems.
human
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Similarly, prostacyclin production in human atherosclerotic tissue appears to be reduced.
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Blood and muscle, and the unreliable human fuses and tissue .
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FIG. 4 Expression studies of the atk transcript. a, Expression of the atk transcript in a variety of human tissues .
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Inside my chest I can hear it screeching, although muted by ribcage and other human tissue .
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Under the microscope, human testicular tissue often looks unhealthy.
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Nerve gas tests with human tissue .
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Workers need to understand how quickly human tissue freezes, and the necessary precautions to prevent its occurrence.
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Shooting anything that moved, collecting every piece of human tissue .
living
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But it is an expensive one in terms of living tissue produced and it is not the only one possible.
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Inflammation is another internal defence mechanism and is a reaction of living tissue to infection, injury and irritants.
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It's more like a living tissue , like blood is.
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Damage to living tissue can be quantified by using the dose equivalent.
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The reaction of dental material placed in the cavity gives a measure of its toxicity to living tissues .
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How can one scale up from what can be counted in a two-dimensional section to the three dimensions of living tissue ?
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The inert compounds react with living tissue and absorb the entire body.
lymphoid
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All cases were regarded according to a classification of Isaacson etal into high grade and low grade B-cell mucosa associated lymphoid tissue .
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The method is based on the maturation cycle of gut associated lymphoid tissue derived lymphocytes.
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They then migrate into the lymphoid tissue and eventually return to the blood circulation.
normal
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Tumour extracts also contained higher concentrations of immunoreactivity compared with normal tissue , in assays using antibodies L289 and 109-21.
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Tumours contain a relatively high water content and therefore have a relatively long T1 and T2 compared with normal soft tissue .
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The value obtained in these benign tubulovillous adenomas was significantly raised relative to both normal and malignant tissues .
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Researchers are trying to sort out the difference in genetic make-up both in cancers and in normal tissue .
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Activity and antigen levels of both activators were determined in homogenates of endoscopically obtained biopsies from normal and carcinomatous tissues .
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The concentrations of urokinase type plasminogen activator in the duodenum resemble the quantities found in normal stomach tissue biopsy specimens.
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This normal tissue injury is a limiting factor for radiotherapy dose.
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The tissue type plasminogen activator antigen concentrations in both oesophageal carcinomas and stomach carcinomas were similar to those of the normal tissues.
other
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Male speaker One of the concerns of gene therapy is that other tissue will be affected.
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One of these, designated B9, was expressed sparsely in terminal placenta and with varying levels in most other tissues .
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No expression was detected in aorta, vena cava and other rabbit tissues .
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These results suggest the existence of an isoenzyme that is inducible by endotoxin, as described in other tissue preparations.
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The brain synthesizes protein at a rate higher than that of any other tissue in the body.
pancreatic
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The content of platelet activating factor in pancreatic tissue was determined using bioassay technique with washed rabbit platelets as described previously.
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But only the pancreatic tissue will be transformed.
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Rich sources for the isolation of PLA2 are pancreatic tissue and juice, and snake and bee venoms.
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According to our finding caerulein infused at supramaximal dose increased the production of platelet activating factor in the pancreatic tissue by about nine-fold.
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Treatment with cyclosporin A in the doses used did not inhibit eicosanoid formation by the pancreatic tissue ex vivo.
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The early increase of pan-PLA2 values probably reflects the time of destruction of pancreatic tissue .
soft
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X-rays don't reveal much, either, since the inflammation lies in the soft tissues and not in the joints.
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The same laser already is approved for surgery on soft tissue , such as gum surgery for periodontal disease.
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The radio waves, magnetic field and computer technology combine to produce vivid images of the body's soft tissue .
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These include the development of tetany and the deposition of calcium phosphate in soft tissues .
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The only three-dimensional fossil of a dinosaur's soft tissue was unearthed here in the 90s.
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The Bulls' forward has been suffering from a soft tissue injury on the bottom of his left foot.
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Tumours contain a relatively high water content and therefore have a relatively long T1 and T2 compared with normal soft tissue .
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There is just one problem: brains are part of the soft tissue of the body and so do not survive fossilization.
surrounding
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These lie in the surrounding tissues .
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During an ectopic pregnancy, the foetus damages or ruptures surrounding tissue as it grows, which causes abdominal pain.
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This makes them useful for destroying tumours while leaving surrounding tissue unharmed.
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During this migration they receive signals from the surrounding tissues which directs them along the appropriate developmental pathway.
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This fibrous layer stops any chemical or biological bonding between the implant and the surrounding tissue .
various
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Northern blot analysis of Oct-11 and Oct-2 expression in various mouse tissues and cell lines.
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The majority of cortisol is either metabolized in various tissues or conjugated in the liver and excreted.
■ NOUN
body
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Cholesterol is a natural substance found in the body tissues of animals but not plants.
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At postmortem, the low fibre diet rats had more abnormalities and tumours of body tissue than the higher fibre diet rats.
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However, the spadefoot's body tissues have the remarkable ability to withstand the loss of large amounts of water.
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Water 1. Body tissues contain approximately 70% water which is essential for life. 2.
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Aids growth and repair of body tissue . 2.
brain
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More recently reductions in two other brain peptides, cholecystokinin and somatostatin have also been described in the brain tissue of schizophrenics.
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But once converted into prions, they turn deadly, destroying the brain tissue .
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A biopsy of brain tissue detected the presence of toxoplasmosis, which is relatively harmless in people with normally functioning immune systems.
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To be sure, scientists have created disease by inoculating animals with brain tissue from infected animals.
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She tried to regroup her scattered brain tissue , pulling back pieces of her mind before they were lost for ever.
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We are talking about the brain tissue of an aborted foetus whose gestation period has to be between 10 and 11 weeks.
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Over years, the prions relentlessly multiply, clumping together in brain tissue until the damage becomes apparent.
culture
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It can remove the deposits of pigment that clutter up old cells whether in tissue culture or in the brain.
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What is tissue culture and how might it be used?
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Some commentators will ask whether a tissue culture also counts as an entity to be respected.
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Observations of toxicity of glutamate in tissue culture are of uncertain relevance invivo.
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The alternatives - studying people, tissue culture , computer modelling etc. - are actually used much more than animal studies.
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Even if these cells are removed from the body and kept in tissue culture , they retain their characteristics through many cell divisions.
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The laboratories have extensive tissue culture facilities and there is a flow cytometric unit equipped with both analytical and cell sorting instruments.
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Designate a set of spatulas for dispensing tissue culture chemicals only and ensure that they are cleaned after every use.
damage
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Left to their own devices, these free radicals cause tissue damage .
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With tissue damage and necrosis, the cells disintegrate and leak their contents into the blood.
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For the physician, it is a demand to identify the objective source of the tissue damage which provoked the subjective awareness.
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Others use magnetic resonance imaging, like those used to find tissue damage in humans, to detect explosives.
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Supposing the physician can find no tissue damage or that there is an inappropriate relation between objective fact and subjective complaint.
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Injury or tissue damage stimulates nerve impulses in specialised sensory fibres. 2.
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Is this not proof that the pain felt by normal subjects mirrors the nature, intensity and location of tissue damage ?
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The aim is to minimise tissue damage and further movement could do just the opposite!
disease
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None had connective tissue disease then or in the follow up period.
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Meanwhile, studies published in the Western Journal of Medicine found no evidence linking implants with connective tissue diseases .
granulation
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Blood fills the space and clots, capillaries grow into the clot and form granulation tissue .
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They keep the wound clean and moist and may be removed without traumatising newly formed granulation tissue and capillary buds.
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At this stage the healing area is reddish in appearance and is referred to as granulation tissue .
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The healing process is completed when epithelium grows in from the edge and covers the granulation tissue .
injury
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These three reactive oxygen species are believed to be responsible for tissue injury .
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The Bulls' forward has been suffering from a soft tissue injury on the bottom of his left foot.
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Understanding the movement of neutrophils and the mechanisms through which they mediate tissue injury is fundamental to elucidating the pathogenesis of relapse.
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The vascular endothelium seems to produce superoxide in the inflamed mucosa, which would exacerbate tissue injury in ulcerative colitis.
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This normal tissue injury is a limiting factor for radiotherapy dose.
lung
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Normal lung tissue and that from patients with focal fibrosis expressed very little ET-1.
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So small volumes of lung tissue are exposed to high doses of alpha radiation.
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The stretching of the elastic explains the elasticity of lung tissue and that energy is required to stretch the tissue.
muscle
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Lose weight too quickly and you will lose muscle tissue as well as fat.
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Massage-Good for general relaxation and to relieve stress buildup in the muscle tissue .
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In cases with massive deposits, there were degenerative changes in muscle fibres, with muscle tissue being replaced by amyloid.
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Nessim, who has created a documentary on cancer survivors, beat a rare muscle tissue cancer 21 years ago.
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Their finding could lead to new treatments for muscle wasting in humans, or ways to conserve muscle tissue during space flight.
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Loss of muscle tissue is accelerated in women at the time of menopause.
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The results in Fig. 3 confirm that the isoform is only expressed in visceral smooth muscle tissues .
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Larding slows the cooking process, however, since the fat heats more slowly than the muscle tissue .
paper
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The jar should be lined with damp paper tissue to keep the animal alive.
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Discoloration on a new white paper tissue rubbed several times over a surface. 5.
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He stirred the contents: paper tissues , a few torn envelopes, a discarded newspaper.
plasminogen
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Neither study, however, directly measured the ascitic concentrations of tissue plasminogen activator.
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Fibrinolytic activity was determined by a balance between tissue plasminogen activator and plasminogen activator inhibitor-1.
sample
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It can not be stressed too heavily that taking tissue samples was a highly sensitive matter.
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Then they studied blood and tissue samples from 211 Ashkenazim who had been colon cancer patients.
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The tissue samples are taken from the foetus at seven weeks old, when it is only about one inch long.
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She has to get manatees picked up and taken to the researchers quickly, before tissue samples deteriorate.
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Secondly, it has been impractical or impossible to gather data beyond vital signs and some blood and tissue samples .
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The tissue sample of the excised pancreas was placed in buffered formalin for two to four hours and transferred to 75% ethanol.
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One negative control sampled was processed for every three tissue samples examined.
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Thus, the variable orientation and size of individual tissue samples might have affected our results.
scar
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The scar tissue was old and seamed.
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Others need several revisions to their surgeries, and develop painful masses of scar tissue .
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We stop for the night in the middle of this scar tissue that will never heal.
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I notice George lightly touching the temporal lobe, exploring for scar tissue once more.
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The scar tissue with which animals seal their wounds is not directly comparable to the callus tissue of plants.
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The rough pebbles of scar tissue interrupted the deep lines that laughter had once carved into his temples.
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My brain is encrusted with scar tissue from all the frames he has pinched and nicked.
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Through the passing days, the biting cruelty of it all slowly healed, leaving only the scar tissue .
section
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Slides were subsequently processed as for tissue sections .
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When this was applied to tissue sections , however, most samples were found to inhibit the polymerase chain reaction.
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In each animal, a total of 30000 points were counted over consecutive visual fields across the tissue sections .
toilet
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Buy products made with recycled paper or plastic,such as bin liners, toilet tissue or kitchen paper.
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So does toilet tissue , which makes you wonder where a book is being read.
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Author Kevin Wilkins once worked in a factory near his home town of Barrow-in-Furness where he tested the quality of toilet tissue .
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Fort Sterling has recently introduced toilet tissue and paper towels made from 100 percent recycled paper.
tumour
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Similar values have been reported for tumour tissue .
type
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These results give rise to the hypothesis that endothelin might increase the tissue type plasminogen activator activity accompanying the gastric mucosal injury.
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About 2500 of these are registered in the computer, which stores relevant data on their blood and tissue types .
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Underwood and Carling's tissue types will be stored on computer until they can be matched up with somebody who needs them.
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In the presence of fibrin, tissue type plasminogen activator converts plasminogen to plasmin, which subsequently cleaves the chromogenic substrate.
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The amount of colour developed during a fixed time is proportional to the tissue type plasminogen activator activity in the sample.
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Her tissue type was A1, A2.
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The tissue type plasminogen activator antigen concentrations in both oesophageal carcinomas and stomach carcinomas were similar to those of the normal tissues.
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These results could suggest a prominent role of tissue type plasminogen activator in the pathogenesis of endothelin induced gastric mucosal damage.
■ VERB
cause
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Left to their own devices, these free radicals cause tissue damage.
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This causes tissue in the nose to expand, and voila, your nose is stuffed up.
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Sickling crises cause cumulative tissue damage which frequently does not manifest until the child is older.
find
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Others use magnetic resonance imaging, like those used to find tissue damage in humans, to detect explosives.
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I suppose he hopes the pathologist who butchers her will find skin tissue under her nails.
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Supposing the physician can find no tissue damage or that there is an inappropriate relation between objective fact and subjective complaint.
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Thus he found that when young tissue is transferred from place to place it changes its nature.
live
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Others were part of basic research on living tissue , and their benefits could not have been realised at the time.
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Its only living tissue is a thin layer of cambium just underneath the bark.
remove
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A biopsy involves removing a piece of tissue for examination.
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The latest is an outpatient procedure with a new gizmo that removes throat tissues with radio frequencies.
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This can be promoted by burning which removes woody tissue and locally enriches the soil.
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They removed malignant tissue from his prostate during an operation last Friday.
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A cone biopsy, which removes rather more tissue , requires a general anaesthetic.
show
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Direct measurements have shown that the inflamed tissues consume large amounts of energy.
use
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Personification: e.g. The nutrients are used by the tissues for building and repair.
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Dissection here takes place on cadavers or using tissue taken from them.
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Conté Carres gives a rich, dense black which suits my needs: I often use tissue paper to smudge the Conté.
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The foundation does support research using animal tissue .
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This antibody can be used on paraffin embedded tissue .
wrap
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Cutlery wrapped in singed tissue paper as fire-salvaged stock.
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Paul paper with wrapped in tissue and waited.
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It had been wrapped in tissue paper, like a treasure.
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It used to be beautifully wrapped in tissue paper.
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They were wrapped in coal-black tissue paper that rustled when she touched it.
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All the clothes were wrapped in tissue paper.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A day later, the tissue was inserted between stomach muscles, just above the bellybutton, where blood supply is plentiful.
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Biopsy tissues were fixed in buffered formalin and processed routinely through paraffin wax, ensuring optimal orientation at the embedding stage.
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Changes consisted in the tissue becoming larger or smaller, thicker or thinner, more or less refractive.
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Femfresh are individually wrapped, mildly fragrant, moist tissues.
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His estranged wife, Martha, dabbed at her eyes with a tissue and later hugged jurors in the hallway.
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Meanwhile, studies published in the Western Journal of Medicine found no evidence linking implants with connective tissue diseases.
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The Laboulbeniales are ectoparasites - most of their tissue remains outside the host - and only superficially penetrate into the host.
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The stairs were brushed, but pocked with scraps of eggshell and solidified tissues.