These so-called distal DNA elements control the expression of faraway genes. From Wordnik.com. [PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories] Reference
I assessed she had a big laceration on her distal leg. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 15, 2009] Reference
Its distal end articulates with the second or median phalanx. From Wordnik.com. [Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1] Reference
Antennal organs: in Collembola are sensory structures on the distal segment. From Wordnik.com. [Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology] Reference
You can also call it a distal acromioclavicular section or shoulder surgery. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 9, 2008] Reference
ROBERTS: distal clavicular excision, arthroscopic distal clavicular excision. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 9, 2008] Reference
So the staples can pop loose and the food go back into the distal stomach again. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 24, 2002] Reference
Pile the tumbled stalks (10 to 20 stalks per pile) with distal ends on one side. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 7] Reference
Most of the lung cancers arise in the distal part, meaning the airways are spread. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 10, 2005] Reference
The volume of the lobes is larger than the distal phalange of the patient's thumb. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 14] Reference
A smoothly grooved instrument used with a knife to limit the incision of tissues. distal. From Wordnik.com. [Surgical Anatomy] Reference
Mesial The side of the tooth that faces the front of the mouth; the opposite of distal. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 8] Reference
The portion near the peduncle was binary, while the distal extremity of the fruit was ternary. From Wordnik.com. [Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants] Reference
Two strong collateral ligaments pass from the distal end of the humerus to the head of the radius. From Wordnik.com. [Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1] Reference
It is, and I think I'm quoting this right, "a dislocated fracture of the distal end of the radius". From Wordnik.com. [grouse Diary Entry] Reference
Surmounting each wing of the distal phalanx (os pedis) is the irregularly-quadrangular cartilage. From Wordnik.com. [Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1] Reference
It will be noted that the fragments are lodged in both the proximal and distal segments of the track. From Wordnik.com. [Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre] Reference
The dorsal (oblique) ligament is attached above to the distal tuberosity on the inner side of the tibia. From Wordnik.com. [Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1] Reference
In cases of fracture the distal portion of the track is in consequence many times larger than the proximal. From Wordnik.com. [Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre] Reference
With hyperplasia of lamina, at the anterior portion of the distal phalanx, there results a thick "white line.". From Wordnik.com. [Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1] Reference
Rotation of the distal phalanx necessitates a descent of its apical portion and there occurs a "dropped sole.". From Wordnik.com. [Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1] Reference
Perhaps I might defeat natural processes by leaving a leaf or part of one at the distal part of a green graft shoot. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Twenty-Fourth Annual Meeting Downington, Pennsylvania, September 11 and 12, 1933] Reference
It looks like you're going to lose a little bit of the distal part, the long -- the end of it, right at the toes nail. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 10, 2006] Reference
Commonly, axons begin to die at the very distal end of the axon with necrosis slowly progressing toward the cell body. From Wordnik.com. [Neurotoxicity] Reference
No other tendon has this same effect on the distal phalanx and the condition is correctly diagnosed without difficulty. From Wordnik.com. [Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1] Reference
I said what I know of the autopsy is that we have reddish hyperemia, an abrasion to the distal part of her vaginal wall. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 9, 2008] Reference
Cleanse the skin of the distal phalanx of the second finger of the left hand above the root of the nail with lint and ether. From Wordnik.com. [The Elements of Bacteriological Technique A Laboratory Guide for Medical, Dental, and Technical Students. Second Edition Rewritten and Enlarged.] Reference
Collateral ligaments (internal and external lateral) pass from the distal end of the femur to the proximal portion of the tibia. From Wordnik.com. [Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1] Reference
French veterinarians consider under the title of "courbe," an exostosis situated on the mesial side of the distal end of the tibia. From Wordnik.com. [Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1] Reference
Group 0: thyroid is non palpable or palpable, but volume of the lobes is smaller than the distal phalange of the patient's thumb. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 14] Reference
Over the swelling a strong thrill was palpable; this extended some little distance into the distal vessels and felt remarkably superficial. From Wordnik.com. [Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre] Reference
There is no doubt, moreover, that small bullets rarely lodge even in the neighbourhood of joints, unless at the distal end of a long track. From Wordnik.com. [Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre] Reference
The distal ends of the wires should be stripped of their coating for a length of about three inches, the proximal ends for about two inches. From Wordnik.com. [The Electric Bath] Reference
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