These structures were very similar to those termed foci found previously in RPE cells. From Wordnik.com. [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference
The two "centres" are called foci (which is the plural of focus - one focus, two foci). From Wordnik.com. [Irregular Webcomic!] Reference
In this study, the researchers demonstrated that Vpr forms mobile structures called foci on the DNA of host cells. From Wordnik.com. [RedOrbit News - Technology] Reference
Some epilepsy is triggered by the activity of a small identifiable area, known as the foci, and spreads to the rest of the brain with catastrophic effect. From Wordnik.com. [Mind Hacks: NewSci on music, depression and brain-cooling chips] Reference
In addition, bright granular or punctuate structures termed foci were also noted in the perinuclear region around the Golgi apparatus (stained with anti-GM130 in red). From Wordnik.com. [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference
Bright fluorescent granular or punctuate structures termed foci were observed (. From Wordnik.com. [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference
Disease actually are linked by 'foci' on the brain that are visible on brain scans. From Wordnik.com. [Articles of Health] Reference
When overexpressed, optineurin-green fluorescence protein (GFP) fusion protein formed punctate structures termed "foci" in the perinuclear region. From Wordnik.com. [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference
For example, in some cases of otherwise untreatable epilepsy the surgeons track down the 'foci' or trigger area, and can often stop seizures completely just by removing it. From Wordnik.com. [Mind Hacks] Reference
There are several active foci of pictorial interest in the State. From Wordnik.com. [Pictorial Photography in America 1920] Reference
In hospitals productive foci are more numerous than in ordinary dwellings. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 595, May 28, 1887] Reference
· It develops in foci whose size can range from a village to an entire region. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 2] Reference
And these foci have been the bedrock of our preaching and practice for the past 36 years. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 28, 2008] Reference
More than 10,000 foci of anthrax have been registered in Russia in the last hundred years. From Wordnik.com. [The Arctic Oil Rush] Reference
These may, however, be carried by the blood to other organs and start foci of infection in these. From Wordnik.com. [Disease and Its Causes] Reference
That the proportion of length to width in an ellipse is determined by the distance apart of the foci. From Wordnik.com. [Mechanical Drawing Self-Taught] Reference
Since PO-PD = LO, and AO-AD = FO, this curve is one branch of the hyperbola of which D and O are the foci. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 803, May 23, 1891] Reference
They become risk foci for the other communities and may adversely affect the improved health status gained. From Wordnik.com. [1. Target audience, objectives, scope and structure] Reference
'The orbit described by every planet is an ellipse, of which the centre of the Sun occupies one of the foci. From Wordnik.com. [The Astronomy of Milton's 'Paradise Lost'] Reference
I want especially to dwell upon the fact that foci, and probably productive foci, may exist outside the body. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 595, May 28, 1887] Reference
The conjugate foci must therefore lie upon this circumference, at D 'and O'; and since D'O 'is perpendicular to DO. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 803, May 23, 1891] Reference
And as it breaks apart and spreads, you have numerous foci, numerous places where the cancer is within the abdomen. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 27, 2007] Reference
The first is, that all the planets move round the Sun in elliptic orbits, and that the orb occupies one of the foci. From Wordnik.com. [The Astronomy of Milton's 'Paradise Lost'] Reference
Then we have the collections of expectorated matter and of other organic secretions, which all serve as productive foci. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 595, May 28, 1887] Reference
That an ellipse may be given any required proportion of width to length by locating the foci at the requisite distance apart. From Wordnik.com. [Mechanical Drawing Self-Taught] Reference
Suppose it is required to describe an ellipse the longer diameter of which is 8 inches, and the distance between the foci 5 inches. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 415, December 15, 1883] Reference
In new foci it may meet new influences which modify its aspect, so that medical men do not recognize it; but that signifies not. From Wordnik.com. [Memoir and Letters of Francis W. Newman] Reference
Now the social advantages of the ellipse are given by the fact that the sum of the distances of any point from the foci is always constant. From Wordnik.com. [The Romance of Mathematics Being the Original Researches of a Lady Professor of Girtham College in Polemical Science, with some Account of the Social Properties of a Conic; Equations to Brain Waves; Social Forces; and the Laws of Political Motion.] Reference
Where there is overcrowding, the collections of putrescible filth are multiplied, and with them probably the productive foci of infective particles. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 595, May 28, 1887] Reference
After that success, screening and effective surveillance were relaxed, and the disease has reappeared in endemic form in several foci over the last thirty years. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 4] Reference
For example, if it be required to describe an ellipse that shall have a length of 5 inches and a width of 3 inches, the distance between the foci will be found as follows. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 415, December 15, 1883] Reference
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