along,hollowcylinderofplastic,metal,rubber, orglass, used formovingorcontainingliquidsorgases:
acoppertube
Shelayin thehospital, tubes going in and out of her.
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A tube is also one of the body’shollowcylindricalstructuresthatcarriesairorliquid:
bronchialtubes
tubenoun(CONTAINER)
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acylindricalcontainermade ofsoftmetalorplasticwhich isclosedat one end and has asmallopeningat the other, usually with acover, and is used forholdingthickliquids:
In a strict sense, there is nothing passive about removing a surgically implanted feedingtubeor extubating a patient undergoing mechanical ventilation.
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But in case the supply of tubes is insufficient they should be transferred, as caught, into any dry bottle, such as a whisky bottle.
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Eggs were counted after 24 h, at which time the female was transferred to a freshtube.
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Study of the membrane effect on turbulent mixing measurements in shock tubes.
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Again, this means that it is unlikely for spermatozoa to reach the uterinetubeafter the arrival of the oocyte.
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The shape of the bubble can be easily controlled in a vertical shocktubeeither with a soap-film-surrounded gaseous bubble or a gelatin-solid bubble.
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Enteral feeding tubes are often used in this situation, yet benefits and risks of thistherapy are unclear.
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Seventeen of the 99 patients were admitted with a feedingtubein place and half received a new feedingtube.
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The airstream directs the pollen up atubehaving openings, at several different points along its length, through which the pollen is dispersed.
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Having examined unto them, however, he invariably finds them real and fights them with pseudo-kabbalistic spells, a rubber outfit, and dangerously overloaded vacuum tubes.
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Approximately every sixth day, an exchange of the membrane oxygenators and tubes is necessary because of plasma leakage or loss of function.
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The inner-tubedomains appear to be more globular than the outer-tubedomains.
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Atubesorbent was plugged between a 'plant chamber' and an 'odour chamber' of a dual choice arena.
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As the stretchedtubemoves downstream, the tilting becomes more pronounced with increasing time.
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The elastic girder deforms differently when a different diametertubeis measured, thus resulting in a different output of the strain gauge transducer.
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Collocationswithtube
tube
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boiler tube
The reactor was again shut down, and the moisture traced to a leakingboilertube.
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brass tube
These were securely belted on to the end of the brass tube.
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breathing tube
It is a pendulum-type system with onebreathingtube.
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