Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Relating to the intima or lining membrane of a blood-vessel.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective of or pertaining to the intima.

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  • adjective Of or pertaining to an intima

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  • adjective of or relating to the intima

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Examples

  • I think a multi-center study of this magnitude should never had attempted such a refined and difficult measurement as determining regression of intimal thickness.

    The Enhance trial,ACC quick action to allay "panic" and Wittgenstein's Ruler james gaulte 2008

  • From a mechanistic point of view, it seems that the addition of drugs to the stents worked to prevent the over-exuberant growth of intimal cells onto the stents causing early restenosis in the six month time frame but also may have overdone it in some patients leading to inadequate neointimal coverage of the DES and late thrombosis of the stent.

    The efficacy-effectiveness phenomenon stirkes again-this time with drug eluting stents james gaulte 2007

  • From a mechanistic point of view, it seems that the addition of drugs to the stents worked to prevent the over-exuberant growth of intimal cells onto the stents causing early restenosis in the six month time frame but also may have overdone it in some patients leading to inadequate neointimal coverage of the DES and late thrombosis of the stent.

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  • But then we saw the bullet . . . had passed through . . . there was an intimal tear.

    Life Support Tess Gerritsen 1997

  • Based on its demonstrated effects in pre-clinical models and safety in clinical trials, AZX100 is currently being evaluated for commercially significant medical applications such as the prevention or reduction of hypertrophic and keloid scarring, treatment of pulmonary disease and intimal hyperplasia.

    News 2010

  • After 14 days, the level of intimal hyperplasia in the artery was visualized by paraffin sectioning and histology of the hind limbs.

    BioMed Central - Latest articles Maya Jerath 2010

  • Based on its demonstrated effects in pre-clinical models and safety in clinical trials, AZX100 is currently being evaluated for commercially significant medical applications such as the prevention or reduction of hypertrophic and keloid scarring, treatment of pulmonary fibrosis and intimal hyperplasia.

    News 2010

  • Based on its demonstrated effects in pre-clinical models and safety in clinical trials, AZX100 is currently being evaluated for commercially significant medical applications such as the prevention or reduction of hypertrophic and keloid scarring, treatment of pulmonary disease and intimal hyperplasia.

    News 2010

  • Based on its demonstrated effects in pre-clinical models and safety in clinical trials, AZX100 is currently being evaluated for commercially significant medical applications such as the prevention or reduction of hypertrophic and keloid scarring, treatment of pulmonary fibrosis and intimal hyperplasia.

    News 2010

  • Based on its demonstrated effects in pre-clinical models and safety in clinical trials, AZX100 is currently being evaluated for commercially significant medical applications such as the prevention or reduction of hypertrophic and keloid scarring, treatment of pulmonary disease and intimal hyperplasia.

    News 2010

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