Sentences with phrase «vessels near the surface»

«We saw that fewer patients in the IMRT group developed skin telangiectasia (dilated blood vessels near the surface of the skin), and the overall cosmetic effect in the breast was better,» she said.

Sinus blockage triggered by a food or seasonal allergy can cause swelling of the tiny blood vessels near the surface of the skin — and, voila, «darkened» areas around your nose and eyes.

These tiny clusters of blood vessels near the surface of the skin usually appear on the face and / or legs.

Behavioural strategies could include seeking shade in warm weather or getting close to another dog or human in cold weather, physiological strategies include shivering, panting or vasodilation (bringing blood from the core of the body to the skin where it can be cooled) / vasoconstriction (when blood vessels near the surface of the skin narrow to direct blood back to the core), whilst anatomical strategies include having fur or body fat.

Not exact matches

Chemists in California have identified and synthesised a complex sugar molecule which lies on the surface of white blood cells, and through which the cells «recognise» those blood vessels that lie near injured tissue.

The sugar molecule attaches itself to a protein called E-selectin, which is produced on the surface of blood vessels near damaged tissue.

A nearby vessel sprays sea water near the surface of Q4000 to keep oil and fumes from interfering with operations.

The jar or vessel used for sprouting should also be washed or sterilized before each use and care should be taken to wash hands and any surfaces near the sprouts.

This creates suction that breaks capillaries, the small blood vessels near the skin surface, and results in red (or purple) marks where the cup was.

Hot flashes occur when blood vessels near the skin's surface dilate to cool, producing a red flushed look to the skin.

As we still slowly ascended... and the surface temperature of the soil fell to the freezing point the solar radiation became intenser... near the summit the temperature in a copper vessel, over which lay two sheets of plain window glass, rose above the boiling point of water, and it was certain that we could boil water by the solar rays in such a vessel among the snow fields.