Dictionary entry
Trumpet flower fruit
Pronunciation: /ˈtrʌmpɪt/
Pronunciation
/ˈtrʌmpɪt/
Myanmar Meaning
ကြောင်လျာသီး
Definition
tortuous /'tↄ:tʃuǝs/ adj ၁။ ေကြ႕ေကာက္ေသာ။ a tortuous mountain track ❍ a tortuous route/ journey. ၂။ ( usu derog ) ေဝ့လည္ေၾကာင္ပတ္။ a tortuous argument ❍ tortuous logic. tortuously adv
Examples
- ‘The common carotid artery sometimes follows a very tortuous course
- forming one or more distinct loops in the neck.’
- ‘The vessels appear enlarged and tortuous
- especially the venous capillaries.’
- ‘These veins are tortuous and bulky
- making it virtually impossible to identify the spinal arteries.’
- ‘It is perhaps all the more dangerous
- more labyrinthine
- and more tortuous for this reason.’
- ‘The campaign is a long
- sometimes tortuous period of time and these qualities help everyone not just survive
- but thrive.’
- ‘Eventually
- after a particularly tortuous twist
- the path opened out and they came to the Cave of the Prophet.’
- ‘A barium enema showed a narrowed
- tortuous sigmoid colon with multiple diverticuli and thickening of the bowel wall.’
- ‘He was as tortuous and convoluted as a monkey puzzle tree.’
- ‘It allows us to insert tortuous vessels where flexibility is very important.’
- ‘Several tortuous hypertrophic nerve bundles were also embedded in the fibrous tissue.’
- ‘Babies born at 25 weeks and less are at high risk of death
- a long
- tortuous journey through life
- and disability.’
- ‘The splenic vein is not invested in a common sheath with the artery - it is retropancreatic and never tortuous.’
- ‘An aneurysm expands laterally with systole while a tortuous aorta does not.’
- ‘Varicose veins are tortuous
- twisted
- or lengthened veins.’
- ‘The Ryder Cup trail has often been tortuous
- twisting and downright tedious
- but the rewards to the Scottish economy are expected to be enormous.’
- ‘But that proved only the beginning of a long and tortuous road full of false starts and broken promises.’
- ‘Neither fascicles of smooth muscle cells nor thick-walled tortuous blood vessels were present.’
- ‘They all appear enlarged and have a tortuous course
- especially the capillary veins.’
- ‘The nanofiller also creates a tortuous path for the penetration of gaseous vapors and liquids into the polymer.’
- ‘Long
- heavily calcified stenoses in tortuous vessels or at bifurcations and chronic total occlusions are less suitable.’