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n. 1 The number of strokes that make up a written letter, and the direction, sequence and speed in which they are written. (qualifier: Compare graph; see also aspect.) 2 A subtle reduction of weight towards the middle of the stroke of the letter. 3 (context medicine English) A duct, tube or canal in the body.
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In linguistics, ductus refers to qualities and characteristics of writing or speaking instantiated in the act of speaking or the flow of writing the text. For instance, in writing, ductus includes the direction, sequencing, and speed with which the strokes making up a character are drawn.
Unlike rhythm, ductus is the performative quality that emerges by actuating the metrically arranged language in voice. It is then the specific style and character of the language as it exists within time. While rhythm is tied to tempo, ductus picks up various features of performative language, such as pitch and tone as well.
It is for example possible to recognize people by their ductus.
Usage examples of "ductus".
The ductus arteriosus is a small blood vessel that in the fetus joins the aorta to the pulmonary artery.
Ergo, no need for blood to be circulated to the lungs, save to nourish the developing tissueand so the ductus arteriosus bypasses the pulmonary circulation.
With the ductus arteriosus closed, blood heads out from the heart to the lungs, picks up oxygen, and comes back to be pumped out to the rest of the body.
A patent ductus arteriosus makes a continuous shushing murmur, soft, but audible with a little concentration, particularly in the supraclavicular and cervical regions.
A patent ductus arteriosus may have no symptoms, beyond that odd, continuous murmur.
Could feel in the tips of my fingers exactly what needed to be done, could see in the back of my eyes the heart, smaller than my fist, the slippery, pumping, rubbery muscle and the blood washing through the ductus arteriosus, a small vessel, no bigger than an eighth of an inch in circumference.
A small nick in the axillary vessel, a quick ligation of the ductus itself with a number-8 silk ligature.
Most of the babies have a small or absent mitral and aortic valve and a rudimentary left ventricle, so they die as soon as their patent ductus closes.
Of course, I was not being offered a ductus of the Roman Empire, but it would be no small thing to become a herizogo of the Goths and the marshal of King Theodoric of the Ostrogoths.
This change is initiated not by any mystery but by the first breath, which closes the ductus and opens the lungs.
The facts were straightforward enough: the ductus was wide open because this fetus had never taken its first breath.
There were also hearts in which the interventricular septum was deficient, the ductus arteriosus patent, or some valvular malformation present.
The ductus arteriosus is a small blood vessel that in the fetus joins the aorta to the pulmonary artery.
With the ductus arteriosus closed, blood heads out from the heart to the lungs, picks up oxygen, and comes back to be pumped out to the rest of the body.
A patent ductus arteriosus makes a continuous shushing murmur, soft, but audible with a little concentration, particularly in the supraclavicular and cervical regions.