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stippling stipplestippled drawingstip·ple S0764100 (stĭp′əl)tr.v. stip·pled, stip·pling, stip·ples 1. To draw, engrave, or paint in dots or short strokes.2. To apply (paint, for example) in dots or short strokes.3. To dot, fleck, or speckle: "They crossed a field stippled with purple weeds" (Flannery O'Connor).n.1. A method of drawing, engraving, or painting using dots or short strokes.2. The effect produced by stippling. [Dutch stippelen, frequentative of stippen, to speckle, from stip, dot, from Middle Dutch.] stip′pler n.Translationsstippling
stippling[′stip·liŋ] (graphic arts) Graduation of shading by numerous separate touches; shadow areas on charts, for instance, are sometimes indicated by numerous dots decreasing in density as the depth increases. stipplingDotted or pebbly-textured finish of any kind.stippling
stippling [stip´ling] a spotted condition or appearance, such as an appearance of the retina as if dotted with light and dark points, or the spotted appearance of the erythrocytes in basophilia.gingival stippling the presence of a minutely lobulated surface on the gingiva, like that of an orange peel; it is a normal adaptive process, varying from one person to another. Its absence or reduction indicates gingival disease.stip·pling (stip'ling), 1. A speckling of a blood cell or other structure with fine dots when exposed to the action of a basic stain, due to the presence of free basophil granules in the cell protoplasm. Synonym(s): punctate basophilia2. An orange peel appearance of the attached gingiva. 3. A roughening of the surfaces of a denture base to stimulate natural gingival stippling. A punctate appearance or, in radiology, white granularity in a radiolucent background, similar to ‘salt-and-pepper’ Endoscopy-colonoscopy A pattern of fine granularity of the mucosa, seen in early ulcerative colitis Oesophagoscopy A pattern in esophagitides due to corrosive agents, reflux, infections—e.g., candidiasis—or radiation therapy Haematology See Basophilic stippling Imaging Bone Punctate calcifications in epiphyseal ossification centers, which may occur in congenital calcific chondrodystrophy, congenital hypothyroidism (cretinism), ischemic necrosis (osteochondrosis), multiple epiphyseal dysplasia, pituitary gigantism, sclerotic osteopetrosis or osteopoikilosis Imaging-Kidneys A pattern seen in papillary transitional cell carcinomas with incomplete filling of the pelvicaliceal system due to tumoural replacement in the intravenous pyelogramstippling A punctate appearance or, in radiology, white granularity in a radiolucent background, similar to the 'salt-and-pepper' Bone radiology Punctate calcifications in epiphyseal ossification centers, which may occur in congenital calcific chondrodystrophy, cretinism, ischemic necrosis–osteochondrosis, multiple epiphyseal dysplasia, pituitary gigantism, sclerotic osteopetrosis or osteopoikilosis Colonoscopy A pattern of fine granularity of the mucosa, seen in early ulcerative colitis Esophagoscopy A pattern in esophagitides due to corrosive agents, reflux, infections–eg, candidiasis, RT Renal imaging A pattern seen in papillary transitional cell carcinomas with incomplete filling of the pelvi-caliceal system due to tumoral replacement in the intravenous pyelogram.stip·pling (stip'ling) 1. A speckling of a blood cell or other structure with fine dots when exposed to the action of a basic stain, due to the presence of free basophil granules in the cell protoplasm. 2. An orange-peel appearance of the attached gingiva, which is a normal adaptive process; its absence or reduction indicates gingival disease. 3. A roughening of the surfaces of a denture base to stimulate natural gingival stippling. stip·pling (stip'ling) 1. Orange peel appearance of attached gingiva. 2. Roughening of surfaces of a denture base to stimulate natural gingival stippling. 3. Speckling of a blood cell or other structure with fine dots when exposed to the action of a basic stain, due to presence of free basophil granules in cell protoplasm. |