(n.) The quality of sticking or adhering; stickiness; tenacity of union.
(n.) Propensity to form and maintain attachments to persons, and to promote social intercourse.
Example Sentences:
(1) Fibulin is a potential mediator of interactions between adhesion receptors and the cytoskeleton.
(2) You can see where the religious meme sprung from: when the world was an inexplicable and scary place, a belief in the supernatural was both comforting and socially adhesive.
(3) Escherichia enterotoxigenic strains, Yersinia enterocolitica and Salmonella typhimurium virulent strains, Campylobacter jejuni clinical isolates possess more pronounced capacity for adhesion to enteric cells of Peyer's plaques than to other types of epithelial cells, which may be of importance in the pathogenesis of these infections.
(4) These studies demonstrate the potential of ICAM-1 transfectants as tools for analysis of the role of ICAM-1 in lymphoid adhesion.
(5) Histopathological observations demonstrated that OB-5 inhibited the incidence of crescent formation, adhesion and fibrinoid necrosis in the glomeruli by the 41st day.
(6) We then used synthetic peptides spanning the active fragment to identify the primary sequence of the adhesive site as Leu-Arg-Glu (LRE): neurons attach to an immobilized LRE-containing peptide, and soluble LRE blocks attachment of neurons to the s-laminin fragment.
(7) Adhesion and O2- production were also found to be differentially affected by the NADPH oxidase inhibitor diphenylene iodonium, the sulfhydryl reagent N-ethylmaleimide and the A2 agonist adenosine, indicating that these neutrophil responses have various transductional pathways that also depend on the type of stimulus.
(8) Colonization of the graft surface by adhesive bacteria was demonstrated in all cases, although it was less prevalent on grafts pretreated with benzalkonium bound at 90 degrees C.
(9) A principal function of GPIb is its attachment to von Willebrand Factor (vWF) on injured blood vessels which leads to the adhesion of platelets to these vessels.
(10) This study suggests that laparoscopy has a role in adhesiolysis of mild and moderate adhesions and SLL provides further opportunity to relyse reformed adhesions in some cases.
(11) Alternatively, structural changes in these molecules, rather than an increase in their number or the expression of other surface glycoproteins, may be more important in mediating adhesive interactions in inflammatory bowel disease.
(12) Despite use of surgical adjuvants, pelvic adhesions frequently develop following infertility surgery.
(13) The abundance of adhesion molecules on leukocytes and keratinocytes in oral lichen planus is indicative of a special state of activation.
(14) The three other antibiotics (ceftazidime, latamoxef and imipenem) had no significant effect on the adhesion of all the strains tested, but their effect was rather strain-dependent.
(15) The adhesion-promoting activity in the first group of fractions was associated with the family of acidic proline-rich proteins (PRPs), while that of the second group is as yet unidentified.
(16) The beads enable us to examine several aspects of the adhesion process with particles having uniform properties that can be varied systematically.
(17) The primary sequence of decorsin indicates that the protein is 39 amino acids long and contains 6 cysteine and 6 proline residues, as well as the sequence Arg-Gly-Asp, (RGD), a proposed recognition site of many adhesion proteins.
(18) With respect to the mechanism of the delayed invasion, it was suggested that the IFN-gamma might inhibit the adhesion of the cells to extracellular matrices (ECM) and the subsequent locomotion.
(19) Our results suggest that NCAM, in the presence of other AM, may have a supportive role in adhesion of leukaemic targets to LAK effectors.
(20) P-selectin (CD62) is a rapidly inducible cell surface adhesion molecule that is expressed on platelets and endothelial cells and mediates their interaction with leukocytes.
Gummy
Definition:
(a.) Consisting of gum; viscous; adhesive; producing or containing gum; covered with gum or a substance resembling gum.
Example Sentences:
(1) Statistical tests were carried out on the results of chemical analysis for total mercury concentrations of replicate samples of muscle tissue of school shark Galeorhinus australis (Macleay) and gummy shark Mustelus antarcticus Guenther from six independent analytical laboratories.
(2) When he smiles, he looks as cute and gummy as a newborn.
(3) The BBMs between Bosch and Rodriguez include references to code names for numerous banned substances, such as: Gummies (troches containing testosterone); Pink Food or Pink Cream (a transdermal cream containing testosterone); Blue or PM Cream (a transdermal cream containing testosterone); Liquid Soup or Red Liquid (a melted or liquefied form of a troche containing testosterone); and Cojete or Rocket (a subcutaneous syringe containing, among other things IGF1, [insulin growth factor].
(4) system which incorporates a near vertical pull headgear, and its use in the management of severe 'gummy' Class II division 1 malocclusion.
(5) Four experimental groups included Group I (Control) which was administered 3% Gummi Alabicum (p.o.
(6) The gland probably secretes a gummy fluid for larval movements rather than a stinking odourous fluid for defense.
(7) TAc was found to contain at a level as high as 550 ppm in one domestic gummy candy.
(8) The cannabis-infused products include lollipops, gummy sweets, cookies, brownies, cartons of grape, mango and cherry juice, and chocolate bars in foil packets with exotic flavours such as banana and walnut.
(9) Materials used were a gummy shark (Mustelus manazo), a cloudy dogfish (Scyliorhinus torazame) and a skate (Raja porosa).
(10) Gummy pseudomonad residues from vacuum-evaporated broth cultures readily passed a G-25 Sephadex column.
(11) A 32-year-old female reacted with a contact urticaria syndrome after eating 'gummy bears' (fruit gums).
(12) A basic protein has been purified from the CNS myelin of the gummy shark (Mustelus antarticus).
(13) Fuelled on free chocolate, gummy bears and other snacks, they collectively made several thousand calls a day.
(14) Elastase-like enzymes were detected as zymogens in all of the pancreatic extracts from the gummy shark, bullhead shark, angel shark, smooth hammerhead, bestel, rainbow trout, carp, eel, Japanese mackerel, yellowtail, sea bass, parrotfish, bullfrog, chicken, bluewhite dolphin, hog, rat, cat, and dog.
(15) These “gummy candies” have names like Quirky, Cheeky, Silly and Flirty and last year the company shifted 1.3 million bags, with the expectation to double that in 2014.
(16) In the gummy shark, a pair of inferior hypothalamic arteries send several branches to the median eminence running along the anterolateral sides of the distal adenohypophysis.
(17) RAST measurements with allergen discs produced with gelatine and gelatine-containing products (among them 'gummy bears') demonstrated the presence of IgE antibodies in the serum of this patient.
(18) They were “hyperdiverse, spiritual rather than Religious-with-a-capital-R, educated, transnational – their family may be originally from Pakistan but now could be scattered across Canada, South Africa and the UK – they have a high disposable income, and the vast majority are English speakers.” A key subset of gummies was “mipsters” - Muslim hipsters, aged between 16 and 24, whose hallmarks were identity, image, fashion, friendship and education, he added.
(19) Now she is cowering bewildered in a corner, her legs crimped tight under her, her eyes gummy and masked.
(20) The qualitative and quantitative analytical methods were proposed for the simple and rapid determination of triacetin (TAc) in commercial gummy candies and other foodstuffs by gas chromatography (GC), thin layer chromatography (TLC) and infrared spectroscopy (IR).