(a.) Of the same kin; related by blood; -- used of persons; as, the two families are near akin.
(a.) Allied by nature; partaking of the same properties; of the same kind.
Example Sentences:
(1) We propose that akin to the phosphorylation-dependent activation of enzymes, the transcriptional transactivation functions of CREB-327 involve a phosphorylation-dependent allosteric conformational mechanism.
(2) Baroness Jenny Tonge, president of the European Parliamentary Forum on Population and Development (EPF), said the Cairo agreement was akin to a "Copernicus revolution".
(3) Chronic exposure to opioids results in the development of tolerance to the inhibitory effect of the agonists, and withdrawal of the latter results in a decrease in phagocytic capacity, which suggests that a state akin to dependence has been developed in these cells.
(4) However, some will be disappointed not to see the new movies from Terrence Malick, Emir Kusturica, Fatih Akin and Roy Andersson.
(5) However, if solubility is considered as a function of pH at equilibrium, i.e., the final pH after the dissolution products have entered the solvent--a model more akin to the in vivo situation--hydroxyapatite is the conspicuously more soluble of the two minerals.
(6) As over-the-top as Ray Lewis often seems in his sermonizing give him this: when football is at its most dramatic it really does at least feel like there's something akin to a divine plan at work.
(7) Akin, a six-term congressman running against incumbent Democratic senator Claire McCaskill, was asked in an interview broadcast Sunday on St Louis television station KTVI if he would support abortions for women who have been raped.
(8) For US allies, trying to follow Washington’s lead over the past four months has been akin to trying to drive in convoy behind a car swerving violently at high speed, as the competing factions inside lunge for the steering wheel.
(9) But once installed the couple must decide how to live their daily lives: surrounded by butlers, dressers, cooks and cleaners, or more akin to the simpler life they have so far enjoyed.
(10) A distinctive clonal myeloproliferative disorder, somewhat akin to chronic myeloid leukemia but with prominent erythroid and mast cell components, as well as granulocytic excess, was characterized.
(11) To use a slightly dodgy analogy, standing one's moral ground in the midst of free-market capitalism might be a delusion akin to the idea of Socialism In One Country: if you believe in the usual left-liberal bundle of causes, politics is probably the best arena to pursue them, rather than fixating on what you do with your money.
(12) The authors describe a modification of the Akin procedure using a distal oblique osteotomy with rigid internal fixation.
(13) Our studies in pigs suggest that the intestinal secretion of lipoproteins commences rapidly after birth since proteins akin to human apo-B48 and apo-B100 are detectable in plasma VLDL some 2-3 h after parturition.
(14) This hypothesis is akin to Freud's theory of primal fantasies.
(15) It is more akin to a conspiracy to extract money from the firm that properly belongs to others.
(16) The alternative is a famine akin to that seen in Ethiopia 30 years ago.
(17) In particular, difficulty with the attachment of appropriate responses to environmental stimuli, akin to those observed in animals with lesions to central dopamine pathways, indicates a role for dopamine in response selection processes.
(18) in 1991, French philosophy enjoyed a golden age akin to classical Greece or Enlightenment Germany.
(19) Some of the IgM antiphospholipid antibodies (aPL) present in patients with the recently described primary antiphospholipid syndrome (PAPS) also react with PTC and could thus be natural autoantibodies akin to those found in mice.
(20) Akin to this observation, cAMP also potentiates the EGF-mediated increase in t-PA mRNA.
Partaking
Definition:
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Partake
Example Sentences:
(1) To test the hypothesis that during unsupported arm exercise (UAE) some of the inspiratory muscles of the rib cage partake in upper torso and arm positioning and thereby decrease their contribution to ventilation, we studied 11 subjects to measure pleural (Ppl) and gastric (Pga) pressures, heart rate, respiratory frequency, O2 uptake (VO2), and tidal volume (VT) during symptom-limited UAE.
(2) This work shows the frequent participation of the external carotid artery to the orbital vascularisation by mean of three collateral branches: the infraorbital artery, a branch of the maxillary artery, partakes in the arterial supply of the inferior oblique muscle in 85,7% of cases.
(3) The partial mole, 46 XX, partakes of morphologic characteristics of both main syndromes and may represent an unusual syndrome of its own.
(4) Perhaps the most relevant of Achebe's works to my generation is No Longer at Ease , the second book of his trilogy, which powerfully exposed the difficulty of navigating a world where one is expected to partake of western secular education and all the values and privileges that comes with it, and still be hostage to the commanding beliefs of one's own culture.
(5) From measurement of arginine vasopressin (AVP) secretion response to osmotic stimuli (fluid deprivation, partaking ad lib.
(6) The US immigration and customs enforcement (Ice) said it was unaware of any women partaking in a strike, but the agency said in a statement to the Guardian that it “fully respects the rights of all people to voice their opinion without interference, and all detainees, including those in family residential facilities such as Karnes, are permitted to do so”.
(7) As a first step in clarification of the mechanism whereby iron may partake in DNA synthesis, we have partially characterized several of the intracellular iron-binding sites.
(8) For example, women who partake in intercourse often should consider methods providing the greatest protection against pregnancy, e.g., oral contraceptives (OCs), IUD, and implants; but those who do not, may consider barrier methods.
(9) Sixteen healthy subjects, 7 females and 9 males, with a mean age of 25 years (range 22--29 years), were studied in the fasting state in the morning and 8 h later after partaking of breakfast, lunch and two small meals.
(10) The book partakes of the elegiac long before, even, the wrenching and brief final chapter, which in that distinctive calm prose acknowledges pain, the death that is coming, the fears of that death, and the therapeutic nature of what we have just read.
(11) Endothelial cells on the periphery of such preparations do not partake in wound repair and retain their pericellular staining patterns.
(12) An investigation was carried out on biographical items of 111 partakers in the university-of-third-age by means of a questionnaire.
(13) It is admitted as possible that prostaglandins E1 and E2 partake in the mechanisms of adrenergic regulation of the cerebral circulation.
(14) Although the specific mechanism(s) which partake in pathogenesis are not clear, several have been proposed.
(15) The possibility of thiamine partaking in the synthesis of fatty acids through the functions unrelated to the catalytic properties of thiamine-diphosphate was studied.
(16) The bacteria as well as the liver enzyme preparation may partake in the activation of these chemicals.
(17) The regime appeared to have decided that, to preserve any power and wealth, they needed Burma to partake in the rapid local economic growth.
(18) Under the proposed amendments to the criminal code, anyone who partakes in revenge porn will be liable for up to three years in jail.
(19) No greater percentage was found in widowers and divorcees, or in those eating in canteens, partaking cold meals during work or drinking alcohol.
(20) The study was carried out in a family practice, with two GPs partaking: it included 105 consecutive patients.