(n.) A very high mountain. Specifically, in the plural, the highest chain of mountains in Europe, containing the lofty mountains of Switzerland, etc.
(n.) Fig.: Something lofty, or massive, or very hard to be surmounted.
(n.) A bullfinch.
Example Sentences:
(1) Northern blot analysis with an 18-mer radiolabelled oligonucleotide, derived from an ALP specific cDNA clone, revealed a specific mRNA of about 700-800 nucleotides in HS-24 tumor cells.
(2) Serum gamma glutamyl transferase (gammaGT) and alkaline phosphatase (ALP) activities have been estimated in 49 epileptic patients taking anticonvulsant drugs.
(3) These data suggest that although the major effect of ALP is on the inhibition of the generation of the autoimmune response there appeared to be some therapeutic benefit at a later stage of acute disease.
(4) There was also a reduced crypt cell proliferation, a reduced villus height and a decreased ALP activity in the ileal mucosa.
(5) He is joined by Cathy O’Toole, the ALP candidate for the crucial swing seat of Herbert where Rudd’s campaign bus has stopped on Sunday evening.
(6) Activities of alanine aminotransferase (ALT), aspartate aminotransferase (AST), alkaline phosphatase (ALP), creatine phosphokinase (CPK), and lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) were determined in plasma, kidney, liver, and muscle from five species of captive birds.
(7) ALP activity in PLF was stimulated but that of osteoblasts was inhibited under the hypoxic condition.
(8) Symptomatic hypercalcemia recurred during lactation after each of two pregnancies, associated with increased bone turnover (rise in ALP, osteocalcin, and urine hydroxyproline excretion) which appeared to be independent of changes in major calcium-regulating hormones.
(9) Excluding patients who died within 9 days of admission, the maximum serum ALP-I concentration was well correlated with the functional outcome.
(10) Plasma enzymes, AST, ALP, MDH, LDH, ALD, acid phosphatase (ACP) and ICDH and the metabolites bile acids, bilirubin, creatinine and urea were elevated.
(11) The genetic distances separating 14 Spanish goat breeds are calculated from gene frequency data of 14 genetic blood markers (GSH, Ke, Hb, Dia, Ct, MDH, CA, X, NP, Alp, Am, Cp, Tf and Al).
(12) The effects of prostaglandins (PGs) on the induction of alkaline phosphatase (ALP) were investigated in osteoblastic clone MC3T3-E1 cells cultured in serum-free medium.
(13) Protein kinase C inhibitors (H-7 and staurosporine) but not a protein kinase A inhibitor (HA1004) significantly suppressed the ALP activity induced by the simultaneous treatment with RA and rhG-CSF.
(14) SF had lower levels of serum Ca, urinary Ca, ALP and serum PTH than NSF.
(15) Cutoff and predictive values of liver ALP, high-molecular-mass (high-M(r)) ALP, and bone ALP were established for detecting liver and bone metastasis.
(16) In a recent light microscopic investigation, ALP was detected in the connective tissue matrix of the lung.
(17) The hepatocellular pattern of disease is characterized by increases in leakage enzymes such as SDH, GLDH, and ALT and the cholestatic pattern by increases in induced enzymes (ALP and GGT).
(18) U is for United States As ever, there will be plenty of American businessmen on parade at the forum, since they like a few days' R&R in the Alps.
(19) The other cell populations did not show an increase of ALP activity during the culture period.
(20) The ALP finished paying back the loan, plus interest, in 2013.
Halp
Definition:
(imp.) Helped.
Example Sentences:
(1) Hypoalphalipoproteinemia (HALP) is the most frequent lipid alteration found in patients with myocardial infarction at an early age.
(2) Thus some, but probably not all, of the magnitude of allogeneic halp can be attributed to the high frequency of helper T cells that respond to a given alloantigen.
(3) The discussion of past experience halps point to criteria that might be followed in formulating future experimental projects.
(4) The aim of this study was to know the frequency of main factors which reduce the levels of cHDL in a group of subjects with and without HALP.
(5) The relative incorporation of 14C from leucine into lipids vs. nonlipids was 20%, and the incorporation of label into total lipids from leucine was one-halp that from pyruvate.
(6) Urine contained substance(s) which were inhibitory to the measurement of hydrogen peroxide by the peroxidase-catalyzed oxidative condensation of MBTH and HALPS, but they were largely removed by charcoal treatment at pH 5.6 without significant loss of oxalate.
(7) Ultrasonic examination of the cases with low AFP levels halped in revision gestational ages for some of the women.
(8) Among the chromogenic hydrogen donors for peroxidase tested, a combination of 3-methyl-2-benzothiazolinone hydrazone (MBTH) and sodium N-sulfopropylaniline (HALPS) was found to be best for the oxalate determination under the conditions used.
(9) The consumption of cigarettes, the index of body mass (IBM) and the prevalence of diabetes mellitus were higher in the group of subjects with HALP.
(10) Altogether, in 64% of the subjects with HALP, factors which may decrease cHDL were associated.