(n.) Among the ancients, a two-handled vessel, tapering at the bottom, used for holding wine, oil, etc.
Example Sentences:
(1) A case of acute lead poisoning caused by drinking wine that had been kept in a decorative amphora is reported.
(2) The effect of a 16-Hz electromagnetic field on the mobility of the diatom Amphora coffeaformis was examined on agar plates that contained no added calcium and also on agar plates containing 0.25 or 2.5 mM exogenous Ca2+.
(3) The ceramics are rated highly even by seasoned collectors, and one local potter produces elegant old-style undecorated black-glazed amphora, wine jugs and small bowls.
(4) Diatoms (Amphora coffeaeformis) were chosen as the biosystem since they move or don't move, depending on how much calcium is transported across the membrane.
(5) In an unusually candid glimpse into the cultivation of Putin's macho image, his spokesman Dmitry Peskov said archaeologists had planted the amphorae in shallow water for the politician to find.
(6) (Bioelectromagnetics 8, 215-227, 1987) using as the biological test system the diatom Amphora coffeiformis.
(7) Handles of ancient amphorae, painted fragments of geometric decoration lay strewn around our feet like autumn leaves – hundreds of broken shards poking out of the mud.
(8) Two brothers are described with a severe syndrome of postnatal growth and mental retardation which includes extreme microcephaly, obesity developing during infancy, microgonadismsm, and a characteristic amphora-shaped facies.
(9) (You could even treat yourself to a purpose-made vinegar crock, shaped like an amphora and with a little tap at the bottom.)
(10) In video footage of the dive, Putin holds two fragments of what are said to be sixth-century BC amphorae and says "the boys and I found them" in about 2 metres (6 feet) of clear water.
Amphoral
Definition:
(a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, an amphora.
Example Sentences:
(1) The anterior fibers showed swollen cytoplasm containing amphorous materials after 0.3 or 0.9 Gy 20Ne exposure.
(2) A classification of lower lateral cartilage problems includes five basic variations: (1) the wide, amphorous, ill-defined tip, (2) insufficient projection of the tip, (3) overprojection of the tip, (4) dependent tip with lack of definition, and (5) asymmetrical tip.
(3) Abnormal chest signs (e.g., localized dull percussion note, with amphoric or bronchial breathing) were detected in 18 cases.