(n.) A utensil for supporting wood when burning in a fireplace, one being placed on each side; a firedog; as, a pair of andirons.
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Blackfoot
Definition:
(a.) Of or pertaining to the Blackfeet; as, a Blackfoot Indian.
(n.) A Blackfoot Indian.
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(1) These results suggest that the reduced prostacyclin production in vascular endothelium contributes to the pathogenesis of Blackfoot disease.
(2) Residents in the endemic area of blackfoot disease (BFD), a unique peripheral artery disease associated with long-term arsenic exposure, have been reported to have a significantly high mortality from hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).
(3) The natural history of blackfoot disease, based on a prospective study of 1,300 patients, is presented.
(4) Blackfoot disease, so-termed locally, is a peripheral vascular disorder resulting in gangrene of the extremities, especially the feet.
(5) Blackfoot disease (BFD) is an endemic peripheral vascular occlusive disease found among the inhabitants of the southwest coast of Taiwan.
(6) Owing to the effects of the FHS on PT and APTT values, we supposed that there is a close relationship between the FHS and the cause of Blackfoot disease.
(7) Blackfoot disease is a peripheral vascular disease resulting in gangrene of the lower extremities.
(8) A dose-response relationship was observed between SMRs of the cancers and blackfoot disease prevalence rate of the villages and townships in the endemic areas.
(9) Blackfoot disease is an endemic peripheral vascular disease found among the inhabitants of a limited area on the southwest coast of Taiwan, where artesian well water with a high concentration of arsenic has been used for more than eighty years.
(10) A dose-response relationship between blackfoot disease and the duration of water intake was also noted.
(11) The objective of this study was to examine multiple risk factors and correlated malignant neoplasms of blackfoot disease (BFD), a unique peripheral vascular disease related to continuous exposure to high-arsenic artesian well water.
(12) The most common cause of death in the patients with skin cancer and blackfoot disease was carcinoma of various sites.
(13) The survival rates after the onset of blackfoot disease were: five years, 76.0%; ten years, 59.5%; twenty years, 38.2%; thirty years, 28.6%.
(14) The paper said that a two-page, top secret, internal NSA memo dated 10 September 2010 referred to the surveillance of the French embassy in Washington under the codename Wabash and the surveillance of the French delegation to the UN under the code name Blackfoot.
(15) In the present study the concentrations of arsenic, selenium, and zinc in the body fluids and hair of patients with Blackfoot disease, in comparison to age- and sex-matched normal controls, are investigated.
(16) A general survey of 40,421 inhabitants and follow-up of 1,108 patients with blackfoot disease were made.
(17) Age-adjusted mortality rates were analyzed to examine the dose-response relation between ingested arsenic levels and risk of cancers and vascular diseases among residents in the endemic area of blackfoot disease, a unique peripheral vascular disease associated with long-term exposure to high-arsenic artesian well water and confined to the southwestern coast of Taiwan.
(18) The objective of this study is to elucidate the association between high-arsenic artesian well water and cancers in endemic area of blackfoot disease, a unique peripheral vascular disease related to continuous arsenic exposure.
(19) Blackfoot disease is an endemic peripheral vascular disorder which is confined to a limited land area on the southwest coast of Taiwan.
(20) Lower extremity involvement in blackfoot disease was observed in 97.7% of the cases.