(n.) A hymenopterous insect of the Linnaean genus Formica, which is now made a family of several genera; an emmet; a pismire.
Example Sentences:
(1) The rate of acquisition in POST-lesioned mice was observed to be facilitated at the 2 first time intervals (between days 19-22 and 32-35), but this effect was reversed (impairment) when the test was carried out between 45-48 days postsurgery; no significant effects were observed in ANT-lesioned mice.
(2) Of 72 sera from patients with MC or DCM 45 (62.5%) bound to the peptides derived from ANT, 32 (44.4%) reacted with the sequences from myosin, in contrast to healthy controls.
(3) Three trials on the tilting plane significantly elevated the corticosterone concentration in saline-treated ANT rats, but produced no additional increase in drug-treated ANT rats.
(4) The Royal College of Midwives said its members would still help women giving birth, but that ante- and postnatal appointments would be affected by the walkout.
(5) The Extractor-Centri-dot system demonstrated 61.9% sensitivity and 95.8% specificity in detecting the ANT(2") gene in stool samples containing colonies demonstrating the ANT(2") phenotype.
(6) The concentrations of several post mortem aqueous humour chemical constituents were compared with ante mortem serum chemical values in the horse.
(7) The interaction between the genes of the Antennapedia complex (ANT-C) and the Ubx+ and bxd+ functions in pT2 is dosage sensitive only when the animals carry one copy of Pc.
(8) The weak correlation obtained with the probe for ANT(6) was due to the fact that gram-positive cocci can also be streptomycin resistant by synthesis of APH(3") or ANT(3")(9) and by ribosomal mutation.
(9) The concomitance of five previously reported trans-2,5-dialkyl-pyrrolidines along with small amounts of the cis isomers and N-methyl analogues makes the venom of M. indicum the most qualitatively diverse blend of alkaloids reported from an ant to date.
(10) A survey of 5300 allergists was conducted to determine the number and geographic distribution of patients receiving immunotherapy for imported fire ant (IFA) allergy in the United States and Canada.
(11) Dealing with the special problem of pregnancy in women with the biological disorder, one ought to consider the literature on the subject, showing the large occurrence of ante- and post-natal accidents.
(12) Ante-thoracal lateral jejunostomy is thought to be indicated to patients with massive injuries of the stomach or complications of gastrostomy.
(13) The cerebellar membrane GABA receptor complex was also studied with binding experiments using naive AT and ANT rats.
(14) In a controlled series of 167 circumcised patients, receiving optimal ante-natal and intra-partum care in hospital, we observed only short-term complications at delivery, with no long-term effects on the mother or the baby.
(15) However, direct continuous infusion of ANT into one testis produced greater than 90% occupancy of GnRH receptors while reducing GnRH receptors by only 50% in the contralateral testis.
(16) Ant and Dec were also double winners, repeating their feat of last year, winning best entertainment programme and best entertainment performance for their ITV show, Saturday Night Takeaway.
(17) The assay involves the fluorophore 1-aminonaphthalene-3,6,8-trisulfonic acid (ANTS) and its quencher N,N'-p-xylylenebis(pyridinium bromide) (DPX).
(18) Any future movie will have to fit into a schedule that includes future Star Trek instalments for Pegg and Wright's long-gestating Ant Man movie for Marvel.
(19) In the ant-eggs, as well as in some areas separate from these, membrane limited cytoplasmic bodies could be seen in many cases, the membranes of which were partly joint and partly separated by an electron dense material.
(20) ITV stars Ant and Dec also won their first ever Bafta, beating Harry Hill, Stephen Fry and the comedian Michael McIntyre to the entertainment performance gong for I'm A Celebrity ... Get Me Out of Here!.
Neuter
Definition:
(a.) Neither the one thing nor the other; on neither side; impartial; neutral.
(a.) Having a form belonging more especially to words which are not appellations of males or females; expressing or designating that which is of neither sex; as, a neuter noun; a neuter termination; the neuter gender.
(a.) Intransitive; as, a neuter verb.
(a.) Having no generative organs, or imperfectly developed ones; sexless. See Neuter, n., 3.
(n.) A person who takes no part in a contest; one who is either indifferent to a cause or forbears to interfere; a neutral.
(n.) A noun of the neuter gender; any one of those words which have the terminations usually found in neuter words.
(n.) An intransitive verb.
(n.) An organism, either vegetable or animal, which at its maturity has no generative organs, or but imperfectly developed ones, as a plant without stamens or pistils, as the garden Hydrangea; esp., one of the imperfectly developed females of certain social insects, as of the ant and the common honeybee, which perform the labors of the community, and are called workers.
Example Sentences:
(1) Monti introduced balanced budgets into the Italian constitution, effectively neutering its provisions for social need's precedence over market imperatives.
(2) And, hey, until Friday morning, most surveillance reform advocates were worried about the Senate ramming through the currently neutered version of the USA Freedom Act as its fig leaf of reform, before going back to business as usual and proposing bills that will give the NSA more power – not less.
(3) Treatment varies with the type of aggressive behavior but may include neutering, desensitization and counter-conditioning techniques, punishment, drug therapy, and management changes.
(4) I know it is regarded as an act of faith by some that all print journalists should be baying for BBC blood, wanting it neutered or drastically reduced.
(5) But also, how cool that you are all talking about that.’” The film has opened to mainly negative reviews, with the Guardian’s Henry Barnes feeling that the compromises Emmerich has made “ leave Stonewall feeling neutered ” while Vanity Fair’s Richard Lawson called it “ alarmingly clunky ”.
(6) The White House sent draft legislative wording to the House and Senate leaders on Saturday evening, which authorised actions designed only to neuter the threat of chemical weapons or to prevent their proliferation.
(7) Direct Action climate scheme has been 'neutered', says Nick Xenophon Read more But almost all analysis suggests it would be impossible for Direct Action to meet the target the government has set for 2030 – a fall of between 26% and 28% compared with 2005 levels.
(8) An 8-year-old neutered male cat with a history of intermittent collapse and dyspnea was evaluated.
(9) This would pave the way for a neutered parliament in which the opposition could never take control.
(10) For dogs, younger dogs and male dogs were less likely to have been neutered than older dogs and female dogs.
(11) And this is the most pessimistic of all his ideas: that three decades of neoliberalism have got into people's consciousness and infected the way young people respond to poverty just as they have neutered the way politicians express themselves.
(12) But it's difficult to see how anything could neuter the weight of evidence relating to the joint UK-Libyan rendition operations of 2004: there's just so much of it.
(13) The effects of age, sex, and neutering on the prevalence of feline intestinal parasitism were evaluated by fecal examination of 1,294 cats admitted to the University of Missouri Veterinary Teaching Hospital for the 3-year period, 1974 to 1976.
(14) Opposition parties said the new rules raised serious questions about police accountability because they leave the PIRC neutered when its authority to compel officers to give interviews could be needed most.
(15) Sera from 25 males (18 intact, 7 neutered) and 14 females (7 intact, 7 spayed) were assayed.
(16) Castration or ovariectomy of Cu-deficient rats had little effect on CH or the other parameters associated with Cu deficiency, and supplementation of the neutered animals with estrogen or testosterone was similarly without effect.
(17) For both dogs and cats, infection rates were generally higher in males than in females and in those that were sexually intact, compared with those that were neutered.
(18) • The neutering of a national not-for-profit pension scheme launching in October that was supposed to benefit millions of low-paid and temporary workers.
(19) It is worth noting, for example, that around 60% of the electorate voted for parties that explicitly promised to abolish or neuter Duncan Smith’s unpopular bedroom tax, and the squeezed middle are yet to feel the impact of potential further cuts to tax credits and child benefit.
(20) In situations where human preference is most likely to occur, neutering risk is also high.