(n.) Water; -- a word much used in pharmacy and the old chemistry, in various signification, determined by the word or words annexed.
Example Sentences:
(1) In tissue culture we tested the influence of two injectable solutions [lens epithelial necrosis factor (LENF)] and aqua bidest.
(2) The use of self-topping aqua privies, discharging through sewers to oxidation ponds, has made possible the economic installation of water-carriage systems of waste disposal in low-cost high-density housing areas.In the oxidation ponds, typhoid bacteria appear to be more resistant than indicator organisms; helminths, cysts and ova settle out; there are no snails and, if peripheral vegetation is removed, mosquitos will not breed.
(3) People don’t have sex within only one borough – an example of why balkanisation is more expensive than collectivism The immediate anxiety was that elected officials are often not public health experts: you might get a very enlightened council, who understood the needs of the disenfranchised and prioritised them; or you might get a bunch of puffed-up moralists who spent their syphilis budget on a new aqua aerobics provision for the overweight.
(4) The second-order rate constants estimated for the association of Zn2+ and Cd2+ to the tetrameric site indicate that the loss of the first inner-sphere aqua ligand is the rate-limiting step for binding.
(5) I group--control; II group--animals treated with aqua solution of cadmium sulphate; III group--animals treated with aqua solution of cadmium sulphate and lead acetate simultaneously and IV group--animals treated with aqua solution of lead acetate.
(6) The pathophysiologic effects of anatoxin-a(s) from the cyanobacterium Anabaena flos-aquae NRC-525-17 were investigated in anaesthetized adult male Sprague Dawley rats given the toxin by continuous intravenous infusion until death.
(7) It is conspicous that P. aeruginosa dies off in aqua bidest, within 4 d while it is able to grow in tap-water.
(8) Thin-layer chromatography and high performance liquid chromatography results indicate that Aphanizomenon flos-aquae NH-5 may produce paralytic shellfish poisons, mainly neo-saxitoxin and saxitoxin.
(9) A total of 18 scotochromogenic isolates cultured from 14 patients with positive X-ray findings were identified as Mycobacterium aquae (M. gordonae) and its variants: strains showing slow Tween hydrolysis and 1 strain of rapid growth.
(10) The reversibility of inhibition of plasma, red blood cell (RBC), and diaphragm cholinesterase (ChE) and clinical signs in mice given anatoxin-a(s) [antx-a(s)], a ChE inhibitor from Anabaena flos-aquae NRC-525-17, were characterized and compared with the effects of 2 known ChE inhibitors, the organophosphorus compound paraoxon and the carbamate pyridostigmine bromide.
(11) Incubation of 5 micrometer cryostat sections in narrow jars in the following medium (38.5 ml):--10 ml of 0.2 M sodium phosphate buffer pH 7.6 (52 mM).--18 mg tetranitro-BT in 0.5 ml dimethylformamide and aqua bidest.
(12) The samples were digested in micro-Kjeldahl flasks with a mixture of sulfuric, perchloric, and nitric acids; the residue was treated with aqua regia and extracted into methylisobutyl ketone (MIBK); levels of gold were then measured by GFAA.
(13) A new instrument, the aqua-stream and aspirator (AS & A) is useful and safe for microscopical neurosurgery.
(14) Samples are solubilized in dilute aqua regia after being subjected to an oxygen plasma, low-temperature (less than 190 degrees C) ashing system for 20 to 30 hours.
(15) Its "aqua thermal journey" invites guests to spend two hours enjoying seven different heat experiences.
(16) For aqua regia etching, Type 2 inlay wax appeared to provide sufficient protection.
(17) The observation system consists of a special aquarium coupled to a recirculating water system, and an Opto-Varimex-Aqua activity tracking meter (Columbus Instruments, Columbus, Ohio) interfaced to a microcomputer.
(18) Cows were infected subcutaneously with Mycobacterium aquae, Mycobacterium fortuitum, Micobacterium vaccae, and Mycobacterium smegmatis.
(19) The behaviour in moist environment is examined at room temperature in aqua bidest.
(20) Specially designed orthodontic bands were cemented with either Ketac-Cem (K-C) or Aqua-Cem (A-C).
Aquarium
Definition:
(n.) An artificial pond, or a globe or tank (usually with glass sides), in which living specimens of aquatic animals or plants are kept.
Example Sentences:
(1) The composition of animal communities developing from planktonic larvae in aquariums.
(2) Some groups of receptor axons possessed a selective sensitivity to histamine and to water from aquarium with fishes.
(3) Five cases of amebiasis were diagnosed in goldfish (Carassius auratus) from home aquariums and from a laboratory aquarium.
(4) By these methods unscheduled DNA synthesis (UDS) was detected quantitatively as silver grains on epithelial cells of mouse skin after treatment with chemical carcinogens or UV irradiation, and on cerebral ganglion cells of aquarium fish after treatment with various chemical carcinogens.
(5) The analysis of the incidence of induced tumors, period of their appearance and Iball index shows high sensitivity of the aquarium fishes to the carcinogenic action.
(6) The organism was isolated from the lesion as well as from infected fish taken from his home aquarium.
(7) Many of our best zoos (particularly those associated with the British and Irish Association of Zoos and Aquariums) have boundless energy for the conservation cause.
(8) Lebistes reticulatus (guppy) was subjected to a continuous treatment of a 500-G homogeneous magnetic field within a specially designed horseshoe magnet encompassing a small aquarium.
(9) As the Reuters news agency reports: With a 100 percent record so far, the British-born aquarium dweller at Sea Life in Oberhausen, western Germany has become a celebrity having correctly predicted a series of German wins and even Germany's surprise group stage loss to Serbia.
(10) Seahorses are threatened by overexploitation for traditional medicines, aquariums and curiosities, accidental capture by fishing fleets, and degradation of their habitats.
(11) The present cases were the first report of morbillivirus infection of aquarium seals in Japan.
(12) A successful aquarium system with recycled sea water was used for squid maintenance.
(13) Care for the Wild notes that public aquariums – first introduced in the 19th century – are now a global tourism phenomenon, their number rising steadily despite the occasional boycott.
(14) Two species of coarse fish that are relatively resistant to cadmium poisoning were exposed to sub-lethal concentrations of the metal in their aquarium water.
(15) Rainbow trout were exposed to defined levels of cadmium in their aquarium water for differing periods at a variety of near-lethal concentrations that ensured the survival of the majority of the fish.
(16) Liver neoplasms including trabecular hepatoma and cholangioma were induced in medakas (Oryzias latipes) by the addition of methylazoxymethanol acetate to their aquarium water at levels of 0.1-3 ppm for periods ranging from 1 to 120 days.
(17) The aquarium consisted of a 7-liter plastic outer shell.
(18) The presence of either 3 or 9 L. carinatus or 3 M. cornuarietis per 40 l aquarium did not reduce the population size of B. glabrata below levels attained in control aquaria lacking ampullariids.
(19) The diagnosis, treatment, and control of parasites and nonparasitic pests of aquarium fish are covered.
(20) 3 biopsies of 3-5 week-old nodular lesions in 2 patients with so-called swimming-pool (aquarium-) granuloma have been examined by electron microscopy.