(n.) A starlike body; esp. one of the numerous small planets whose orbits lie between those of Mars and Jupiter; -- called also planetoids and minor planets.
Example Sentences:
(1) Lipase from Geotrichum asteroides appears more resistant to high temperatures and pH changes than the enzyme from Penicillium sp.
(2) This strain of the organism fits a pattern of susceptibility that is rare among N asteroides isolates in general and has been called the type 5 pattern, described as a resistance to broad spectrum cephalosporins, ciprofloxacin, and all aminoglycosides except amikacin.
(3) Within 18-24 h asteroid bodies consisting of an amorphous centre with fine radiating needle crystals were seen.
(4) The study deals with the phagocytosis of Nocardia asteroides (strain Weipheld) and the subsequent intracellular proliferation in peritoneal macrophage cells.
(5) Chalky white colonies, 0.5 to 1.0 mm in diameter, that were subsequently identified as N. asteroides grew well on the BCYE media.
(6) This must be regarded as an antigen-antibody precipitate corresponding to the "asteroid body" of previous authors.
(7) All six N. brasiliensis and six N. otitidis-caviarum were susceptible to gentamicin and minocycline, while all 15 N. asteroides were not.
(8) Microtubules and centrioles were not found in asteroid bodies, although a centriolar field was present in 1 giant cell close to the plasma membrane, completely unrelated to the asteroid body.
(9) Complications are unusual, but of the ones that do occur, infection, particularly with Nocardia asteroides, and fibrosis are the most common.
(10) The somewhat fortuitous isolation of Nocardia asteroides and its significance are discussed.
(11) The pathogenicity of Nocardia asteroides and other strains of different Nocardia species against chicken embryos was investigated.
(12) An acute suppurative abscess characterizes the lesions of N. asteroides.
(13) The inner solar system is filled with dust between the planets, called the zodiacal cloud, which starts out at the asteroid belt and slowly drifts towards the sun.
(14) Ominously, researchers have already discovered that there must be ten times as many potentially dangerous asteroids out there with sizes of the order of tens of metres as previously thought.
(15) With N. asteroides, the direct plating method gave equivocal results.
(16) The organism identified as Nocardia asteroides resisted to sulfonamide and cotrimoxazole but sensitive to chloramphenicaol and streptomycin in vitro.
(17) These findings and clinical observations suggest that inhibition of N. asteroides by neutrophils may be important in vivo.
(18) Evidence for the possible developmental pathway of the Schaumann body is provided by morphological changes within myelinoid figures intimately related to the asteroid body.
(19) Two and one half years later N. asteroides pneumonia recurred and resulted in death from respiratory failure.
(20) The official citation for the asteroid reads: "Iain M. Banks (1954-2013) was a Scottish writer best known for the Culture series of science fiction novels; he also wrote fiction as Iain Banks.
Pandora
Definition:
(n.) A beautiful woman (all-gifted), whom Jupiter caused Vulcan to make out of clay in order to punish the human race, because Prometheus had stolen the fire from heaven. Jupiter gave Pandora a box containing all human ills, which, when the box was opened, escaped and spread over the earth. Hope alone remained in the box. Another version makes the box contain all the blessings of the gods, which were lost to men when Pandora opened it.
(n.) A genus of marine bivalves, in which one valve is flat, the other convex.
Example Sentences:
(1) Pandora’s box is officially open.” North Korea consistently denied any involvement in the Sony hack, but has now offered to help find “whoever” was responsible – using the occasion to attack the US.
(2) To say that it is a Pandora’s Box is too little.” Tusk’s comments were the first delivered publicly on the British issue since he took office as European council president in December.
(3) I have no doubt Tim Wilson is sincere in his desire to find a path forward on marriage equality, but talking up the need to protect religious freedoms when they are not actually under attack opens a Pandora’s box.
(4) We also hear of a radio streaming service that will challenge Pandora and Spotify, and there's the usual gaggle of iPhone, iPad, and Mac variations.
(5) Pandora), in an effort to position Spotify as a better friend to musicians than those rivals.
(6) Sitting with him as he spoke were Sigourney Weaver and Joel David Moore, who starred in Avatar , which charts the fight of the fictitious Na'vi people against outside attempts to pillage their resources on the planet Pandora.
(7) The EC is reluctant to redraft its regulations because it fears opening up a Pandora's box of competing reforms.
(8) Supt Richie Jackson, who is leading Newcastle’s task force, said the city’s problems were focused on a form of synthetic cannabinoid called methoxetamine or MXE, which is traded on the street and in so-called headshops under various names, including Black Mamba and Pandora.
(9) Both iTunes Match — Apple’s service that let users store their own music on its servers — and iTunes Radio — its attempt at a Pandora-like service — have been disappointments to the music industry, and even Apple loyalists won’t argue that they’ve been successful.
(10) Leighton is also chairman of retailer Office and Danish jewellery company Pandora, which had a troubled stock market flotation.
(11) Just like Pandora, Brocklehurst opened his box; it's just that instead of it containing all the evils of the world, it contained two grey squirrels.
(12) If they change one border, it’s a Pandora’s box, a chain reaction – Bosnia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Kurdistan.
(13) "In the big companies, no one wants to renegotiate the 35 hours and reopen Pandora's Box," said Philippe Jaeger of the CFE-CGC union.
(14) Late last week Pandora increased its original price range of $7-$9 per share for its IPO to $10-$12 – the latest sign of a company looking to take advantage of the investor enthusiasm for internet companies.
(15) He is stepping down next month as chairman of the jeweller Pandora, and is chairman of Entertainment One – the business that distributes Peppa Pig.
(16) In the film Avatar , explorers on the planet Pandora transmit their minds into alternative bodies.
(17) In its last full financial year, which ended on 31 January 2013, Pandora reported revenues of $427.1m (£272.3m), with advertising accounting for $375.2m of those revenues.
(18) For the novice and layman such a question opens usually Pandora's box of reply.
(19) Pragmatically, we view the vagaries of expression of tumor antigens as among their most important properties, and the search for tumor antigens has in fact opened a Pandora's box of molecular variability.
(20) Personal radio service Pandora has been criticised by artists and songwriters The financial results of Spotify and Pandora pose two key questions about their business models: whether they're sustainable for music creators, and whether they're sustainable for the companies themselves.