(a.) Of or pertaining to Astrakhan in Russia or its products; made of an Astrakhan skin.
(n.) The skin of stillborn or young lambs of that region, the curled wool of which resembles fur.
Example Sentences:
(1) Investigation of a number of properties of influenza viruses isolated from Laridae birds in the Astrakhan region showed that in one epizootic focus avian influenza viruses with different hemagglutinins and identical neuraminidase may circulate among Laridae birds.
(2) The acute febrile disease with characteristic rash seen in Astrakhan region and named as "viral exanthema of unknown etiology" was proved to be a spotted fever group rickettsiosis.
(3) The paper briefly presents clinical, epidemiological, virological and serological data on cases of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) in Astrakhan Province.
(4) Analysis of many-year changes in the vitral hepatitis incidence in the Astrakhan region showed a significant cyclicity of the epidemic process: its incidence rose 4 times during the period of from 1957 to 1976; four of these elevations were comparatively high (in 1960, 1964, and 1974).
(5) The influence of gas mixtures with high concentration of pure hydrogen sulphide and natural gas of the Astrakhan deposit (NGAD) upon the morphofunctional state of the aerohematic barrier (AHB) and the surfactant system of the lungs was studied in 80 albino Wistar rats of 180-250 g body weight.
(6) Starting from 1978, noncontagious febrile diseases of unclear etiology, accompanied by pronounced headache, roseolous-papular eruptions, prolonged convalescence period, are registered in May-September in Astrakhan Province.
(7) Alongside with a high intensity of infection of horses with botfly larvae there was observed mass aberrant parasitism of horse botflies in farms of Astrakhan, Guryev and Uralsk Provinces, and in the Kalmyk ASSR in 1980-1981 and 1987.
(8) The authors review a newly formed focus of Marseilles [correction of Marsel] fever in Astrakhan Province marked by the epidemiological characteristics related to the disturbance of the ecological balance.
(9) Studies of the breeding of blood-sucking mosquitos in water-filled cellars of Astrakhan were carried out in 1980-1986 using routine entomological techniques of assessment, collection and determination of blood-sucking mosquitos.
(10) Precipitating antibodies were demonstrated for lamb (17%), astrakhan (14%), mink, domestic fox and for skunk (12%), chinese lamb (10%), and chinese calf (7%).
(11) By means of biochemical determination of the activity of hydrolases in the digestive system, studies have been made on the enzymic spectrum in the pancreas and small intestine in postnatal life of astrakhan sheep.
(12) Overall 132 patients with Coxsackie B enteroviral infection were admitted to an Astrakhan infectious hospital in 1989.
(13) In examination of colonial birds in the Volga delta in the Astrakhan region (188 bioassays from 229 birds) and in the Komandorskie Islands of the Kamchatka region (244 bioassays from 208 birds) in 1974, 15 strains of Newcastle disease virus (NDV) were isolated (8 strains from 7 birds and 7 strains from 12 birds, respectively).
(14) The strains were isolated from Egretta alba and Ardea cinerea, and Phalacracorax carbo in the Astrakhan region and from Lunda cirrhata and Uria aalge in the Komandorskie Islands.
(15) The study of ixodes ticks collected in Astrakhan Province in 1982-1987 has revealed spontaneous infection with Crimean hemorrhagic fever virus in 4 species.
(16) Precipitating antibodies were demonstrated for lamb (17%), astrakhan (14%), mink, domestic fox and skunk (12%), Chinese lamb (10%), and Chinese calf (7%).
(17) Reed is recommended as the main means for intensification of spawning ponds of the Astrakhan Region.
(18) Reuters: The Strategic Rocket Forces launched an RS-12M Topol missile from the southerly Astrakhan region near the Caspian Sea and the dummy warhead hit its target at a proving ground in Kazakhstan, the state-run news agency RIA cited Defence Ministry spokesman Igor Yegorov as saying.
(19) Strapping fellows, in papakhi (the traditional black Astrakhan hats), now patrol the streets of Moscow and Krasnodar to prevent trouble and acts of blasphemy against shrines.
(20) In the course of a long-term socio-hygienic study characteristics of the physical development of the population in the city of Astrakhan were determined.
Russia
Definition:
(n.) A country of Europe and Asia.
Example Sentences:
(1) "There is … a risk that the political, trade, and gas frictions with Russia could lead to strong deterioration in economic relations between the two countries, with a significant drop in Ukraine's exports to and imports from Russia.
(2) A shrinking populace is perhaps a greater challenge than any problems with Russia.
(3) He said Germany was Russia’s most important economic partner, and pointed out that 35% of German gas originated in Russia.
(4) Mindful of their own health ahead of their mission, astronauts at the Russia-leased launchpad in Kazakhstan remain in strict isolation in the days ahead of any launch to avoid exposure to infection.
(5) One is that the issue of whether the World Cup should go ahead in Russia and Qatar still firmly remains on the table.
(6) When asked why the streets of London were not heaving with demonstrators protesting against Russia turning Aleppo into the Guernica of our times, Stop the War replied that it had no wish to add to the “jingoism” politicians were whipping up against plucky little Russia .
(7) The governing body said then that Russia’s hosting of the 2018 tournament was not in jeopardy.
(8) When allegations of systemic doping and cover-ups first emerged in the runup to the 2013 Russian world athletics championships, an IOC spokesman insisted: “Anti-doping measures in Russia have improved significantly over the last five years with an effective, efficient and new laboratory and equipment in Moscow.” London Olympics were sabotaged by Russia’s doping, report says Read more We now know that the head of that lauded Moscow lab, Grigory Rodchenko, admitted to intentionally destroying 1,417 samples in December last year shortly before Wada officials visited.
(9) Others said it might appeal to Russia, Assad's chief ally, which backs talks between the regime and the opposition.
(10) It’s unclear too whether Google will continue to pay Mozilla to be the default browser in countries outside the US, Russia and China when the current deal ends in December.
(11) That would be the first step towards banning Russia’s track team from next year’s Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.
(12) Solzhenitsyn was exiled from the Soviet Union in 1974 and returned to Russia 20 years later.
(13) To be sure, when Russia withdrew Cuba's only deterrent against ongoing US attack with a severe threat to proceed to direct invasion and quietly departed from the scene, the Cubans would be infuriated – as they were, understandably.
(14) To a large extent, the failure has been a consequence of a cold war-style deadlock – Russia and Iran on one side, and the west and most of the Arab world on the other – over the fate of Bashar al-Assad , a negotiating gap kept open by force in the shape of massive Russian and Iranian military support to keep the Syrian regime in place.
(15) As the US and the European Union adopted tougher economic sanctions against Russia over the conflict in eastern Ukraine and downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 , Russian officials struck a defiant note, promising that Russia would localise production and emerge stronger than before.
(16) Russia Facebook Twitter Pinterest Russian dolls in the likeness of Russia’s President Vladimir Putin and the US president-elect, Donald Trump.
(17) Sechin warned the west earlier this week that expanding sanctions over Russia's annexation of Ukraine's Crimea region would only make the political situation deteriorate further, according to Reuters.
(18) We need to start hitting companies within Russia … [to] destabilise their economy.
(19) Russia has no national museum of Stalin's repression but Moscow has two Gulag museums.
(20) Russia's most widely watched television station, state-controlled Channel One, followed a bulletin about his death with a summary of the crimes he is accused of committing, including the siphoning of millions of dollars from national airline Aeroflot.