(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.
Wool
Definition:
(n.) The soft and curled, or crisped, species of hair which grows on sheep and some other animals, and which in fineness sometimes approaches to fur; -- chiefly applied to the fleecy coat of the sheep, which constitutes a most essential material of clothing in all cold and temperate climates.
(n.) Short, thick hair, especially when crisped or curled.
(n.) A sort of pubescence, or a clothing of dense, curling hairs on the surface of certain plants.
Example Sentences:
(1) Release of 51Cr was apparently a function of immune thymus-derived lymphocytes (T cells) because it was abrogated by prior incubation of spleen cells with anti-thymus antiserum and complement but was undiminished by passage of spleen cells through nylon-wool columns.
(2) Populations of lymphocytes were separated using glass and nylon wool.
(3) Removal of accessory cells adherent to nylon wool column abolished MAS reactivity, whereas it has little effect on lymphoproliferation induced by phytohaemagglutinin (PHA).
(4) Somatic changes included reduced wool growth, delayed osseous development in the limbs (X-ray assessment) a reduced heart weight (39.1%) and an increased pituitary weight (48.1%).
(5) [35S]Cyst(e)ine activity was detected in the faeces, but not in plasma or wool.
(6) Immunoreactivity was restricted to the periderm and intermediate layers of fetal epidermis at 55 d of gestation, when the first wave of wool follicles are initiated.
(7) Data obtained with cells separated by adherence, nylon wool columns, and positive and negative sorting with monoclonal antibodies that define B, monocyte, T helper and T cytotoxic cells show that several different cell types have the ability to produce GH mRNA.
(8) A case is presented of a patient who was arrested along several developmental lines and had suffered from a wool fetish.
(9) Removal of nylon wool adherent cells or cells with histamine receptors by column chromatography similarly caused reduced production of type II interferon.
(10) The activity of uremic spleen cells can be enhanced (restored) by removal of the sub-population of cells adherent to glass wool.
(11) All skirted lots of wool evaluated in this study had improved processing characteristics for all processing traits evaluated.
(12) The in vitro generation of allospecific CTL by human PBMC was enhanced 4- to 16-fold by sequential plastic and nylon wool adherence, which depleted the PBMC of macrophages and B cells.
(13) In parallel experiments, macrophages infected with the mycobacteria were co-cultured with syngeneic in vivo M. kansasii sensitized non-adherent, nylon-wool purified lymph node cells, and lymphoproliferation was measured by [3H]thymidine incorporation.
(14) "The Lib Dems are either cosmically ill-informed or seeking to pull the wool over the eyes of many thousands whose jobs depend on a thriving shipyard," he said.
(15) In general, IEL of satisfactory yield and of good viability were obtained with EDTA treatment of the gut tissues, followed by rapid passages of the resultant cells through nylon-wool columns and centrifugation on two-step Percoll density gradients (45% and 80%).
(16) There was a definite glove and stocking type of hypesthesia to pinprick and cotton wool.
(17) Since young nude mice could be rendered as unpermissive as older nude mice by pretreatment with either PNA-agglutinable thymus cells or nylon-wool passed spleen cells, it is suggested that an increased number of precursor T cells in older nude mice might induce this effect.
(18) Differences in wool production between ewes weaning one or two lambs were small.
(19) The effects of flumethasone on some aspects of wool growth revealed interactions between the routes of administration, the period of dosage and the rate of wool growth in the recipients.
(20) Streptococcus pyogenes survives poorly on plain cotton-wool swabs, whereas serum-dipped swabs permit its survival but also allow overgrouth by other bacteria and are likely to contain virus inhibitors.