(n.) The science of life; that branch of knowledge which treats of living matter as distinct from matter which is not living; the study of living tissue. It has to do with the origin, structure, development, function, and distribution of animals and plants.
Example Sentences:
(1) Patients with papillary carcinoma with a good cell-mediated immune response occurred with much lower infiltration of the tumor boundary with lymphocyte whereas the follicular carcinoma less cell-mediated immunity was associated with dense lymphocytic infiltration, suggesting the biological relevance of lymphocytic infiltration may be different for the two histologic variants.
(2) Among a family of 8 children, 4 presented typical clinical and biological abnormalities related to mannosidosis.
(3) The HTCA is promising as a potential tool for studying the biology of tumors.
(4) Over the past decade the use of monoclonal antibodies has greatly advanced our knowledge of the biological properties and heterogeneity that exist within human tumours, and in particular in lung cancer.
(5) The lipid A moiety was shown to be responsible for this novel biological activity of the LPS molecule.
(6) Chromatography and immunoassays are the two principal techniques used in research and clinical laboratories for the measurement of drug concentrations in biological fluids.
(7) Biological magnification of insecticides and PCB's occurred in both lakes.
(8) In spite of important differences in size, chemical composition, polymer density, and configuration, biological macromolecules indeed manifest some of the essential physical-chemical properties of gels.
(9) No biologic investigation of the hemostatic impairment could be performed under the emergency conditions of this field study.
(10) It is the absorbed dose in joules per gram that is biologically significant and the data shows that the mean absorbed dose to death within either sex shows no significant difference with respect to age or weight, but that the difference between the sexes are significant, particularly among the aged ex-breeders.
(11) Although chronologic age may not be a good predictor of pregnancy outcome, adolescents remain a high-risk group due to factors which are more common among them such as biologic immaturity, inadequate prenatal care, poverty, minority status, and low prepregnancy weight, and because factors associated with an early adolescent pregnancy, such as low gynecologic age, may continue to influence the outcome of subsequent pregnancies.
(12) The analysis of blood lead concentration revealed an evident biological response to this environmental change: there was a decrease in blood lead level between 1977 and 1987, in both the countryside (control group) and, to a lesser extent, in the city.
(13) Combination of domain substitutions to generate the [Glu107,123]bFGF and [Arg19,Lys123,126]bFGF mutants did not show any additivity of the mutations on biological activity.
(14) Thus, introduction of arginine in position 5 with a hydrophobic amino acid in position 6 is compatible with high potency in several biological systems and results in compounds with lowered potency to release histamine compared to homologous peptides with tyrosine in position 5 and D-arginine in position 6.
(15) The crystal structure of the biological stain, "acridine orange," has been determined.
(16) Improvement of its particularly poor prognosis requires therefore early screening based on reliable biological markers.
(17) The availability of locus-specific probes should significantly expand the role of minisatellite markers in population biology.
(18) That’s important, because Ebola is the Isis of biological agents .
(19) Men older than 75 showed a slightly higher mortality during the first year, but there were seemingly no relationships of tumor-biological or clinical significance between age at diagnosis and long-term relative survival.
(20) Since the employment of microwave energy for defrosting biological tissues and for microwave-aided diagnosis in cryosurgery is very promising, the problem of ensuring the match between the contact antennas (applicators) and the frozen biological object has become a pressing one.
Mineralogy
Definition:
(n.) The science which treats of minerals, and teaches how to describe, distinguish, and classify them.
(n.) A treatise or book on this science.
Example Sentences:
(1) Mineralogic analysis using scanning and transmission electron microscopy showed most of the crystals to be silicates.
(2) Calculi are classified into six morphological types with their corresponding mineralogical natures.
(3) In general, there is no statistical difference in the trace element assemblages of mineralogically identical stones from the three areas.
(4) The surveys provided information on the mineralogical nature of the dust, its respirable content and the concentration of silica polymorphs.
(5) Furthermore, the study discusses the mineralogy of the rhinolith on the basis of the results yielded by the electron-ray micro-probe, x-ray diffractometry and infrared-spectroscopy with respect to the mineral Whitlockite.
(6) Dr. Abildgaard's long and varied career included many significant contributions to veterinary and human medicine, biology, zoology, botany, physics, chemistry, and mineralogy.
(7) Mineralogical analysis of non-fibrous particles in BAL can be a useful tool to investigate occupational exposures.
(8) The vaterite of ascidian spicules immersed in natural seawater remains mineralogically unchanged for 1 year, which indicates that vaterite may be preserved transiently in marine sediments.
(9) It is therefore proposed that comprehensive mineralogical investigation of pesticide carriers is warranted, including epidemiological and clinical study of formulation and application personnel as well as exposed nonoccupational populations.
(10) The three major mineralogical matrices identified in fly ash are glass, mullite-quartz, and magnetic spinel.
(11) These public health actions included: establishing a system of active surveillance of cause-specific emergency room (ER) visits and hospital admissions in affected and unaffected communities for comparison; assessing the causes of death and factors associated with survival or death among persons located near the crater; analyzing the mineralogy and toxicology of sedimented ash and the airborne concentration of resuspended dusts; investigating reported excesses of ash-related adverse respiratory effects by epidemiological methods such as cross-sectional and case-control studies; and controlling rumors and disseminating accurate, timely information about volcanic hazards and recommended preventive or control measures by means of press briefings and health bulletins.
(12) Mineralogical and elementary analysis by a variety of techniques showed small or trace amounts of hard metal in all lungs.
(13) The following are considered in particular: instrumental examinations made during hospitalisation and operation; pH, enzymatic activity (phospholipase, trypsin and amylase) and examination of bile cultures; morphological, microscopic examination (electronic scan microscopy) and mineralogical examination (X-ray diffractometry and infrared spectroscopy) of the calculus.
(14) Skeletal walls of more than one mineralogy have the magnesium-rich layer (calcite) surrounding the living chamber and the strontium-rich layer (aragonite) on the outside.
(15) The exposure of asbestos was studied in 31 cases of mesothelioma from case histories and by microscopic mineralogical analysis of the broncho-alveolar lavage fluid (BAL) (31 cases) and of pulmonary tissue (5 cases).
(16) Mineralogical investigation of the batches broadly divided them into two subgroups with quite different cation exchange capacities (CEC): dominant smectitic with and without calcium carbonate and dominant palygorskitic with calcium carbonate.
(17) These crystals were indistinguishable mineralogically and morphologically from normal mouse otoconia.
(18) The quantitative mineralogical analysis of small samples (less than 20 mg) of china clay has been investigated using x ray diffractometry to determine kaolinite, mica, quartz, and feldspar.
(19) Three distinct mineralogical phases were identified.
(20) Palmer, 61, gave up the chairmanship of Mineralogy, but not ownership rights, after narrowly winning a seat in the Australian parliament in 2013.