(n.) The fluid which circulates in the principal vascular system of animals, carrying nourishment to all parts of the body, and bringing away waste products to be excreted. See under Arterial.
(n.) Relationship by descent from a common ancestor; consanguinity; kinship.
(n.) Descent; lineage; especially, honorable birth; the highest royal lineage.
(n.) Descent from parents of recognized breed; excellence or purity of breed.
(n.) The fleshy nature of man.
(n.) The shedding of blood; the taking of life, murder; manslaughter; destruction.
(n.) A bloodthirsty or murderous disposition.
(n.) Temper of mind; disposition; state of the passions; -- as if the blood were the seat of emotions.
(n.) A man of fire or spirit; a fiery spark; a gay, showy man; a rake.
(n.) The juice of anything, especially if red.
(v. t.) To bleed.
(v. t.) To stain, smear or wet, with blood.
(v. t.) To give (hounds or soldiers) a first taste or sight of blood, as in hunting or war.
(v. t.) To heat the blood of; to exasperate.
Example Sentences:
(1) Here we have asked whether protection from blood-borne antigens afforded by the blood-brain barrier is related to the lack of MHC expression.
(2) On both days, blood was collected by jugular venepuncture at 10.30 h, and then again 2, 4, 6 and 24 h later.
(3) Circuit weight training does not exacerbate resting or exercise blood pressure and may have beneficial effects.
(4) There was a weak relation between AER and both systolic and diastolic blood pressures.
(5) Fecal occult blood was positive in 4 patients and fecal leukocytes were positive in one patient.
(6) Blood samples were analysed by mass spectroscopy and gas chromatography.
(7) We conclude that first-transit and blood-pool techniques are equally accurate methods for determining EF when the time-activity method of analysis is employed.
(8) At the early phase of the sensitization a T-cell response was seen in vitro, characterized by an increased spleen but no peripheral blood lymphocyte reactivity to T-cell mitogens at the same time as increased reactivity to the sensitizing antigen was detected.
(9) With aging, the blood vessel wall becomes hyperreactive--presumably because of an augmented vasoconstrictor and a reduced vasodilator responsiveness.
(10) After 3 and 6 months, blood collected by cardiocentesis using ether anesthesia and then sacrificed to remove CNS and internal organs.
(11) The transport of potassium ions through membranes of red blood cells was examined in in bitro experiments using a CMF of 4500 oersted.
(12) Blood flow decreased immediately after skin expansion in areas over the tissue expander on days 0 and 1 and returned to baseline levels within 24 hours.
(13) Under blood preservation conditions the difference of the rates of ATP-production and -consumption is the most important factor for a high ATP-level over long periods.
(14) 10D1 mAb induced a substantial proliferation of peripheral blood T cells when cross-linked with goat anti-mouse Ig antibody.
(15) In addition to the changes associated with blood group A, we also found a decrease in sugar content, alterations in other antigens, and changes in the levels of several glycosyltransferases in cancerous tissues.
(16) Based on several previous studies, which demonstrated that sorbitol accumulation in human red blood cells (RBCs) was a function of ambient glucose concentrations, either in vitro or in vivo, our investigations were conducted to determine if RBC sorbitol accumulation would correlate with sorbitol accumulation in lens and nerve tissue of diabetic rats; the effect of sorbinil in reducing sorbitol levels in lens and nerve tissue of diabetic rats would be reflected by changes in RBC sorbitol; and sorbinil would reduce RBC sorbitol in diabetic man.
(17) These four antigens consisted of S of MNSs blood group, Lua of Lutheran blood group, and K and Kpa of Kell-Cellano blood group.
(18) Blood was collected from pups and dams to determine its caffeine concentration.
(19) However, after the cessation of this treatment Streptococcus viridans grew in her blood again.
(20) These findings suggest that clonidine transdermal disks lower blood pressure in hypertensive patients, but produce local skin lesions and general side effects.
Vampire
Definition:
(n.) A blood-sucking ghost; a soul of a dead person superstitiously believed to come from the grave and wander about by night sucking the blood of persons asleep, thus causing their death. This superstition is now prevalent in parts of Eastern Europe, and was especially current in Hungary about the year 1730.
(n.) Fig.: One who lives by preying on others; an extortioner; a bloodsucker.
(n.) Either one of two or more species of South American blood-sucking bats belonging to the genera Desmodus and Diphylla. These bats are destitute of molar teeth, but have strong, sharp cutting incisors with which they make punctured wounds from which they suck the blood of horses, cattle, and other animals, as well as man, chiefly during sleep. They have a caecal appendage to the stomach, in which the blood with which they gorge themselves is stored.
(n.) Any one of several species of harmless tropical American bats of the genus Vampyrus, especially V. spectrum. These bats feed upon insects and fruit, but were formerly erroneously supposed to suck the blood of man and animals. Called also false vampire.
Example Sentences:
(1) Clinically the word vampirism should be used to name all sexual or agressive acts, whether blood-sucking happens or not, committed on a dead or dying person.
(2) Leather, who celebrated his seventh consecutive week at the top of the Amazon chart with his novella The Basement , about a serial killer in New York, also occupies fourth place with Hard Landing , another thriller, and 11th place with Once Bitten , a vampire novel.
(3) The Buffy the Vampire Slayer creator's bosses at Marvel are also bringing sequels to Thor and Captain America to the big screen over the next year, a fact which would also appear to clash with Whedon's clarion call for originality.
(4) Like it or not, he went on to direct another vampire movie, Scars of Dracula (1970), with Christopher Lee in the title role and bad special effects such as rubber bats on strings.
(5) Her most memorable film role to date has been dancing with a python in a state of undress in the vampire movie From Dusk Till Dawn.
(6) He developed a parallel career as a rock video director after mentioning in a meeting with record label and film company Warp that he loved the Arctic Monkeys, and ended up directing a string of videos for them (given the band's legendary reticence, the mind boggles at what the initial meeting was like) as well as Vampire Weekend , Kasabian and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs .
(7) It takes place over roughly two days and two nights, as Ben and his new friends – or what's left of them – try to end the rapidly spreading vampire menace and take Salem's Lot back.For better or worse, the book ends pretty much where it began: with the tall man and the boy in Mexico, trying to work out their next move.
(8) Vampire bat salivary plasminogen activator (BatPA), human tissue-type plasminogen activator (tPA) or streptokinase (SK) were incubated in human citrated plasma containing a plasma clot that was radiolabelled with iodine-125 fibrin(ogen).
(9) For us, it’s a human question,” he said, insisting that Qataris were not “vicious people who are like vampires.
(10) He found Madonna's interest in him almost vampiric.
(11) We didn’t tell him how central his role was, we didn’t want to make him nervous.” It’s notable that after gallivanting around the globe for centuries, Clement and Waititi’s vampires have settled in Wellington, New Zealand.
(12) Blackout will be organising grassroots events, nationwide, for people to come out and show their solidarity in the fight for equal human rights.” Backers include Fruitvale Station actor Michael B Jordan, Vampire Diaries star Kat Graham, hiphop mogul Russell Simmons and erstwhile Rage Against the Machine guitarist Tom Morello.
(13) The idea of the vampire as a silver-tongued aristocrat, like Count Dracula, is mirrored in Irving's thespian mannerisms, and his fascination with theatrical villains.
(14) But vampires and zombies are old news, according to Quirk.
(15) A comparison to the development and function of night-mares is drawn.--The vampire motif in Europe originally developed at the end of the Middle Ages.
(16) Beyond the strangers in internet chatrooms, where I discussed the subtextual relationship between Buffy the Vampire Slayer and evil slayer Faith, no one said I was allowed to feel like this.
(17) Some were dismissive: "Patricia Hewitt and Geoff Hoon have as much impact as a vampire with no teeth," wrote Welshracer.
(18) Lessons learned ... Feminism is dead Over the 476 minutes of vampires, wolves and long, lingering looks, Bella's life (much like life after 30) is a depressing trudge towards marriage and babies.
(19) "I wanted to make Vampire's Kiss, because I was still trying to live my punk rock dreams.
(20) The one place Vampire Weekend really let loose, it seems, is in the studio.