(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.
Vas
Definition:
(n.) A vessel; a duct.
Example Sentences:
(1) A segment of vas deferens was transplanted to the contralateral deferens with the intention of improving treatment for certain cases of infertility caused by obstruction.
(2) To minimise the risk of recanalisation (0.2%), 20 mm of vas deferens was resected.
(3) At a concentration of 10 microM, tetraamine 4 did not affect histamine and 5-hydroxytryptamine receptors of guinea pig ileum or alpha-adrenoreceptors of guinea pig atria whereas it inhibited postsynaptic alpha-adrenoreceptors of rat vas deferens with a -log K value of 5.23 and nicotinic receptors of frog rectus abdominis with an IC50 value of 0.23 microM.
(4) Emphasis is placed on techniques that prevent spontaneous recanalization of the ends of the vas deferens after vasectomy.
(5) After properly fixing the vas deferens with a ring clamp, the surgeon pierces the scrotal skin, vas sheath, and vas deferens in the midline with a curved dissecting clamp held at a 45 degree angle from horizontal.
(6) The acrosin inhibitors are localized in the mucosa cells of the cauda epididymis, the vas deferens, the seminal vesicles, the urethra and distinct glandular units of the prostate.
(7) It is thus concluded that the active core for the morphine like activity in the mouse vas deferens bioassay is the fragment 61-65 of beta-LPH.
(8) Microsurgical vasovasostomy for the reversal of elective bilateral segmental vasectomy (vasectomy, vas ligation) was done in 57 patients (61 operations) between May 1977 and March 1984.
(9) There was a significant positive correlation between the efflux of noradrenaline from platelets and vas deferens (r = 0.56, P less than 0.001).
(10) Supersensitivity to noradrenaline was produced by both of the stereoisomers in isolated vas deferens of guinea-pigs although there was no difference in the activity.
(11) At lesser intensities, VAS occasionally produced a small pressor response.
(12) Probably there is a continuity of this system throughout the entire vascular pole including (1) all granulated cells, (2) all lacis cells, (3) the mesangium cells and (4) the adjacent smooth muscle cells of the vas afferens and vas efferens.
(13) Pain scores (VAS) and responses to a pain questionnaire were similar for both groups; however, within Group B improvement in mean VAS scores at rest with time were more sustained.
(14) Various techniques have been described, but in this surgeon's opinion the simplest and best method is to remove a length of a vas such that it becomes a physical impossibility to approximate the cut ends.
(15) A 10-month-old boy with a crossed ectopic testis and a common vas deferens is presented.
(16) Within the epididymis, regions closest to the testis develop soluble ACE activity about 1 week before those nearest to the vas deferens.
(17) Pretreatment of the vas deferens with both HNBTG and 2'-deoxycoformycin eliminated the difference in inhibitory potency between adenosine and 2-chloroadenosine.
(18) We interpret these results to indicate that angiotensins stimulate PGE production by adrenergic nerves in the vas deferens and that released norepinephrine mediates a part of the PGE production in response to the angiotensins.
(19) The effects of the ATP affinity label periodate-oxidized ATP (ATP-2',3'-dialdehyde; P-ATP) on contractile responses of the guinea pig vas deferens to ATP was characterized and compared to the effects of the specific P2x-purinoceptor photoaffinity label antagonist, arylazido aminopropionyl ATP (ANAPP3).
(20) Knowledge of the mechanical properties of the vas deferens is important in order to understand the mechanical interaction between an intravasal device (IVD) and the vas deferens--a necessary step for successful long-term implantation.