(n.) The material organized substance of an animal, whether living or dead, as distinguished from the spirit, or vital principle; the physical person.
(n.) The trunk, or main part, of a person or animal, as distinguished from the limbs and head; the main, central, or principal part, as of a tree, army, country, etc.
(n.) The real, as opposed to the symbolical; the substance, as opposed to the shadow.
(n.) A person; a human being; -- frequently in composition; as, anybody, nobody.
(n.) A number of individuals spoken of collectively, usually as united by some common tie, or as organized for some purpose; a collective whole or totality; a corporation; as, a legislative body; a clerical body.
(n.) A number of things or particulars embodied in a system; a general collection; as, a great body of facts; a body of laws or of divinity.
(n.) Any mass or portion of matter; any substance distinct from others; as, a metallic body; a moving body; an aeriform body.
(n.) Amount; quantity; extent.
(n.) That part of a garment covering the body, as distinguished from the parts covering the limbs.
(n.) The bed or box of a vehicle, on or in which the load is placed; as, a wagon body; a cart body.
(n.) The shank of a type, or the depth of the shank (by which the size is indicated); as, a nonpareil face on an agate body.
(n.) A figure that has length, breadth, and thickness; any solid figure.
(n.) Consistency; thickness; substance; strength; as, this color has body; wine of a good body.
(v. t.) To furnish with, or as with, a body; to produce in definite shape; to embody.
Example Sentences:
(1) A progressively more precise approach to identifying affected individuals involves measuring body weight and height, then energy intake (or expenditure) and finally the basal metabolic rate (BMR).
(2) After 55 days of unrestricted food availability the body weight of the neonatally deprived rats was approximately 15% lower than that of the controls.
(3) Since 1987, it has become possible to obtain immature ova from the living animal and to let them mature, fertilize and develop into embryos capable of transplantation outside the body.
(4) This effect was more marked in breast cancer patients which may explain our earlier finding that women with upper body fat localization are at increased risk for developing breast cancer.
(5) No associations were found between sex, body-weight, smoking habits, age, urine volume or urine pH and the O-demethylation of codeine.
(6) The lesion (10.6 X 9.8 mm) was a well-defined ellipsoid granuloma due to a foreign body with a central zone of necrosis surrounded entirely by a fibrous wall.
(7) But the sports minister has been clear that too many sports bodies are currently not delivering in bringing new people from all backgrounds to their sport.
(8) The 40 degrees C heating induced an increase in systolic, diastolic, average and pulse pressure at rectal temperature raised to 40 degrees C. Further growth of the body temperature was accompanied by a decrease in the above parameters.
(9) Plain radiographs should be the initial screening modality for a suspected foreign body.
(10) To estimate the age of onset of these differences, and to assess their relationship to abdominal and gluteal adipocyte size, we measured adiposity, adipocyte size, and glucose and insulin concentrations during a glucose tolerance test in lean (less than 20% body fat), prepubertal children from each race.
(11) The groups were matched with regard to sex, age and body mass index.
(12) The time for 90% of this change in VelCO2 to occur (T90) was measured as an index of the rate of correction of body CO2 imbalance.
(13) Aside from these characteristic findings of HCC, it was important to reveal the following features for the diagnosis of well differentiated type of small HCC: variable thickening or distortion of trabecular structure in association with nuclear crowding, acinar formation, selective cytoplasmic accumulation of Mallory bodies, nuclear abnormalities consisting of thickening of nucleolus, hepatic cords in close contact with bile ducts or blood vessels, and hepatocytes growing in a fibrous environment.
(14) There were significant differences in the body weight of control and undernourished rats in each experiment.
(15) In the triploids, the 40 female chromosomes present (mouse, n = 20) were derived from a single diploid pronucleus formed after the extrusion of a first polar body, and following the monospermic fertilization of primary oocytes.
(16) The BMDs of the DM-HD group were lower in these areas and whole body than that in the non-DM,HD group.
(17) Our results show that large complex lipid bodies and extensive accumulations of glycogen are valuable indicators of a functionally suppressed chief cell in atrophic parathyroid glands.
(18) Abruptly changing cows from one feeding system to another did not influence milk yield, milk composition, or body weight gain.
(19) This suggests that molars do not maintain a fixed relationship to incisors over time, and extreme care must be taken to standardize an experiment to a specific body weight when using this method.
(20) Our previous study demonstrated that acupuncture increased pain threshold of the body, especially in the inflammatory area.
Kerned
Definition:
(imp. & p. p.) of Kern
(a.) Having part of the face projecting beyond the body or shank; -- said of type.
Example Sentences:
(1) Protein Mor has a C region sequence associated with Mcg-, Kern-, and Oz- proteins but differs from protein Sut by the presence of three amino acid interchanges at positions 168, 176, and 194.
(2) … In response to the shooting of Kharkiv mayor Gennady Kernes Everything happening now in Ukraine attests to the immediate need to disarm all militant groups, beginning with the Right Sector fighters, and to begin real, and not simulated, work of constitutional reform in the Ukrainian government and a search for international agreement.
(3) • An assassination attempt against Gennady Kernes, the wealthy mayor of Kharkiv, left him in "extremely serious but stable condition" in the hospital.
(4) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Share Share this post Facebook Twitter Pinterest close Gennady Kernes, the mayor of Kharkiv.
(5) Kern wants the next government to ensure an accommodating monetary policy from the Bank of England, which is expected to keep interest rates at 0.5% when it announces its monthly decision tomorrow.
(6) C lambda 7 encodes Kern+ and Oz- determinants, but does not encode any of the Kern+Oz- myeloma proteins published to date.
(7) The constant part of the chain is Kern- and Oz- which indicates that it has serine in position 154 and arginine in position 191.
(8) 4.46pm GMT OBR forecast is more realistic, but still too ambitious - BCC David Kern , chief economist at the British Chambers of Commerce, said: The new fiscal forecasts are disappointing but not surprising, so it would be premature to assume that the UK will lose its AAA rating.
(9) Two species of ticks that are ectoparasitic on rodents in Kern County were evaluated as vectors of WEE virus.
(10) A satisfactory voltage clamp was achieved in the small S-A node specimen using the double microelectrode technique (Deck, Kern, and Trautwein, 1964).
(11) A simple model is used to explore the extent to which the uniquely comprehensive studies of western equine encephalomyelitis in Kern County, California, by Reeves and his colleagues over many years, explain the dynamics and epidemiology of the infection.
(12) "There is now greater hope that increases in inflation above the 3% mark will be avoided, but the situation remains uncertain and renewed surges in energy prices could push inflation up again," said David Kern, chief economist at the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC).
(13) David Kern, chief economist at the British Chambers of Commerce, said: "Our manufacturing exporters are still overly focused on the weak eurozone, but low domestic demand has also limited progress."
(14) Steps must be taken to help businesses create jobs and wealth, and the planned national insurance rise must be scrapped," said David Kern, chief economist at the British Chambers of Commerce.
(15) Its chief economist, David Kern, said: With inflation set to remain low, these figures further strengthen the case for the MPC to keep interest rates on hold until at least 2016.” With the cost of living a key battleground in the run-up to May’s election, Osborne seized on the impact of lower inflation on families’ finances.
(16) As Kharkiv’s mayor, Kernes has straddled the pro-Kiev and pro-Russian camps in his city in a risky balancing act that already has nearly cost him his life .
(17) Three populations sampled from the Little Kern River basin tended to be genetically distinct from two additional Little Kern River basin populations and from three geographically distinct populations sampled from the eastern Kern River area.
(18) Commenting on the BCC’s latest survey, its chief economist David Kern, said: “Noticeable falls in all the export balances and increased signs of slower growth require a forceful policy response.
(19) David Kern, chief economist at the British Chambers of Commerce The upward revision to GDP in the second quarter is good news.
(20) David Kern, British Chambers of Commerce "These figures are stronger than earlier estimates and better than most analysts' expectations.