(n.) A large American serpent, so called from the sound it makes.
Example Sentences:
(1) Endocrine cells in the airway epithelium of human fetal lungs are known to contain an amine, 5-hydroxytryptamine (5HT), and a peptide, bombesin (BOM).
(2) Injections of BOM into the posterior hypothalamus did not affect body temperature control.
(3) The distribution and fine structure were studied of the following 3 peptide-containing fibers of enteric origin, vasoactive intestinal polypeptide (VIP), bombesin (BOM) and cholecystokinin (CCK)-like immunoreactive peptide in the celiac-superior mesenteric ganglion complex (CMG) of the guinea pig.
(4) The present study demonstrates calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP), somatostatin (SOM), bombesin (BOM), and substance P (SP) at the electron microscopic level in lumbar dorsal root axons of normal rats.
(5) Those containing VIP or CCK formed symmetrical synapses, while those containing BOM formed assymetrical ones.
(6) The labeled axons were exclusively unmyelinated for SP, SOM, and BOM, and predominantly unmyelinated for CGRP.
(7) The two growth rates of BoM and BrM show negative allometry, the rate of increase of BoM being 2.45 and that of BrM 1.16 between the 1st day and day 19-25.
(8) Bombyxin-II (Bom-PTTH-II) reveals a structural homology with human insulin and similar biological properties to adenocorticotropic mammal hormone.
(9) The focus of this paper is to use this sequence data coupled with a review of the literature and our own work to examine the nine known functional regions of ColE1: imm (colicin E1 immunity), rep (replication function), inc (plasmid incompatibility and copy number control), bom (basis of mobility), rom (modulator of inhibition of primer formation by RNA I), mob (plasmid mobilization), cer (determinant for conversion of plasmid multimers to monomers), exc (plasmid entry exclusion), cea (structural gene for colicin E1), and kil (structural gene for the Kil protein).
(10) However, the exact endocrine cell type that contains 5HT and BOM has not been described at the ultrastructural level.
(11) In the hindgut BOM-IR neuronal cell bodies were found.
(12) The results explain the prevailing hypothermic effect of BOM as the consequence of the concerted decrease in threshold temperatures and "gains" of all autonomic thermoregulatory effectors and suggest the activation of warm inputs, relative to cold inputs, at the hypothalamic level as the underlying mechanism.
(13) Mobilization of the plasmid ColE1 from cells containing a conjugative plasmid (such as F) requires the synthesis of ColE1 mob proteins, and the presence, in cis, of bom (basis of mobility), a region of ColE1 containing the origin of transfer (oriT).
(14) Using indirect immunofluorescence, 5HT- and BOM-like immunoreactive cells were observed both in nonincubated airways and in explants maintained for five days in organ culture.
(15) Fifteen patients with advanced squamous cell carcinoma of the anal canal were treated with a combination of bleomycin, vincristine, and high-dose methotrexate (BOM) with leucovorin rescue.
(16) 1-26 August, 1.30pm, Assembly Rooms, £10 Jane Bom-Bane Musical mechanical hat woman.
(17) The small amount (1%) of D-histidine found is due to racemization in the synthesis of BOC-His(BOM).
(18) These results demonstrate that both 5HT and BOM content in endocrine cells of explants from human fetal airways can be well maintained in organ culture for at least 5 days and that they are responsive to pharmacologic inhibition of 5HT synthesis.
(19) She was speaking at a ceremony on Tuesday to mark the opening of two new nature reserves: the 34,000-hectare (83,980 acres) Bom Jesus Biological Reserve in Paraná, and the 8,500-hectare (20,995 acres) Furna Feia National Park in Rio Grande do Norte.
(20) Insect melanization hormones Bom-MRCH in their structural characteristics and properties resemble those of mammal MSH, and leucosulfakinins Lem-SK-I and -II show some similarities with gastrin II and cholecystokinin.
Dom
Definition:
(n.) A title anciently given to the pope, and later to other church dignitaries and some monastic orders. See Don, and Dan.
(n.) In Portugal and Brazil, the title given to a member of the higher classes.
Example Sentences:
(1) Taken together with our previous studies showing that MDMA substitutes for the phenylisopropylamine stimulant (+)amphetamine, but that neither MDE nor N-OH MDA substitute for (+)amphetamine or for the phenylisopropylamine hallucinogen 1-(2,5-dimethoxy-4-methylphenyl)-2-aminopropane (DOM), the present results [i.e., MDMA-stimulus generalization to MDE, N-OH MDA, but not to (+)amphetamine] suggest that 1) MDMA produces effects other than those that may be considered amphetamine-like, and 2) MDE and N-OH MDA are MDMA-like agents with even less of an amphetamine-like component of action than MDMA itself.
(2) Farage previously appeared in an alcohol-fuelled Gogglebox special on Channel 4, with “posh couple” Steph and Dom Parker.
(3) But 30 minutes before takeoff on our private jet – like a top-end Lexus limo with wings – actress Rosamund Pike has heroically stepped in for the year's hot meal ticket: an El Bulli supper, pitch perfect for a selection of rare champagne, devised by Adrià with Richard Geoffroy, Dom Pérignon's effervescent chef de cave.
(4) The biggest gain for most non-doms is the allowance for tax-free offshore capital growth.
(5) Long pauses were found with LSD-25, 2,5-dimethoxy-4-methylamphetamine (DOM) and mescaline.
(6) The most behaviorally potent analogues examined, DOB, DOM, and 5-methoxy-N,N-dimethyltryptamine, were found to possess rather high affirmities (pA2 = 7.35, 7.12, and 7.08, respectively) for the 5-HT receptors of the model system.
(7) Non-doms could no longer pretend to live in Monaco while living in the UK for four working days a week.
(8) In a statement published shortly before the disclosure of material as a result of freedom of information requests, Ashcroft indicated he would relinquish his non-dom status in line with new Tory policy to remain in the Lords.
(9) In conclusion, enhanced avoidance of novel and central areas appears to be a valid indicator of hallucinogenic activity since LSD, DMT, and DOM all share this property.
(10) Dom's being very hard on himself - he couldn't write spurious nonsense if he tried.
(11) She has written books on how to be a success and hosts Dom-2 , the longest-running reality show in the world, which has been memorably described as the worst thing to hit Russian culture since the Mongols.
(12) 2,5-Dimethoxy-4-methylamphetamine (DOM, "STP") is a potent hallucinogen, proposed to be a serotonin receptor agonist.
(13) With the Dynamo winning three of their last four, that scenario was becoming more likely, though disciples of the Church of Dom were given reason for pause on Saturday.
(14) Where to eat Dom Sancho restaurant, an hour away in the hill village of Sortelha, (Rua do Corro, +351 271 388 267) is renowned for its regional food.
(15) The effects of 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT) and 2,5-dimethoxy-4-methyl-amphetamine (DOM) on the Ca2+ influx in the ovine uterine artery in late pregnancy have been studied by measuring 45Ca2+ uptake.
(16) The order of potency of these agonists was determined to be DOM greater than 5-HT greater than or equal to alpha-methyl-5-HT much greater than 8-hydroxy-dipropylaminotetralin (8-OH-DPAT) greater than 2-methyl-5-HT greater than 1-(3-chlorophenyl) piperazine (mCPP) greater than m-trifluoromethyl-phenylpiperazine (TFMPP).
(17) The efflux for the initial samples was increased as with the DOM control, but the 6-hydroxydopa pretreatment attuated the DOM-induced efflux for the later samples.
(18) Lord Paul, a Labour donor, rather gave the game away when he said he dropped his non-dom status only when told it stopped him being a lord.
(19) 7.40pm BST If you were wondering why Seagulls no like Eagles and vice versa And why Dom the Glazier put the word 'rival' in quotation marks, here is my colleague Simon Burton's investigation .
(20) The peak PRL response to DOM occurred 15 min after injection.