(n.) Liquid in which flesh (and sometimes other substances, as barley or rice) has been boiled; thin or simple soup.
Example Sentences:
(1) within 12 h of birth followed by similar injections every day for 10 consecutive days and then every second day for a further 8 weeks, with mycoplasma broth medium (tolerogen), to induce immune tolerance.
(2) 137 internal jugular vein cannulae from 113 patients undergoing open heart surgery were cultured using standard broth culture and a semiquantitative culture technique.
(3) There was an overlap of approximately 30% of broths identified as containing in vitro bioactivity by the two assay systems.
(4) Results with Brain Heart Infusion broth were unsatisfactory.
(5) The test organism, grown under anaerobic conditions in Trypticase soy broth, was diluted in buffered salt solution, and about 2 x 10(4) cells were suspended in 10 ml of an aerated broth.
(6) A total of 161 samples from genital sources were evaluated using two different methods for genital Mycoplasma isolation: inoculation to urea broth, arginine broth and A7 solid media (standard method) and a new enzymatic method (Mycoscreen Oxoid).
(7) A broth-dilution method for performing antimicrobial susceptibility tests on anaerobic bacteria has been proposed.
(8) The bacterial growth with the biosynthesis of M protein in synthetic medium was obtained by successive adaptation in steady-state culture with decreasing amounts of Todd-Hewitt broth.
(9) The inoculum level of infected spores in nutrient broth-yeast extract-glucose medium affected the transducing efficiency of SP-10 in lysates of these cultures.
(10) By adding an XV strip to the eugonic broth or substituting Levinthal broth, the standard Autobac I susceptibility testing system may be used to determine susceptibility of Haemophilus influenzae to antimicrobial agents.
(11) It also permits small portions of pre-enrichment broth cultures to be retained for subsequent individual analysis if positive tests are found.
(12) Stationary-phase cells of Escherichia coli were enumerated by the pour plate method on Trypticase soy agar containing 0.3% yeast extract (TSYA), violet red-bile agar, and desoxycholate-lactose agar, and by the most-probable-number method in Brilliant Green-bile broth and lauryl sulfate broth.
(13) To determine when the infant gut was colonized with PPA-producing bacteria, we cultured stool in prereduced thioglycollate broth from 93 apparently healthy infants.
(14) QC range for H. Influenzae ATCC 49247 were established using multiple HTM agar and broth base lots, three disk lots for each drug, and a number of test replicates consistent with the National Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards M23-T guideline.
(15) A marked decrease in the coefficient of oleandomycin distribution in the system of the fermentation broth filtrate-butyl acetate was observed during the transfer from the 1st to the following extraction stages.
(16) Broth dilution susceptibility tests were made on several species of Candida and one species of Torulopsis.
(17) The incorporation of dextran into broth for the detection of bacteraemia by conductance monitoring is recommended to eliminate the effect of sedimenting blood cells which may mask early signals from bacteria.
(18) Quality control parameters for broth microdilution and disk diffusion susceptibility tests were defined and the interpretive criteria for disk diffusion tests reviewed.
(19) For quantitative measurement of Coli and Coliform microorganisms five different culture media were used (Endoagar, Hexachlorophene Endoagar, Desoxycholatcitrat Agar, Violet Red Bile Agar and Brilliant Green Broth).
(20) At the conclusion of 817 abdominal operations, duplicate swabs were taken from the subcutaneous tissues for microbiological examination; one swab was transported to the laboratory in Stuart's thioglycollate medium and the other immediately incubated in Robertson's cooked meat broth.
Bullion
Definition:
(n.) Uncoined gold or silver in the mass.
(n.) Base or uncurrent coin.
(n.) Showy metallic ornament, as of gold, silver, or copper, on bridles, saddles, etc.
(n.) Heavy twisted fringe, made of fine gold or silver wire and used for epaulets; also, any heavy twisted fringe whose cords are prominent.
Example Sentences:
(1) If you hold more than a few thousand pounds [at home] you are likely to invalidate your household insurance, or will have to pay an extra premium and install security measures.” Bullion Vault’s 60,000 customers own the gold they buy, but it is held in vaults in London, Zürich, New York, Toronto or Singapore.
(2) China is poised to overtake India to become the world's biggest market for gold this year thanks to soaring investment purchases of bullion and steadily rising jewellery sales, according to the World Gold Council's annual report.
(3) Demand for gold bullion has surged as people have snapped up coins and bars while the EU referendum result is too close to call, according to the Royal Mint.
(4) On the night of 26 January 1985, Reader was present at the Kent home of Kenneth Noye , who, like Reader, was suspected by the police of receiving the stolen bullion from the 1983 £26m Brink’s-Mat robbery at Heathrow airport .
(5) They aren’t just blocks of bullion in the sky.” In the latest sign that London homebuyers are being squeezed out by wealthy international investors, foreign purchasers have bought 80% of the properties in a series of big Thameside housing developments.
(6) AngloGold Ashanti, South Africa's biggest bullion producer, has lost nearly all local production due to 24,000 workers being on strike, while rival Harmony Gold has also taken a hit.
(7) Chris Howard, the Royal Mint’s director of bullion, said the Mint’s 1,000-year history means that it is recognised around the world as a reliable authority on precious metals.
(8) Cascades of golden light overpower the sun, rising from a jumble of massive titanium forms piled on top of each other, part train crash and part explosion in a bullion vault.
(9) The Bilbao Guggenheim is a treaty port negotiated with the burghers of this rather down-at-heel city, part bullion vault and part glimmering mirage to cow and dazzle the natives.
(10) Gold The price of gold usually rises in times of economic crisis because bullion is seen as a safe-haven asset.
(11) Much of this was due to physical buying of bullion: purchases of gold bars rose by more than a third to almost 1,200 metric tonnes, particularly in China, Germany, Switzerland and Austria.
(12) Sterling-priced bullion hit a high of £783.33 an ounce and gold also set records in euros and Swiss francs.
(13) It is stored in a safe location and you pay a small administration fee every year, typically around 1% of the average value of the bullion, plus VAT.” Another option is coins, which can be things of great beauty.
(14) Under questioning, Bernanke also said "tradition" dictated that most central banks held large quantities of gold bullion in reserve, rather than another asset such as diamonds.
(15) He rattled through the stories of Turing's peculiarities – burying his silver bullion and then forgetting where; chaining his mug to his radiator; cycling in his gas mask to ward off hay fever.
(16) Sales of Royal Mint gold bullion coins increased after they were awarded VAT-free status.
(17) Even so, the Mint launched Signature Gold on the bullion trading site last month, allowing customers to buy a fractional amount of a 400 oz gold bar.
(18) Signature video Gold Bullion Vault , in which the pair are admitted to the Bank of England's holiest of holies, which gives Poliakoff the excuse to calculate the value of his weight in gold (roughly £2.5m).
(19) Guy Foster, head of research at Brewin Dolphin, says gold is a curious asset: “It is supposed to be a store of value, but by conventional investment metrics it is almost valueless.” You can invest in exchange traded funds such as the SPDR Gold Trust, which tracks the spot price of gold; a gold miner such as Randgold Resources; or buy bullion or coins.
(20) Royal Mint launches online dealing account … in gold Read more The group said its bullion business faced “difficult global market conditions” over the past year.