(n.) An inflammation, with enlargement, of a lymphatic gland, esp. in the groin, as in syphilis.
Example Sentences:
(1) The humeroscapular bone is present in the great horned owl (Bubo virginianus), the screech owl (Otus asio), the barred owl (Strix varia), the red-tailed hawk (Buteo jamaicencis), the Cooper's hawk (Accipiter cooperii), and the sharp-shinned hawk (Accipiter striatus).
(2) Eight of nine (89%) buboes followed to the endpoint on the 3-day rosoxacin regimen were cured, versus three of six (50%) on the single-dose regimen.
(3) Despite an increased knowledge of the pathogenesis of chancroid, important questions such as growth requirements, bubo-formation, role of cell-mediated immunity and ulcer formation are still unanswered.
(4) One third of all cats had the triad of lethargy, anorexia, and fever in addition to buboes; one quarter had this triad plus abscesses.
(5) Patients with buboes responded equally well to both treatments.
(6) A 62-year-old woman developed bubonic plague with an epitrochlear bubo one to two days after skinning two cottontail rabbits.
(7) For the first time three cases of the detection of Francisella tularensis, made by means of the direct immunofluorescence test in the fluid obtained from punctured buboes or in purulent matter taken from patients with the ulcerous bubonic form of tularemia, are presented.
(8) In order to find more specific evidence of predator digestion, we used a scanning electron microscope (SEM) to examine the surface microstructure of bones and teeth consumed by Bubo virginianus (great horned owl) and Canis latrans (coyote), which prey upon similar species.
(9) A similar disease was also produced with this virus in the great horned owl (Bubo virginianus), screech owl (Otus asio), and ring-necked turtle dove (Streptopelia risoria).
(10) Most patients presented with fever, malaise, and an acute painful lymphadenitis (bubo).
(11) Finally, anaerobes were isolated in 17 (57%) of ulcers without bubo, 11 (65%) of ulcers with nonfluctuant bubo, and 18 (90%) of chancroid ulcers associated with fluctuant bubo.
(12) Inguinal bubo, herpes pregenitalis, condylomata acuminata, erosive balanitis and traumatic ulcers were seen less frequently.
(13) The diagnosis was made by isolation of bacteria from a ruptured bubo and by demonstration of an antibody titer to Yersinia pestis.
(14) Ulcers and buboes were followed clinically and bacteriologically for 1 month.
(15) Natural infection has been observed in the Eagle Owl (Bubo bubo L.), Long-eared Owl (Asio otus L.) and Snowy Owl (nyctea scandiaca L.) In addition the Little Owl (Athene noctua Scopolic) and Tengmalms Owl (Aegolius funereus L.) was experimentally infected.
(16) A case has been described in which the inguinal gland was involved producing a bubo simulating that caused by other commoner conditions.
(17) Buboes were appreciated on physical examination, and the diagnosis of bubonic plague was confirmed by positive blood cultures.
(18) The budgie (Melopsittacus undulatas), the common pigeon (Columba domestica), the yellow-bellied sapsucker (Sphyrapicus varius), and the horned owl (Bubo virginianus) were chosen as representative of the bird.
(19) Meningitis developed in three patients and pneumonia in two patients; these five patients a-l had buboes in the axillary region.
(20) In an effort to establish comparative data within the genus Leucocytozoon, elongate gametocytes of L. ziemanni from naturally infected great horned owls (Bubo virginianus) were examined by electron microscopy.
Bufo
Definition:
(n.) A genus of Amphibia including various species of toads.
Example Sentences:
(1) A golden toad (Bufo periglenes) in Monteverde Cloud forest reserve in Puntarenas province of Costa Rica.
(2) Resting plasma epinephrine and norepinephrine levels were 13.1 and 2.1 nmol liter-1 for the marine toad (Bufo marinus).
(3) Representative specimens from two classes of Vertebrata Sub-Phyllum, Bufo paracnemis (amphibian) and Gallus domesticus (avian) were made anemic by phenylhydrazine treatment.
(4) In the present study, the ultrastructure of the stromal components, basically epithelial elements and macrophages, of the thymus of adult natterjacks, Bufo calamita has been analyzed.
(5) The effect of different lipids on the fertilizing capacity of Bufo arenarum spermatozoa and on acrosome breakdown of Leptodactylus chaquensis spermatozoa was studied.
(6) Earlier studies have shown that a substance(s) released from the egg jelly of the toad Bufo arenarum is required for fertilization.
(7) The properties of hyperpolarization-activated channels were studied in single smooth muscle cells from the stomach of the toad, Bufo marinus, using the patch-clamp technique.
(8) Other than snake venoms, only venoms of the toad Bufo calamita and the lizards were hemorrhagic, and only venoms of the social wasps, social bees and harvester ant exhibited strong anticoagulant activity.
(9) When inseminated with sperm of the newt, Cynops pyrrhogaster, mature Bufo oocytes exhibited polyspermy accompanied by a gradual hyperpolarization and a slowly developing positive plateau, without the fast spike that occurs in self-species fertilization.
(10) The effect of hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) on Na+ transport across the isolated toad (Bufo marinus) skin was studied by measuring the transepithelial short-circuit current (ISC) and resistance (R) at 5, 8, and 10 ATA PO2 and 15 ATA normoxia during steady state conditions.
(11) Experiments were done using frog skin (Rana temporaria and Rana catesbeiana), toad urinary bladder (Bufo marinus) and epithelia of A6 cells.
(12) Male American toads (Bufo americanus) were induced to mating call in response to electronically simulated, conspecific mating calls.
(13) Zn, Mg, Cu, Ca and Fe were determined spectrophotometrically in liver, kidneys, muscle, spleen and blood of Bufo regularis after a single i.m.
(14) The pulmonary artery of Bufo marinus contains large numbers of bipolar cells situated in the tunica adventitia and in the outer layers of the media.
(15) 5-Hydroxytryptamine (5-HT) content and synthesis in mucosa-free intestine of guinea-pig, the teleost Platycephalus bassensis and the amphibian Bufo marinus was studied by HPLC with electrochemical detection or by TLC.
(16) The frequency, shape, and pattern of distribution of granular and mitochondria-rich cells is determined for the commonly studied varieties of Bufo marinus.
(17) It is speculated that one or more constituents of black pepper may be responsible for tumour induction in the organs of the Egyptian toad Bufo regularis.
(18) The electrical transients produced on the isolated abdominal skin obtained from Bufo arenarum Hensel, under the influence of inward current pulses of constant intensity have been studied.
(19) To evaluate the role of rRNA in mineralocorticoid action, the inhibitor 3'-deoxycytidine was used in studies on the urinary bladder of the toad Bufo marinus.
(20) Nucleic acids and total protein contents in hepatocytes and erythrocytes of diploid (Bufo viridis, 2n = 22) and tetraploid (B. danatensis, 2n = 44) green toads were measured cytophotometrically.