(n.) A spheroidal body growing from a plant either above or below the ground (usually below), which is strictly a bud, consisting of a cluster of partially developed leaves, and producing, as it grows, a stem above, and roots below, as in the onion, tulip, etc. It differs from a corm in not being solid.
(n.) A name given to some parts that resemble in shape certain bulbous roots; as, the bulb of the aorta.
(n.) An expansion or protuberance on a stem or tube, as the bulb of a thermometer, which may be of any form, as spherical, cylindrical, curved, etc.
(v. i.) To take the shape of a bulb; to swell.
Example Sentences:
(1) Four cases of benign lymphoid hyperplasia (BLH) of the duodenal bulb are reported.
(2) White hair bulbs which demonstrated no TH activity formed 2SCD, but not 5SCD.
(3) The fact that it is still used is regrettable yet unavoidable at present, but the average quantity is three times less than the mercury released into the atmosphere by burning the extra coal need to power equivalent incandescent bulbs.
(4) Utilizing the bilateral comparison technique in 30 hospitalized patients with chronic stable plaque-type psoriasis vulgaris, we closely monitored the clinical responses to ultraviolet radiation (Westinghouse fluorescent FS40 bulbs, 290--400 nm) and a variety of tar preparations and lubricant vehicles in combination and separately.
(5) Dioptric aniseikonia was calculated between 1 month and 24 months after surgery (with Gruber's and Huber's computer program) on the basis of most recently obtained values (bulb axis length, depth of the anterior chamber, lens thickness, necessary refraction), and compared with subjective measurements taken with the phase difference haploscope.
(6) This observation provides corroboration for the identification of the principal CCK-I neuron in the rat olfactory bulb as the centrally projecting middle tufted cell.
(7) One PCR product hybridized to a 4.0 kb RNA concentrated in subpopulations of putative glutamatergic neurons including mitral cells of the olfactory bulb, pyramidal cells of layer V of the cerebral cortex, pyramidal cells of the piriform cortex, and pyramidal cells of field CA3 of the hippocampus.
(8) Glomus body tumors most frequently originate in the middle ear (tympanicum) or on the jugular bulb (jugulare).
(9) Two normal variants that could be confused with abnormalities were noted: (a) the featureless appearance of the duodenal bulb may be mistaken for extravasation, and (b) contrastmaterial filling of the proximal jejunal loop at an end-to-end anastomosis with retained invaginated pancreas may be mistaken for intussusception.
(10) Olfactory bulbs are relatively smaller in felids than in canids or viverrids.
(11) Harvest the bulbs once they reach 7-8cm across; if you cut them off at ground level rather than pulling the whole plant up, the roots should produce a second crop of feathery shoots.
(12) The lighting regimen was 14 h light: 10 h dark, supplied by natural diffused sunlight and incandescent bulbs.
(13) Endoscopic evaluation of the stomach and duodenum was performed, with separate registration of the duodenum distally to the duodenal bulb.
(14) The staining of HRP-immunopositive cell bodies indicates that the pallial regions studied receive afferent projections from the main olfactory bulb and are reciprocally interconnected by intrapallial associative fiber systems.
(15) The cardiac glycoside ouabain was injected into the eye-bulb of the teleost fish, Carassius carassius.
(16) The results also indicate that the two parts of the teleost olfactory bulb are differentiated not only functionally but also morphologically.
(17) The rhythmic waves induced by these ions were recorded in the olfactory bulb.
(18) In oestrogen-treated preparations, tuberoinfundibular arcuate neurons responsive and unresponsive to accessory bulb stimulation could be distinguished by the frequency of successful antidromic propagation into the soma.
(19) The volumetric determination of all those tissues relevant for Opthalmodynamography (ODG) showed the lids to contribute about a quarter to the total volume; another quarter each was due to the optic bulb including optic fascicel, external bulbar musculature and orbital fat.
(20) Early resection of carotid body tumors, before involvement of the internal carotid artery and carotid bulb, is advocated.
Stalk
Definition:
(n.) The stem or main axis of a plant; as, a stalk of wheat, rye, or oats; the stalks of maize or hemp.
(n.) The petiole, pedicel, or peduncle, of a plant.
(n.) That which resembes the stalk of a plant, as the stem of a quill.
(n.) An ornament in the Corinthian capital resembling the stalk of a plant, from which the volutes and helices spring.
(n.) One of the two upright pieces of a ladder.
(n.) A stem or peduncle, as of certain barnacles and crinoids.
(n.) The narrow basal portion of the abdomen of a hymenopterous insect.
(n.) The peduncle of the eyes of decapod crustaceans.
(n.) An iron bar with projections inserted in a core to strengthen it; a core arbor.
(v. i.) To walk slowly and cautiously; to walk in a stealthy, noiseless manner; -- sometimes used with a reflexive pronoun.
(v. i.) To walk behind something as a screen, for the purpose of approaching game; to proceed under clover.
(v. i.) To walk with high and proud steps; usually implying the affectation of dignity, and indicating dislike. The word is used, however, especially by the poets, to express dignity of step.
(v. t.) To approach under cover of a screen, or by stealth, for the purpose of killing, as game.
(n.) A high, proud, stately step or walk.
Example Sentences:
(1) Regeneration and reorganization of the proximal cut end of the pituitary stalk is demonstrated in Ompok bimaculatus with the aid of in situ staining technique.
(2) Thus, the long stalks of Sk1 or phosphate-starved caulobacters are not merely a function of their longer doubling times.
(3) The mesenchyme surrounding the stalk stains positively for fibronectin.
(4) Do know how much stalking is too much stalking Seven pages into Google is too much.
(5) A rich network of fibers was observed in the median eminence coursing towards the pituitary stalk.
(6) ECF1 is separated from the membrane-embedded F0 by a narrow stalk approximately 40 A long and approximately 25-30 A thick.
(7) Hormone secretion was increased by electrical stimulation of the pituitary stalk at different frequencies.
(8) Furthermore, there were differences between anterior and posterior regions of both slime sheaths and stalk tubes.
(9) Five minutes from time a fat red shirt stalked past making the tosser sign and, for emphasis, yelling: "Fucking wankers!"
(10) Septal release slightly decreased during pituitary stalk stimulation, whereas it did increase during stimulation of the supraoptic region.
(11) It is hemispherical in shape and is located at the end of a 1.5 mm long eye stalk.
(12) Since such rats supposedly have a normal pigment distribution and a normal pattern of decussation at the optic chiasm, this finding appears to undermine the suggested role played by stalk melanin in establishing the laterality of retinal fibre projections in other mammalian species.
(13) As culmination proceeds, pstA cells transform into pstB cells by activating the ecmB gene as they enter the stalk tube.
(14) Other steps, such as the introduction of a national stalking helpline and national revenge pornography helpline have assisted victims.
(15) And we know once they leave, men will follow and stalk them.
(16) The ultrastructure of some aggregating microorganisms, including fungal hyphae and sheath-forming and stalked bacteria, was studied in detail, and several modes of aggregation were suggested.
(17) George, a loner who was said to have stalked and photographed hundreds of women, always maintained his innocence.
(18) • One in 10 women have been stalked by a previous partner.
(19) Police investigating the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University massacre, which left 33 dead, mainly students, blamed Cho, a fourth-year English student who lived on the campus, for earlier incidents ranging from stalking women to setting fire to a dormitory.
(20) The editor of the Spectator stalks the corridors reminding all and sundry that the national debt will have risen far faster and higher under Cameron than under Labour in 13 years.