(n.) The larva of a caddice fly. These larvae generally live in cylindrical cases, open at each end, and covered externally with pieces of broken shells, gravel, bits of wood, etc. They are a favorite bait with anglers. Called also caddice worm, or caddis worm.
(n.) A kind of worsted lace or ribbon.
Example Sentences:
(1) These studies suggest the possibility that patients sensitized by exposure to caddis fly antigens could develop allergic reactions during their first exposure to shellfish or to their first bee sting.
(2) IgE antibodies to cross-reacting allergens in caddis flies, mussels, oysters, shrimps, crabs, honeybee, and yellow jacket venoms were determined by RAST, RAST inhibition, and immunoblot studies with sera from three different sources: (1) sera of patients with well-defined inhalant atopy to caddis fly, (2) sera with IgE anti-CCD antibodies from subjects without known exposure to caddis fly, and (3) hyperimmune antisera with IgG anti-CCD antibodies raised as a result of immunization of rabbits with grass-pollen extract, buckwheat glycoprotein, or with honeybee venom.
(3) Among the observed deviations from a central pair of tubules are a 9 + 0 tubule pattern in the sperm of three species of mayflies, a 9 + 1 tubule pattern in the sperm of two species of mosquitoes, and 9 + 7 tubules in sperm of two species of caddis flies.
(4) Birmingham came perilously close to suffering relegation from the Championship last season, when Paul Caddis scored an injury-time equaliser on the final day to keep them up on goal difference.
(5) These results suggested that these insects, chironomid, caddis fly, and silkworm moth, are relatively common than we expected and suspected as important allergens in nasal allergy.
(6) It is there also in his script for Meatballs, set in a summer camp, and in Caddyshack, Ramis's directorial debut, about assorted misfits (a dissatisfied pro, a go-getting young caddy, a deranged groundsman) at a private golf club.
(7) Nutrients are not supplied to the caddis embryos by the host starfish.
(8) While even 4 (8.3%) of 48 asymptomatic group showed positive reactions to chironomid, 2 (4.8%) to caddis fly, and 6 (12.5%) to silkworm moth.
(9) Seven commercially manufactured bacteriological transport systems, including Culturette, Trans-Cul (with Stuart and Amies), Handiswab, Securline (with Amies and Amies without charcoal) and Culture Caddy, were evaluated to determine whether these systems were capable of maintaining the viability and constant numbers of mixtures of hardy, fastidious and anaerobic organisms over 72 hours at 25C and 4C.
(10) We investigated the possibility that subjects with IgE antibodies to an inhalant insect allergen, such as caddis fly, might also have antibodies to cross-reacting carbohydrate determinants (CCDs).
(11) Sera from groups 2 and 3 reacted with Sepharose-coupled caddis fly extract in a RAST-type assay and elicited virtually identical patterns on immunoblots of caddis fly extract separated on sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, whereas the sera from group 1 atopic patients did not react with CCD-rich material.
(12) We performed intradermal skin tests with extracts from three insects, chironomid, caddis fly, and silkworm moth, on patients with nasal allergy and on volunteers among medical students.
(13) Julian Caddy, a former Edinburgh venue producer who now directs the Brighton festival, argues that the Scottish capital's drawing power is "waning" because of the aggressive use of the "muscle of the larger venues", which charge performers to appear and impose high ticket prices on audiences.
(14) He has had access to Pete Cowan for coaching advice at home, moreover, and it was that link which provided him with his caddie for the week, Lorne Duncan, who has more than 30 years' experience on the European Tour.
(15) As he hugged and high-fived his caddie, Steve Williams, there would be an inevitable glance towards history; and back to Cabrera's position in the middle of the fairway.
(16) This mode of oviposition offers protection to the caddis embryos in the intertidal habitat.
(17) Wake In Fright was the first movie to feature Jack Thompson, one of the banner faces of the coming new wave in movies such as Caddie and Sunday Too Far Away.
(18) Cercariae encyst in the amphipod, Hyalella azteca; stonefly nymphs of the genus Arcynopteryx; mayfly nymphs of the genera Heptagenia and Paraleptophlebia; chironomid larvae of the genera Chironomus, Polypedilum, Phaenopsectra, Ablabesmyia, and Psectrocladius and caddis larvae of the genera Brachycentrus, Limnephilus, and Hydropsyche.
(19) Wales level from the spot after Cathcart gives Northern Ireland the edge Read more The midfielder Kenny McLean started for the first time and Ikechi Anya’s goal after 10 minutes was enough to secure the win, while the forward Tony Watt and the defender Paul Caddis came on late in the game to make their debuts.
(20) In some areas, bins that normally retail at £40 are being offered for as little as £12 – and some councils even throw in a free kitchen caddy for your food waste.
Cylindrical
Definition:
(a.) Having the form of a cylinder, or of a section of its convex surface; partaking of the properties of the cylinder.
Example Sentences:
(1) As a consequence of deformation from spherical-to-cylindrical shape in the microvasculature, demands for increased surface membrane area leads to increases in surface membrane tension above critical levels for rupture, and the cancer cells are rapidly and lethally damaged.
(2) Typical features associated with infection by either CaMV or TuMV normally occurred in the cytoplasm of cells of both tissues: two types of viroplasms with embedded CaMV particles and cylindrical inclusions induced by TuMV.
(3) Flat surfaces could be machined on the originally cylindrical surface to reduce the severity of these aberrations.
(4) Studies in human postmortem atheromatous arteries and in animal models in vivo indicate that laser balloon angioplasty, by creating a lumen that approximates the size and smooth cylindrical shape of the balloon, should be effective in the treatment of important causes of restenosis.
(5) It is shown that during fasting, especially by the 48th hour, there takes place a significant activation of lysosomal enzymes both in the liver and in the small intestine (in the cells of the cylindrical epithelium).
(6) Whereas all extant vertical clingers and leapers share certain femoral traits (i.e., long femur, proximally restricted trochanters, ventrally raised patellar articular surface), Galagidae and Tarsiidae share features of the proximal femur (i.e., cylindrical head, large posterior expansion of articular surface onto the neck) that clearly distinguish them from the specialized leapers of the Malagasy Republic (Indriidae and Lepilemur).
(7) The lattice reinforces the cylindrical shape of the cell and permits limited changes in length.
(8) In this paper, the three rotational axes are shown to be skewed and off-set from each other, therefore, a three-cylindric open chain with skewed joint axes is proposed to measure the six displacements between the two reference frames.
(9) Intact rats and rats bearing lesions of the suprachiasmatic nuclei (SCNX rats) were trained to obtain food by pressing either of two levers located on opposite sides of a cylindrical cage.
(10) For training, head restrained animals were oscillated on a turntable in front of an optokinetic pattern projected onto a cylindrical wall.
(11) Another candidate is a 166m cylindrical tower that was constructed in the 1970s in Zamalek, Cairo’s elite island, but has remained empty since.
(12) The monoclonal antibody 3B6 stain thus forms a cylindrical structure centred on the endplate.
(13) As suggested from the high level of sequence similarity of these viral proteins with the recently described superfamilies of helicase-like proteins (3-5), the NTBM-containing cylindrical inclusion (CI) protein from plum pox virus (PPV), which belongs to the potyvirus group of positive strand RNA viruses, is shown to be able to unwind RNA duplexes.
(14) We have compared SR of particles determined by this method with SR measured in a cylindrical tube of the same geometry as the ultrasonic measurement cell and with theoretical values of the sedimentation rate given by theoretical models.
(15) A model that treats the capillary wall as a barrier containing uniform cylindrical pores, and permeating solutes as hard spheres, is shown to be successful in describing the size-selectivity of the glomerulus.
(16) By electron microscopical investigations of the cylindrical epithelium of the human cervix uteri we could show that in ciliar cells a regeneration of ciliars is possible.
(17) Experience with the cylindrical mode suggests that this 3-D format, particularly when the reconstructed vascular segment is hemisected, is optimally suited for those cases in which direct inspection of luminal topography is of special interest.
(18) Its size (approximately 30 x 50 nm) and distinct cylindrical shape permit easy visualization in the SEM and TEM.
(19) In the absence of ether, tube restraint (confinement in a cylindrical acrylic tube) increased alpha MSH secretion and decreased intermediate lobe DOPAC concentrations, whereas ether in the absence of physical restraint had no effect.
(20) Type IVa choledochal cysts with cylindrical dilatation of the intrahepatic ducts constitute a relatively less recognized variety of choledochal cysts, and differ from cystic dilatation of intrahepatic ducts in their clinical manifestations and response to treatment.