(a.) Of or pertaining to the family Canidae, or dogs and wolves; having the nature or qualities of a dog; like that or those of a dog.
(a.) Of or pertaining to the pointed tooth on each side the incisors.
(n.) A canine tooth.
Example Sentences:
(1) Using monoclonal antibodies directed against the plasma membrane of Madin-Darby canine kidney (MDCK) cells, we demonstrated previously that a glycoprotein with an Mr = 23,000 (gp23) had a non-polarized cell surface distribution and was observed on both the apical and basolateral membranes (Ojakian, G. K., Romain, R. E., and Herz, R. E. (1987) Am.
(2) The oral nerve endings of the palate, the buccal mucosa and the periodontal ligament of the cat canine were characterized by the presence of a cellular envelope which is the final form of the Henle sheath.
(3) Fifty-two pairs of canine femora were tested to failure in four-point bending.
(4) The canine system allows quantitative separation of native heme containing alpha and beta chains which recombine to for tetrameric hemoglobin with normal functional properties (n = 2.17).
(5) The shock resulting from acute canine babesiosis is best viewed as anemic shock.
(6) Of 3,837 canine neoplasms from case records at Kansas State University, only 4 were of carotid body tumors.
(7) In only two of the killed and four of the hospitalized persons, reports of intact canine teeth as demonstrated by the typical lesions were available.
(8) The potential use of ancrod, a purified isolate from the venom of the Malaysian pit viper, Agkistrodon rhodostoma, in decreasing the frequency of cyclic flow variations in severely stenosed canine coronary arteries and causing thrombolysis of an acute coronary thrombus induced by a copper coil was evaluated.
(9) An in vitro, eccentric arterial stenosis model was created using 15 canine carotid arteries cannulated with silicone plugs containing special pressure-transducing catheters designed to measure pressure directly, within the stenosis.
(10) The fluorescent immunoassay offered several advantages over currently used methods for determining levels of canine haptoglobin in serum.
(11) The purpose of this study was to determine if aspirin, in doses that elevate plasma salicylate concentrations to values reported in patients with salicylate-induced pulmonary edema, produce pulmonary vasoconstriction in a canine, isolated perfused left lower lung lobe (LLL) preparation.
(12) A novel stimulant of gastric acid secretion was extracted and purified from the non-antral gastric mucosa of the canine stomach and some of its biological properties were examined.
(13) When the MD rule was used, the magnitude of the DFT gave the best performance for both canine and human samples.
(14) Formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded tissue samples of canine amelanotic melanomas and normal canine tissues were studied immunohistochemically for the presence of S100 protein.
(15) In 12 anaesthetized mongrel dogs, a canine stroke model was produced by occluding the left internal carotid and middle cerebral arteries with aneurysm clips.
(16) Blood flow changes in the dental pulp of lower canine teeth of mature cats and incisors of mature rats were investigated with simultaneous laser Doppler flowmetry and local 125I-clearance (wash-out) during electrical sympathetic stimulation, efferent stimulation of n. alveolaris inferior (IAN) (cats) and i.a.
(17) Following orthodontic treatment the canine's incisal edge occlusion demonstrates the tip and torque present in the appliance that was used.
(18) A technique of diversion of the gastroduodenal vein in a canine model is described to compare long-term metabolic effects of systemic versus portal pancreatic endocrine drainage.
(19) Large doses of dsFab are efficacious in the treatment of dysrhythmias in this canine model of N oleander cardiac glycoside poisoning.
(20) These cases suggest that the role of R. sanguineus in the transmission of the etiologic agent of canine ehrlichiosis and other pathogenic organisms to humans may be underestimated and warrants investigation.
Jackal
Definition:
(n.) Any one of several species of carnivorous animals inhabiting Africa and Asia, related to the dog and wolf. They are cowardly, nocturnal, and gregarious. They feed largely on carrion, and are noted for their piercing and dismal howling.
(n.) One who does mean work for another's advantage, as jackals were once thought to kill game which lions appropriated.
Example Sentences:
(1) The jackal (Canis adustus) was the predominate wildlife species involved (69%) and played a role in the epidemiology of bovine rabies in remote farm areas.
(2) Seven helminth species from jackals, three species from dogs, four species from cats and four species from badgers are reported for the first time in Iran.
(3) Rendered in these cool, clean strokes, with efficiency and noninvolvement as the hallmarks of the type, The Day Of The Jackal's decision to tell the viewer nothing substantive about its assassin's personality, inner life, or convictions, was a virtual invitation to other film-makers and writers to fill in the gaps, to search for unexpected dramatic and comic possibilities in the unexamined background of the hitman archetype and to make hay with all their potential.
(4) He could be the jackal-headed Anubis, Egyptian god of embalming, down on his luck.
(5) In a village in Upper Egypt, 21 persons were bitten by a rabid jackal.
(6) Nineteen street rabies virus strains, isolated in Egypt from humans (two), dogs (nine), cats (two), farm animals (two), gerbils (three), and a jackal were antigenically analyzed.
(7) In two jackals caught in the Kzyl-Orda region one species of coccidians of the genus Isospors was found.
(8) Carlos the Jackal used PETN in 1983 to attack the Maison de France, the French cultural centre in Berlin.
(9) Canine ehrlichiosis was successfully transmitted from the domestic dog to three Wild Dogs Lycaon pictus and three Black-backed Jackals Canis mesomelas.
(10) The relationships between mandibular and dental measurements were investigated in a sample of 60 adult domestic dogs, 17 black-backed jackals Canis mesomelas, 18 side-striped jackals C. adustus and 16 Cape foxes Vulpes chama.
(11) The family Canidae serologically may be divided into two main groups: 1) the genus Canis which includes the wolf, domestic dog, dingo, jackal and 2) species which significantly differ from the former (the fox, polar fox, dog fox, fennec).
(12) And I would lie down, knowing there was a jackal hovering right above, ready to swoop down and kill us.
(13) I started having this recurring dream that there was a hovering, insect-like jackal in my bedroom.
(14) Canine transmissible venereal sarcoma (CTVS) is a contagious neoplasm of dogs that can be transplanted with intact viable cells across major histocompatibility (MHC) barriers among dogs and even other Canine such as foxes, coyotes, and jackals.
(15) The Campbells have always believed their father was murdered by one of the most notorious loyalist paramilitary killers of the Troubles – Robin "The Jackal" Jackson .
(16) None was found in sera from hyaena and jackals in this series but had been detected earlier.
(17) Eighty four per cent of golden jackals, 30 per cent of red foxes and nine per dent of dogs were found to be infected.
(18) First, mtDNA sequence divergence within several contiguous black-backed jackal populations is large (8.0%).
(19) The Jackal wasn't by any means the first contract killer on the screen.
(20) One well-placed source in Moscow described RCB as the “private pocket” for top government people – the “golden jackals around Shere Khan [Putin]”, as he put it.