(n.) The dead and putrefying body or flesh of an animal; flesh so corrupted as to be unfit for food.
(n.) A contemptible or worthless person; -- a term of reproach.
(a.) Of or pertaining to dead and putrefying carcasses; feeding on carrion.
Example Sentences:
(1) The number of methylation sites in alpha Bgt has been shown to decrease significantly upon binding of the toxin to the AcChR [Soler, G., Farach, M. C., Farach, H. A., Mattingly, J. R., & Martinez-Carrion, M. (1983) Arch.
(2) Poor operative technique, resulting in sepsis and extrusion, is threatening the reputation of the Small-Carrion penile prosthesis in some areas.
(3) The pK value for Lys-258 is as low as that for a group in the active site region which can perturb a 19F nuclear magnetic resonance probe inserted into that region (Martinez-Carrion, M., Slebe, J. C., Boettcher, B., and Relimpio, A. M. (1976) J. Biol.
(4) A., Richman, D., & Martinez-Carrion, M. (1984) Proc.
(5) The Small-Carrion prosthesis has been implanted successfully in 14 of 15 patients.
(6) Today erectile impotence is surgically best treated with the implantation of a Small-Carrion prosthesis through the infrapubic approach.
(7) The use of the Small-Carrion penile prosthesis in 160 patients is evaluated.
(8) Carrion-frequenting blow-flies (Chrysomyia albiceps and C. marginalis) were allowed 4 days of feeding on 32P-orthophosphate-labelled blood or an impala carcass (Aepyceros melampus) in the northern Kruger National Park, South Africa.
(9) Animals that rely upon the carrion of elk killed by wolves also suffered.
(10) The program requires, as input, the identity of arthropod taxa recovered from human remains in a death scene investigation and machine-readable data on carrion-associated arthropod taxa and their known successional patterns of activity for the same geographical area.
(11) Chemical modification of the Torpedo californica acetylcholine receptor (AcChR) by the fluorescent agent N-(1-pyrenyl)maleimide (PM) under nonreducing conditions resulted in the labeling of cysteine residues in all subunits and marked inhibition of the AcChR ion channel opening [Clarke, J. H., & Martinez-Carrion, M. (1986) J. Biol.
(12) Every day the news cycle throws up fresh carrion; some events suit one side better, which is a little galling for the other side, as this week's Conservative-gasm has demonstrated.
(13) In order to examine the impact of a penile prosthesis on the quality of life of the recipients, we mailed a questionnaire to all patients (N = 49) who received a semi-rigid (Small-Carrion) prosthesis at the Seattle VAMC from 1976 to 1981.
(14) Herein we report on our experience with the Small-Carrion penile prosthesis in 23 patients.
(15) Morphologically and developmentally this chromomycotic agent is closely related to Fonsecaea pedrosoi (Brumpt) Negroni and should be classified as Fonsecaes dermatitidis (Kano) Carrion.
(16) The insertion of two silicone rods into the penile corpora cavernosa (Small-Carrion penile prosthesis) is a considerable procedure for operative management of erectile impotence.
(17) However, of 849 carrion-associated insects and soil invertebrates collected from around decomposing rats, eggs of C. hepatica were found in only two species of beetles.
(18) We report 3 cases of fractured semirigid Small-Carrion and Finney penile prostheses.
(19) Seventy-six patients with impotence have undergone insertion of the Small-Carrion penile prosthesis at Duke University Medical Center.
(20) Bach polled 49 votes in the final round of voting, ahead of Carrion with 29, Ng with six, Oswald with five and Bubka with four.
Eagle
Definition:
(n.) Any large, rapacious bird of the Falcon family, esp. of the genera Aquila and Haliaeetus. The eagle is remarkable for strength, size, graceful figure, keenness of vision, and extraordinary flight. The most noted species are the golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetus); the imperial eagle of Europe (A. mogilnik / imperialis); the American bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus); the European sea eagle (H. albicilla); and the great harpy eagle (Thrasaetus harpyia). The figure of the eagle, as the king of birds, is commonly used as an heraldic emblem, and also for standards and emblematic devices. See Bald eagle, Harpy, and Golden eagle.
(n.) A gold coin of the United States, of the value of ten dollars.
(n.) A northern constellation, containing Altair, a star of the first magnitude. See Aquila.
(n.) The figure of an eagle borne as an emblem on the standard of the ancient Romans, or so used upon the seal or standard of any people.
Example Sentences:
(1) David Cameron was accused of revealing his ill-suppressed Bullingdon Club instincts when he shouted at the Labour frontbencher Angela Eagle to "calm down, dear" as she berated him for misleading MPs at prime minister's questions.
(2) October 27, 2013 7.27pm GMT Around the league And here’s how things look elsewhere, as we head into the fourth quarter: Cowboys 13-7 Lions Browns 17-20 Chiefs Dolphins 17-20 Patriots Bills 10-28 Saints Giants 15-0 Eagles 49ers 35-10 Jaguars 7.25pm GMT End of 3rd quarter: 49ers 35-10 Jaguars The quarter ends with the Jaguars facing a third-and-one at their own 32.
(3) It's been a busy free-agency period for the Eagles, with Michael Vick going to the New York Jets and Mark Sanchez moving in the opposite direction .
(4) 3.06am GMT The Eagles are just better The Eagles are up.
(5) The HNC, including paraventricular and supraoptic nuclei, was removed and maintained in Eagle's Minimal Essential Medium (pH 7.4) for 7 days at 37 degrees C in a 95% air 5% CO2 environment.
(6) 1.15am GMT It’s not all about quarterbacks In amongst all the talk about Brees and Foles, at least one Eagles player has been getting far too little attention coming into this game.
(7) Another potential cause of a blockage in the discussions was the future of Maria Eagle , the shadow defence secretary.
(8) The document underlines unrest within the shadow cabinet with a number of frontbench MPs listed in the fourth “core negative group” including Lucy Powell at education and Maria Eagle, who was moved from her role in defence to culture.
(9) Primary cultures from human dental pulp were produced in Leighton tubes in the compound nutritive medium of Eagle consisting of calf serum, ascorbic acid, penicillin and streptomycin.
(10) A series of cytotoxic oxygenated derivatives of oleic acid, 8-oxo-9, 9-oxo-10, 10-oxo-8-, and 11-oxo-9 trans octadecenoic acid, uniquely found at post-mortem in airway cells of cotton workers, were synthesized and shown to be cytotoxic, i.e., inhibitory of growth for several cell lines, including HL-60 and U-937 promyelocytes and Eagle's KB carcinoma cells.
(11) Maria Eagle said: "I think the fact that eight women have been elected shows that the parliamentary Labour party want a balance in terms of gender.
(13) The effect of incubating purified Leydig cells in Eagle's medium and the subsequent effect of the RNA synthesis inhibitors, actinomycin D and cordycepin, on lutropin-stimulated testosterone synthesis have been investigated.
(14) 'No doesn't really mean no': North Carolina law means women can't revoke consent for sex Read more The 13-year-old girl, named Savannah, spoke on 7 May in Eagle Mountain, Utah, during a once-a-month portion of Sunday services in which members are encouraged to share feelings and beliefs.
(15) Angela Eagle set to launch bid for Labour leadership Read more The documents make clear that Joe Ryle, an aide to McDonnell who until at least autumn 2014 was a press spokesman for the Green MEP Keith Taylor, helped put together the group.
(16) Adult squirrel monkey tissues were cultured in Eagle's minimum essential medium in the presence of 14C-labelled valine, threonine and leucine for 24 hours.
(17) During growth of Propionibacterium acnes on Eagles medium protoporphyrin was accumulated inside the cells and coproporphyrin, both as a free base as metalcontaining, outside the cells.
(18) They are Edwardian reconstructions of earlier (mainly goldsmiths’) signs, reappropriated by early 20th-century banks, though the signs of the black eagle and the black horse, which became the logos for Barclays and Lloyd’s, have vanished.
(19) But Rubio’s Pac, Reclaim America, hopes to benefit from wealthy individual donors including the Miami car dealer Norman Braman, the former owner of the Philadelphia Eagles, who is believed to have pledged at least $10m.
(20) The Cowboys had one last chance to beat the Eagles but Kyle Orton, doing his best Tony Romo impersonation, threw an interception to end Dallas hopes.