(n.) An animal of various species of the genera Felis and Lynx. The domestic cat is Felis domestica. The European wild cat (Felis catus) is much larger than the domestic cat. In the United States the name wild cat is commonly applied to the bay lynx (Lynx rufus) See Wild cat, and Tiger cat.
(n.) A strong vessel with a narrow stern, projecting quarters, and deep waist. It is employed in the coal and timber trade.
(n.) A strong tackle used to draw an anchor up to the cathead of a ship.
(n.) A double tripod (for holding a plate, etc.), having six feet, of which three rest on the ground, in whatever position in is placed.
(n.) An old game; (a) The game of tipcat and the implement with which it is played. See Tipcat. (c) A game of ball, called, according to the number of batters, one old cat, two old cat, etc.
(n.) A cat o' nine tails. See below.
(v. t.) To bring to the cathead; as, to cat an anchor. See Anchor.
Example Sentences:
(1) Cantact placing reaction times were measured in cats which were either restrained in a hammock or supported in a conventional way.
(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) Oral administration in domestic cats causes malignant hepatomas and tumors of the esophagus and kidney.
(4) Midsagittal or parasagittal pontomedullary brainstem incisions were performed in 4 cats.
(5) This unusual insertion could affect the interaction of cat CD4 with class II molecules, or with FIV, a feline homolog of HIV.
(6) We found that, although controlled release delivery of ddC inhibited de novo FeLV-FAIDS replication and delayed onset of viremia when therapy was discontinued (after 3 weeks), an equivalent incidence and level of viremia were established rapidly in both ddC-treated and control cats.
(7) Two lectins, wheat germ agglutinin (WGA) and peanut agglutinin (PNA), were used to compare domains within the interphotoreceptor matrices (IPM) of the cat and monkey, two species where the morphological relationship between the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) and photoreceptors is distinctly different.
(8) In Group B, at 1, 2, 4, 9 and 12 months post infection two cats were necropsied.
(9) Additionally, cats excreted the taurine conjugate of hydratropic acid.
(10) It is clear that before general release of a new living feline infectious enteritis vaccine, there must be satisfactory evidence that concurrent infection will not affect the safety of the modified antigen.In cats infected with feline infectious enteritis there appears to be a short period, coinciding with the onset of leucopaenia, during which they are highly infectious.
(11) Electron microscopic observations of the masseter nerve in the aged cats revealed a disruption of the myelin sheaths and a pronounced increase in collagen fibers in the endoneurium and perineurium.
(12) The calcium entry blocker nimodipine was administered to cats following resuscitation from 18 min of cardiac arrest to evaluate its effect on neurologic and neuropathologic outcome in a clinically relevant model of complete cerebral ischemia.
(13) A microdissection of the orbital nerves of the cat was made paying particular attention to the accessory ciliary ganglion.
(14) In cat, DARPP-32-immunoreactive cell bodies identified as Müller cells were demonstrated in the inner nuclear layer (INL) with processes closely surrounding the cell soma of photoreceptors in the outer nuclear layer.
(15) Moreover, 8 of 10 cats in the 10% HAES group showed extravasation of red cells.
(16) In the anesthetized cat, the posterior canal nerve (PCN) was stimulated by electric pulses and synaptic responses were recorded intracellularly in the three antagonistic pairs of extraocular motoneurons.
(17) Pharmacokinetics of 3H-dihydrodigoxin and 3H-digoxin after single intravenous and intraduodenal administration in cats are compared.
(18) This documents the inhibitory role which lithium can play in several examples of animal aggressive behavior including pain-elicited aggression, mouse killing in rats, isolation-induced aggression in mice, p-chlorophenylalanine-induced aggression in rats, and hypothalamically induced aggression in cats.
(19) When PCR products in each of the 12 cats were subjected to a second amplification using the same primer pair (two-step amplification: double PCR), FIV proviral DNA was detected in all of the cats.
(20) Staphylococcus aureus was isolated from 9 dogs and 4 cats, and staphylococcus epidermidis from 7 dogs and 5 cats.
Cavern
Definition:
(n.) A large, deep, hollow place in the earth; a large cave.
Example Sentences:
(1) The horizontal portion of the intracavernous ICA as well as the whole aspect of the aneurysm could be exposed as a result of the extended opening of the cavernous roof anterior to the posterior clinoid process.
(2) This lesion was almost completely removed and was diagnosed as cavernous hemangioma.
(3) The authors discuss the problems of emergency treatment of cavernous hemangiomas of the liver.
(4) Direct visualization of the intercavernous sinuses on contrast-enhanced MR images may serve as an ancillary sign for the diagnosis of carotid-cavernous or carotid-dural fistulas near the sella.
(5) Direct surgical exposure of the cervical or cavernous internal carotid artery (ICA) was necessary in the remaining 3 patients, who had undergone unsuccessful surgical trapping.
(6) Other angiographic procedures also revealed marked hepatopetal collaterals (cavernous transformation) entering the liver through the hilum.
(7) The cavernous sinus is often involved pathologically, which can cause ocular motor nerve palsies with or without facial sensory disturbances.
(8) On the basis of previous reports, in which specific measurements of the cavernous portions of the internal carotid arteries are given, the authors believe that this case is unique.
(9) Neither adventitia nor nerve fibers were found in the cavernous hemangioma.
(10) Pharmaco-Doppler sonography includes the evaluation of blood-flow velocities within the dorsal and deep cavernous arteries of the penis before and after intracavernous application of a vasoactive drug.
(11) Cavernous hemangiomas of the brain stem are usually discovered accidentally during evacuation of a hematoma, and successful surgical treatment of these lesions is seldom achieved.
(12) In the first case, a great number of cavernous blood vessels has been found and this, according to the authors, may support the idea that the tumour aroses within the benign hemangioma.
(13) This appearance, similar in all respects to that seen with cavernous hemangioma of liver, is rarely reported in the literature.
(14) We studied a family in which the proband had an acute chiasmal syndrome secondary to a cavernous angioma of the optic nerve and chiasm.
(15) Eleven of 15 patients had middle cranial fossa involvement; cavernous sinus extension was observed in six patients.
(16) Based on findings for 30 patients, the authors assess the value of CT scans for the diagnosis of cavernous hemangiomas of the liver.
(17) Stenosis of cavernous portion of internal carotid artery due to tumoral involvement was also noted.
(18) The case is reported of a giant intracranial internal carotid artery aneurysm associated with a carotid-cavernous fistula following a closed head injury.
(19) The cavernous studio will play host to a half-sized football pitch, where pundits will demonstrate what players did or didn't do correctly and there are other technological innovations planned that marry broadband interactivity with live coverage.
(20) A case of thrombasthenia (Glanzmann) associated with an intracerebral cavernous angioma in a 32-year-old woman is reported.