(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.
Scalpel
Definition:
(n.) A small knife with a thin, keen blade, -- used by surgeons, and in dissecting.
Example Sentences:
(1) Clute and Harrison took a scalpel to the flaws of the science fiction we loved, and we loved them for it.
(2) Significant differences between the LR2 and the LR6 were observed in the skin at 2 weeks (P less than .05) at all power settings used, indicating superiority of the smaller scalpel for use in skin incisions.
(3) The authors describe the use of a new contact argon laser scalpel designed specifically for hand-controlled cutting and hemostasis.
(4) The surgeon uses the scalpel rather than the prescription pad, but this fact is deceptive.
(5) After removing the bulk of tissue with the Shaw scalpel, the carbon dioxide laser and dermabrader are used to refine nasal contours.
(6) It was established that the plasma scalpel can be used effectively in hermetic closure of defects in the pulmonary tissue and cleansing of the pleural cavity and operative wound; for arresting diffuse bleeding from the walls of the pleural cavity, the plasma scalpel may be used only in combination with other methods of hemostasis.
(7) The results of the study bear evidence that the use of the thermo-acoustic contact solid-body laser scalpel makes it possible to increase the rate of cutting with minimal injury to the peripheral areas of the hepatic tissue, significantly increases the reliability of hemostasis, produces fine homogeneous coagulation for the whole length, and facilitates a favourable course of the reparative processes.
(8) An easy, rapid, and inexpensive technique for excision of syringomas from eyelids is outlined, using a fine needle as a skin hook and a #11 scalpel blade and leaving superficial wounds for secondary closure.
(9) The results of using the laser scalpel in surgery for echinococcosis of the liver in 68 patients are discussed.
(10) Wound contraction did occur but was less than is historically quoted for scalpel wounds.
(11) Cutaneous scalpel incisions were placed over the dorsum of three minipigs and were then closed by either the laser, sutures, or staples.
(12) Laser scalpel is also useful to extirpate the hemorrhagic tumor with hard consistency.
(13) The results were as follows: (1) The skin autograft takes were excellent following the plasma scalpel excisions, and they healed on essentially the same time scale as similar autografts following steel scalpel excisions, producing scars of similar sizes.
(14) A single digital angiosarcoma was excised by a carbon dioxide laser with small portions of this tumor excised by the scalpel and the high-frequency electrosurgical knife.
(15) An analysis of the article "Clinico-morphological estimation of regenerative processes of the stomach wound made by laser scalpel" by prof. A. I. Nechaĭ et al.
(16) Then she grabbed my hand, held it up for everyone to see, and paraded me around the office to show everyone my hilarious bleeding finger, which was now turning blue, and saying, "Typical student, can't even use a scalpel!"
(17) The incision edges from these two lasers were histologically smooth and comparable to a scalpel incision.
(18) We used a plasma scalpel to excise experimental full-thickness burns in 12 pigs, followed by immediate skin autografting.
(19) It was found that tumor resection using the laser scalpel and laser irradiation of the field after tumor resection were effective in preventing recurrence.
(20) The effectiveness of removing endothelium by rubbing it against filter paper or scraping it with a scalpel was demonstrated by scanning electron microscopy and en face examination after silver staining.