(a.) Of or pertaining to the Caucasus, a mountainous region between the Black and Caspian seas.
(a.) Of or pertaining to the white races of mankind, of whom the people about Mount Caucasus were formerly taken as the type.
(n.) A native or inhabitant of the Caucasus, esp. a Circassian or Georgian.
(n.) A member of any of the white races of mankind.
Example Sentences:
(1) It is suggested that the Japanese may have lower trabecular bone mineral density than Caucasians but may also have a lower threshold for fracture of the vertebrae.
(2) Odds ratios were computed by multiple logistic regression analysis and revealed no additional relationships; however, there were suggested dose-response gradients for height, weight at age 20, and body surface area in the Japanese women and for breast size in the Caucasian women.
(3) In a Caucasian woman with a history of ocular and pulmonary sarcoidosis, the occurrence of sclerosing peritonitis with exudative ascites but without any of the well-known causes of this syndrome prompts us to consider that sclerosing peritonitis is a manifestation of sarcoidosis.
(4) Analysis of HLA DRB1 and DQB1 Bam HI RFLPs revealed four DRB1 (4.8, 5.2, 6.0 and 7.0 kb) fragments and a 3.2 kb DQB1 fragment to be significantly increased in Caucasians with seropositive RA compared to healthy individuals.
(5) Late stage at diagnosis is common among Filipino and ethnic Hawaiian woman, and their risk of death is 1.5-1.7 times that of Caucasian, Chinese, and Japanese women with the disease, even after adjustment for age, extent of disease, and socio-economic status.
(6) We therefore developed a food frequency questionnaire and tested it against a 4-day weighed food record in 54 Caucasian women, between 29 and 72 years of age.
(7) The first individual is Oriental and carries Cw1 and Cw3 on the same haplotype, the other individuals are Caucasian and carry either Cw1, Cw3 or Cw1 and Cw3 on different haplotypes.
(8) Although complete data were not available, it appeared that the incidence of breast cancer is lower in this population of Hispanic women than in Caucasian women.
(9) It was also observed that the values obtained in the present study were lower than those for Caucasian children.
(10) An 8-year-old Caucasian male presented with two episodes of gross hematuria but was otherwise asymptomatic.
(11) Approximately 450 respondents over the age of 15 years were investigated in each of the following: a tribal Xhosa community in Transkei; a rural Tswana community in the northwestern Transvaal; an urban Negro population in Johannesburg; and a Caucasian community in the same city.
(12) The actuarial survival at 2 years after grafting of Blacks, Hispanics and Asians was compared with that of Caucasians transplanted between 1971 and 1985 for aplastic anaemia, acute non-lymphocytic leukaemia and acute lymphoblastic leukaemia.
(13) Since immunological and hereditary factors may be important in chronic pancreatitis, histocompatibility antigens of classes I and II were studied in 50 British Caucasian patients, after exclusion of insulin-dependent diabetics for whom HLA associations are recognised.
(14) No study until now has examined the impact of the physical and psychological condition on voter turnout among elderly African Americans and Caucasians.
(15) The low values for triceps skinfold thickness are probably due to differences in the distribution of subcutaneous fat at different sites in the body as found between caucasian and non-caucasian population groups.
(16) Some of our results were different from the Caucasian both on the allele frequencies and the restriction fragment length.
(17) The variant promoter was not present in 35 Caucasian NIDDM patients or in 40 Pima Indians.
(18) alpha-Interferon has been shown to be the most promising antiviral agent in the treatment of chronic hepatitis B virus infection in Caucasian patients.
(19) The hypothesis that the index, body height2 divided by resistance (RI), can accurately predict fat-free body mass (FFB) and percent fat (%FAT) in children was tested on 94 caucasian children 10-14 yr old.
(20) Ours is the first population based study of its kind in Asian children, and challenges the view that there is a large difference in the prevalence of IDDM between Asians and White Caucasians.
Hoosier
Definition:
(n.) A nickname given to an inhabitant of the State of Indiana.
Example Sentences:
(1) The symbolism and the politics of the law are far more troubling and far more toxic than the actual substance of what the law will do itself.” That symbolism compelled store owners in Indianapolis to put up signs that say: “Instead of hate, we proudly serve everyone,” “This Hoosier still opposes the anti-LGBT license to discriminate,” and “Open for service!
(2) Further, in a vain attempt for a boost in the Hoosier State, Cruz unveiled former rival Carly Fiorina as his running mate if he receives the nomination and was able to cajole the state’s sitting governor, Mike Pence, into an endorsement.
(3) On the face of it, the Hoosiers don't seem like victims of the music industry's implosion: the London-based band were given the full-on major label push in 2007, and sold a million records.
(4) The Hoosier Oncology Group evaluated cimetidine in 42 patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma.
(5) Assuming luck runs their way, the radio plugger can keep the playlisters onside, and social media reminds old fans of the band's existence, the Hoosiers might be able to keep their career afloat.
(6) 'T hings seem so obvious now," says Irwin Sparkes, the singer and guitarist of the Hoosiers, "but back at the beginning we thought we just needed to be this really solid live band, and have a following.
(7) The hospitality and character of Hoosiers are synonymous with everything that is good about America,” Pence said.
(8) Although their first single, Worried About Ray, was a hit in 2007, the Hoosiers had spent a decade achieving their overnight success.
(9) From December 1987 through April 1989, 40 patients with extensive-stage small cell carcinoma of the lung were enrolled in a Hoosier Oncology Group (HOG) trial using etoposide, ifosfamide, and cisplatin (VIP).
(10) This is not just a gay issue, this is a Hoosier issue,” said city councilman Zach Adamson, the first openly gay elected councilman in Indianapolis .
(11) The Hoosier Oncology Group (HOG) is composed of community medical and radiation oncologists (85%) and Indiana University faculty members (15%).
(12) Though her plan expanded Medicaid to nearly 400,000 Hoosiers, she has argued that new recipients are “ able-bodied ” enough to not need “the same set of policy protections” as the “aged, blind, or disabled”.
(13) Between August 1984 and November 1989, the Hoosier Oncology Group conducted a Phase III study comparing cyclophosphamide (CTX) with cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, and methotrexate (CAM) in patients with hormone-refractory metastatic prostatic cancer to determine whether the addition of doxorubicin and methotrexate to the cyclophosphamide regimen conferred any survival advantage.
(14) Earlier this year, the Hoosiers told Film&Music how pleased they had been at first when their comeback single, after two years away, reached No 11 in the charts.
(15) I think it’s very destructive to the fabric of this country.” A day after Bush’s original statement, Pence held an awkward, 35-minute news conference in which he decried “the smear that’s been leveled against this law and the people of Indiana”, which he said was “deeply offensive to me as a Hoosier”.
(16) In the counterintuitive world of the 21st-century record business, such seeming illogic is becoming a new norm – especially for bands, such as the Hoosiers, who were not signed on so-called "360-degree" deals, and who therefore keep their income from touring, merchandising and songwriting rather than paying a proportion of it to the label.
(17) And our efforts over many years to retool our economy, to attract talented workers and thriving businesses, and to improve the quality of life for millions of Hoosiers”.
(18) A Hoosier Oncology Group (HOG) study will evaluate this three-drug regimen v cisplatin plus etoposide, and this protocol will establish or refute the value of ifosfamide as first-line therapy in extensive SCLC.
(19) Interest in the Hoosiers within the company began to flag.
(20) Fifty-one patients with advanced non-small-cell lung cancer were treated on a Hoosier Oncology Group protocol with an aggressive, high-dose cisplatin combination chemotherapy regimen.