(n.) A cup or bowl; especially, the cup used in the sacrament of the Lord's Supper.
Example Sentences:
(1) So it’s a huge pressure.” As with managing England, a posting to Newcastle has long been regarded as one of football’s prime poisoned chalices.
(2) Read more By not doing so, the theory is, and by bequeathing the responsibility to whoever succeeds him, Cameron has handed the next prime minister a poisoned chalice.
(3) Nerve chalices of type I vestibular hair cells contained SP and GAD, but not consistently.
(4) Later in the conversation, Morsi expresses surprise that Sisi plans to run for the presidency, which is seen by many as a poisoned chalice.
(5) Is "The Chalice" actually the Copenhagen Police Headquarters, affectionately referred to by its denizens as "The Chalice" (could this be "The Chalice"?)
(6) So Rock is to take another sip of the poisoned chalice.
(7) Many feared this was a poisoned chalice but it proved not to be the case and social workers played a significant part in managing residential care until the bureaucracy of case management took over.
(8) Whether hair cell degeneration can best be explained on this basis (indirect atoxyl effect) or by a direct action of atoxyl on the hair cells and the nerve chalices of type I hair cells is discussed.
(9) The nerve chalice as it settles into place breaks this contact and simultaneously a synapse is created between the efferent endings and the afferent chalice.
(10) The presence of synapsin I in sensory endings such as the afferent nerve chalices was unexpected and is under investigation.
(11) Marc Ostwald of Monument Securities: While the debacle on Capitol Hill will remain up front and central to markets, there is the added bonus of digesting Yellen's nomination as the next Fed Chairman ( 'are you really sure that you want this poisoned chalice, Janet?'
(12) Images of the chalice form of the enzyme were computer-averaged by the method of single particle averaging.
(13) The following pertinent observations are reported: (1) the formation of stereocilia begins prior to the 15th day and continues to approximately the 18th day, (2) the formation of the stereocilia suggests a mechanism of gradual transformation of existing cell surface microvilli, (3) the onset of the genesis of stereocilia precedes neuronal contact and cuticular plate formation, (4) stereocilia rootlets are forming before cuticular plate formation, (5) utricular sensory hair cells have undergone significant ultrastructural differentiation prior to the development of synaptic contacts, and (6) nerve chalice formation of type 1 sensory cells begins on the 18th day and is still incomplete at birth.
(14) While Khamanei has said Tehran won’t renege as long as Washington doesn’t, both those who accepted the deal as a positive step and those who did so reluctantly as a ‘poisoned chalice’ are losing enthusiasm.
(15) In the months before the agreement, many hardliners warned that moderates were forcing Khamenei to drink from the “poisoned chalice”.
(16) Taking on a stately home can prove a poisoned chalice for those who lack the necessary enthusiasm, discipline and, above all, bank credit.
(17) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Craig always knew the Bond role could prove a poisoned chalice.
(18) We found 70 patients with urinary tract malformations, the most frequent of which was pyelo-chaliceal dilatation, accounting for 47.1% of all the malformations found.
(19) The nerve chalices of type I hair cells disintegrated.
(20) The noise coming from the footballing authorities has been confusing and guessing the name of the person who will inherit this poisoned chalice from Scolari has never been this difficult – especially because Scolari used to be the name everybody would throw into the ring ever since he won the World Cup with Brazil in 2002.
Goblet
Definition:
(n.) A kind of cup or drinking vessel having a foot or standard, but without a handle.
Example Sentences:
(1) Immunoreactivity was observed in the sub-nuclear region of foveolar cells, with specialized gland and goblet cells in atrophic gastritis being negative.
(2) On dissected mucosa stained by the PAS-alcian blue whole-mount method the density and distribution of goblet cells in various parts of the middle ear was determined in 13 children, ranging in age from 9 days to 14 years.
(3) Goblet cells and mucin production appeared only on the 20th-21st day of gestation.
(4) Acidic mucus containing goblet cells have been revealed using Alcian blue staining when added to the PAS stained cells in conditions that have previously been shown to have reduced goblet cell population when assessed by PAS-haematoxylin staining.
(5) For ciliated cells and goblet cells no special characteristical distribution was noticed.
(6) These findings suggest that a marked increase in goblet cells of the airways is a feature characteristic of patients with BA who die of a severe acute attack.
(7) Previous statements that the density of goblet cells is increased in nasal allergy could not be confirmed quantitatively, but investigation of larger materials is called for before any conclusions may be drawn.
(8) Focal goblet cell metaplasia was seen in six specimens (27%), but in two of the six (33%), it was not in the carcinogenic segment.
(9) Four principal, terminally differentiated cell types populate the monolayer, enterocytes, goblet cells, Paneth cells, and enteroendocrine cells.
(10) In the adult period, alpha-L-fucose residues, detected by UEA-I, were localized in the glycoproteins contained in goblet cells and periciliary layer of the rat airway epithelium.
(11) The ileal mucosa adjacent to the neoplasm had morphologic features of large-bowel mucosa and was richly populated by sulfomucin-containing goblet cells, which are characteristic of large-bowel mucosa.
(12) This demonstrates that in intestinal goblet cells (i) the trans-tubular network does not constitute a compartment distinct from trans cisternae, and (ii) structures corresponding to GERL are structurally and functionally part of the Golgi apparatus.
(13) Anti-HCM MAbs stained goblet cells from other sites within the gastrointestinal tract to a varying extent.
(14) The binding of 5 lectins (wheat germ, Dolichos bifluros, peanut, soybean, and Ulex europeus) was found to be independent of the stage of differentiation; "pre-differentiated" columnar cells which had prominent microvilli and no or few mucous secretory granules had identical staining patterns as well-differentiated goblet cells with large numbers of secretory granules.
(15) The cystic duct and neck of the gallbladder occasionally displayed goblet cells.
(16) Soluble A-substances were present in mucus secretory granules of intestinal goblet cells and those of stomach and gall bladder mucous cells.
(17) Goblet cells in the proximal colon of infected animals seemed to respond as those in the distal small intestine.
(18) The adjacent conjunctiva appeared normal except for a possible slight decrease in goblet cells.
(19) In positive cases, estradiol localization was recognized in the epithelial cell of mucinous tumors to various degrees, but there was no estradiol localization in admixed goblet like cells.
(20) The percentage of goblet cells in the total cell population decreased from proximal to distal major airways, with the lowest percentage being seen in the infant with established BPD.