(n.) A monster represented as vomiting flames, and as having the head of a lion, the body of a goat, and the tail of a dragon.
(n.) A vain, foolish, or incongruous fancy, or creature of the imagination; as, the chimera of an author.
Example Sentences:
(1) The other chimeras accumulated in the plasma membrane, and truncated LEP100 was secreted.
(2) The bone marrow derivation of dThy-1+EC is now well established: dThy-1+EC carry Ly-5 determinants whose expression is restricted to cells of the hemopoietic differentiation pathway, and studies using Thy-1-disparate radiation bone marrow chimeras have revealed the presence of donor-type Thy-1+ cells within the epidermis; by immunoelectron microscopy, these cells represent dThy-1+EC.
(3) Complex I (19S) consists of gRNA, TUTase, RNA ligase and chimera-forming activity.
(4) Direct immunofluorescence tests for chicken IgG were positive in spinal cords of most SS chimeras but only of some LS chimeras.
(5) Tests on five different blood chimeras showed the T- and B-lymphocyte chimerism to be the same.
(6) The peak of GvH foci response occurred near the end of the 1st week when 70% of 950 R-RSp chimera spleens examined contained an average of 18 to 21 foci per spleen.
(7) In control chimeras, the mean ratio of the unlabeled cells:total chimera cell number (henceforth referred to as "mean ratio") was 0.50 with little or no weekly variation over the 9-week experimental period.
(8) Purified parental strain T cells prepared from unprimed chimeras were exposed to sheep erythrocytes in heavily irradiated mice of each of the two parental strains and recovered from thoracic duct lymph of the recipients at either day 1 or day 5 posttransfer.
(9) The quail-chick chimera method was used to examine whether neural crest cells were associated with the formation of semilunar valves.
(10) For this chimera, no residual [125I] hCG binding was observed in a range of 2 pM to 10 nM.
(11) All the bone marrow chimeras as well as allophenic mice with less than 20% Fv-2ss red cells failed to develop any of the symptoms of Friend disease after infection with the polycythemic strain of Friend virus.
(12) All surviving mice were complete donor-type chimeras.
(13) Highly increased survival was obtained for [B6 lpr----B6 nu, lpr] chimeras, but not for [B6+----B6 nu, lpr] and [B6 nu----B6 nu, lpr] chimeras.
(14) In chimeras the skin grafts of both parental types survive.
(15) The affinities of the anti-chimera antibodies for the B cell epitope were assessed by a fluid-phase double-isotope radioimmunoassay.
(16) The role of stimulated T cells in the induction of B mitoses was shown by (a) the incapacity of T-depleted spleen cells to be stimulated by PHA or in primary or secondary MLC, and (b) the restoration of the mitotic response of B cells to PHA by adding to the T cell-depleted culture either a very small number of T cell (identified by their different karyotype: "in vitro chimeras") or the cell-free supernatant of a 24 hr MLC.
(17) In contrast, chimeras made by reconstituting irradiated A mice with adult spleen cells of (A X B)F1 origin generate virus-specific cytotoxic activity for infected A and B targets, suggesting that mature T cells do not change their self-specificity readily.
(18) The resulting chimera can be expressed at high levels in Escherichia coli and is readily purified.
(19) The Chimera grid was used to avoid a grid with highly skewed cells.
(20) Complicating allogeneic effects were minimized or avoided by the use of helper T cells from normal F1 hybrids, parent leads to F1 chimeras, and F1 leads to parent chimeras.
Fantastic
Definition:
(a.) Existing only in imagination; fanciful; imaginary; not real; chimerical.
(a.) Having the nature of a phantom; unreal.
(a.) Indulging the vagaries of imagination; whimsical; full of absurd fancies; capricious; as, fantastic minds; a fantastic mistress.
(a.) Resembling fantasies in irregularity, caprice, or eccentricity; irregular; oddly shaped; grotesque.
(n.) A person given to fantastic dress, manners, etc.; an eccentric person; a fop.
Example Sentences:
(1) Cape no longer has the monopoly on talent; the stars are scattered these days, and Franklin's "fantastically discriminating" deputy Robin Robertson can take credit for many recent triumphs, including their most recent Booker winner, Anne Enright.
(2) I’m so happy to be joining Arsenal, a club which has a great manager, a fantastic squad of players, huge support around the world and a great stadium in London,” said Sánchez.
(3) I suppose he’ll have to go to QPR.” Lampard released a statement confirming his departure from Chelsea that read: “When I arrived at this fantastic club 13 years ago I would never have believed that I would be fortunate enough to play so many games and enjoy sharing in so much success.
(4) He is big, strong, athletic, very quick and has got a fantastic leap on him," said McClaren.
(5) Thank you to Manchester United, not just the directors, coaching staff, medical staff, the players, the fans, all of you – you have been the most fantastic experience of my life, so thank you.
(6) Fantastic Beasts, which is set 70 years prior to the arrival of Potter and his pals at the magical Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, will feature the swashbuckling adventurer Newt Scamander.
(7) I went to see the Who recently, which was fantastic, but the band I truly love has to be the one I first got into, Guns N' Roses.
(8) United have a fantastic spirit, we don't have the same spirit.
(9) "[The consortium award] is fantastic news for them and is a testament to the leadership of their individual organisations," he said.
(10) I think we are still the underdogs because they have high quality but we will try to do our best – if we lose it’s because Sevilla made a fantastic performance.” As well as missing a penalty Sevilla also hit the woodwork on two occasions, with the Leicester goal living a charmed life at times.
(11) While the last 20 minutes were as low key as World Cup games get, Klose was responsible for a fantastic block to deny Alejandro Bedoya an equaliser in stoppage time.
(12) "There are idle MPs with no outside interests and there are fantastic public servants that do have them."
(13) He hailed the decision to award the Games to London, saying: "This is just the most fantastic opportunity to do everything we ever dreamed of in British sport."
(14) If you were to say within the aviation industry we can reduce our carbon footprint by 25%, people would be saying well that’s fantastic, that is big news.
(15) It is the most fantastic exercise: high intensity, all the limbs are moving simultaneously, and you have to try to keep the brain fully focused.
(16) Undoubtedly some of them see the Corbyn surge as a fantastic recruitment opportunity, or the next stage in fomenting the kind of revolution that has never taken place in a single western country.
(17) My experience, my maturity, was always present in the control of the emotions and the situation and during the season we had some crucial moments that we coped with in a fantastic way.
(18) The Libyan Red Crescent (LRC) is really one of the few actors left on the ground, along with a handful of national NGOs.” “The LRC volunteers are doing a fantastic job despite the difficult and challenging environment but at some point they will need support,” he said, adding that assessments were ongoing and a potential deployment by federation members from Tunisia was under consideration.
(19) She is fantastically clever and when she's on about ideas she is astonishing.
(20) It was intended, according to its creator, as a “warning to America”, a horrifying and fantastical vision of the future in which the US – ludicrously – had elected as its president Donald Trump .