What's the difference between chow and dhow?

Chow


Definition:

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Although the reeler, an autosomal recessive mutant mouse with the abnormality of lamination in the central nervous system, died about 3 weeks of age when fed ordinary laboratory chow, this mouse could grow up normally and prolong its destined, short lifespan to 50 weeks and more when given assistance in taking paste food and water from the weaning period.
  • (2) Diabetic rats fed standard rat chow showed mild hyperglycemia and suppressed levels of plasma insulin.
  • (3) Rabbits eating Rabbit Chow excreted a very alkaline urine, but rats eating the same diet excreted much less alkali when expressed per kilogram of body weight.
  • (4) These diets were: diet C consisting of commercial Rat Chow: diet CG, the same diet diluted with 70% glucose calories, diet A, a simulated "American" diet made up of 25 widely used foods, diet AS, the same diet supplemented with small amounts of 25 vitamins and minerals.
  • (5) To study this further, 86 BB rats were divided into 2 groups during the weaning period (days 13-25): Group A received rat chow without CMP; Group B, rat chow with 1% CMP added.
  • (6) We now demonstrate that 60-90 min after TNF administration the incorporation of glycerol into triglycerides in the liver is increased 57% in chow-fed rats.
  • (7) It was found that the frequency of microphthalmia and anophthalmia in the female progeny of mice fed Mouse Chow was 7.4-9.2% in B10.A and B10.BR, 4.0-5.5% in B10.A(18R), B10, B10.A(5R), B10.A(1R), B10.A(15R), and B10.A(2R), and 0.8% and 1.4% in B10.D2 and B10.OL mice, respectively.
  • (8) Normal male ICR mice were divided into a cafeteria diet group (CC) and an ordinary chow group (Cont).
  • (9) The respiratory function of heart mitochondria from the menhaden oil-supplemented dogs was not decreased from that of dogs on standard chow only.
  • (10) Although intestinal cytochrome P450-dependent monooxygenase activity, as determined by benzo[a]pyrene hydroxylase and 7-ethoxycoumarin O-deethylase, was greatly reduced (65-90%) in animals maintained on a semipurified control diet compared with standard cereal-based chow, there were no differences observed in heme oxygenase activity between the two dietary treatment groups.
  • (11) Sand rats develop a diabetes-like syndrome, connected with temporary hyperinsulinism, when fed a rat laboratory chow diet.
  • (12) Doxazosin treatment increased heparin-releasable lipoprotein lipase in fasted chow-fed mice.
  • (13) High density lipoprotein (HDL) is the major plasma lipoprotein found in mice fed normal laboratory chow containing 4% fat.
  • (14) Chow re-feeding after either acute or prolonged starvation led to an increase in glucose disposal by the muscle mass.
  • (15) Twenty years ago, NASA researchers sung its praises as potential astronaut chow, mainly for its superior nutrient density.
  • (16) experiment the effect of the additions to the lithogenic diet (Rodents Chow + 25,000 UI% of retinol acetate) of 18% of crude safflower oil, or 15% Polifat, or 15% hydrogenated Polifat (approx.
  • (17) Pressor responses to norepinephrine and angiotensin II were enhanced in the EPO and SFO groups as compared with the basal chow group.
  • (18) Except in adult rats, the HG diet always raises hepatic ACAT activity more than the HCO diet or the Purina Chow.
  • (19) A new variant of red cell glucose phosphate isomerase (GPI), designated GPI-C, was observed in the chow-chow breed of dog.
  • (20) Two groups of rabbits were fed either a standard Rabbit Chow or a diet containing 1.5% cholesterol and 5.2% corn oil for 12 to 15 weeks.

Dhow


Definition:

  • (n.) A coasting vessel of Arabia, East Africa, and the Indian Ocean. It has generally but one mast and a lateen sail.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The Ministry of Defence said on Thursday that the dhow had been hijacked by pirates to use as a base and was involved in attacks on merchant shipping.
  • (2) However, Vice Admiral Style said the boarding of the dhow had taken place 7.5 nautical miles south-east of the al-Faw peninsula in Iran.
  • (3) Both go to sea in the same places, in same sort of dhows and armed with the same type of guns.
  • (4) The vice admiral said the Iranians had given two different positions for where they claimed the Royal Navy boarding party - seized after they had made a routine boarding of an Indian-flagged dhow suspected of being used to smuggle cars - had been.
  • (5) To these mosquitoes, we must add the record of A. aegypti larvae on a dhow berthing in Djibuti while this mosquito does not exist actually in the Territory.
  • (6) The coastal towns of Eyl and Garacad in the north, and of Hobyo, further south, have been the focus of Nato's attention, and by carefully mapping which dhows are moored where, the warships can tag the ones they want to track.
  • (7) She travelled to the mainland by dhow and moved around occasionally by train, but mostly on foot.
  • (8) On Sunday, a Lynx helicopter operating from HMS Cornwall confirmed the position after flying over the dhow, whose position had not changed since Friday's incident, according to its captain.
  • (9) aegypti larvae were collected on a dhow arriving in Djibouti.
  • (10) The ministry said pirates had been holding a Pakistani crew of 20 hostages on board and that the navy closed in on the dhow last Friday.
  • (11) The pirates take to the seas off the Horn of Africa in small dhows, and even smaller skiffs, armed with old machine guns and pistols, wearing flip-flops, and gambling that they will be able to hijack a vessel before they run out of food or water, or drown.
  • (12) Wooden dhows bring cattle from Somalia, passengers embark after a torturous 30-hour sea journey from Djibouti, and cargo ships empty cement on to the shore at what is now the country’s only functioning port.

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