(v. t.) A bivalve mollusk of many kinds, especially those that are edible; as, the long clam (Mya arenaria), the quahog or round clam (Venus mercenaria), the sea clam or hen clam (Spisula solidissima), and other species of the United States. The name is said to have been given originally to the Tridacna gigas, a huge East Indian bivalve.
(v. t.) Strong pinchers or forceps.
(v. t.) A kind of vise, usually of wood.
(v. t.) To clog, as with glutinous or viscous matter.
(v. i.) To be moist or glutinous; to stick; to adhere.
(n.) Claminess; moisture.
(n.) A crash or clangor made by ringing all the bells of a chime at once.
(v. t. & i.) To produce, in bell ringing, a clam or clangor; to cause to clang.
Example Sentences:
(1) The arabinogalactan-protein was isolated from the style extract by affinity chromatography with tridacnin (the galactose-binding lectin from the clam Tridacna maxima) coupled to Sepharose 4B.
(2) Photoreceptor cells were enzymatically dissociated from the eye of the file clam, Lima scabra.
(3) To compare biochemical differences between bivalves with and without endosymbiotic chemoautotrophic bacteria, specimens of Solemya velum, a bivalve species known to contain bacterial endosymbionts, and the symbiont-free soft-shelled clam Mya arenaria, were collected from the same subtidal reducing sediments during October and November 1988.
(4) The greatest accumulation of microorganisms in hard-shelled clams occurred during certain periods in the spring, at temperatures ranging from 11.5 to 21.5 degrees C. These periods of hyperaccumulation did not always coincide for all organisms; the accumulation of bacteriophages was not predicted by the accumulation of either fecal coliforms or C. perfringens.
(5) We have found a rapid increase in 32Pi incorporation into two proteins in clam blood cell ghosts after exposure of the intact cells to a hypoosmotic medium.
(6) The eggs of the surf clam Spisula solidissima have a built-in mechanism that prevents polyspermy: the eggs show a 70 percent decrease in sperm receptivity 5 seconds after fertilization, and become completely resistant to sperm by 15 seconds.
(7) The greatest reduction of health risks would come from the routine depuration of clams harvested from growing waters of good sanitary quality.
(8) The survival and replication of male-specific bacteriophages in hard-shelled clams (Mercenaria mercenaria) and their homogenates were examined to further assess their potential utility as indicator organisms.
(9) The "clam" procedure has revolutionised bladder reconstruction.
(10) Monitoring of DDT and HCH residues in abiotic and biotic components of the environment of Delhi during 1988 to 1989 revealed low to moderate levels of these insecticides in soil, earthworms, birds, buffalo milk, water, freshwater clams, fish, human fat, human blood and breast milk samples.
(11) Since these characteristics of the starfish egg poly(A)+ RNA are similar to those of cyclin mRNAs from sea urchin and surf clam eggs, we synthesized a 50-mer antisense-cyclin oligonucleotide probe coding for a part of the sea urchin cyclin cDNA and used this to screen starfish RNA.
(12) They have buckets and trowels as they're going clamming, and Popeye leaves first, navigating the sand with a gratifyingly bandy gait.
(13) Mussels and scallops were very rapidly contaminated showing high toxin accumulation rates, whereas rates for oysters and clams were low.
(14) RNase alters the in vitro assembly of spindle asters in homogenates of meiotically dividing surf clam (Spisula solidissima) oocytes.
(15) Both apo- and holo-I-FABP are composed primarily of anti-parallel beta-strands which form two nearly orthogonal beta-sheets ("beta-clam").
(16) Alkaline phosphatases were purified from human placenta, bovine milk, shrimp and clam with a final spec.
(17) Dalston Superstore’s “weekly lez off” Clam Jam is excellent for meeting people, and Holla!
(18) Opsonizing and agglutinating activities of plasma from the freshwater clam, Corbicula fluminea, were found to be inhibited by the sugars, 2-deoxy-D-glucose (deoxy-Glu) and N-acetyl-D-galactosamine (GalNAc).
(19) The eggs of the surf clam Spisula solidissima were artificially activated, homogenized at various times in cold 0.5 M MES buffer, 1mM EGTA at pH 6.5, and microtubule polymerization was induced by raising the temperature to 28 degrees C. In homogenates of unactivated eggs few microtubules form and no asters are observed.
(20) Three or four feet down and the sandy sea floor is thickly cast with razor clams and scallop shells.
Forceps
Definition:
(n.) A pair of pinchers, or tongs; an instrument for grasping, holding firmly, or exerting traction upon, bodies which it would be inconvenient or impracticable to seize with the fingers, especially one for delicate operations, as those of watchmakers, surgeons, accoucheurs, dentists, etc.
(n.) The caudal forceps-shaped appendage of earwigs and some other insects. See Earwig.
Example Sentences:
(1) Predisposing factors were coagulopathy and forceps extraction after prolonged labor.
(2) Five percent of the forceps biopsies were unsuitable for examination; all excision biopsies were of good quality.
(3) Forceps and unassisted deliveries were experienced similarly.
(4) The influence of endoscopic forceps variables (size, design, and make) on biopsy specimen weight, depth, and diagnostic adequacy has been studied in vitro on normal human stomach, and in vivo at endoscopy in dog and in patients.
(5) Because the larvae of Anisakis can always be observed by endoscopy and removed with biopsy forceps, early performance of endoscopy is highly recommended for patients in whom acute gastric anisakiasis is suspected and for those who have eaten raw fish within 12 hours before onset of the gastric symptoms.
(6) Where the standard staple remover is not immediately available, an artery forceps, correctly applied, is just as quick.
(7) To our knowledge, it is the first case of hypogammaglobulinaemia with nodular hyperplasia of the small bowel, diagnosed by endoscopy and forceps biopsy.
(8) Usherwood's account of the breakage of Palmer's diathermy forceps (June 30, p. 773).
(9) At each target point, after opening the dura and using stereotactic coordinates and equipment, a microbiopsy forceps was used to place "micropatties" (each with a string tail) or small catheters with pledgets or catheter tips located at tumor edges.
(10) Electronic feedback through the same cables as used for coagulation enabled the use of conventional bipolar cables and forceps.
(11) In the beginning special forceps were used to remove the nuclear tissue.
(12) In selected cases, fine needle biopsy appears to be preferable to transbronchial forceps biopsy since the risk of a possibly life-threatening pulmonary hemorrhage may be lower.
(13) Corneal abrasion occurred in two babies and corneal oedema in one baby after forceps delivery but in none of the control group.
(14) The routine in our department for years used to be: prevention of bearing down during the end of the 2nd stage of labor in high myopic parturients, by forceps delivery, with the assumption that this will prevent increased intraocular pressure--thus preventing deterioration or increased damage to the eyes.
(15) Stone disintegration with ultrasound is done under direct vision, and the fragments aspirated or removed with the help of forceps or Dormia basket.
(16) Forceps biopsy of an endobronchial lesion showed plasmacytoma similar in histologic features to her original osseous lesions.
(17) Fiberoptic bronchoscopy is advantageous in that it can be performed quickly and easily, it avoids general anesthesia, and it is more adaptable to foreign body retrieval than the nasopharyngoscope because of its forceps channel, through which varied retrieval instruments can be passed.
(18) Twenty horses with no evidence of laryngeal motor deficit were stimulated on 10 sites by touch with the forceps.
(19) No relationship was found between neurobehavior and low-forceps extraction, oxytocin augmentation, parity, or duration of labor.
(20) Grading by aspiration biopsy is less reliable but may be of benefit in selected cases where forceps biopsy is less suitable.