(n.) An outer garment fitting the upper part of the body; especially, such a garment worn by men.
(n.) A petticoat.
(n.) The habit or vesture of an order of men, indicating the order or office; cloth.
(n.) An external covering like a garment, as fur, skin, wool, husk, or bark; as, the horses coats were sleek.
(n.) A layer of any substance covering another; a cover; a tegument; as, the coats of the eye; the coats of an onion; a coat of tar or varnish.
(n.) Same as Coat of arms. See below.
(n.) A coat card. See below.
(v. t.) To cover with a coat or outer garment.
(v. t.) To cover with a layer of any substance; as, to coat a jar with tin foil; to coat a ceiling.
Example Sentences:
(1) Cyanoacrylate and PDS coatings were not detectable after 6 weeks while PHBA and PLLA coatings were still observed after 48 weeks.
(2) This mAb inhibited monocyte binding of both soluble FITC-labeled IgA and IgA-coated E, whereas it did not inhibit IgG binding.
(3) We have measured the antibody specificities to the two polysaccharides in sera from asymptomatic group C meningococcal carriers and vaccinated adults by a new enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) procedure using methylated human serum albumin for coating the group C polysaccharide onto microtiter plates.
(4) When compared with nonspecialized regions of the cell membranes, these contact sites were characterized by a decreased intercellular distance, subplasmalemmal densities and coated pits.
(5) Charcoal particles coated with the lipid extract were prepared and the suspension inoculated intravenously into mice.
(6) The surface of all cells was covered by a fuzzy coat consisting of fine hairs or bristles.
(7) Today, she wears an elegant salmon-pink blouse with white trousers and a long, pale pink coat.
(8) Using polyclonal antibodies raised against yeast p34cdc2, we have detected a 36 kd immunoactive polypeptide in macronuclei which binds to Suc1 (p13)-coated beads and closely follows H1 kinase activity.
(9) Although the brain AP50 is prominently phosphorylated by an endogenous protein kinase in isolated coated vesicle preparations, the neuronal AP50 was not detectably phosphorylated in intact cells as assessed by two-dimensional non-equilibrium pH gradient gel electrophoresis of labeled cells dissolved directly in SDS-containing buffers.
(10) MAb Q-1 distinguishes between Sendai virus-coated and uncoated lymphocytes only cells with low-affinity binding.
(11) Both buffy coat and platelet transfusions evoked production of the non-specific blocking antibodies.
(12) Interaction of viable macrophages with cationic particles at 37 degrees C resulted in their "internalization" within vesicles and coated pits and a closer apposition between many segments of plasmalemma than with neutral or anionic substances.
(13) We found that when neutrophils were allowed to settle into protein-coated surfaces the amount of O2- they generated varied with the nature of the protein: IgG greater than bovine serum albumin greater than plastic greater than gelatin greater than serum greater than collagen.
(14) The coatings formed contain only stable chemical bonds (e.g., C-C, C-O-C), and easily-derivatized hydroxyl moieties.
(15) Structural studies indicate that caveolae are decorated on their cytoplasmic surface by a unique array of filaments or strands that form striated coatings.
(16) Significant biases in the distribution of cases of babesiosis were found with regard to season (P < 0,05), sex (P < 0,001) and coat colour (P < 0.01).
(17) One portion of the coat is complete by 5 to 6 h but additional material consisting primarily of glucose is added after 8 h.
(18) Recently the presence of a coating inhibitory factor was described in human tears which can prevent the binding of proteins to a solid phase.
(19) The headteacher of the school featured in the reality television series Educating Essex has described using his own money to buy a winter coat for a boy whose parents could not afford one, in a symptom of an escalating economic crisis that has seen the number of pupils in the area taking home food parcels triple in a year.
(20) The average repetitive yields and initial coupling of proteins spotted or blotted into PVDF membranes ranged between 84-98% and 30-108% respectively, and were comparable with the yields measured for proteins spotted onto Polybrene-coated glass fiber discs.
Torso
Definition:
(n.) The human body, as distinguished from the head and limbs; in sculpture, the trunk of a statue, mutilated of head and limbs; as, the torso of Hercules.
Example Sentences:
(1) Blood flow was measured in leg and torso skin of conscious or anesthetized sheep by using 15-micron radioactive microspheres (Qm) and the 133Xe washout method (QXe).
(2) The fashion in Hollywood leading men now is for the sort of sculpted torso that requires months, if not years, of dedicated abdominal crunching.
(3) To test the hypothesis that during unsupported arm exercise (UAE) some of the inspiratory muscles of the rib cage partake in upper torso and arm positioning and thereby decrease their contribution to ventilation, we studied 11 subjects to measure pleural (Ppl) and gastric (Pga) pressures, heart rate, respiratory frequency, O2 uptake (VO2), and tidal volume (VT) during symptom-limited UAE.
(4) Transfer impedance vectors between 81 lead points on the human torso model and 392 positions covering ventricular areas in the torso were measure.
(5) We found that the maps reflected relatively faithfully the underlying dipolar source for the homogeneous torso and even for the torso with lungs.
(6) The authors question whether amounts of lidocaine greater than the recommended dosage may be safely used in the patient undergoing lipoplasty of the torso and knees.
(7) We describe a fast and numerically effective biomagnetic inverse solution using a moving dipole in a realistic homogeneous torso.
(8) In weightlessness, "falls" were achieved using elastic cords running from a torso harness to the floor.
(9) Seven months later the upper half of his torso was found buried in woodland in West Sussex.
(10) The victim's lower torso and automobile were also found along the same path 31 m (101 ft) and 41 m (133 ft) beyond the sign, respectively.
(11) The developmental signal that specifies the fates of cells at the anterior and posterior termini of the Drosophila embryo is transmitted by the torso receptor tyrosine kinase.
(12) Care of the experimental babies included supporting the head on a small water pillow and supporting the torso at the same level to avoid flexion or curvature of the spine; the control group received customary care.
(13) To this effect, scaling of the torso model can easily be included in the computation.
(14) Lower torso injuries occurred primarily in frontal impacts in both the back and front seats.
(15) His head and torso were tightly bandaged, bloodstained gauze protruding from between the layers.
(16) Pelvic rotations are described, but no evident relationships between pelvic rotations in the different planes and ILBM-activity could be seen, probably because the changes in the position of the torso are of more importance.
(17) Some of the museum’s mannequins had their torsos hacked out, the waists of McQueen’s clothes being impossibly small, even by mannequin standards.
(18) Conversely, older patients (60 years of age or older) injured in falls are more likely to have operable intracranial mass lesions without significant injury to the torso (p less than 0.001).
(19) Doses to organs in the torso were calculated from the waist-level film badge dosemeter reading using normalised organ dose data.
(20) The torso apparatus is used to practice insertion of a hemodynamic monitoring catheter; the cardiac monitor displays catheter pressure readings as the catheter is advanced into the heart and also pulmonary artery and wedge position.