(n.) A solid bulb-shaped root, as of the crocus. See Bulb.
Example Sentences:
(1) The stability of various concentrations of morphine sulfate solution stored in Cormed III (Kalex) i.v.
(2) The TC1 mRNA accumulates during corm development, is more prevalent in corm apical than basal regions, and is either absent, or present at low concentrations, in other vegetative organs such as the leaf and root.
(3) We investigated gene expression patterns that occur during taro corm development.
(4) The methods were shown to be sensitive and specific and can be used as an alternative to the pharmacopoeial methods having been applied to the determination of colchicine in corms of Merendera persica and in three pharmaceutical preparations.
(5) Our results show that corm development is associated with the differentiation of specialized cells and tissues, and that these differentiation events are coupled with the temporal and spatial expression of corm-specific genes.
(6) A curculin-encoding cDNA clone, designated as TC1, was identified that corresponds to a highly prevalent 1-kb corm mRNA.
(7) Two-dimensional gel electrophoresis identified several different prevalent proteins that accumulate during corm development.
(8) The finding, gathering, and preparing of sedge corms and of seeds of tamarind fruit were described in detail.
(9) To this end, two groups of women, hyperandrogenic anovulatory (n = 4) and early follicular phase (n = 4) normally-cycling controls, were subjected to continuous blood withdrawal over 24 hours with a portable Cormed pump (Cormed Inc., Middleport, NY) and to exogenous stimulation with human chorionic gonadotropin.
(10) There was one anesthetic complication, respiratory depression in a patient whose MediPort (Cormed, Inc, Medina, NY) was inserted using local anesthesia and sedation.
(11) 4 periods were established in the development of stem apices: (1) formation of apical meristem (November), (2) slow development coinciding with the intensive plant vegetation (December--February), (3) transition to generative development when the vegetative organs begin to dry off (March) and (4) differentiation of generative organs at the time when the corm is underground and vegetative organs almost fully absent (summer).
(12) In situ hybridization experiments showed that the TC1 mRNA is highly concentrated in corm storage parenchyma cells and is absent, or present in reduced concentrations, in other corm cells and tissues.
(13) The greatest adsorption occurred with walls from leaf blade, followed by petiole and corm walls, although the differences were not major.
Gorm
Definition:
(n.) Axle grease. See Gome.
(v. t.) To daub, as the hands or clothing, with gorm; to daub with anything sticky.
Example Sentences:
(1) Asked by counsel assisting the inquest Jeremy Gormly SC whether it was the case that it was not going to be available to any of the three snipers to take a shot unless the glass was breached, he replied: “I believe that to be correct.” Sydney siege: plan to release hostage thwarted by mass breakout, inquest told Read more The officer, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, has also rejected suggestions that the sniper at the Westpac building could have taken a shot at Monis at about 7.38pm, when the gunman was observed through a window at the Lindt cafe.
(2) Overseen by New South Wales coroner Michael Barnes, the inquest is being guided by Jeremy Gormly SC, counsel assisting the coroner, who has revealed there are many audio and video recordings from inside the cafe to shed more light on what happened.
(3) Rothman shows more gorm: sometimes chaos is just chaos.
(4) Sydney siege: how a day and night of terror unfolded at the Lindt cafe Read more Asked by counsel assisting the coroner, Jeremy Gormly SC, what he believed Monis was referring to, Morton-Hoffman said: “I believe Monis might have said to me that he wants, he has these two bombs on him but he doesn’t want to blow them up and he needs the police to disarm them ... take them out of the building so that we don’t die.” It was confirmed after the siege ended there were no bombs.
(5) When pressed by counsel assisting the inquest, Jeremy Gormly SC, why the emergency action trigger had not been reached despite a shot being fired, the tactical commander said no hostage had been harmed at that stage.