(a.) Falling off, or subject to fall or be shed, at a certain season, or a certain stage or interval of growth, as leaves (except of evergreens) in autumn, or as parts of animals, such as hair, teeth, antlers, etc.; also, shedding leaves or parts at certain seasons, stages, or intervals; as, deciduous trees; the deciduous membrane.
Example Sentences:
(1) Bradykinin also stimulated arachidonic acid release in decidual fibroblasts, an effect which was potentiated in the presence of epidermal growth factor (EGF), but which was not accompanied by an increase in PGF2 alpha production.
(2) However in the deciduous teeth from which the successional tooth germs were removed, the processes of tooth resorption was very different in individuals, the difference between tooth resorption in normal occlusal force and in decreased occlusal force was not clear.
(3) Of the 622 people interviewed, a large proportion (30.5%) believed that the first deciduous tooth should erupt between the age of 5-7 months; the next commonly mentioned time of tooth eruption was 7-9 months of age; and 50.3% of the respondents claimed to have seen a case of prematurely erupted primary teeth.
(4) In this study, tritiated leucine placed on the isolated maternal side of amniochorion with adherent decidua was incorporated into newly synthesized tritiated human decidual prolactin.
(5) Significantly more PP12 (P less than 0.001) was released into the medium from decidual explants than from chorion and amnion explants throughout the experimental period of 24 h. When incubated under identical conditions, placental explants released no detectable PP12.
(6) Decidual response also is produced in the immature rat after coitus-induced ovulation.
(7) High expression of these connexins is found in developing decidual cells by day 7 to 8 post coitum; furthermore, coexpression of connexins 26 and 43 in myometrium is observed just before delivery on day 21 post coitum.
(8) Although no specific trophic or regulating factors for placental function have been described as yet, it is possible that prostaglandins which are synthesized in decidual tissue could play such a physiological role.
(9) In addition, the validity of the classification "mesenchymal-epithelioid" for differentiated decidual cells was addressed using antibodies to the intermediate filament proteins, vimentin, a mesenchymal marker, and keratin, an epithelial marker.
(10) They may reflect the various functions of decidual tissue.
(11) C. burnetii antigen was demonstrated in decidual cells, trophoblasts, and macrophages and extracellularly within the sinuses of the labyrinth and in the uterine lumen but not in granulated metrial gland cells.
(12) Concentrations Ca and P in both peritubular and intertubular dentin are lower in deciduous than in permanent teeth.
(13) In lower second deciduous molars, the buccal margin of the cavity was positioned 1.7 mm medially to the summit of the distobuccal cusp and 1.2-1.3 mm medially to the summits of the other buccal cusps.
(14) During pregnancy decidual suppressor factors the maternal tolerance of the fetus.
(15) From each sample was counted the number of odontoclasts appearing on the root surface and measured the volume of the root in the maxillary deciduous incisor.
(16) The 90Sr levels in deciduous tooth crowns were related to the fall-out rate and the accumulated fall-out.
(17) Absence of resorption of the roots of the deciduous teeth at the usual time.
(18) The risk factors were also related to dentine lead level (PbD) from shed deciduous teeth.
(19) This study analyzed G-CSF concentrations in the peripheral blood of pregnant women and examined whether decidual tissue acted as source of G-CSF production.
(20) This normalization is explained by a prolonged stay of the deciduous teeth in the dental arch which is due to a lesser caries prevalence.
Pistachio
Definition:
(n.) The nut of the Pistacia vera, a tree of the order Anacardiaceae, containing a kernel of a pale greenish color, which has a pleasant taste, resembling that of the almond, and yields an oil of agreeable taste and odor; -- called also pistachio nut. It is wholesome and nutritive. The tree grows in Arabia, Persia, Syria, and Sicily.
Example Sentences:
(1) Pistachio nut samples taken during various stages of development from orchards in Iran, showed that contamination with fungi occurred mainly during the later stages of nut development.
(2) Crush the pistachios with a mortar and pestle, and set aside, then finely crush the cardamom seeds.
(3) Lined up alongside green, paper-skinned pistachios or buttery pecans, almonds – anaemic, lozenge-shaped, creamily bland – can seem rather dull.
(4) Wonderful Pistachios: 'Stephen Colbert' (starts at 00:06) - US Anyone familiar with Stephen Colbert's style of comedy won't be at all surprised to see his suggestion in this teaser that the muscular sports event is merely a sideshow – the real interest is his first commercial for Wonderful Pistachios.
(5) A year earlier, it was revealed that Netanyahu had an annual contract of more than $2,000 with a Jerusalem ice cream parlour to supply his favourite flavour – pistachio.
(6) To slice a box of honey mangoes and set them on a plate; to halve a few strawberries and top them with chopped pistachios or to make a sundae with ice cream, bananas, passion fruit and cream.
(7) Is it an effigy of a sad girl looking defeated made out of pistachio sponge and marzipan?
(8) She produces all the normal taverna favourites as well as more unusual dishes, such as tzitzirafa , the tops of the wild pistachio tree cooked in olive oil and lemon.
(9) The demand for a flared lurex suit in pistachio green might be small but a high street brand sending this look out speaks volumes about where London menswear is going.
(10) 3 Serve the muesli topped with the remainingpoached rhubarb, almonds or pistachios, more Greek yoghurt and a drizzle of honey.
(11) Baghdadi wonders whether to start wearing a big turban, maybe mauve or even pistachio with a silver pin.
(12) Workers in a Kern County almond and pistachio nut-packing facility sought medical care for eye irritation (conjunctivitis) on three separate occasions in 1987 and 1988.
(13) We report two pediatric patients with acquired TEF caused by shells of pistachio nuts.
(14) Recoveries of aflatoxins B1, B2, G1 and G2 spiked to peanuts, pistachio nuts and corn at the level of 20 ppb were 77.4-81.4, 70.1-77.9 and 72.3-94.8%, respectively.
(15) Born in the village of Bahraman, near Rafsanjan, into a wealthy family of pistachio farmers, Rafsanjani attended a traditional Qur’anic school and in 1948 went to a seminary in the holy city of Qom, where he lived near Khomeini.
(16) 2 Mix the cooking liquor with the oats, cinnamon, yoghurt, half the almonds or pistachios and half the rhubarb.
(17) AFB1 was detected by ELISA in seven out of twelve samples of imported food products including peanut, almond, red pepper, cocoa bean, black pepper, buckwheat, walnut, adlay, soybean, popcorn, and pistachio nut, and by high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) in four of the samples.
(18) Ancient Russian tanks – rebel and loyalist – were lobbing shells at each other across a pistachio grove like street children throwing stones in an alleyway.
(19) Aspergillus flavus and A. versicolor were both shown to be weak pathogens of developing pistachio fruits, producing aflatoxin and sterigmatocystin, respectively.
(20) The uninitiated can stick to the traditional margarita; the adventurous can try unusual flavours such as black cardamom, grapefruit and pistachio extract.