(n.) A small cavern or hollow place in the side of a hill, or among rocks; esp., a cave used by a wild beast for shelter or concealment; as, a lion's den; a den of robbers.
(n.) A squalid place of resort; a wretched dwelling place; a haunt; as, a den of vice.
(n.) Any snug or close retreat where one goes to be alone.
(n.) A narrow glen; a ravine; a dell.
(v. i.) To live in, or as in, a den.
Example Sentences:
(1) Fractures which occur near the base of the dens have a low propensity to unite spontaneously.
(2) Significantly higher levels of c-myc gene expression were observed in tissues of HCC of the DEN group and in neoplastic nodules of the DEN-DES groups than in the DES and DEN-C group.
(3) The antibody response against flaviviruses tick-borne encephalitis (TBE), Kyasanur Forest disease (KFD), Murray Valley encephalitis (MVE), West Nile fever (WNF), Japanese B encephalitis (JE), dengue 2 (DEN-2), and yellow fever (YF) was studied in humans after administration of an inactivated TBE virus vaccine.
(4) ENU, in contrast with DEN, also resulted in a significant staining of nonparenchymal cells.
(5) A systematic study including morphologic, histologic, pathologic aspects of dens evaginatus was carried out and data were compared with those given in previous reports pertaining to dens evaginatus in other Asian countries.
(6) The data reflect differences in the behaviour of GR and AR in the atrophic BCLA and suggest a relative increase in sensitivity to glucocorticoids compared to androgens in the DEN muscle.
(7) We have now characterized in vivo Th-cell priming activity of one of these peptides (MVE 17, amino acids 356 to 376) and an analogous peptide derived from the E-glycoprotein sequence of the dengue (DEN) 2, Jamaica strain (DEN 17, amino acids 352 to 368).
(8) Particularly so, as Lord Denning put it "...without morality there can be no law."
(9) Rheumatoid arthritis, which produces anterior displacement of the atlas over the dens to more than 10 mm, neurologic symptoms, or untreatable pain must be stabilized by means of C1-C2 fusion.
(10) Most DEN virus strains, representing all 4 serotypes isolated from various parts of the tropics, were identical either visually of spectrophotometrically when infected cell culture fluids were used as sources of antigen.
(11) In the Mahale Mountains National Park of Tanzania, a group of about 33 chimpanzees were observed to surround a leopard den containing a mother and at least one cub and to drag out and kill the cub.
(12) A series of temperature-sensitive (ts) mutants of dengue virus type 2 (DEN-2, TH-36 isolate) were induced by treatment with 5-azacytidine.
(13) produces more potential foci of tumour growth than in the normal liver and (2) that the repeated doses of CCl4 leading to repeated phases of regeneration, after the dose of DEN, provide a promoting stimulus.
(14) The shelf life of the solid phase presensitized with monoclonal antibodies was 4 mth at -15 degrees C. DEN prototype viruses were still identified after storage at -15 degrees C for 1 yr or at room temperature for 1 mth.
(15) O6EG levels in DNA of Clara cell-enriched populations were found to be higher than O6EG levels in DNA of alveolar type II cell-enriched populations and macrophages following acute DEN treatment.
(16) The fiber orientation is dependent on the height of dens axis, mostly in the cranial caudal direction.
(17) At earlier stages of the neoplastic process (11 or 16 weeks after the second DEN dose), most adenomas were well-differentiated lesions with no atypia or focal grade 1 or 2 atypia.
(18) This technique is best applied in nontraumatic cases in which the dens is not seen clearly on the "open mouth view".
(19) This treatment raised the number of adenosine-5'-triphosphatase (ATPase)-deficient foci up to 5-fold, that of gamma-glutamyltranspeptidase (GGTase) and glycogen-positive foci 13- and 10-fold, respectively, after 12 weeks; 25 mg caused no effect compared to DEN-treated controls.
(20) The system consists of a) single carcinogenic dose of diethylnitrosamine (DEN), b) short-term dietary exposure to 2-acetylaminofluorene (2-AAF) sufficient to suppress growth of virtually all normal hepatocytes, and c) partial hepatectomy (PH) to actuate rapid growth of DEN-altered hepatocytes not suppressed by 2-AAF.
Din
Definition:
(n.) Loud, confused, harsh noise; a loud, continuous, rattling or clanging sound; clamor; roar.
(n.) To strike with confused or clanging sound; to stun with loud and continued noise; to harass with clamor; as, to din the ears with cries.
(n.) To utter with a din; to repeat noisily; to ding.
(v. i.) To sound with a din; a ding.
(imp.) of Do
Example Sentences:
(1) The fibroblasts from areas adjacent to DIN are different from normal fibroblasts.
(2) There was a certain amount of atmosphere too, thanks mostly to the West Ham fans keeping up a persistent din and celebrating the 15th anniversary of Roy Keane’s prawn sandwich remarks by noting the reserve of the home support.
(3) These directions are legally binding as some type of DIN standard for hospital hygiene.
(4) The potential interaction of CM 57493 [4-(3-trifluoromethyl-phenyl)-1-(2-cyanoethyl)-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyri din e] with central 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT) receptors was assessed using biochemical and electrophysiological tests in the rat and in the cat.
(5) Four words lists of a German Speech Intelligibility Test (DIN 45621) were recorded at 60 and 75 dB SPL.
(6) The test presented here complies well with the criteria of DIN 58220.
(7) 320 recently isolated pathogens, 20 strains from each of 16 species, were investigated using Mueller-Hinton agar and DIN as well as NCCLS standards.
(8) In year-long cooperation with industrial anthropologists the German Institute of Industrial Standards has established standards for body-measurements, measurement methods, and definitions in DIN 33 402.
(9) This paper highlights the necessity of standardizing the test methods (the influence of toxic substances depends on test duration and temperature) and describes the standardized procedure established by the DIN-Arbeitskreis "Leuchtbakterientest" (Working Group of the German Institute for Standardization for the luminescent bacteria test) using freeze-dried, liquid-dried, and fresh bacteria (DIN 38,412, part 34).
(10) The speed index was at 95.8%, the contrast index at 96.1% within the limits recommended by the Federal German DIN standard.
(11) This was measured in terms of acquired resistance towards UV lethality in a wild-type strain and in terms of appearance of beta-galactosidase activity in a din::Mu d(Ap lac) fusion strain.
(12) Above the din of the engines, talk turns to how injury and sometimes death has become part of life on Qatar’s building sites.
(13) Otherwise, I won’t achieve my goal.” To Ronen, he explained that the Talmudic doctrine din rodef amounted to a death sentence for Rabin – an explication that only people familiar with the internal discourse in the Orthodox community over the preceding year would have understood.
(14) DNA damage-inducible (din) operon fusions were generated in Bacillus subtilis by transpositional mutagenesis.
(15) Claudio Ranieri, hands in pockets and outwardly unconcerned, was unaware the final whistle had sounded at the end here while the delirious din of victory reverberated around this arena.
(16) Many of these din fusions were efficiently repressed by cloned Escherichia coli LexA, while others were not; all required RecA for induction.
(17) These findings echo results reported previously for DIN operating in its normal mode.
(18) In addition, there are numerous factors determining success or failure of therapy which cannot be established in vitro so that it is advisable to fix laboratory parameters in a stringent manner like that applied in the annexes (evaluation steps) to parts 3 and 4 of DIN 58940.
(19) Methods deviating from the DIN-method are of limited (Bayerische method) or no value (Stuttgart method).
(20) Investigated Ni-alloys, which showed extensive solubility of Ni particles in corrosion bathes due to DIN 13927, also revealed pronounced lost of bond strength to ceramic veneers when immersed into corrosion bathes of equal constitution.