(n.) A quadruped of the genus Canis, esp. the domestic dog (C. familiaris).
(n.) A mean, worthless fellow; a wretch.
(n.) A fellow; -- used humorously or contemptuously; as, a sly dog; a lazy dog.
(n.) One of the two constellations, Canis Major and Canis Minor, or the Greater Dog and the Lesser Dog. Canis Major contains the Dog Star (Sirius).
(n.) An iron for holding wood in a fireplace; a firedog; an andiron.
(n.) A grappling iron, with a claw or claws, for fastening into wood or other heavy articles, for the purpose of raising or moving them.
(n.) An iron with fangs fastening a log in a saw pit, or on the carriage of a sawmill.
(n.) A piece in machinery acting as a catch or clutch; especially, the carrier of a lathe, also, an adjustable stop to change motion, as in a machine tool.
(v. t.) To hunt or track like a hound; to follow insidiously or indefatigably; to chase with a dog or dogs; to worry, as if by dogs; to hound with importunity.
Example Sentences:
(1) We conclude that chronic emphysema produced in dogs by aerosol administration of papain results in elevated pulmonary artery pressure, which is characterized pathologically by medial hypertrophy of small pulmonary arteries.
(2) The combined immediate and delayed responses to fleas in the dog are as observed by other investigators in man and guinea pigs.
(3) In dogs, cibenzoline given i.v., had no effects on the slow response systems, probably because of sympathetic nervous system intervention since the class 4 effects of cibenzoline appeared after beta-adrenoceptor blockade.
(4) It was shown in experiments on four dogs by the conditioned method that the period of recovery of conditioned activity after one hour ether anaesthesia tested 7 to 7.5 days.
(5) Dialysis of dog plasma against an artificial c.s.f.
(6) For similar inotropic responses, normo- and hyperkalaemic dogs had similar levels of (Na+, K+)-ATPase inhibition and microsomal-bound digoxin.
(7) Complete heart block was produced in 20 of 20 dogs.
(8) The dog and the pig also have an endoperoxide-sensitive constrictor system activated by the 11,9-(epoxymethano) analogue of PGH2 and, of particular note, ICI 79939 and its 11-oxo analogue.
(9) All of this in the same tones of weary nonchalance you might use to stop the dog nosing around in the bin.
(10) One hundred and twelve dogs, including twenty C3-deficient dogs, were studied over a period of 6 years.
(11) From the present results it is concluded that secretion of extrapancreatic glucagon increased in response to arginine infusion in the diabetic state, both alloxan diabetic dogs and one-week post-pancreatectomized dogs.
(12) The effect of pO(2) was studied in a further nine dogs.
(13) The effects of tachycardia caused by ectopic right or left ventricular stimulation on ventricular recovery potentials were studied in 30 dogs.
(14) Stimulation with these electrodes were effective for inducing voiding with little residual volume after the recovery of bladder reflexes, 3 weeks after experimental spinal cord injury in the dog.
(15) A neodymium YAG (Nd:YAG) laser was evaluated in a dog ulcer model used in the same manner as is recommended for bleeding patients (power 55 W, divergence angle 4 degrees, with CO2 gas-jet assistance).
(16) Hollywood legend has it that, at the first Academy awards in 1929, Rin Tin Tin the dog won most votes for best actor.
(17) Liver bloodflow remained unchanged in AS dogs, but hepatic alanine uptake nearly tripled (p less than 0.01) and hepatic glucose production increased by 60% (p less than 0.05).
(18) Affected dogs were from ten breeds and their average age was eight years.
(19) Though three of these presumable metabolites could slightly inhibit the binding of [3H]-KW-3049, they were not detected in rat and dog plasma at 0.5 h after oral administration of KW-3049.
(20) Temelastine produces these species-specific changes by enhancing thyroxine clearance from the circulation in the rat, but not in the dog or mouse.
Gog
Definition:
(n.) Haste; ardent desire to go.
Example Sentences:
(1) The Gynecologic Oncology Group (GOG) criteria for adverse effects were used in this study.
(2) Seven patients (36.8%) experienced GOG grade 3 or 4 leukocytopenia and six had grade 3 or 4 granulocytopenia.
(3) The current International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO) staging system, independent prognostic factors, and review of the Gynecologic Oncology Group (GOG) studies in epithelial ovarian carcinoma are presented.
(4) Gogli complex and plasma membrane appear to be completely devoid of any cellulase activity.
(5) Between 1984 and 1989, 20 assessable patients with incompletely resected ovarian dysgerminoma were treated on two protocols of the Gynecologic Oncology Group (GOG).
(6) Three hundred twenty patients were entered into GOG Protocol 63, a clinical-pathologic study of stage IIB, III, and IVA cervical carcinoma.
(7) April disappeared on the evening of 1 October from the Bryn-y-Gog estate.
(8) Presently GOG maintains 43 separate, self-contained applications of RPMIS and routinely develops a new system in conjunction with each new study initiated.
(9) light pinealocytes exhibited a significant rise in the relative volume of the GER field and the Gogli apparatus, as well as bouquets of presecretory or secretory forms of the cell processes and frequent extrusion of lipid droplets.
(10) All patients were Gynecologic Oncology Group (GOG) performance status 0, 1, or 2.
(11) Subsequent GOG and other studies suggest that a two-drug combination of cisplatin and cyclophosphamide is therapeutically equivalent to more toxic three- and four-drug combinations.
(12) Between 1977 and 1985, the Gynecologic Oncology Group (GOG) conducted three clinical trials in locally advanced carcinoma of the cervix, clinical Stages I to IVA as classified by the International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO).
(13) All patients had Gynecologic Oncology Group (GOG) performance status of 0, 1, or 2.
(14) The toxicity of weekly cis-platinum given 2 hr before standard fractionation of radiotherapy was assessed using the modified GOG toxicity criteria.
(15) Studies by the Gynecologic Oncology Group (GOG) document the superiority of cisplatin-based combination chemotherapy over single alkylating agents and combinations that do not include cisplatin.
(16) After leaving the school, Bridger began prowling Bryn-Y-Gog.
(17) Patients entered were GOG performance status 2 or better.
(18) The management of patients with limited (stage I or II) disease is based on studies of the GOG and the Ovarian Cancer Study Group, which indicate that this population can be divided by prognostic factors into a group at low risk for recurrence and a group at high risk.
(19) GOG trials in untreated patients are being initiated and toxicity is being evaluated.
(20) A phase II trial of vinblastine in patients with refractory epithelial ovarian adenocarcinoma of the ovary was conducted by the Gynecologic Oncology Group (GOG) between March 9, 1988 and July 7, 1988.