(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.
Greyhound
Definition:
(n.) A slender, graceful breed of dogs, remarkable for keen sight and swiftness. It is one of the oldest varieties known, and is figured on the Egyptian monuments.
Example Sentences:
(1) Systemic perfusion, myocardial contractility, and morphological changes during and after cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) were investigated in 22 greyhounds; Fluosol-DA 20% (FDA) and normal saline (NaCl) were compared as priming solutions for hypothermic (25 degrees C) CPB.
(2) The holes were of sufficient size to allow the passage of the head and neck of a greyhound to the shoulders.
(3) The comparative effects of contractile agonists and physiological stimulation of the tracheal and bronchial smooth muscle (BSM) response were studied isometrically in situ in five Basenji-greyhound (BG) and six mongrel dogs.
(4) The anesthesia lasted longer in Greyhound than in non-Greyhound mixed-breed dogs given thiopental, thiamylal, and methohexital.
(5) To test whether acute denervation alters the vascular effects of dopamine and dobutamine, we anesthetized 16 greyhounds and placed them on total cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB).
(6) Neither mongrels nor this group of Greyhounds were obviously susceptible to MH.
(7) Plasma hypoxanthine and xanthine concentrations are very low in the horse and low in rat, mouse and greyhound compared to concentrations in beagles, man, sheep and rabbit.
(8) In Beagles, it increased from dorsal to ventral zones by about 50% of the initial dorsal zone value, whereas in Greyhound-type dogs, only a slight dorsal-to-ventral decrease was evident, with the exception of the more ventral zone.
(9) We describe the chronology of development of the stomach and intestine in 18 greyhound foetuses.
(10) We compared the effects of large-volume ventilation on airway responses to aerosolized histamine in anesthetized mongrel dogs with its effects in Basenji-Greyhound crossbred (B-G) dogs.
(11) Using open-chested, anesthetized greyhounds, we compared the catheter-measured right ventricular volume change with stroke volume as measured by a pulmonary arterial electromagnetic blood flowmeter.
(12) In a placebo-controlled study of the antiarrhythmic and electrophysiological properties of atenolol and mexiletine, programmed electrical stimulation (PES) was performed in three groups of six conscious greyhounds, 7-30 days after coronary artery ligation.
(13) The effects of acute changes in plasma Na concentration (P(Na)) on renal blood flow (RBF) and glomerular filtration rate (GFR) were studied in anaesthetized greyhounds.
(14) Four greyhound dogs, previously sedentary for 3 yr, were utilized.
(15) BG dogs were hyperresponsive to both methacholine and histamine compared to basenjis and greyhounds.
(16) We examined endothelin-1 (ET-1) in vitro in five pairs of large arteries and veins from the greyhound dog; (coronary, internal mammary, mesenteric, renal and femoral) as well as the human forearm vein and internal mammary artery and vein.
(17) While the hydrodynamic sizes of the newly synthesized (24-hour) disc PG preparations appeared to be similar, the 60-day-old greyhound disc PGs were found to be larger than the corresponding beagle disc PG populations.
(18) – Gabrielle Jackson Hot dogs As a relatively recent greyhound adopter, the hot months have brought home to me the reality of their notoriously poor temperature control.
(19) Therefore, 40 per cent (900+ ml) of the blood volume of twenty greyhounds was withdrawn under anesthesia and replaced with stroma-free hemoglobin solution (SFHS).
(20) Pretreatment with the PAF antagonists SRI 63-441 (10 mgkg-1 iv) and BN 52021 (5 mgkg-1 iv) significantly reduced the number of arrhythmias during a thirty minute coronary artery occlusion period in open-chest anaesthetised greyhounds, particularly ventricular tachycardia.