(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.
Semiotics
Definition:
(n.) Semeiology.
(n.) Same as Semeiotics.
Example Sentences:
(1) It examines from a semiotic perspective the double transformations of spirit and host which in the beliefs and practices of the People of the Air constitute "therapy."
(2) Biology thus is, in itself and in all its aspects, natural semiotics with a pronounced proximity to deterministic chaos.
(3) The endoscopic anatomy of the subdural space structure and endoscopic semiotics of intracranial lesions are presented.
(4) I want the whole run as raw material for my up-coming PhD on the semiotics of 20th-century Britishness at the University of Uppsala.
(5) A semiotic conceptualization of pain in the chronic pain syndrome is proposed.
(6) Special attention is paid to psychopathology as well as to psychodynamic and semiotic aspects of the delusional illness.
(7) A phonocardiographic semiotics of the complications is presented.
(8) The present empirical study of the semiotic aspects of suitability for psychotherapy grew out of this early experience.
(9) The results of this and previous studies are interpreted within a semiotic theory of communication.
(10) This paper reports phenomenological and semiotic research on therapeutic rituals in a Muslim shrine, concentrating on three cases studies.
(11) Bodily expressions were analyzed according the semiotic theory of Charles Sanders Peirce.
(12) Normal tomoechoencephalogramme and ultrasonic semiotics of transverse sections of the brain in different pathology is described with reference to its nature and interrelationships with the meninges and brain matter (tumours, abscesses, emningeal and intracerebral haematomas, hydroma, brain confusion, intracranial foreign bodies).
(13) In the neurological examination of the child, there is a growing significance of subclinical semiotics and graphomotor expression.
(14) The goal of the present paper is to give a classification of psychosomatic theories on symbolic body functioning by applying two modern semiotic theories (Peirce, de Saussure).
(15) In the article is presented the echographic semiotics of the forearm interosseous membrane, based on the results of 10 forearm examinations.
(16) Semiotic structures have the form of saying something about something to someone and involve speech act, reference, pragmatics, and interpretation.
(17) The semiotics of curry allows for market segmentation and a premium pricing strategy.
(18) A comparison of image quality assured by electroroentgeno- and roentgenography did not establish any significant difference in soft tissue tumor semiotics.
(19) Echographic semiotics of radiation cystitis was studied in detail versus cystoscopy data.
(20) This article shows that since scientific explanation employs a language of its own, its syntactic, semantic, and pragmatic dimensions must therefore be analysed with the help of semiotics.