(v. i.) One whose mind is impaired by age; one in second childhood.
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Fleer
Definition:
(n.) One who flees.
() To make a wry face in contempt, or to grin in scorn; to deride; to sneer; to mock; to gibe; as, to fleer and flout.
() To grin with an air of civility; to leer.
(v. t.) To mock; to flout at.
Example Sentences:
(1) Modification of the more reactive sulfhydryl group with N-ethylmaleimide resulted in inactivation of the enzyme and modification of coenzyme-binding characteristics [McIntyre, J. O., Fleer, E. A. M. and Fleischer, S. (1984) Biochemistry 23, 5135-5141].
(2) All these results are predicted for constrained equilibrium by a discrete lattice model [Scheutjens, J. M. H. M. & Fleer, G. J.
(3) Shuttle plasmids carrying the wild-type RAD4 gene of Saccharomyces cerevisiae cannot be propagated in Escherichia coli (R. Fleer, W. Siede, and E. C. Friedberg, J. Bacteriol.
(4) This receptor recently has been implicated as the channel involved in the calcium release process in excitation-contraction coupling and was localized to the junctional terminal cisternae of sarcoplasmic reticulum from skeletal muscle [Fleischer, S., Ogunbunmi, E. M., Dixon, M. C., & Fleer, E.A.M.