(n.) Anything resembling a drumstick in form, as the tibiotarsus, or second joint, of the leg of a fowl.
Example Sentences:
(1) An ultrastructural study found not only round, but also elongated and drumstick-shaped alpha-granules and rod-like structures protruding from round alpha-granules.
(2) Most of the labelled axons were studded with large en passant varicosities (Type 1), whereas the others (Type 2) had smaller boutons often of the drumstick type.
(3) Only peroneus longus from the drumstick and semitendinosus from the thigh had maximum percentage increases in length, width, and depth at the same age that maximum percentage weight increases occurred.
(4) In at least six of the cell types a series of dendritic specializations can be observed, such as spines in the form of "drumsticks" and thin varicose appendages, similar to those reported previously in the optic tecta of amphibians and teleosts.
(5) Billed as Channel 4's first factually inspired period drama, The Mill joins this month's Run (concrete, weeping) and next month's Southcliffe (guns, despair) in a tri(gl)umvirate of astonishingly bleak summer dramas, the channel's determined attempt to do a big stinging wee all over the nation's barbecued drumsticks.
(6) Therefore, pressure cooking resulted in a loss ranging from 36% for the drumstick to 53% for the thigh skin.
(7) Effects of product form classifications, consisting of intact turkey drumsticks, dark meat trim tissue, and mechanically deboned meat, on microbiological concentrations were evaluated.
(8) The most distinctive features of the two first types (1) and (2) are their irregular drumstick shape appendages, increasing in number as well as in length and irregularity of their stalks towards the periphery of the dendrites.
(9) Radiological examination demonstrated striking hypoplasia of the humerus with proximal rounding and distal tapering giving a 'drumstick' appearance, 'S'-shape configuration of the cervical spine, scoliosis and coronal cleft in the thoracolumbar vertebral bodies.
(10) The correlation between the nuclear lobe counts and the frequencies of drumstick-like appendages in polymorphs was also similar to that reported for drumsticks in blood cells in vivo.
(11) The presence of polymorphonuclear neutrophils exhibiting a drumstick, in the hemopoietic tissues and a sex chromatin body in the nucleated cells of buccal mucosa suggest that mosaicism prevails in other somatic tissues of the horse.
(12) Fillet and tender yields (per lean carcass weight) were higher for Treatment E than BI and opposite responses were seen for drumstick and thigh yields.
(13) I’ll be here from 6.30pm to keep an eye on every fearful Foxtrot and chilling Charleston, so grab the bowl of Trick or Treat leftovers (mostly Cadbury's Fudge bars and Drumstick lollies, in my case) and join me in the comment box.
(14) Turkey drumsticks or whole carcasses were artificially contaminated with S. senftenberg 775W or S. typhimurium in concentrations ranging between 5 X 10(5) to 8 X 10(5) viable cells per ml.
(15) Both brightly and weakly fluorescent drumsticks (in females) and drumstick-like bodies (in males) were observed, and they were readily differentiated on the basis of size, shape and, usually, fluorescent intensity.
(16) Relative weights of heart and all segments of the gastrointestinal tract except the esophagus were smaller in the faster than in the slower growing line whereas breast, thigh, and drumstick were greater for the faster than the slower growing line.
(17) This is why John Farrell keeps Drew in the lineup despite the fact that he might as well be stepping to the plate with a turkey drumstick instead of a bat.
(18) A case of keratosis palmoplantaris with drumstick fingers, hypotrichosis, hypohidrosis and dental dysplasia is presented.
(19) Since no truly sex-specific drumsticks appeared to be present in the polymorphs of this cell line containing only one X chromosome, the study supports the accepted notion that there is a correlation between drumstick frequency and the presence of one versus two X chromosomes.
(n.) A plug introduced into a natural or artificial cavity of the body in order to arrest hemorrhage, or for the application of medicine.
(v. t.) To plug with a tampon.
Example Sentences:
(1) In the interview, he also pledged to scrap the 5% rate of VAT on sanitary products, known as the “tampon tax”.
(2) These symptoms were: dyspareunia, apareunia, haemorrhage at the first act of intercourse and more recently signs connected with the increasing use of tampons for the periods.
(3) Not only menstruating girls using tampons, but also quite young children can acquire this disease.
(4) Three groups of 20 women each used the regular, super, and super-plus sizes of a digitally inserted rayon and cotton tampon; two additional groups of 20 each used external sanitary protection or an applicator-inserted rayon polyacrylate tampon.
(5) Industrially manufactured cotton wool tampons have been used for 5 years on approx.
(6) Female volunteers received RU 486 vaginally in polyethylene glycol (PEG) suppositories, in tampons and in oil solution.
(7) All the heifers with retained tampons were inseminated.
(8) To prevent from the recurrence of the disease it is sufficient to process the hydatid cyst fibrosal tunic with a tampon moistened with 5% formaline or 1% tripaflavine solution.
(9) Two years later the strong connection between this disease and the colonization of vaginal tampons with certain strains of Staphylococcus aureus was noted.
(10) The effect of tampon usage on the vaginal microflora of 35 healthy women was determined following their random allocation to either tampon or napkin use for three consecutive menstrual cycles.
(11) On the other hand, it seems very probable that the much less common use of tampons, especially the highly absorbent variety, could be responsible.
(12) The heifers were inseminated on the second to fifth day after the removal of the tampons.
(13) Since many of the fibers previously used in tampons combine with Mg++, an explanation for the pathogenesis of menstrually related toxic shock syndrome presents itself.
(14) The shape of the mitral valve ring, the position of its chordae and of its leaflets were studied in 34 normal hearts fixed through intra-ventricular injection of tamponate formalin.
(15) The authors have examined the pH, the pCO2, the pO2, and the oxygen saturation of the blood of patients upon whom endonasal surgery followed by tamponing of the nose had been performed.
(16) When the irradiation was completed and the tampons were taken out, the ewes (three to four years old lambing ewes, yearling ewes) were stimulated to superovulations by an administration of 1500 IU serum gonadotropin (SG) or 450 IU follicle stimulating hormone (FSH).
(17) In menstrual hygiene, vaginal tampons are preferred.
(18) He applied his own moral stamp, with VAT reductions on nicotine gum and other stop-smoking products, along with contraceptives, tampons and children's car seats.
(19) In cases of relapse, when the posterior tampon is removed after 48 hours, systematic ligature of the sphenopalatine artery is carried out on arteriosclerosis patients aged about fifty who have high blood pressure.
(20) I doubt the men in that room have ever so much as held a tampon.