(v. t.) To cure, as codfish, in a particular manner, by laying them, after salting, in a pile in a dark place, covered with salt grass or some like substance.
(v. t. & i.) To ask or beset, as a debtor, for payment; to urge importunately.
(n.) One who duns; a dunner.
(n.) An urgent request or demand of payment; as, he sent his debtor a dun.
(a.) Of a dark color; of a color partaking of a brown and black; of a dull brown color; swarthy.
Example Sentences:
(1) These data indicate that the muscarinic receptor in Dunning H tumors is of M3 type.
(2) In order to assess prostatic tissue as a target for receptor-mediated estrogen action, we have examined the regulation of estrogen (ER) and progestin receptors (PgR) by estrogen, antiestrogen, and progesterone in cytosolic and nuclear fractions of the R3327H (Dunning) prostatic adenocarcinoma of the rat.
(3) Transferrin-mRNA, expressed in the male urogenital tract and also in the liver and other tissues, was detected in the mammary gland and Dunning tumor, but not in the dorsolateral prostate.
(4) The Dunning R3327 prostate adenocarcinoma of the Copenhagen rat was developed as a suitable model of human prostate cancer.
(5) A number of chemotherapeutic agents, including L-asparaginase, actinomycin D, chloroethylcyclohexy-nitrosourea, 5-flourouracil, cyclophosphamide, hydroxyurea, cis-platinum, adriamycin and methotrexate, alone and in combination and at variable dose levels, were applied against the Dunning R3327 rat prostatic adenocarcinoma-subline G. We found a continuing parallel between responses of the human and rat tumors and conclude that the usefulness of this animal model as a screening system for agents against the human tumor is further supported.
(6) The R3327H-G8-A1 cell line derived from the Dunning rat prostate adenocarcinoma contains both androgen and glucocorticoid receptors.
(7) Rats bearing Dunning mammary tumors (DMBA 5A) of more than 2 g absorbed 70-100% more of an intragastric copper dose than controls, and a much larger percentage was found in the plasma, with less in liver and kidney.
(8) The Dunning R-3327-H is a well-differentiated transplantable rat prostatic adenocarcinoma that contains both hormone-sensitive and -insensitive cells.
(9) The complete DNA sequence of human papovavirus BKV(Dun), consisting of 5153 nucleotide pairs, is presented.
(10) The proliferation of primary and serially-cultured epithelial cells from androgen-responsive Dunning R3327 rat prostate tumors was also androgen-independent, but exhibited dramatic alterations in response to hormones that stimulated normal cell proliferation.
(11) In our experimental systems, in vivo, pentosan inhibits the growth of the highly metastatic MAT-LyLu (MLL) Dunning R3327 prostate cancer cell line only at toxic doses and has no apparent effect on growth in vitro.
(12) These results indicate that most actin exists in a depolymerized form as a cytosol protein of 41,000 daltons in the Dunning tumor and is composed of at least four isomers.
(13) Dunning hepatoma ribosomes were resistant to 4 mM EDTA.
(14) The growth of a transplantable rat prostatic carcinoma (Dunning R3327H) was studied after castration, testosterone substitution or testosterone substitution in combination with oestradiol treatment.
(15) Table: Countrywide Nick Dunning, group commercial director at Countrywide, said: "2013 saw the focus of demand shift sharply northwards after several years of more stable levels of supply and demand.
(16) The effects of two inhibitors of ornithine decarboxylase activity, alpha-difluoromethylornithine (DMFO) and (2R,5R) 6-heptyne-2,5 diamine (HDA), and an inhibitor of S-adenosylmethionine decarboxylase, methylglyoxal bis-guanylhydrazone (MGBG), were tested on casein kinase activity and endogenous phosphorylation in the cytosol fractions of mouse thyroid and a rat prostate tumor model, Dunning R 3327 MAT LyLu subline.
(17) Using the Dunning R-3327 rat prostate animal tumor model we have previously shown that an increase in cell surface charge, as measured by individual cell electrophoresis, is associated with an increase in metastatic ability.
(18) She had learned by then not to back off from unpleasant facts - such as that, in her view, she was fat and ugly, something that her not very clever family had dunned into her.
(19) Cytogenetic analysis of the two least progressionally advanced Dunning cancers (i.e., histologically well-differentiated, slow-growing, nonmetastatic variants) demonstrated no structural or numerical chromosomal aberration, suggesting that the initial development of prostatic cancer may not require detectable cytogenetic changes.
(20) In a preliminary study, the effect of transfer factor (TF), one form of passive immunotherapy, on tumor-associated immunity (TAI) and tumour growth and histology of the G subline (a poorly differentiated, fast-growing, androgen sensitive, and poorly metastatic tumour of the Dunning R-3327 rat PCa) has been evaluated.
Duo
Definition:
(n.) A composition for two performers; a duet.
Example Sentences:
(1) Meanwhile, Brighton rock duo Royal Blood top this week's album chart with their self-titled album, scoring the UK's fastest selling British rock debut in three years.
(2) We have to form a duo and I have the right feeling with him.
(3) Watford’s front two have impressed with their hard work, their technical quality and their interplay – a classic strike duo.
(4) The duo were given a standing ovation as they took to the stage helped by Evans and guest presenter Robbie Savage.
(5) Although she's been performing since 2000 – in the punk-cabaret duo the Dresden Dolls , in a controversial conjoined-twin mime act called Evelyn Evelyn (they wear a specially constructed two-person dress and have been castigated by disability groups for presenting conjoined twins as circus freaks, an accusation she denies) – in her new band, Amanda Palmer And The Grand Theft Orchestra , she's suddenly become a kind of phenomenon.
(6) The following commercial preparations were studied: Duo-Medihaler, Medihaler-Epi, Medihaler-Epi Medihaler-Iso, Norisodrine Aerotrol, Alupent, Metaprel, Isuprel Mistometer, Bronkometer, and Asthma-Meter.
(7) Balazs Dzsudzsak still has an amazing left foot, while the experienced midfielder Zoltan Gera will hopefully inspire and guide the young duo Adam Nagy and Laszlo Kleinheisler.
(8) Encouraged by Atkins , to whom Ike had enthused about his two talented sons, Don and Phil branched out as a duo.
(9) It's worth remembering that as the US and UK run around the world protesting the hacking activities of others and warning of the dangers of cyber-attacks , that duo is one of the most aggressive and malicious, if not the most aggressive and malicious, perpetrators of those attacks of anyone on the planet.
(10) The Candy brothers, the property duo behind the scheme, like to claim that the address sits at a sort of super-rich intersection – turn one way, and you look down Sloane Street, Europe's most extravagant shopping street.
(11) Recently, the Swedish duo Tomorrow Machine showcased a series of utopian packaging that included a container that dissolves with its contents.
(12) And on balance that starting duo looks about right.
(13) The subjects practiced the procedure described, directed toward self-care and mutual aid facilitated and supported by the duo, in a series of ten 2-hour weekly sessions.
(14) The n-dimensional duo-trio method model is given in this paper and previous work on the triangular method is reviewed briefly.
(15) Gamble and Huff's career spans the history of rock and soul – Gamble sang with a group called the Romeos in the 60s, while Huff's early days reach back further, having played piano on sessions for the rock'n'roll songwriting duo Leiber and Stoller, and for Phil Spector.
(16) The performers regarded by Rolling Stone magazine as "the most important vocal duo in rock" were the children of midwestern country stars Ike and Margaret Everly and first performed as teenagers on the family radio show in Shenandoah, Iowa.
(17) The author is establishing a relationship between film density duo to the light of intensifying screens and lack of focus.
(18) Despite his lifelong interest in classical music, Warren's first professional involvement was as one half of the boy-girl pop duo, Lyme and Cybelle.
(19) Removal of beta 2-microglobulin (B2MG) from uremic plasma during hemofiltration in 5 patients using polysulfone (F60), acrylonitrile (AN69), polyamid (FH77), polyacrylonitrile (PAN200) and cellulose-acetate (Duo-Flux) membranes was investigated.
(20) In the latest example of the site being used as a conduit to try to influence Hollywood casting decisions, more than 17,000 people have joined a call for producers to remove the duo and replace them with Matt Bomer and Alexis Bledel.