(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.
Overalls
Definition:
(n. pl.) A kind of loose trousers worn over others to protect them from soiling.
(n. pl.) Waterproof leggings.
Example Sentences:
(1) By combined histologic and cytologic examinations, the overall diagnostic rate was raised to 87.7%.
(2) The overall recoveries of activated ER following chromatography on DEAE-cellulose were significantly lower than the recoveries of the nonactivated ER, 71 and 85%, respectively.
(3) In patients with less favourable disease status the 2-year overall and DFS were 73% and 50% respectively.
(4) Time-series analysis and multiple-regression modeling procedures were used to characterize changes in the overall incidence rate over the study period and to describe the contribution of additional measures to the dynamics of the incidence rates.
(5) The CHI patients were impaired overall on the FTE but not the CTE.
(6) Overall length of stay found in this study (14.02 days) is considerably higher than Indian optimum.
(7) Matthias Müller, VW’s chief executive, said: “In light of the wide range of challenges we are currently facing, we are satisfied overall with the start we have made to what will undoubtedly be a demanding fiscal year 2016.
(8) The sensitivity of SPECT for detection of overall coronary stenosis was 79%, contrary that of treadmill exercise test was only 33% (p < 0.001).
(9) The overall incidence in patients over 50 years of age was 8.5%; it was more than twice as high in women (11.5%) as in men (4.5%) and rose sharply with age.
(10) A significant linear correlation was found between the effect in this test and plasma and overall brain levels of metapramine.
(11) 83 well documented cases of amoebic hepatic abscess, treated in the Philippines between 1967 and 1975, are presented with a view to showing the results of 3 different methods of management and comparing the diagnostic accuracy and overall mortality in 2 separate groups.
(12) The overall result of this system has been to decrease the coefficients of variation to below 5% for all the milk and serum proteins tested.
(13) The overall prevalence of protein energy malnutrition (PEM) was found to be 81.8%, while 31.8, 44.1, 5.7 and 0.2% of children had Grades I, II, III and IV PEM, respectively.
(14) Peter Stott of the Met Office, who led the study, said: "With global warming we're talking about very big changes in the overall water cycle.
(15) The effect upon ethanol responding was found not to resemble a pattern of extinction, but rather was best described as a general overall reduction in responding.
(16) Herman Van Rompuy, the European Council president chairing the summit, hoped to finesse an overall agreement on the banking supervisor.
(17) Following thawing, the initial motility index (MI) scores of mf cryopreserved by either method were not significantly different from untreated controls; however, over a period of 15 days in culture the MI scores of both cryopreserved groups showed a small but significant overall decline, with the methanol technique producing the lowest scores.
(18) These studies show that females develop significantly more cell-mediated immune responses to some chemical haptenes than men and the data also points to an overall higher rate of haptene recognition.
(19) At 7 years, the overall survival for all patients was 52%, and the disease-free survival was 64%.
(20) Therefore, a mortality analysis of overall survival time alone may conceal important differences between the forces of mortality (hazard functions) associated with distinct states of active disease, for example pre-remission state and first relapse.