(n.) The religious or mythological book of the old Scandinavian tribes of German origin, containing two collections of Sagas (legends, myths) of the old northern gods and heroes.
Example Sentences:
(1) She mentions the show at the Baltic in Gateshead in 2007, when one of her photographs, Klara and Edda Belly-dancing , owned by Elton John, was removed from the exhibition on the grounds that it was pornographic .
(2) The first clinical examination (total sample) was made by a specially trained expanded-duty dental auxiliary (EDDA).
(3) The ability of some bacterial strains to obtain iron from ethylenediamine di-o-hydroxyphenylacetic acid (EDDA) or iron-free transferrin, and accordingly grow in their presence, was studied.
(4) His favourite book is The Poetic Edda, a landmark collection of Old Norse poetry.
(5) Model CoIII(EDDA)(azophenolate) complexes have helped to define the reaction conditions necessary to produce the enzyme derivative and have proved invaluable in the spectral analysis of the cobalt(III)-enzyme complex.
(6) Results indicated that the optimum team size, from the standpoint of both productivity and economic considerations, involved one dentist, one EDDA, and two assistants, as compared with the control team of one dentist and two assistants.
(7) A desire to use EDDAs was associated with the following variables: demographic background, continuing education profile, indicators of how busy the practice is, number of hours auxiliaries were employed, practice efficiency indicators, and knowledge and attitude indicators.
(8) Iron restriction was induced in Escherichia coli O 111, E. coli O 164 and E. coli C by growing the organisms in trypticase soy broth containing ovotransferrin, desferal, EDDA (ethylenediamine-dihydroxyphenylacetic acid) or alpha,alpha'-dipyridyl.
(9) Growth in the presence of the iron chelators 2,2'-dipyridyl, ethylenediamine-dihydroxyphenylacetic acid (EDDA), desferrioxamine mesylate (desferal), ovotransferrin (conalbumin) and bovine transferrin was inhibited within a very narrow concentration range.
(10) The majority of the enterobacteriaceae (E. coli, Salmonella spp, Klebsiella spp) was inhibited by 44 mM EDDA and 1.5 mM transferrin.
(11) Two- and three-dentist groups also can increase revenue by hiring EDDAs, but, beyond a certain point, an inverse relationship exists between the number of auxiliaries hired and net revenue generated.
(12) In blood, the EDDA complexes of 99mTc and 57Co were in dialyzable forms, whereas other tumor-nonlocalizing compounds were in undialyzable or protein-bound forms.
(13) Formally neutral Fe(II).EDDA shows weak loss of cutting reactivity at the branch.
(14) In summer, the Hotel Edda chain uses rural boarding schools all along the route as budget hotel and hostel style accommodation.
(15) All strains examined were able to grow in the presence of high concentrations (10 mM) of the iron chelator EDDA.
(16) Absence of pyoverdine and other siderophores was confirmed by gel filtration, a specific siderophore assay, and inhibition studies with the iron chelator EDDA.
(17) Growth of Staphylococcus aureus and Yersinia pseudotuberculosis was inhibited by EDDA or by iron-free transferrin.
(18) ; Escherichia coli, Salmonella typhimurium and Shigella dysenteriae were able to grow both in the presence of EDDA or iron-free transferrin.
(19) 's (1969) paper on a cline in the frequencies of the typica and edda morphs of the moth.
(20) Preparations of catechols from ethyl acetate extracts of cultures of Klebsiellae in a low-iron medium contained iron-chelators whose potency was measured by the reversal of the bacteristasis of Escherichia coli and klebsiellae in unheated horse serum, and of the growth-inhibition of these two organisms by ethylene diamine di-orthohydroxyphenyl acetic acid (EDDA).
Taro
Definition:
(n.) A name for several aroid plants (Colocasia antiquorum, var. esculenta, Colocasia macrorhiza, etc.), and their rootstocks. They have large ovate-sagittate leaves and large fleshy rootstocks, which are cooked and used for food in tropical countries.
Example Sentences:
(1) Last year the then foreign minister - and self-confessed manga addict - Taro Aso, created a "Nobel prize" for international manga artists.
(2) Taro Aso, the finance minister, said on Monday that the elderly should be allowed to "hurry up and die" to relieve pressure on the state to pay for their medical care.
(3) Taro Aso, one of the most controversial figures in Japanese politics, has emerged as the favourite to replace Yasuo Fukuda, less than 24 hours after the prime minister announced his surprise resignation.
(4) "Unless we take appropriate steps, there will be a major impact on the real economy," the prime minister, Taro Aso, told reporters.
(5) However, Obama's team pointed out that the busy president did not hold a press conference after meeting the Japanese prime minister, Taro Aso, last week.
(6) In response to rising paranoia around communism, the comic creators drew on the recent popularity of the Japanese viral sensation Piko Taro’s video Pen Pineapple Apple Pen , which has been viewed more than 16 million times.
(7) While A. parasiticus did produce mycelia and spores on the lettuce and taro root samples, there were not detectable levels of any aflatoxin produced.
(8) The total is a substantial increase from the £68bn package announced by the prime minister, Taro Aso, on Monday, and is likely to top ¥56tn when other measures such as tax cuts and credit guarantees are included.
(9) Cultures of A. flavus produced both aflatoxins B1 and G1 on taro root, but produced by B1 on lettuce, cauliflower, and celery.
(10) Last year engineers from Australia and Britain helped plan the relocation of Taro, a town in the Solomon Islands , to the adjacent mainland.
(11) Taro alpha-D-galactosidase also hydrolyzes (1----4)- and (1----6)-linked alpha-D-galactopyranosyl groups from D-galactose-containing glycoconjugates.
(12) The five samples of taro (Colocasia esculenta) showed wide variation in composition.
(13) These data are consistent with the monosaccharide compositions of the taro wall preparations, which were more similar to those of unlignified walls of dicotyledons than to unlignified walls of the Poaceae.
(14) Profits finally fetch up in Enthoven's Taro III Trust.
(15) Taro Aso, the outgoing prime minister, indicated he would resign as head of the LDP to take responsibility for a disastrous night that could see the party's strength reduced from 300 seats to just over 100.
(16) Our traditional root crops, such as pulaka and taro, are gradually dying because of sea water intrusion and frequent droughts.
(17) No significative differences were poi nted out for the most part of the determined parameters between the stations upstream and downstream Cremona and Casalmaggiore, except the turbid load (turbidity, suspended matter at 105 degrees C, setteable solids) which presented at Casalmaggiore an average value absolutely higher than the calculated one which was achieved considering concentrations and river flow at Cremona and at the mouths of Arda-Ongina and Taro.
(18) We investigated gene expression patterns that occur during taro corm development.
(19) In order to have plenty of milk, mothers are kept on a diet of taro, sweet potato, and cooked papaya fruit supplemented with the young fronds of edible ferns, lightly boiled (Cyathea sp., Diplazium sp., Tectaria latifolia, Microlepia speluncae and Hypolepis sp.).
(20) When I was a kid,” says Tupou, a farmer on the Cook Islands, “we ate mostly fresh fish and tomatoes, pawpaw, and taro.