(n.) The oval or roundish body laid by domestic poultry and other birds, tortoises, etc. It consists of a yolk, usually surrounded by the "white" or albumen, and inclosed in a shell or strong membrane.
(n.) A simple cell, from the development of which the young of animals are formed; ovum; germ cell.
(n.) Anything resembling an egg in form.
(v. t.) To urge on; to instigate; to incite/
Example Sentences:
(1) Here we report that sperm from psr males fertilizes eggs, but that the paternal chromosomes are subsequently condensed into a chromatin mass before the first mitotic division of the egg and do not participate in further divisions.
(2) We similarly evaluated the ability of other phospholipids to form stable foam at various concentrations and ethanol volume fractions and found: bovine brain sphingomyelin greater than dipalmitoyl 3-sn-phosphatidylcholine greater than egg sphingomyelin greater than egg lecithin greater than phosphatidylglycerol.
(3) Whether hen's egg yolk can be used as a sperm motility stimulant in the treatment of such conditions as asthenospermia and oligospermia is subjected for further study.
(4) Increasing concentrations of cholesterol monotonically increase the dipole potential of egg phosphatidylcholine monolayers, from 415 mV with no cholesterol to 493 mV with equimolar cholesterol.
(5) The percentage of eggs clamped at values more negative than -65 mV, which responded at insemination by developing an If, decreased and dropped to 0 at -80 mV.
(6) Lead levels in contents and shells of eggs laid by hens dosed with all-lead shot were about twice those in eggs laid by hens dosed with lead-iron shot.
(7) Saturated acyl residues predominated in lysolecithin and unsaturated ones in acids released by hydrolysis of egg lecithin.
(8) By 30 min after insemination, the surface of the egg is relatively smooth.
(9) With both approaches, carbohydrate and fat had little influence whereas egg albumin had a significant inhibitory effect on the absorption of nonheme iron.
(10) Larvae from fresh water eggs, cultured in fresh water and 'normal' laboratory cultures reached 50% infectivity in 3-5 days, losing potential infectivity in 11-15 days post-hatching.
(11) Plakoglobin is present in the fertilized egg, increases in abundance by neurula stage, then declines at the tailbud and tadpole stages.
(12) Fertilization of golden hamster eggs was blocked both in vitro and in vivo by antibodies produced in rabbits against specific hamster ovarian antigens (HOA).
(13) Multiple spawnings of individual females were also observed during the spawning period affecting the relative fecundity of the eggs.
(14) The faeces of forty-two were examined microscopically for nematode eggs.
(15) In Experiment 1 (summer), hens regained body weight more rapidly, returned to production faster, and had larger egg weights (Weeks 1 to 4) when fed the 16 or 13% CP molt diets than when fed the 10% CP molt diet.
(16) The time of sperm penetration in the mouse eggs, however, was delayed for one-half to one hour when ejaculated sperm were used.
(17) Polypeptides of egg-borne Sendai virus (egg Sendai), which is biologically active on the basis of criteria of the infectivity for L cells and of hemolytic and cell fusion activities, were compared by polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis with those of L cell-borne (L Sendai) and HeLa cell-borne Sendai (HeLa Sendai) viruses, which are judged biologically inactive by the above criteria.
(18) The pattern of day to day variability in egg counts from individuals can be characterized by the linear relationship between the logarithms of the variances and means.
(19) Rhabdomeres are substantially smaller and visual pigment is nearly eliminated when Drosophila are carotenoid-deprived from egg to adult.
(20) In conclusion, the main finding of the present investigation, based on the development of ME fragments comprising 40-50% of the total egg volume, is that ascidian embryos are capable of regulative development.
Hun
Definition:
(n.) One of a warlike nomadic people of Northern Asia who, in the 5th century, under Atilla, invaded and conquered a great part of Europe.
Example Sentences:
(1) Hun Sen's ruling Cambodian People's party won the July polls with 68 seats to the CNRP's 55, a vastly reduced majority but one that the opposition alleges was still biased in the CPP's favour.
(2) Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, a former battalion commander in the Khmer Rouge, who has ruled his country for 30 years, will visit Australia in December.
(3) The theory is put forward that the Mongolian people living north of China and having constant fights with the Chinese have learnt the horseshoes with nails from the Chinese and that the Huns on their travel westwards have brought this type of horseshoe to Europa.
(4) It was hours before the selfie mob questioned what they had actually taken part in beyond a mass exercise in narcissism greeted by adoring comments saying "you still look hot hun".
(5) • Boris Johnson finally loses patience with being asked to keep a low profile and organises a publicity stunt to launch an attack on the Greek embassy and hold the ambassador personally responsible for all the money his government owes the Hun as well as a few unpaid congestion charge fines.
(6) Notably, Cambodian strongman Hun Sen has described the Republican candidate as “very talented”.
(7) No cases of symptomatic early or late HUN were observed in this series.
(8) These asymptomatic complications contrast with the symptomatic cases of early or late HUN reported in the literature which necessitated urologic and vascular investigations.
(9) "Where I come from they see me as somewhere to the right of Attila the Hun," he jokes.
(10) You mean the moment's finally arrived for us to give Harry Hun a good old British-style thrashing, six of the best, trousers down?
(11) Largely unfancied, they'd edged past Belgium and Cameroon to make the semi in which the beastly Hun went ahead from a deflected free kick.
(12) South Korea pop Kim Jae-sung into midfield in place of Yeom Ki-hun: Jung, Cha, Cho, Jung-Soo Lee, Young-Pyo Lee, Ki, Jung-Woo Kim, Jae-Sung Kim, Ji-Sung Park, Chung-Yong Lee, Chu-Young Park.
(13) Meanwhile Ki Sung-Yeung is replaced by Yeom Ki-Hun.
(14) While young people have been heavily involved in the protests, many of the first to flood the capital were middle-aged and elderly people, often bearing specific grievances against the government of Prime Minister Hun Sen, who has ruled for 29 years.
(15) Cambodia's prime minister, Hun Sen, welcomed the ruling, saying it "gives the frontier between the two countries a clear borderline".
(16) The results announced on state television on Sunday morning handed 68 National Assembly seats to Hun Sen's Cambodian People's party and 55 to the opposition Cambodia National Rescue party.
(17) The talks lasted about 20 minutes, and Hun Sen left without commenting.
(18) I don’t think any of them have expressed any desire to go.” Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, a former battalion commander in the Khmer Rouge, and who has ruled his country for 30 years, will visit Australia in December.
(19) All that allows to draw the cautious conclusion that a small split off migrating group of gypsies, who in the 6th century A.D. on their move in flight before the rage of the Huns had immigrated to Iran, halted during their migration in Mesopotamia at the latest in about the 8th century.
(20) "If Hun Sen agreed to an outside investigation at this stage, that would be tantamount to conceding that the elections were rigged," he said.