(n.) A Hebrew dry measure, supposed to be equal to two pecks and five quarts. ten ephahs make one homer.
Example Sentences:
(1) The distribution of N-linked glycans in rat testis has been probed using a panel of lectins derived from Galanthus nivalis (snowdrop, GNA), Canavalia ensiformis (jack bean, Con A), Lens culinaris (lentil, LCA), Pisum sativum (garden pea, PSA) and Phaseolus vulgaris, erythro- and leucoagglutinins (kidney bean, ePHA and lPHA).
(2) Martin McKee of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Paul Belcher of the Royal College of Physicians and Monika Kosinska of the European Public Health Alliance (EPHA) say a combination of strange events has set alarm bells ringing.
(3) They point to the break-in two days after Dalli's resignation at offices belonging to anti-smoking groups in Brussels including those of the EPHA, where laptops containing material relating to the directive were stolen.
(4) The 'peroxidase' activities of 4 different lectins, LCA, Con A, LCA and EPHA, were compared.
(5) The fine ConA positive material concentrates into large clumps and becomes recognizable by other lectins such as PSA, WGA and ePHA, which bind to mannose containing structures in an increasingly complex form.
(6) The effect of Diazepam (Valium), Dimenhydrinate (Vomex A, Novomina, Epha Retard), Sulpirid (Dogmatil) and Placebo has been investigated in regard to the intensity of pathological vestibular spontaneous nystagmus by application of the double blind method on 50 patients with peripheral vestibular (n = 37) and central vestibular (n = 12) diseases, as well as on a case of spontaneous nystagmus of undefined origin.