(n.) A measure of quantity, differing for different commodities.
(superl.) Abounding with fat
(superl.) Fleshy; characterized by fatness; plump; corpulent; not lean; as, a fat man; a fat ox.
(superl.) Oily; greasy; unctuous; rich; -- said of food.
(superl.) Exhibiting the qualities of a fat animal; coarse; heavy; gross; dull; stupid.
(superl.) Fertile; productive; as, a fat soil; a fat pasture.
(superl.) Rich; producing a large income; desirable; as, a fat benefice; a fat office; a fat job.
(superl.) Abounding in riches; affluent; fortunate.
(superl.) Of a character which enables the compositor to make large wages; -- said of matter containing blank, cuts, or many leads, etc.; as, a fat take; a fat page.
(n.) An oily liquid or greasy substance making up the main bulk of the adipose tissue of animals, and widely distributed in the seeds of plants. See Adipose tissue, under Adipose.
(n.) The best or richest productions; the best part; as, to live on the fat of the land.
(n.) Work. containing much blank, or its equivalent, and, therefore, profitable to the compositor.
(a.) To make fat; to fatten; to make plump and fleshy with abundant food; as, to fat fowls or sheep.
(v. i.) To grow fat, plump, and fleshy.
Example Sentences:
(1) This effect was more marked in breast cancer patients which may explain our earlier finding that women with upper body fat localization are at increased risk for developing breast cancer.
(2) After a period on fat-rich diet the patient's physical fitness was increased and the recovery period after the acute load was shorter.
(3) In the clinical trials in which there was complete substitution of fat-modified ruminant foods for conventional ruminant products the fall in serum cholesterol was approximately 10%.
(4) To estimate the age of onset of these differences, and to assess their relationship to abdominal and gluteal adipocyte size, we measured adiposity, adipocyte size, and glucose and insulin concentrations during a glucose tolerance test in lean (less than 20% body fat), prepubertal children from each race.
(5) High radioactivities were observed in the digestive organs, mesenteric lymphnodes, liver, pancreas, urinary bladder, fat tissue, kidney and spleen after oral administration to rats.
(6) There were few significant differences between high polyunsaturated (safflower oil) and saturated fat (lard) diet groups.
(7) Protein composition was determined in mesenteric lymph chylomicrons from fat-fed rats.
(8) The relationship of weight history with current fat distribution was also explored.
(9) The heterogeneity of obesity may be demonstrated by the shape of fat distribution and the prolactin response to insulin hypoglycaemia.
(10) Dietary factors affect intestinal P450s markedly--iron restriction rapidly decreased intestinal P450 to beneath detectable values; selenium deficiency acted similarly but was less effective; Brussels sprouts increased intestinal AHH activity 9.8-fold, ECOD activity 3.2-fold, and P450 1.9-fold; fried meat and dietary fat significantly increased intestinal EROD activity; a vitamin A-deficient diet increased, and a vitamin A-rich diet decreased intestinal P450 activities; and excess cholesterol in the diet increased intestinal P450 activity.
(11) I usually use them as a rag with which to clean the toilet but I didn’t have anything else to wear today because I’m so fat.” While this exchange will sound baffling to outsiders, to Brits it actually sounds like this: “You like my dress?
(12) Assuming 1 kg LBM to contain 52.1 mmol potassium, the mean LBM was 3028 g in the I-NSM and 2739 in the I-SM; mean fat mass was similar in both groups.
(13) Cholestyramine resin was beneficial in reducing stool bulk but had no substantial effect on fat absorption.
(14) This study examined the association between diet composition, particularly dietary fat intake, and body-fat percentage in 205 adult females.
(15) With both approaches, carbohydrate and fat had little influence whereas egg albumin had a significant inhibitory effect on the absorption of nonheme iron.
(16) Computed Tomography was used to demonstrate the increased retro-orbital fat.
(17) The results obtained on fat cell membranes from abdominal subcutaneous adipose tissue demonstrated the following.
(18) The latter appears to reflect methodological problems since both fat-free determinations depend upon TBW rather than somatic proteins.
(19) There were no relationships between blood pressure and calorie-adjusted intakes of fats, carbohydrates, sodium, potassium, calcium or magnesium.
(20) As with alloplastic orbital implant extrusions in enucleated sockets, autogeneous dermis fat grafts can be useful in managing extrusions in previously eviscerated sockets.
Fet
Definition:
(n.) A piece.
(v. t.) To fetch.
(p. p.) Fetched.
(p. p.) of Fette
Example Sentences:
(1) The system called PRONG (Parallel Recording Of Neural Groups) includes a microelectrode, a lightweight reusable connector, a 24-channel FET-hybrid preamplifier, a 3-band 24-channel amplifier, a 24-channel spike monitor, high-speed digital and analog interfaces and a computer.
(2) At 40 min after the start of therapy the mean clearance, expressed as percentage of the amount of radioactivity present at the start of therapy, was 32% after PEP, 53% after FET, and 15% in the control run.
(3) In this paper special attention is paid to the capacitive measurements with EIS systems as well as impedance and potential measurements with FET devices.
(4) The electrode was connected through a head-carried FET signal follower to a wide band integrated circuit amplifier and the unit activity was recorded in the other channel of the tape recorder.
(5) separable lean, separable fet, and total edible portions of Choice grade cuts of beef is given, as well as a table acids per 100 gm.
(6) The patients performed: 1) postural drainage with thoracic expansion exercises + forced expiration technique (FET) in the left decubitus position; 2) positive expiratory pressure (PEP)-mask breathing + FET; and 3) physical exercise on a bicycle ergometer + FET.
(7) A hybrid electrode structure permits the incorporation of a source follower FET amplifier directly adjacent to the pH membrane, significantly reducing response time and noise pick-up.
(8) Fluorescence energy transfer (FET) between the donor (fluorescein.PFO or PFOD) and the acceptor (tetramethylrhodamine.PFO or PFOA) was detected by both quenching of donor fluorescence (520 nm) and by enhancement of acceptor fluorescence (575 nm) upon aggregation of labeled cytolysin molecules.
(9) Sputum production during PEP and FET was larger than during the equivalent period of time in the control run.
(10) The current work assesses the utility of FET for measuring distances in duplex and branched DNA molecules.
(11) Fluorescence polarization and energy transfer (FET) studies, using site specific fluorescent indicators, combined with crystallographic, immunological and chemical modification data, yielded a structural model of Ca2(+)-ATPase in which the binding sites of Ca2+ and ATP are tentatively identified.
(12) All treatments had the same duration and FET was standardized.
(13) FET was not observed when PFOD and PFOA were incubated in a membrane-free solution or when unlabeled toxin was substituted for PFOA.
(14) Bio-Gel P-30 chromatography of the conditioned media from three of these cell lines (HCT 116, MOSER, FET) indicated differences in the molecular weights of secreted TGF-alpha.
(15) The effects of Althesin anaesthesia alone, and associated with surgery, on carbohydrate and fet metabolism were studied in 36 patients by determining the plasma concentrations of cortisol, human growth hormone, insulin, free fatty acids, and blood sugar.
(16) produced slowing of the respiratory rhythm due to prolongation of the expiratory duration and an elevation of the FET,CO2 threshold for rhythm generation.
(17) "Funktionseinstimmungstraining--FET" (functional adaptation training) includes exercises aiming reorganization of verbal communication, improvement of capacity of concentration, vigilance, mental faculty over a longer period of time and memory.
(18) We have evaluated 8-Cl-cAMP and 8-Cl-adenosine for their growth inhibitory activity against two human colon adenocarcinoma cell lines, HCT116 and FET.
(19) For both MOSER and FET cell lines, 20-30% of the TGF-like activity had a molecular weight greater than 15,000.
(20) At the base of the electrode the wires are threaded through flexible plastic tubing that provides strain relief and are glued to individual pins of a miniature connector that plugs into a field effect transistor (FET) voltage follower.