(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.
Phat
Definition:
Example Sentences:
(1) On the basis of the data obtained PHAT could be recommended as a test for the assessment of the immunological efficacy of the smallpox vaccinations.
(2) Successful use of the PHAT for detection of antibodies to EA-D was dependent on the degree of purity of the partially purified antigen.
(3) A considerable percentage of patients with meningococcus infection displayed an increase in the actibody titres to meningococcus, group A, detectable in the passive hemagglutination test (PHAT).
(4) The effect of some methods of preliminary treatment of erythrocytes on the PHAT depended on the sensitin náture and the method of erythrocyte load.
(5) A fourfold or greater increase in antibody titers has been determined by means of EIA in 80% of cases and with the use of PHAT in 55% of cases.
(6) Antibody titres determined in the PHAT were higher than titres of neutralizing antibody.
(7) The CFT and the PHAT with erythrocytic diagnostic preparation, used in combination, will make it possible not only to diagnose ornithosis in patient more effectively, but also to differentiate between the cases of infection and anamnestic reaction.20
(8) The examination was carried out by means of the complement fixation test (CFT), the passive hemagglutination test (PHAT), the toxin neutralization test (TNT) and the immunofluorescence test (IFT).
(9) PHAT will help detect higher numbers of fibronectin-binding staphylococci than flocculation on the glass.
(10) The PHAT can be used as an auxiliary method of diagnosis permitting to establish the meningococcus etiology of the disease in a number of cases.
(11) During an experimental reproduction of CBPP, 5 inoculated cows and 5 contacts cows were bled twice a week and antibodies research was performed using complement fixation test (CFT), passive haemagglutination test (PHAT) and slide agglutination test (SAT).
(12) The results of ELISA were in good correlation with those yielded by the traditional tests: 70% coincidence with CFT, 80% with IIF, 84% with PHAT; besides, ELISA has shown a higher sensitivity in the screening of sera.
(13) Some of my favorites include Misssey, The Ella Baker Center, Ebase, Causa Justa: Just Cause, Black Girls Code, Phat Beets Produce, and Oakland Rising.
(14) When the antibodies participate in the PHAT with several batches of the erythrocytic diagnostic agent characterized by an average number of the antigen molecules on a single erythrocyte there appears a possibility of determining the extent of heterogeneity of the antibodies.
(15) The authors present the data that evidence in favour of employing fibronectin sensitized formalin-treated red cells for the indication of fibronectin-binding microorganisms (as exemplified by staphylococci) in the passive hemagglutination test (PHAT).
(16) More than 100 human antisera from patients with EBV-associated diseases, which had been previously tested by standard IF procedures were assayed by PHAT.
(17) The 'group' PHAT method cuts down the consumption of the diagnostic agent 4-fold and is less labor-consuming.
(18) The third app, 7 Plus, is the brainchild of Sreytouch Phat, a former beer promoter who wanted to help food and service sector workers claim their rights and stay free from sexual harassment and violence in their workplace.
(19) An inhibition (blocking) of PHAT was developed which was useful in the purification and characterization of EA-D.
(20) The passive hemagglutination test (PHAT) with a mixture of tested sera is suggested to be used in screening of HBsAg carriers.