(a.) Wild; untamed; ferine; not domesticated; -- said of beasts, birds, and plants.
(a.) Funereal; deadly; fatal; dangerous.
Example Sentences:
(1) Tests were conducted on naturally infected fish from feral populations and commercial sources, as well as on fish which were experimentally infected with a virulent culture of Aeromonas hydrophila.
(2) With the help of yellow contact lenses, a false beard, nose and teeth, he has taken on the demeanour of a feral animal.
(3) Mann describes herself as a "feral child", running naked with dogs or riding her horse with only a string through its mouth.
(4) The yeast Cyniclomyces guttulatus (Saccharomycopsis guttulata) was shown in this study to line the stomach of domestic and feral rabbits, guinea pigs, and chinchillas.
(5) The Daily Telegraph delivered yesterday, describing the March in May protests as a revolt of the ferals .
(6) From one side we hear that it's about feral youth, and from the others its all about inequality.
(7) In New Zealand's four main feral red deer populations (n = 188) the DIA1F allele frequency ranged from 0.491 to 0.985.
(8) Evidence of viral transmission by feral animals was not obtained.
(9) A behavioural study of feral horses was conducted on the Pryor Mountain Wild Horse Range in the western United States.
(10) The animals were of various breeds including Angora, New Zealand feral, Angora x feral, Saanen and Toggenburg.
(11) Six hundred sixty-one feral swine (Sus scrofa) from Ossabaw Island, Georgia (USA) were captured, bled, and their sera tested for pseudorabies virus (PRV) antibody during a 6 yr period.
(12) This is the first study in which it has been possible to demonstrate a close morphological congruity between a set of idiopathic hepatic lesions in any feral population and an established series of hepatic lesions inducible in rodents by certain hepatocarcinogens under laboratory conditions.
(13) For periods of 3, 6, and 12 months, 104 feral rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta) were on test.
(14) The feral heart stopped at a mean of 10-4 hours (range 0-5 to 25 hours) after the injection of PGF2alpha.
(15) The former Labour prime minister, who towards the end of his time in office in June 2007 branded the media as being like a "feral beast tearing people and reputations to bits" in a speech, said on Monday morning he now felt more comfortable talking about the sometimes unassailable power that newspapers hold without responsibility.
(16) The social behavior of feral horses was studied in the western United States.
(17) In so far as can be gleaned , the 120,000 families whose feral ways Mr Pickles and the prime minister like pointing to were totted up using outdated surveys concerned not with the school skiving, crime and loutishness that dominated yesterday's spin.
(18) Captive feral mares were similar to domestic breeds in the percentage of mares ovulating all year and in the P levels achieved during the estrous cycle and pregnancy.
(19) Having been quite feral, he was proud of his domestication."
(20) Some breeds came from other countries, others were developed from feral animals and yet others were created in this state by crossing and selective breeding.
Fetal
Definition:
(a.) Pertaining to, or connected with, a fetus; as, fetal circulation; fetal membranes.
Example Sentences:
(1) In each sheep there was a significant negative correlation between the glucose and corticosteroid concentrations in both maternal and fetal plasma, and there were positive correlations between the maternal and fetal plasma concentrations of glucose, and between the glucose and fructose concentrations of fetal plasma.
(2) Direct fetal digitalization led to a reduction in umbilical artery resistance, a decline in the abdominal circumference from 20.3 to 17.8 cm, and resolution of the ascites within 72 h. Despite this dramatic response to therapy, fetal death occurred on day 5 of treatment.
(3) The prenatal risk determined by smoking pregnant woman was studied by a fetal electrocardiogram at different gestational ages.
(4) These results indicated that the PG determination was the most accurate predictor of fetal lung well-being prior to birth among the clinical tests so far reported.
(5) These studies, in addition to demonstrating that the placenta contains TRH deamidase activity, suggest that losses of fetal TRH through the placenta are not large.
(6) Patient or fetal cord serum is commonly used as a protein supplement to culture media used in in-vitro fertilization (IVF).
(7) Evidence of fetal alcohol effects may be found for each outcome category.
(8) At the highest dose of chloroquine tested (500 microM), a slightly greater increase in insulin binding and a decrease in insulin degradation were observed in fetal cells as compared with adult cells.
(9) We have not had another incidence of fetal scalp infection associated with intrapartum monitoring.
(10) A retrospective study examined the reactions to the termination of pregnancy for fetal malformation and the follow up services that were available.
(11) In the interim, sonographic studies during pregnancy in women at risk for AIDS may be helpful in identifying fetal intrauterine growth retardation and may help raise our level of suspicion for congenital AIDS.
(12) It is suggested that the low-density lipoprotein receptors in human fetal liver may play a key role in the regulation of the serum cholesterol levels during gestation.
(13) In addition, the findings suggest a need for a supply of glucose of fetal origin for cells that are responsible for increased PGFM concentrations in the maternal uteroplacental circulation.
(14) In addition, these parameters may be useful in differentiating the various causes of fetal acidemia.
(15) A case of automobile trauma to a pregnant woman at term is presented, and a plan of management involving fetal monitoring is recommended.
(16) N-Acetyl-beta-D-glucosaminidase (GAD) activities did not change significantly duringlate fetal, neonatal or young adult stages but increased significantly with advancing age.
(17) Antigenic specificity was demonstrated between tricalcium phosphate ceramic and fetal bovine serum in crisscross.
(18) Cell Biol., 101:1990-1998), the fetal antigen is specifically associated with regions of neuronal sprouting and, therefore, can be used as a molecular marker of neurite growth.
(19) In view of many ethical and legal problems, connected in some countries with obtaining human fetal tissue for transplantation, cross-species transplants would be an attractive alternative.
(20) The purpose of this study was to determine whether there was a temporal association between the introduction of a Fetal Diagnostic and Treatment Center and changes in fetal mortality.