(n.) A small dog; -- written also fise, fyce, fiste, etc.
Example Sentences:
(1) Following each sleep condition the nap group as opposed to the controls showed a statistically significant improvement in reaction time performance, higher short-term retention, less reported sleepiness and elevated subjective states reflected by fice factors on the adjective mood-activation check list.
(2) Nine subjects (fice with pre-existing cardiovascular disease, four normal) exhibited electrocardiographic changes, including supraventricular arrhythmias, ventricular ectopy and significant ST segment depression.
Lice
Definition:
(n.) pl. of Louse.
(pl. ) of Louse
Example Sentences:
(1) CNS excitation and seizures, manifestations of organochlorine intoxication, can occur following ingestion or inappropriate application of the 1 per cent topical formulation of lindane used to treat scabies and lice.
(2) Twelve days after the first treatment the second treatment was carried out and the presence of head lice was examined for the evaluation of treatment effect.
(3) Subjects were inspected for evidence of live lice and eggs at 24 hours and 3 to 4 weeks after application of treatment.
(4) Over 60 forms of parasites were found out as follows: three species of blood parasites, 12 species of Coccidia, 8 species of cestodes, 12 species of nematodes, one species of Acanthocephalus, three species of chigger mites, 15 species of gamasid mites, 6 species of ixodid ticks, fleas and lice.
(5) Each group was exposed to 6 sheep with moderate to heavy infestations of lice.
(6) As these subjects were free of live lice infestation at previous follow-up visits it was highly probable that these were cases of re-infestation from another source.
(7) After postcuing, subjects sometimes report lane or lice, instead of the requested word line.
(8) Mortality with control solutions varied between 4 and 16% for both lice and eggs.
(9) Boys with medium length hair and girls with short hair showed the highest incidence of lice infestation.
(10) While we know today that lice do not discriminate between clean and dirty hair, parents and professionals react very negatively to the condition, and this feeling is transferred to children as indicated by their drawings.
(11) In summary, head lice can be readily infected with R. prowazeki and disseminate virulent R. prowazeki organisms in their feces.
(12) Groups of sheep infested with strains of Bovicola (Damalinia) ovis were obtained from flocks either with a history of failure to control lice with synthetic pyrethroid (SP) pour-on insecticides, or from farms where SP compounds were not used.
(13) The results indicate that both products are effective in the treatment of head lice infection and that the phenothrin shampoo would be a useful addition to the insecticides currently employed.
(14) The host specificity of the group is reviewed, including features of the natural history of lice and their hosts that may have influenced the evolution of host-parasite associations.
(15) If a practical method of applying the insecticide to the tip of wool can be developed, then this technique should provide an effective means of eradicating lice in sheep with long wool.
(16) They included the analyses of two nursing cows and their two newborn pups, three 2-month-old pups, and the sucking lice inhabiting these animals, Antarctophthirus callorhini and Proechinophthirus fluctus.
(17) Evaluation of the intervention program revealed a significant success in reducing head lice infestation that was not influenced by variation in socioeconomic status or place of residence.
(18) Between Days 5 and 9, 13 head lice were dead or moribund and all of them were positive by IF for R. prowazeki.
(19) of whom 2 patients (16.7%) gave positive skin reactions to lice extracts.
(20) Living lice and eggs were found in 19% of 2643 children examined in Israel.