(n.) A small fruit tree (Ficus Carica) with large leaves, known from the remotest antiquity. It was probably native from Syria westward to the Canary Islands.
(n.) The fruit of a fig tree, which is of round or oblong shape, and of various colors.
(n.) A small piece of tobacco.
(n.) The value of a fig, practically nothing; a fico; -- used in scorn or contempt.
(n.) To insult with a fico, or contemptuous motion. See Fico.
(n.) To put into the head of, as something useless o/ contemptible.
(n.) Figure; dress; array.
Example Sentences:
(1) aeruginosa and Enterococci) were significantly reduced in number during the manipulation (Fig.
(2) Good follow-up results in the zone 2, 3, 4 and 6 of VERDAN are observed only 6 to 17 percent (fig.
(3) The morphology and physiology of the large adapting unit (LAU: Fig.
(4) The median level of haptoglobin types 2-2 and 2-1 was found to be proportional to the agglutination titer of T4 antigen-carrying streptococci (Fig.
(5) Success is measured not only in terms of cosmetic appearance, but as enhanced capacity of the child's hand in all activities of daily living (Fig.
(6) Some pupal motor neurons, however, show a marked non-linear response to depolarizing current injection (Fig.
(7) We conclude that the following may explain the rise in blood pressure with obesity and the subsequent fall in blood pressure (Fig.
(8) The course of TV-dependence on FGF is shown in Fig.
(9) Results with the model strengthen the hypothesis that tetraethylammonium (TEA) acts on both the maximum potassium conductance (gK) and the mechanism of sodium conductance inactivation (Tauh) to lengthen the action potential as observed on the Ranvier node (fig.
(10) Furthermore, the susceptibility testing to sulfadimethoxine was considered to be useful for differentiation between two photochromogens, M. kansasii and M. marinum and for differentiation between two scotochromogens, M. scrofulaceum and M. gordonae (Fig.
(11) These low figures were caused by the lack of repeatability of DBP readings in the second determination, since 79% of the individuals with DBP > or = 90 mmHg on the first occasion were normotensive on the second one, whereas more than 95% of those being initially normotensive remained in that category on the second visit (Fig.
(12) These cells infiltrated the vessels the walls of which were turgid but without fibrinoid necrosis (fig.
(13) A coronal section of the cerebrum clearly demonstrated a large tumor in the left frontal lobe with small mass in the right frontal lobe (Fig.
(14) Histological results confirm prior physiological experiments suggesting that the reduction may be produced by mechanical forces on the sensory nerve, rather than synaptically (Fig.
(15) Different types of responses have been found; they are noted in table I and pictured on fig.
(16) Pathologic examination revealed scattered areas of mucosal necrosis (Fig.
(17) Transient responding neurons generally showing on- or off-responses to pure tones, (BEF between 65 and 88 kHz), displayed highly synchronized discharge patterns to SFM-cycles (Fig.
(18) After 1 year, both teeth showed a narrow fibrous zone without inflammation opposite the filling material (Fig.
(19) The thickness and extent of the pads is individually assessed according to the estimated sensitivity of the particular area (Fig.
(20) This unusual, distinctive synovial neoplasm presents readily recognizable pathological features (Fig.
Fin
Definition:
(v. t.) To carve or cut up, as a chub.
(n.) End; conclusion; object.
(n.) An organ of a fish, consisting of a membrane supported by rays, or little bony or cartilaginous ossicles, and serving to balance and propel it in the water.
(n.) A membranous, finlike, swimming organ, as in pteropod and heteropod mollusks.
(n.) A finlike organ or attachment; a part of an object or product which protrudes like a fin
(n.) The hand.
(n.) A blade of whalebone.
(n.) A mark or ridge left on a casting at the junction of the parts of a mold.
(n.) The thin sheet of metal squeezed out between the collars of the rolls in the process of rolling.
(n.) A feather; a spline.
(n.) A finlike appendage, as to submarine boats.
Example Sentences:
(1) The participation of neural crest cells in development of the dermal skeleton is discussed by way of the repartition of the odontods within the pectoral fin.
(2) Since there is a body of literature indicating that preexposure to low levels of metals may increase tolerance during subsequent exposure, these experiments were designed to investigate the effects of preexposure to cadmium, using fin regeneration as the parameter of effect.
(3) Next year they will target 50 fin whales, 50 endangered humpbacks, and another 925 minkes.
(4) Electron microscopy discloses axons in the mesodermal mesenchyme and in the epidermis of the bud as early as stage I of the development of the pelvic fins.
(5) The fins are formed by a longitudinal tegument fold containing the same components as the remaining part of the tail tegument.
(6) The dorsal fin mesenchyme expresses vimentin at stage 26.
(7) In this situation one could fins concentrated not only the various stands of protolife necessary for the final act of biopoesis, but also perbiologically formed nutrients necessary as for the first eobionts.
(8) These data and independent scanning electron microscopy indicated that a resident population of predominantly Blastobacter bacteria was present as a biofilm on the supply-side cooling coil fins.
(9) The development of the vasculature of the pectoral fin in the Australian lungfish, Neoceratodus forsteri, was studied by the dye-injection method.
(10) Behavioral arousal evoked by lightly touching the fish on the snout or over the eye resembled spontaneous arousal observed in the field and consisted of eye withdrawal, fin erection, and attempted swimming.
(11) This communication briefly reviews knowledge of the systemic disease caused by Crassicauda boopis in blue whales (Balaenoptera musculus), fin whales (B. physalus) and humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae).
(12) This year the whalers plan to kill more than 900 minke whales and about 50 fin whales, reports said.
(13) The fish of these groups completed translocation of the right eye to the left side and resorption of elongated dorsal fin rays.
(14) Glycosaminoglycans (GAG) are found primarily in the dorsal fin and in the ECM surrounding the notochord.
(15) By noon, the small fish market on shore is packed with black crows nibbling on hundreds of butchered fish heads, shark fins and long red swordfish tongues.
(16) Fixation included tines or fins (160), screw (40), flange (12), and other (16).
(17) In light of previous descriptions of Crassicauda infections in balaenopterids, this implied that C. boopis should at present be considered a renal parasite of fin whales, and perhaps other rorquals, throughout the world's oceans.
(18) The US-based group said it encountered an illegal shark finning operation run by a Costa Rican ship, the Varadero, and told the crew to stop and head to port to be prosecuted.
(19) We have used 14 restriction endonucleases to investigate the restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) of fin whales, 13 enzymes for sei whales, and 8 enzymes for the minke whale.
(20) The researchers estimated that global reported catches, unreported landings, discards and sharks caught and thrown back after their fins were cut off – a process known as finning – added up to 97 million fish caught in 2010.