(n.) A female foal or colt; a young mare. Cf. Colt, Foal.
(n.) A lively, spirited young girl.
Example Sentences:
(1) Three unusual ovarian abnormalities are presented, a large, oestrogen-producing granulosa cell tumour, an oestrogen-producing large follicle in a 4-month-old filly, and an ectopic progesterone-producing adrenal structure bordering on neoplasia.
(2) The filly did not respond to glucocorticoid treatment and was euthanatized.
(3) After 5 weeks rest in a stall and 11 months at pasture, the filly was trained and raced without lameness.
(4) Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) was diagnosed in a 2-year-old Standardbred filly.
(5) Intramuscular hemangiosarcoma resulting in severe anemia and thrombocytopenia was diagnosed in a 3-year-old Thoroughbred filly.
(6) The phenotypic effects in a yearling Arab filly of a newly described equine autosomal trisomy syndrome for chromosome 30 (65,XX,+30) consisted of small size and severe angular deviation of front legs accompanied by mild polydactyly, but no mental dullness.
(7) A 6-month-old Clydesdale filly had chronic abdominal distention and intermittent febrile episodes.
(8) A 6-month-old 300-kg Quarter Horse filly was treated for septic arthritis of the distal interphalangeal joint and septic navicular bursitis that developed as a result of a deep puncture to the foot.
(9) Group-1 fillies also had markedly high serum creatine kinase activity.
(10) Height, girth and circumference of the cannon bone below the knee were recorded, measurements for colts and fillies are shown separately.
(11) Samples from each of 239 clinically normal mares and 30 colts and fillies believed not to have been exposed to CEMO were negative with titres of less than 256, the majority of samples (97 per cent) showing a titre of 32 or less.
(12) During exploratory surgery, 3.5 and 2.0 meters of thickened terminal small intestine were removed from the colt and filly respectively, and a jejunocecostomy performed.
(13) No significant sex difference was found between colts, geldings and fillies.
(14) A fusion defect of the proximal and middle phalanges of both hindlimbs, osteochondrosis dissecans of the distal interphalangeal joints of the forelimbs, and subluxation of all 4 distal interphalangeal joints occurred in a Standardbred filly.
(15) A 2-year old Thoroughbred filly was examined for a 1-month history of persistent nasal discharge.
(16) Itraconazole, a tricyclic azole effective against a number of deep mycotic diseases, was used to treat a Quarter Horse filly with coccidioidomycosis.
(17) The screws were removed after 11 months because the filly became lame in the affected limb.
(18) The study demonstrated marked fluctuations in serum muscle enzyme concentrations which were more pronounced in two-year-old fillies than three-year-old fillies and colts.
(19) The clinical and ophthalmoscopic features of a congenital coloboma of the lens in a 3 year old Hanoverian stallion and of an ectopic lens in a 6-month old Hanoverian filly are described and depicted.
(20) Severe mitral regurgitation developed secondary to scarring of the valve, which resulted in the filly's death.
Foal
Definition:
(n.) The young of any animal of the Horse family (Equidae); a colt; a filly.
(v.t.) To bring forth (a colt); -- said of a mare or a she ass.
(v.i.) To bring forth young, as an animal of the horse kind.
Example Sentences:
(1) There was, however, no difference in the overall elimination rate constant between foals and mares.
(2) Follow-up evaluation for all foals was completed at various times after physiologic closure of the physes.
(3) However, when hypoxia occurred during colic surgery in the last 60 days of pregnancy, the mares either aborted or delivered severely compromised foals that did not survive.
(4) Eighteen live foals resulted, of which 11 appeared abnormal on the basis of behaviour.
(5) Although the beginnings and endings of these periods are not definitive, these periods may be conceptually useful in evaluating a foal's behavior.
(6) The information presented here will be useful in the diagnosis and management of renal disease and azotaemia in foals.
(7) Evaluation of immunoglobulin levels in 24 hour post suckle samples would prove of value not only in diagnosing CID foals, but in recognising FPT in otherwise normal foals.
(8) Information about the resulting foals was obtained and correlations examined.
(9) No evidence was found to support the hypothesis that the normal, term neonatal foal actively maintains EEV greater than Vrx.
(10) A study of gonadotrophin production in horses and donkeys bearing hybrid foals has yielded fascinating results about the immunology of pregnancy.
(11) The disease in foals has been recognised in America since 1973.
(12) Each sire family consisted of a sire, his foals, and the dams of those foals.
(13) In 5 of these foals, strain gauges also were applied to the radius of the left forelimb.
(14) Esophageal stenosis was diagnosed in a 7-day-old Thoroughbred foal referred for evaluation of bilateral milky nasal discharge.
(15) The potential association of mare- and foal-related factors with FPT were assessed by reviewing a series of multiple logistic regression models.
(16) All seven premature foals survived, whereas four of the seven full term foals died.
(17) The foal with acute disease had distinct green-tan focal necrosis and thickened mucosa of the large intestine.
(18) The foals and yearlings were allowed to graze on open pasture throughout the experiment to provide a natural source for bot and helminth infections.
(19) Removal of the fixation appliances 16 weeks after implantation in three foals from each of groups I and II failed to reverse the degree of ulnar dysplasia.
(20) Significant age-related changes were observed in values for the major kinetic terms describing the disposition of chloramphenicol in foals; the greatest changes were observed between 1 day and 3 days of age.