(n.) A parasitic trematode worm of several species, having a flat, lanceolate body and two suckers. Two species (Fasciola hepatica and Distoma lanceolatum) are found in the livers of sheep, and produce the disease called rot.
(n.) The part of an anchor which fastens in the ground; a flook. See Anchor.
(n.) One of the lobes of a whale's tail, so called from the resemblance to the fluke of an anchor.
(n.) An instrument for cleaning out a hole drilled in stone for blasting.
(n.) An accidental and favorable stroke at billiards (called a scratch in the United States); hence, any accidental or unexpected advantage; as, he won by a fluke.
Example Sentences:
(1) Mature Fasciola gigantica obtained from naturally infected cattle were surgically transferred into the gallbladders of six fluke-free goats.
(2) The avian blood fluke, Austrobilharzia terrigalensis (Trematoda: Schistosomatidae), is recorded in Western Australia for the first time, and is implicated as the cause of dermatitis among users of the Swan estuary in Perth.
(3) Presence (or absence) of flukes was confirmed by fecal examinations and examination of dissected livers at necropsy of the sheep.
(4) There was no significant correlation of fluke counts between individual serum donors (sheep) and serum recipients (rats).
(5) Adult F hepatica flukes were recovered from experimentally infected sheep and ESP obtained from the flukes; portions of liver were cut and frozen at -70 C. Fascioloides magna adults were collected from naturally infected white-tailed deer and ESP obtained; portions of liver were collected from noninfected white-tailed deer.
(6) No title won over seven five-set matches in a fortnight is a fluke.
(7) Immediate postpartum IUD and sterilization acceptors with fluke infestation were recruited as a comparison (control) group for the fluke-positiv DMPA acceptors.
(8) Death in fluke-infested guinea pigs was most often associated with severe pulmonary lesions.
(9) Using MAA, three forms of actin have been identified in the whole fluke and a single one in the tegumental spines.
(10) This analysis indicated that a subpopulation (n = 4) of the GST vaccinated animals exhibited no anemia, reduced liver damage and a lower mean fecal egg count relative to the infected control group suggesting a lower fluke burden in these animals.
(11) A band detected by EITB using a densitometer in the area corresponding to 26 kDa reacted with rabbit anti-fresh fluke antigen and infected cattle sera but not with fluke-negative rabbit sera, rabbit anti-Fasciola hepatica egg sera, Fascioloides magna positive or negative cattle sera.
(12) But as Fluke points out, the issues will go far beyond corporate personhood, insurance requirements and the healthcare law – no small topics of debate themselves.
(13) The effect of the 3-monthly injectable contraceptive depot medroxyporgesterone acetate (DMPA) on liver function and lipids was assessed in Thai women both with and without liver fluke (Ophisthorchis viverrini) infestation.
(14) Antibody titres fell when flukes entered the bile duct.
(15) The salient features of the adults of this lung fluke, its first and second intermediate hosts, rediae, cercariae, metacercariae and the results of feeding experiments on laboratory animals (albino rats, cats, and dogs) are described and compared with the relevant species of lung flukes already known.
(16) Biochemical examinations showed that triclabendazole significantly stimulated glucose derived acetate and propionate formation by adult liver flukes.
(17) A 21-yr-old male Atlantic bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) was performing at an aquatic park when it developed a soft tissue swelling anterior to the flukes.
(18) Nitrate and nitrite levels in saliva were higher in subjects with liver fluke than in those without; total nitrate and NPRO excretion was also higher in this group.
(19) Considering the experimental results and the fact that naturally acquired common liver fluke infection has been reported infrequently from black-tailed deer, it was concluded that black-tailed deer do not constitute a significant reservoir for F. hepatica in domestic livestock.
(20) The results strongly suggest that pancreatitis and biliary cirrhosis associated with liver fluke infestation are responsible for the observed enhancement of carcinogenesis, and that the resultant increased proliferation plays a major role in tumorigenesis.
Flume
Definition:
(n.) A stream; especially, a passage channel, or conduit for the water that drives a mill wheel; or an artifical channel of water for hydraulic or placer mining; also, a chute for conveying logs or lumber down a declivity.
Example Sentences:
(1) The turnover rates and oxidation rates of plasma glucose, lactate, and free fatty acids (FFA) were measured in three harbor seals (average mass = 40 kg) at rest or during voluntary submerged swimming in a water flume at 35% (1.3 m.s-1) and 50% (2 m.s-1) of maximum oxygen consumption (MO2max).
(2) These results both from the flume and the pool indicated extremely good linearity.
(3) In flame projection tests each MDI was fired horizontally into a flame, and the ignited flume length emitted from the MDI was measured.
(4) The biggest, Zoom Flume, continues for a quarter of a mile.
(5) It was a little like being invited to an exhibition of the latest developments in trouser pressing technology, going along because you felt you had to, and then finding it was actually being held at a gigantic water park with no queues for the flumes.
(6) Filming was continued till the flume could no longer be visualized on the TV monitor.
(7) At any given oxygen uptake, Q obtained by the CO2 rebreathing method during tethered swimming was not significantly different from the Q obtained by the dye-dilution method during flume swimming.
(8) High speed photography was used to record flumes seen on the video monitor, to enable characterization of flume appearance, dimensions and mean velocity.
(9) Six healthy male swimmers, aged 10-12, swam tethered using the breast-stroke in a flume.
(10) Thirdly, maximal direct conventional techniques used to evaluate maximal oxygen consumption (VO2 max) in swimming include free swimming, tethered swimming, and flume swimming.
(11) Six male college swimmers performed submaximal and maximal exercise tests in both styles in a swimming flume.
(12) Four healthy subjects were studied during exercise in water, using a swimming flume, and in air, on a stationary bicycle ergometer at mean skin temperatures of 30 and 33 degrees C, respectively.
(13) In the results of CS-flume and CS-pool, the regression relations between D and T were expressed in the general form, D = a+b x T, with r2 being higher than 0.998 (p less than 0.01), respectively.
(14) William Hague sipped cocktails with his wife at the Notting Hill carnival; he rode a log flume at an adventure park wearing the baseball cap that became so notorious.
(15) We have examined the aerosol spray flumes generated by four commercially available MDI products using high speed video photography.
(16) The propulsive motions of swimming harp seals (Phoca groenlandica Erxleben) and ringed seals (Phoca hispida Schreber) were studied by filming individuals in a flume.
(17) Ifeel about weddings the way cats feel about log flumes; the way babies feel about bathwater; the way cows feel about bolt guns and sloping floors.
(18) Eight highly trained swimmers were instructed to swim until onset of fatigue at four predetermined swimming speed levels in the swimming flume and at maximal effort over four different swimming distances in the swimming pool.
(19) Waterworld (adults £14.50, kids from £7.49) at Festival Park in Stoke-on-Trent has rapids in the dark, ringos and a wave pool; Wet 'N Wild (adults £11.95, kids £6.95) in North Shields , Tyneside , is one of the UK's biggest, with a flume running down three floors and a black hole ride; the LC in Swansea (adults £7, kids £4) offers up Wales's biggest indoor pool, with a rollercoaster water slide and whirlpool.
(20) Trout were infected at 7.5 degrees C for 10-50 min and all attached cercariae were washed off and removed from the flume.