(a.) Formed into a forklike shape; having a fork; dividing into two or more prongs or branches; furcated; bifurcated; zigzag; as, the forked lighting.
(a.) Having a double meaning; ambiguous; equivocal.
Example Sentences:
(1) Subtle differences between Chicago urban and Grand Forks rural climates are reflected in arthritic subjects' degree of pain and their perception of pain-related stress.
(2) Dermot Kelly said: "The England Supporters Band is right up there with the vuvuzela for wanting to stab myself in the head with a fork."
(3) It is likely that the target of camptothecin is the "swivel" topoisomerase required for DNA replication and that it is located at or very near the replication fork in vivo.
(4) The two forks of the GIA or the PLC 50 instrument are introduced into the oesophagus and jejunum, and the two organs are brought together at the hiatus.
(5) Although later studies have suggested that fork encounter during termination is an active process involving specific termination sites and the tus protein, the coupling mechanism between termination and cell division remains to be elucidated.
(6) Among the fork-lift truck drivers, a statistically significant higher occurrence of low-back trouble was reported for the year preceding the study, in comparison, according to age, to that of a reference group of 399 working men (65 against 47%); however, there was no significantly increased frequency when compared to that of a reference group of 66 unskilled male workers (65 against 51%).
(7) The position of replication origins and replication forks relative to the nuclear matrix was analysed by autoradiography.
(8) Electron microscopy of the replicating molecules, after digestion with restriction endonucleases, showed that the replication fork proceeds exclusively counter-clockwise towards the unc operon.
(9) The retarded fork progression and shorter initiation intervals may result either from the continued operation of a subset of replication units resistant to the inhibition of protein synthesis, or be manifestations of the inhibition of protein synthesis on all active sites.
(10) I arrange my coins into ascending size in my pockets, for example, and nothing gives me more comfort than the knowledge that my forks, knives and spoons are all in the correct place, tessellating magnificently in their drawer.
(11) However, the mean length of the single-stranded gaps in Drosophila forks is less than 200 nucleotide residues, much shorter than the gaps in phage forks.
(12) The vibrations generated by tapping a simplified mandible model were similar to those of the transverse type of a bar and tuning fork.
(13) Using this system, we have studied the cycle of Okazaki fragment synthesis at the replication fork.
(14) It speaks with forked tongues Leave aside the now acknowledged mistake of featuring Lampitt in the party political broadcast.
(15) "It's important to remember that at every point when there has been a fork in the road about whether Britain should retreat or lead, when we have led we have always surprised ourselves and others about how successfully we can lead," he says.
(16) Relaxation protein could replace the combined action of an endonuclease and a ligase ahead of the replication fork.
(17) They’re not excited but, dammit, they’ll make the best of what’s there, who’s got a fork?
(18) In the slower second stage of breakdown, the aberrant DNA replication intermediates remained nicked and strongly associated with protein as they underwent DNA replication fork breakage and recombinational changes to produce high molecular weight forms.
(19) Whoever was in charge of promoting that coat, stick a fork in yourself because you're done.
(20) The government is at a fork in the road on prisons policy.
Ginseng
Definition:
(n.) A plant of the genus Aralia, the root of which is highly valued as a medicine among the Chinese. The Chinese plant (Aralia Schinseng) has become so rare that the American (A. quinquefolia) has largely taken its place, and its root is now an article of export from America to China. The root, when dry, is of a yellowish white color, with a sweetness in the taste somewhat resembling that of licorice, combined with a slight aromatic bitterness.
Example Sentences:
(1) Five dogs were anesthetized without the administration of ginseng.
(2) In this paper, the authors report the therapeutic effects of Ginseng-Aconitum-Bupleurum (GAB) injection on septic shock complicated with DIC induced by intravenous injection of live E. Coli in dogs.
(3) Besides Panax ginseng and Schefflera arboricola, this is the third species of the Araliaceae in which these polyacetylenic sensitizers have been found.
(4) The three potent anti-complementary polysaccharides, GL-PI, GL-PII, and GL-PIV, isolated from the leaves of Panax ginseng C. A. Meyer, were subjected to base-catalysed beta-elimination in the presence of sodium borodeuteride or enzymic digestion with endo-alpha-D-(1----4)-polygalacturonase.
(5) Ginsenosides, the saponins of ginseng, are bioactive ingredients which exert many beneficial effects.
(6) Of the 905 cases 562 (62%) had a history of ginseng intake compared to 674 of the 905 controls (75%) a statistically significant difference (p less than 0.01).
(7) The yield and contents of ginsenoside of American ginseng in this soilless substrate are a little higher than those in ordinary soil.
(8) This method also yields good results in determining the total saponins in P. ginseng ora solution.
(9) A preparation containing a standardized ginseng extract which has been shown to exert anti-hepatotoxic activity in vitro, combined with trace elements and multi-vitamins was compared to placebo in 24 elderly out-patients with toxin-induced (alcohol and drugs) chronic liver disease in order to evaluate its effect on liver function.
(10) The mathematical model of dry-loss weight of American ginseng during processing is given in this article.
(11) Forty-two recipes are selected from Pen-ts'oa kang-mu and translated into English for the first time to show the various ways by which ginseng is used in traditional Chinese medicine.
(12) We discuss a patient who developed symptoms of asthma after exposure to Pfaffia paniculata root powder used in the manufacturing of Brazil ginseng capsules.
(13) Thus ginseng saponin would be a kind of stressful agent and have different features associated with the stimulation of the pituitary-adrenocortical system from several other chemical agents.
(14) However, ginseng did cause an exaggeration of the behavioural responses to mild stress.
(15) The effect of treatment of rats with ginsenosides (extracted from Panax ginseng) on transport of p-aminohippurate (PAH) in renal cortical slices was studied for an in vitro reflection of PAH secretion in the proximal tubules in the kidney.
(16) Studies on the effect of ginseng saponins on the development of tolerance to morphine have been carried out using isolated preparations of guinea-pig ileum (GPI) and mouse vas deferens (MVD).
(17) White Americans, however, largely disregarded the herbal root medicinal qualities in favor of the lucrative economic gains available from the export of ginseng to supply the Chinese market.
(18) Fifty percent ethanol extracts of both cultured and cultivated ginsengs reduced gastric secretion and acid output in pylorus-ligated rats.
(19) The paper reports a survey of the chemical constituents of Panax ginseng, emphasizing ginseng saponin, polysaccharide, essential oil, and polypeptide, with 30 references.
(20) Water-soluble and alkaline-soluble crude polysaccharides which were separated from the roots or leaves of Panax ginseng C. A. Meyer, were compared for their anti-ulcer activity.