(v. t.) To stop the mouth of, by thrusting sometimes in, so as to hinder speaking; hence, to silence by authority or by violence; not to allow freedom of speech to.
(v. t.) To pry or hold open by means of a gag.
(v. t.) To cause to heave with nausea.
(v. i.) To heave with nausea; to retch.
(v. i.) To introduce gags or interpolations. See Gag, n., 3.
(n.) Something thrust into the mouth or throat to hinder speaking.
(n.) A mouthful that makes one retch; a choking bit; as, a gag of mutton fat.
(n.) A speech or phrase interpolated offhand by an actor on the stage in his part as written, usually consisting of some seasonable or local allusion.
Example Sentences:
(1) The distribution of polyanionic glycosaminoglycans (GAGs) in the developing mouse vitreous was studied histologically by P.A.S.
(2) Finally, the BLV gag and pol gene products are highly related to those of the human T-cell leukemia virus (HTLV); relatedness varied from 37% amino acid identities within the N terminal gag protein to 54% within the nucleic acid binding protein.
(3) These results strongly suggest that urinary GAGs determination is a precise method for ovulation detection.
(4) The effects of GAG on retinal GABA enzymes were long-lasting and not reversed by dialysis.
(5) To clarify the mechanism by which retinoid causes cleft palate, we investigated the effect of retinoic acid (RA) on proliferation activity and glycosaminoglycan (GAG) synthesis in mouse fetuses palatal mesenchymal (MFPM) cells.
(6) Unexpected displacement of the endotracheal tube during anesthesia caused by postural change of the neck or passive compression by the mouth gag was investigated under transluminal fiberoptic observation.
(7) Thus in patients with nephrolithiasis, not only is the 24-hour urinary excretion of GAGs significantly low but the 3-hourly urinary concentration of GAGs is also significantly decreased as compared to healthy subjects.
(8) Moreover, Mo-MuLV-related gag sequences retained in MPSV are not essential for the distinctive biological properties of MPSV.
(9) A transformed cell line containing a truncated gag-abl-pol protein, p85, that lacks most of the FeLV pol sequences was obtained by transfection of NIH 3T3 mouse cells.
(10) Even as those words were being published, lawyers and senior executives from News International's subsidiary News Group were preparing to run to court to gag Gordon Taylor, the chief executive of the Professional Footballers' Association, who was suing the News of the World for its undisclosed involvement in the illegal interception of messages left on his mobile phone.
(11) We now report the identity of the amino acids inserted in vitro in response to UAA and UGA in fusion products containing the gag-pol junction region.
(12) Fusion of 90 amino acids of HIV-1 Gag protein to HBcAg still allowed the formation of capsids presenting on their surface epitopes of HIV-1 core protein, whereas fusion of 317, 189, or 100 amino acids of Gag prevented self-assembly of chimeric particles.
(13) The culture secretary, Jeremy Hunt , has ruled out introducing a new privacy law to deal with issues around superinjunctions and gagging orders, following a meeting with the justice secretary, Ken Clarke.
(14) Evidence accumulated over the past decade has demonstrated that the bladder surface GAG prevents bacterial adherence.
(15) In the first series of experiments, the GAG were measured in a control (n = 22 Wistar rats) and in a PGE2-treated group (n = 20 Wistar rats) without steroid supplementation.
(16) The amino acid sequences that were deduced from this cDNA revealed a highly conserved cysteine-rich region that displayed homology with a domain characteristic of other steroid receptors and with the gag-erbA oncogene product of avian erythroblastosis virus.
(17) FL cells infected with vaccinia virus or its recombinant carrying the gag gene of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) were examined by ultra-high-resolution scanning electron microscopy.
(18) Mutations recovered after exposure to carboplatin display the same preference for sequences that contain 5'-AGG-3', 5'-AGA-3' and 5'-GAG-3' as was found for cisplatin.
(19) At high cell densities both cell types showed reduced incorporation into hyaluronate and an increase in cellular GAG due to enhanced labeling of chondroitin sulfate and heparan sulfate.
(20) Anti-Id 4B4 also inhibits p24 gag antibody binding by as much as 40%.
Gog
Definition:
(n.) Haste; ardent desire to go.
Example Sentences:
(1) The Gynecologic Oncology Group (GOG) criteria for adverse effects were used in this study.
(2) Seven patients (36.8%) experienced GOG grade 3 or 4 leukocytopenia and six had grade 3 or 4 granulocytopenia.
(3) The current International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO) staging system, independent prognostic factors, and review of the Gynecologic Oncology Group (GOG) studies in epithelial ovarian carcinoma are presented.
(4) Gogli complex and plasma membrane appear to be completely devoid of any cellulase activity.
(5) Between 1984 and 1989, 20 assessable patients with incompletely resected ovarian dysgerminoma were treated on two protocols of the Gynecologic Oncology Group (GOG).
(6) Three hundred twenty patients were entered into GOG Protocol 63, a clinical-pathologic study of stage IIB, III, and IVA cervical carcinoma.
(7) April disappeared on the evening of 1 October from the Bryn-y-Gog estate.
(8) Presently GOG maintains 43 separate, self-contained applications of RPMIS and routinely develops a new system in conjunction with each new study initiated.
(9) light pinealocytes exhibited a significant rise in the relative volume of the GER field and the Gogli apparatus, as well as bouquets of presecretory or secretory forms of the cell processes and frequent extrusion of lipid droplets.
(10) All patients were Gynecologic Oncology Group (GOG) performance status 0, 1, or 2.
(11) Subsequent GOG and other studies suggest that a two-drug combination of cisplatin and cyclophosphamide is therapeutically equivalent to more toxic three- and four-drug combinations.
(12) Between 1977 and 1985, the Gynecologic Oncology Group (GOG) conducted three clinical trials in locally advanced carcinoma of the cervix, clinical Stages I to IVA as classified by the International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO).
(13) All patients had Gynecologic Oncology Group (GOG) performance status of 0, 1, or 2.
(14) The toxicity of weekly cis-platinum given 2 hr before standard fractionation of radiotherapy was assessed using the modified GOG toxicity criteria.
(15) Studies by the Gynecologic Oncology Group (GOG) document the superiority of cisplatin-based combination chemotherapy over single alkylating agents and combinations that do not include cisplatin.
(16) After leaving the school, Bridger began prowling Bryn-Y-Gog.
(17) Patients entered were GOG performance status 2 or better.
(18) The management of patients with limited (stage I or II) disease is based on studies of the GOG and the Ovarian Cancer Study Group, which indicate that this population can be divided by prognostic factors into a group at low risk for recurrence and a group at high risk.
(19) GOG trials in untreated patients are being initiated and toxicity is being evaluated.
(20) A phase II trial of vinblastine in patients with refractory epithelial ovarian adenocarcinoma of the ovary was conducted by the Gynecologic Oncology Group (GOG) between March 9, 1988 and July 7, 1988.