(n.) Lead sulphide; the principal ore of lead. It is of a bluish gray color and metallic luster, and is cubic in crystallization and cleavage.
Example Sentences:
(1) Fourteen patients on average 10 months after transplantation of the kidney treated with Sandimmune were changed to a new Czechoslovak preparation Consupren, Galena (Cyclosporine A), while maintaining the other components of immunosuppressive treatment (azathioprine, prednisone).
(2) The galena forms currently on sale were, with the exception of lactate and pyrollidone carboxylate, immediately rejected since they contain insufficient Mg2+.
(3) An experimental comparative investigation provided evidence of identical immunomodulating properties of the Swiss cyclosporin A of Sandoz Company (Sandimmune) and the Czechoslovak cyclosporin of Galena Company (Consupren).
(4) A statistically significant excess of deaths from hypertensive disease (females aged greater than or equal to 65), ischemic heart disease (males and females aged greater than or equal to 65), and stroke (females aged greater than or equal to 65) was found in residents of Galena City.
(5) This study confirms that environmental agents in Galena are associated with, and may have contributed to, the causation of several chronic diseases in residents of this community.
(6) Mortality rates for 1980-85 for white residents of Galena and for the U.S. were compared using univariate analysis.
(7) Based on the unusual growth on galena, we name the new species Thiobacillus plumbophilus (type strain Gro7; DSM 6690).
(8) They grow by oxidation of H2S, galena (PbS) and H2.
(9) Our essential problem is to prepare a form of galena with acceptable taste, tolerated by the digestive tract and well absorbed; also, the carrier compound must not cause short- or long-term side effects.
(10) The non-selective treatment was performed in 125 dairy cows in the form of single administration of Oxymykoin foam (Galena) (70 cows) and Chronicin foam (Galena) (55 cows) after the last milking in lactation.
(11) Under the light microscope no significant changes were observed in the lungs from animals treated with galena, lead silicate, and travertine.
(12) Among residents of the three towns who had lived there at least 5 years prior to 1980, there was either a statistically significant or borderline excess reported prevalence in Galena of chronic kidney disease (females aged greater than or equal to 65), heart disease (females aged greater than or equal to 45), skin cancer (males aged 45-64), and anemia (females aged 45-64).
(13) Multivariate analyses revealed statistically significant associations of stroke, chronic kidney disease, hypertension, heart disease, skin cancer, and anemia with variables related to Galena exposure.
(14) Age- and sex-specific illness rates in whites in an exposed town (Galena) were compared with similar rates in two control towns.
(15) Results were compared with rats that were given particles of galena, lead silicate, travertine, and quartz.
Mimetite
Definition:
(n.) A mineral occurring in pale yellow or brownish hexagonal crystals. It is an arseniate of lead.