(n.) A plant of the genus Allium (A. sativum is the cultivated variety), having a bulbous root, a very strong smell, and an acrid, pungent taste. Each root is composed of several lesser bulbs, called cloves of garlic, inclosed in a common membranous coat, and easily separable.
(n.) A kind of jig or farce.
Example Sentences:
(1) Growth of C. albicans in the presence of AGE affected the yeast lipid in a number of ways: the total lipid content was decreased; garlic-grown yeasts had a higher level of phosphatidylserines and a lower level of phosphatidylcholines; in addition to free sterols and sterol esters, C. albicans accumulated esterified steryl glycosides; the concentration of palmitic acid (16:0) and oleic acid (18:1) increased and that of linoleic acid (18:2) and linolenic acid (18:3) decreased.
(2) The inhibitory effect of topical garlic extract on 7,12-dimethylbenz[a]anthracene (DMBA)-induced oral carcinogenesis in Syrian hamsters was studied to define the local anticarcinogenicity of garlic.
(3) "A typical day in London would be: wake up hungover, try to get some breakfast in you," he says, barrelling along green-tunnelled country lanes through – as he puts it in Jerusalem – the "wild garlic and May blossom" that mean winter is over.
(4) At comparable concentrations, growing cultures of Escherichia coli were as susceptible to garlic, but apparently more resistant to onion, than were those of S. typhimurium.
(5) Comparative studies suggest that the major platelet aggregation and release inhibitor in garlic may be allicin.
(6) Garlic oil extract fed with any of the diets, significantly lowered the high levels of the two enzymes in the serum, liver and kidneys.
(7) Among the Chinese, garlic is also used as a form of topical medicament.
(8) The major type IV allergens incriminated were metals, onion and garlic.
(9) All test organisms were inhibited by garlic juice, whilst onion and shallot juice showed no effect upon gram negative bacteria.
(10) 400g cooked or tinned butterbeans 1 tsp ground cumin 10ml lemon juice ¼ clove garlic, peeled and finely minced 1 small handful picked flat-leaf parsley, finely chopped 1 tbsp plain flour (gluten-free flour also works fine) 1 tsp salt 1 egg 1 spring onion, trimmed and finely sliced 50g breadcrumbs 100g feta (or other crumbly goat's or sheep's cheese) Put the butterbeans, cumin, lemon juice, garlic, parsley, flour, salt and egg in a food processor and blitz to a coarse paste: you don't want the mix fully pureed, otherwise the burgers will be too wet and will fall apart on the grill.
(11) We report the case of a child who sustained partial thickness burns from a garlic-petroleum jelly plaster, which had been applied at the direction of a naturopathic physician.
(12) The eleven cases of sensitization to Allium sativum L (garlic) corresponded to women whose primary or secondary profession was that of a housewife.
(13) The appearance of multinucleated cells, which increased with dose and time, was also observed following treatment with both garlic and onion oil.
(14) Grilled cuttlefish on a bed of chestnut purée comes dramatically drizzled with black squid ink and shredded fried leek, while the innocuous-sounding champi con foie conceals mushroom, foie gras, creamy alioli (garlic mayonnaise) and a slick of salsa verde.
(15) The aim of this study was to determine the resistance of Toxoplasma gondii cysts to salt (sodium chloride) and condiments (black pepper and garlic) in fresh sausages prepared with experimentally infected pork.
(16) Garlic (Allium sativum) has been used medicinally for centuries and still is included in the traditional medicine of most cultures.
(17) It'll be difficult for readers under the age of 30 to believe, but if you were watching TV between 1982 and 1984, these phrases are like "Garlic bread!
(18) A case-control study implicated a new vehicle for botulism, commercial chopped garlic in soybean oil (P less than 10(-4)).
(19) It has been reported that diallyl sulfide (DS) and diallyl disulfide (DDS), major volatile compounds in garlic (Allium sativum), exert anticarcinogenic activity in several organs in rodents.
(20) He was immediately given milk and vomited spontaneously blood-stained food with a garlic smell.
Ramp
Definition:
(v. i.) To spring; to leap; to bound; to rear; to prance; to become rampant; hence, to frolic; to romp.
(v. i.) To move by leaps, or as by leaps; hence, to move swiftly or with violence.
(v. i.) To climb, as a plant; to creep up.
(n.) A leap; a spring; a hostile advance.
(n.) A highwayman; a robber.
(n.) A romping woman; a prostitute.
(n.) Any sloping member, other than a purely constructional one, such as a continuous parapet to a staircase.
(n.) A short bend, slope, or curve, where a hand rail or cap changes its direction.
(n.) An inclined plane serving as a communication between different interior levels.
Example Sentences:
(1) The pressure is ramping up on Asda boss Andy Clarke, who next week will reveal the chain’s sales performance for the quarter covering Christmas.
(2) Stiffness was reduced in approximate proportion to the ramp stretch rate, and the reduction was confined largely to the elastic component.
(3) Twenty-six rapidly adapting units (RA), eighteen slowly adapting units (SA) and ten Pacinian corpuscle units (PC) were differentiated from each other mainly on the presence of the off response in RA and PC units to a ramp stimulation, the persistence of discharges of the SA units during steady pressure on the receptive field and the classical tuning curve seen in the PC units.
(4) Modulation in relation to tremor was superimposed on the bidirectional pattern related to ramps.
(5) Fiber activity was assessed by applying to the Achilles tendon a 5-mm ramp stretch at 5 or 25-30 mm X s-1.
(6) Phasic-tonic MUs exhibited a phasic burst of activity during the torque ramp which exceeded the firing rate during the static hold period.
(7) Three-dimensional wavelength-absorbance-furnace temperature spectra can be obtained by using ramped heating steps to provide a rough separation of elements in a mixture.
(8) This report considers the accuracy of the measurement method as a function of ramp width.
(9) Slow-adapting free nerve endings were also observed through response to square wave pressure stimuli and ramp shaped pressure stimuli.
(10) The ventilatory sensitivity to CO2 obtained from a non-steady-state step-ramp CO2 challenge (analogous to the Read rebreathing method) was compared with the one of the steady-state method.
(11) These findings indicate that muscle length does influence the discharge pattern of motor unit spike trains during isometric ramp contractions.
(12) For years a small army of therapists has worked in the shadows to help older people stay in their own homes – fitting stair rails, ordering hoists, measuring ramps and offering support vital to rehabilitation.
(13) This report describes an inexpensive ramp generator which produces multiple ramp-and-hold stimuli ("staircase-type" wave forms).
(14) Wheelchair ramps Raul Krauthausen is the man behind Wheelmap, a crowdsourced map of wheelchair-friendly places around the world.
(15) An IBM PC-compatible computer program, RAMP, for evaluation of single-channel recordings acquired using voltage ramp protocols is presented.
(16) When step-ramp stimuli were presented in the normal field, the monkeys delayed the initiation of saccades to targets moving towards the central fixation point, and hastened the initiation of saccades to targets moving away from the central fixation point.
(17) The aim of this work was to provide well defined criteria for ramp construction for wheelchair dependent individuals (WDI).
(18) The council apparently told Lally that the giant ramp was the only option because of building regulations.
(19) The findings suggest that with the stimulator used in this study, ramp time has no effect on the three basic excitatory responses, i.e., thresholds of sensory, motor and painful stimulation.
(20) The responses of slowly-adapting neurons were separated into two components, a "dynamic" response corresponding to activity elicited by the initial indenting ramp and a "static" response produced by the sustained indentation.