(n.) Something done or achieved; a deed or an action; an adventure.
(n.) An action represented in sports, plays, or on the stage; show; ceremony.
(n.) A tale of achievements or adventures; a stock story.
(n.) Gesture; bearing; deportment.
(n.) A stage in traveling; a stop for rest or lodging in a journey or progress; a rest.
(n.) A roll recting the several stages arranged for a royal progress. Many of them are extant in the herald's office.
Example Sentences:
(1) EE2 was exclusively bound to albumin, whereas GEST and KDG were also bound to sex-hormone binding globulin (SHBG).
(2) The dystonia began 1 to 4 days after the trauma and differed clinically from idiopathic torticollis by marked limitation of range of motion, lack of improvement after sleep ("honeymoon period"), and absence of geste antagonistique.
(3) These data demonstrate that the three contraceptive steroids EE2, GEST and KDG were all bound extensively to serum proteins, however, with pronounced differences concerning their distribution over the various binding proteins.
(4) The results showed that there was a gradual decrease in serum trough levels of GEST during the cycle, due to a concomitant and equally high decrease in SHBG concentrations in the serum of about 26%.
(5) An examination of the free GEST concentrations revealed the same time course of GEST trough levels during the cycle as the simulated curve.
(6) Sows injected with GRF during GEST (P = .05) and(or) LACT (P less than .01) were lighter than CTL sows at weaning; in addition, sows treated during lactation had less backfat (P less than .01).
(7) GEST was mainly bound to SHBG, while KDG was predominantly bound to albumin.
(8) Results of NET, LN and GEST were compared with published in vivo experiments.
(9) SHBG concentrations were correlated with the total concentration of GEST and its free fraction and a positive (r=0.395) and negative (r=0.491) correlation respectively was found.
(10) GEST and KDG were analyzed in individual serum pools whereas EE2 was repeatedly measured in two serum pools, each one representing one treatment group.
(11) SHBG concentrations were correlated with the total concentration of GEST and its free fraction and a positive (r = 0.395) and negative (r = -0.491) correlation respectively was found.
(12) EE2 was exclusively bound to albumin, whereas GEST and KDG were also bound to sex-hormone-binding globulin (SHBG).
(13) Thus, the present study showed that the pharmacokinetics of GEST can be fully explained on the basis of single dose pharmacokinetics and the changes in serum protein binding which were caused by a reduction of SHBG levels in the serum during chronic treatment with GEST.
(14) Drug level decreases (NET, LN, GEST) and prodrug conversions (NETO, NGM) were followed by radiochromatography (HPLC) for 60 min.
(15) The clearance of unbound GEST, however, remained unchanged.
(16) We su-gest that such mixtures may serve as calibrating standards for ion-selective electrodes in clinical analysis.
(17) The above abservations su;gest that sodium deprivation raises ASR by a mechanism or mechanisms unrelated to plasma volume.
(18) Fifty-two Yorkshire x Landrace gilts were equally allotted to four treatments: 1) controls, saline injections (CTL); 2) injections of 12 mg of growth hormone-releasing factor (GRF) (1-29)NH2 thrice daily (0700, 1500, and 2300) from d 100 of gestation until parturition (GEST); 3) injections of GRF thrice daily from d 3 to 29 of lactation (LACT); and 4) injections of GRF thrice daily during gestation (d 100 to parturition) and lactation (d 3 to 29) (GEST-LACT).
(19) GEST AND KDG were analyzed in individual serum pools whereas EE2 was repeatedly measured in 2 serum pools, each representing a treatment group.
(20) The protein binding of ethinyl estradiol (EE2), gestodene (GEST), and 3- keto-desogestrel (KDG) has been determined by ultrafiltration in the serum of women who had either taken a gestodene (n=37) or desogestrel (n=28) containing oral contraceptives for a time period of at least 3 months.
Lest
Definition:
(v. i.) To listen.
(n.) Lust; desire; pleasure.
(a.) Last; least.
(a.) For fear that; that . . . not; in order that . . . not.
(a.) That (without the negative particle); -- after certain expressions denoting fear or apprehension.
Example Sentences:
(1) The sexual rehabilitation of such patients is vital and must be done sensitively lest one's own concepts of "adequate sexuality" be imposed.
(2) But lest the duchess feel overlooked, the end section of the show featured long, pale-blue bias-cut crepe dresses with more of a charity gala feel; and knee-length silk crepe dresses with black grosgrain belts seemed princess friendly.
(3) Worse, the CFL contains mercury, which according to the EU's own regulations cannot be discarded in ordinary waste, lest the mercury leach into the water supply.
(4) And lest there be any remaining doubt, a forensic expert on maggots – such people do exist – testified that the theory of "semen-destroying maggots" was balderdash.
(5) Special care in the management of so-called 'chronic Lyme disease' is crucial lest the clinician prescribes prolonged or unending courses of antibiotics for such noninfectious problems.
(6) "The story is an extrapolation of what Mary Shelley did" explains writer Kevin Grevioux, lest there be any doubt.
(7) Loop sigmoid colostomy employing a stapling device and catheter irrigation of the distal segment is less time-consuming and has lest potential for contamination than the standard double-barrel colostomy.
(8) "Lest any holier-than-thou activists and politicians from other parties should forget, this is not just a Lib Dem issue, it is one that confronts women in all parties and in all professions.
(9) Whistleblowers with dual citizenship who speak out on Australia’s national security – including those involved in allegations that Timor-Leste’s cabinet room was bugged – could face having their citizenship revoked under proposed laws.
(10) You might have read a couple of articles in fashion magazines of late attempting to big up the DD look, no doubt with references to denim's "timelessness", "1950s teenage sense of freedom" and, lest we forget, "Americana".
(11) His film, The Angels' Share, a larky whisky heist, was screened with English as well as French subtitles at the festival, lest the Glaswegian accents prove a barrier for non-Scots.
(12) Article 6 of the EU treaty could not be clearer: “The union is founded on the principles of liberty, democracy, respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms, and the rule of law, principles which are common to the member states.” Lest this be regarded as mere rhetoric, Lord Bingham, the former senior law lord and widely regarded as the most outstanding British judge in the late 20th century, wrote in his book The Rule of Law (p67): “The European Commission has consistently treated democratisation, the rule of law, respect for human rights and good governance as inseparably linked.” This is why, today, we can work anywhere in the EU, have health cover throughout, bring back as much booze in the back of the van as we like, travel on cheap EU-based airlines (with the right to claim compensation for any delay), buy the villa in Marbella, and say what we like – and we can do all of these things with our rights fully protected by the law, just as if we were in the UK.
(13) Dahl’s heroine, Sophie, is a lonely young girl plucked from her bed in an orphanage by the titular behemoth, and carried off to Giant Land, his home, lest she alert the normal world to the presence of giants.
(14) A spokeswoman for the AFP did not confirm the particular section of the referral, but said in a statement: “On 13 December 2013, the Australian federal police received a referral from the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation relating to an allegation a former Australian intelligence officer disclosed information relating to operational activity in Timor-Leste.
(15) However, the author points out that these demonstration projects should be evaluated lest they continue to operate on the basis of rhetoric rather than fact.
(16) Since the clinical identification of these autoantigens often relies exclusively on size determination by Western blotting, we have characterized the commonly occurring fragments of histidyl-tRNA synthetase lest they confuse such identification.
(17) Lest we forget, Maradona only really got going in the quarter-finals.
(18) So, lest we are to be ruled solely by sociopaths and Blair's robot children, we should give them all a Bunbury option: a "Michael Green", under whose name to exercise all the human complexity for which modern politics cannot currently find room.
(19) Australia has made fresh promises limiting how it might use documents at the heart of a dispute with Timor-Leste , attempting to weaken the case for the international court of justice to order the sensitive material be surrendered.
(20) Lest there have been any remaining doubt, Donald Trump has confirmed a bully now resides in the White House.