(n.) A plant of the genus Zingiber, of the East and West Indies. The species most known is Z. officinale.
(n.) The hot and spicy rootstock of Zingiber officinale, which is much used in cookery and in medicine.
Example Sentences:
(1) Cissus quadrangularis was mutagenic, while 'decoctions' of cumin seeds, aniseeds and ginger were not.
(2) The experimental result of the quantitative determination of magnolol in Cortex Magnoliae Officinalis and its processed samples by HPLC has shown that the stir-fried sample has the highest content of magnolol among all sample and so does the ginger-fried sample among all ginger-processed samples.
(3) Ginger root reduced the tendency to vomiting and cold sweating significantly better than placebo did (p less than 0.05).
(4) Vitamin B6 and ginger are both effective for nausea and vomiting in early pregnancy.
(5) Remarkably fewer symptoms of nausea and vertigo were reported after ginger root ingestion, but the difference was not statistically significant.
(6) 3 Add the rice to the salmon flakes along with the spring onion, ginger, soy and mirin.
(7) Indications for use of ginger to replace either thromboxane inhibitors having serious side effects or prostacyclin are given.
(8) A CNS mechanism, which is characteristic of the conventional anti-motion sickness drugs, can thus be excluded as regards ginger root.
(9) Brussels sprout and ginger slaw Yotam Ottolenghi's brussels sprout and ginger slaw: 'Why anyone boils sprouts is one of life's great mysteries.'
(10) Crunching their way gingerly along pavements scattered with de-icing salt, they hurried from shop to shop – young mothers wheeling pushchairs, older women leaning heavily on shopping trolleys, men trudging alongside their partners, laden with carrier bags.
(11) I make ful cobi with my cookery students: carrot, peas, cauliflower and sweetcorn, gently stir-fried with mustard seeds, ginger, garlic and green chillies, and they're amazed how tasty it is.
(12) Shawcross and company certainly did not seem to relish “the Ginger Messi” running at them with a dizzyingly disorientating amalgam of skill and sheer, pace-propelled persistence.
(13) He was clearly in discomfort, walking gingerly during breaks in play, but the Argentinian looked absolutely determined to leave a favourable impression.
(14) As a condiment, ginger can increase the content of magnolol to a certain extent, but the quantity used in processing does not affect the content significantly.
(15) In this study, we analyzed the effective components of ginger rhizomes.
(16) Anna Thomson, Totnes, Devon Serves 4 400g yellow split peas A good glug of olive oil 3-4 garlic cloves, grated or finely chopped ½ tsp each ground cumin and coriander Zest of 1 lemon 2cm piece ginger, grated For the dressing 4 tbsp olive oil Juice of 1 lemon 1 small garlic clove, minced Handful coriander leaves, chopped Sliced red chilli (optional) 1 Rinse and drain the split peas.
(17) Thus, this study has suggested that the spices--turmeric, red pepper, ginger and mustard can stimulate the conversion of cholesterol to bile acids, an important pathway of elimination of cholesterol from the body.
(18) Lower the heat, add the ginger, garlic, chilli flakes and rosemary.
(19) The fires had died down and they gingerly explored, finding the unsecured window into the safe room.
(20) • The Ginger Pig 's pork butchery class is conducted at their Moxon Street shop in London.
Vitality
Definition:
(n.) The quality or state of being vital; the principle of life; vital force; animation; as, the vitality of eggs or vegetable seeds; the vitality of an enterprise.
Example Sentences:
(1) Peak Expiratory Flow and Forced Expiratory Mean Flows in the ranges 0-25%, 25-50% and 50-75% of Forced Vital Capacity were significantly reduced in animals exposed to gasoline exhaust fumes, whereas the group exposed to ethanol exhaust fumes did not differ from the control group.
(2) David Cameron has insisted that membership of the European Union is in Britain's national interest and vital for "millions of jobs and millions of families", as he urged his own backbenchers not to back calls for a referendum on the UK's relationship with Brussels.
(3) In this study, a potassium nitrate-polycarboxylate cement was used as a liner and was found clinically to tend to preserve pulpal vitality and significantly eliminate or decrease postoperative pain.
(4) The highest antishock effect of dopamine is reached when cardiac output fraction addressed to thoracic region vitals is supported by dopamine on the 43-45% level.
(5) They have actively intervened with governments, and particularly so in Africa.” José Luis Castro, president and chief executive officer of Vital Strategies, an organisation that promotes public health in developing countries, said: “The danger of tobacco is not an old story; it is the present.
(6) Vital staining of neuroblastoma cells with acridine orange produces a bright intracellular red-orange fluorescence most probably due to the occurrence of RNA.
(7) Even if it does not always provide the solution to a particularly delicate problem, which is often of vital importance, it provides data which, modifiable and better used, should provide an adequate notion of the anatomical and physiopathological state in aortic stenosis.
(8) Technically speaking, this modality of brief psychotherapy is based on the nonuse of transferential interpretations, on impeding the regression od the patient, on facilitating a cognitice-affective development of his conflicts and thus obtain an internal object mutation which allows the transformation of the "past" into true history, and the "present" into vital perspectives.
(9) Results on resting blood pressure, serum lipids, vital capacity, flexibility, upper body strength, and vertical jump tests were comparable to values found for the sedentary population.
(10) However, these votes will be vital for Hollande in the second round.
(11) The authors are also upfront about what has not gone so well: "We were too slow to mobilise … we did not identify clear leadership or adequate resources for the actions … it is vital to accelerate the programme of civil service reform."
(12) It is generally agreed upon that ERT is fruitless in the patient with severe head trauma or when vital signs were absent at the scene of the injury.
(13) As a result of recent environmental changes in the health care industry, marketing has become a vital necessity for the survival of most hospitals.
(14) "We were very disappointed when the DH decided to suspend printing Reduce the Risk, a vital resource in the prevention of cot death in the UK", said Francine Bates, chief executive of the Foundation for the Study of Infant Deaths, which helped produce the booklet.
(15) Lofgren complains that " the crackpot outliers of two decades ago have become the vital centre today ".
(16) The following 10 products were tested: Ensure Plus, Ensure, Enrich, Osmolite, Pulmocare, Citrotein, Resource, Vivonex TEN, Vital, and Hepatic Acid II.
(17) Effects of fixation with glutaraldehyde (GA), glutaraldehyde-osmium tetroxide (GA-OsO(4)), and osmium tetroxide (OsO(4)) on ion and ATP content, cell volume, vital dye staining, and stability to mechanical and thermal stress were studied in Ehrlich ascites tumor cells (EATC).
(18) This phenomenon can have a special significance for defining the vitality in inflammation of bone tissue, in burns and in necrosis of soft tissues a.a. of the Achilles tendon.
(19) The ratio of forced expiratory volume in the first second to forced vital capacity was not significantly different between individuals with or without a past history of heart attack, angina pectoris or ECG evidence of coronary heart disease.
(20) The amount of formazan obtained after incubating vital cells with Meldola Blue as electron carrier was greater than that obtained with Methylene Blue, menadione, 2,6-dichloroindophenol, 1-methoxyphenazine methosulphate or phenazine methosulphate.