(n.) A large, arboreal, anthropoid ape of West Africa. It is larger than a man, and is remarkable for its massive skeleton and powerful muscles, which give it enormous strength. In some respects its anatomy, more than that of any other ape, except the chimpanzee, resembles that of man.
Example Sentences:
(1) The remaining four positive gorilla sera reacted as HSV-2-positive sera.
(2) We determined four nucleotide sequences of the hominoid immunoglobulin alpha (C alpha) genes (chimpanzee C alpha 2, gorilla C alpha 2, and gibbon C alpha 1 and C alpha 2 genes), which made possible the examination of gene conversions in all hominoid C alpha genes.
(3) The idea behind the box is that it will exercise the gorillas and keep them occupied.
(4) Barra’s main rivals in the single-speed category were Willo and a rider nicknamed Neu York, representing the Gorilla Smash Squad.
(5) Our findings substantially increase the evidence indicative of a human-chimpanzee-gorilla clade with ancestral separations around 8 to 6 Myr ago.
(6) Observed home range use patterns increased the gorillas' foraging efficiency.
(7) Plasma Mg and Ca concentrations were lower than reported captive gorilla means, whereas Na and P were higher.
(8) Two witnesses said they thought the gorilla was trying to protect the boy at first, before getting spooked by the screams of onlookers.
(9) It is to be hoped that the inquiry into how the escape happened will extend to a behavioural study to determine why Kumbuka appears to be so stressed.” Is Kumbuku particularly aggressive or agitated –or is his behaviour just part of being an adult gorilla?
(10) To understand the phylogenetic relationships between hominoids, the nucleotide sequences of immunoglobulin-epsilon processed pseudogenes from chimpanzee, gorilla and orangutan were determined.
(11) Relative to human, no translocations were detected in great apes, except for the well-known fusion-origin of human chromosome 2 and a 5;17 translocation in the gorilla.
(12) The power and versatility of these computer-imaging techniques are demonstrated by examining living subjects with major craniofacial dysmorphology (Treacher-Collins syndrome and unilateral coronal synostosis); an anthropoid osteological specimen (Gorilla); and a fossil mammal skull.
(13) These results demonstrate qualitative differences in the telomeric heterochromatin between Pan and Gorilla despite the fact that these areas appear homogeneous in the two genera by the C-banding method.
(14) In the present study we demonstrate that a representative gorilla haplotype also consists of two short C4 genes and two CYP21 genes, neither of which, however, has the characteristic 8 bp deletion.
(15) The electrophoretic mobilities of human, gorilla and gibbon CBG were similar (RF 0.50-0.51), but differed from Old World monkey CBG (RF 0.44-0.49) and chimpanzee CBG (RF 0.47).
(16) Here, we compare the newly completed sequences of orang-utan and rhesus monkey with human, chimpanzee, gorilla, owl monkey, lemur and goat orthologues.
(17) Civil unrest has also led to the illegal poaching of mountain gorillas.
(18) The Sibley and Ahlquist uncorrected data indicate that Pan is genetically closer to Homo than to Gorilla, but that Gorilla may be genetically closer to Pan than to Homo.
(19) The sequence of the gorilla alpha-fetoprotein gene, including 869 base pairs of the 5' flanking region and 4892 base pairs of the 3' flanking region (24,607 in total), was determined from two overlapping lambda phage clones.
(20) At one point, he and his fellow militias set up base in Virunga national park, famed for its gorillas in the mist , where they survived by eating monkeys and sometimes even elephants.
Vein
Definition:
(n.) One of the vessels which carry blood, either venous or arterial, to the heart. See Artery, 2.
(n.) One of the similar branches of the framework of a leaf.
(n.) One of the ribs or nervures of the wings of insects. See Venation.
(n.) A narrow mass of rock intersecting other rocks, and filling inclined or vertical fissures not corresponding with the stratification; a lode; a dike; -- often limited, in the language of miners, to a mineral vein or lode, that is, to a vein which contains useful minerals or ores.
(n.) A fissure, cleft, or cavity, as in the earth or other substance.
(n.) A streak or wave of different color, appearing in wood, and in marble and other stones; variegation.
(n.) A train of association, thoughts, emotions, or the like; a current; a course.
(n.) Peculiar temper or temperament; tendency or turn of mind; a particular disposition or cast of genius; humor; strain; quality; also, manner of speech or action; as, a rich vein of humor; a satirical vein.
(v. t.) To form or mark with veins; to fill or cover with veins.
Example Sentences:
(1) These immunocytochemical studies clearly demonstrated that cells encountered within the fibrous intimal thickening in the vein graft were inevitably smooth muscle cell in origin.
(2) The statistical T value calculated for the LP-TAE group showed that the administration of LP, the tumor size, intrahepatic metastasis, portal vein infiltration, and serum total bilirubin and alpha-fetoprotein levels significantly (P < 0.01) affected the patients' survival.
(3) Evaluation revealed tricuspid insufficiency, a massively dilated right internal jugular vein, and obstruction of the left internal jugular vein.
(4) If tracer is introduced into the carotid artery after osmotic treatment, brain uptake is increased by a net factor of 50 (a factor of 70 due to elevation of PA, multiplied by 7 due to infusion by the carotid route) as compared to uptake by normal, untreated brain with infusion into a peripheral vein.
(5) This observation, reinforced by simultaneous determinations of cortisol levels in the internal spermatic and antecubital veins, practically excluded the validity of the theory of adrenal hormonal suppression of testicular tissues.
(6) An anatomic study of the peroneal artery and vein and their branches was carried out on 80 adult cadaver legs.
(7) An intravenous bolus of 300 micrograms.kg-1 of 3-desacetylvecuronium was rapidly injected into the jugular vein.
(8) In one of the cirrhotic patients, postmortem correlation of sonographic, angiographic, and pathological findings showed that the dilated vessels seen on sonography were cystic veins draining normally into the portal vein rather than portosystemic anastomoses.
(9) Rapid injection of 2 m Ci TC 99m into a dorsal vein of the foot produced isotope phlebograms with a Dyna camera 2 C.
(10) The superior mesenteric artery and the abdominal aorta made the mean angle of 35.5 degree in patients with normal left renal vein, the mean angle of 45.4 degrees in those with left renal vein compression without nutcracker phenomenon, and the mean angle of 11.9 degrees in those with nutcracker phenomenon.
(11) Blood samples were collected from an antecubital vein at sea level (S1), in a base camp at 1515 m prior to the summit ascent (S2), on the summit at 3285 m after 6.5 hours of climbing (S3), at base camp immediately after the descent (S4), and at sea level following a trail descent from the base camp (S5).
(12) The most frequent source of the pulmonary circulation thromboembolism was the lower limb veins.
(13) A patient with a history of hypertension had a combined central retinal artery and vein occlusion in one eye.
(14) It is usually associated with a left superior caval vein draining into the coronary sinus and is frequently part of a complex congenital malformation of the heart.
(15) It is concluded that the transcutaneous ultrasound technique provides a reliable, rapidly available, non-invasive method to confirm the diagnosis of deep vein thrombosis.
(16) A fiberoptic flow-directed catheter inserted into the hepatic vein continuously measures hepatic venous oxygen hemoglobin saturation (ShvO2).
(17) The angiographic demonstration of veins was similarly improved by the 2 drugs, the effect of 60 mug.
(18) Attention is paid to the set of problems connected with the nonthrombotic insufficiency of the conducting veins of the leg.
(19) In the other, the proximal fibula was excised and the epiphysis placed across the saphenous artery and vein in the groin.
(20) Our results show that stenosis of about one-third of the original external diameter of the artery and vein of the pedicle in our model did not have any significant influence on the survival of the flap and ligation of the femoral artery distal to the branch to the flap did not produce any statistical difference in the viability of the flap.