(n.) A slender, graceful breed of dogs, remarkable for keen sight and swiftness. It is one of the oldest varieties known, and is figured on the Egyptian monuments.
Example Sentences:
(1) Systemic perfusion, myocardial contractility, and morphological changes during and after cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) were investigated in 22 greyhounds; Fluosol-DA 20% (FDA) and normal saline (NaCl) were compared as priming solutions for hypothermic (25 degrees C) CPB.
(2) The holes were of sufficient size to allow the passage of the head and neck of a greyhound to the shoulders.
(3) The comparative effects of contractile agonists and physiological stimulation of the tracheal and bronchial smooth muscle (BSM) response were studied isometrically in situ in five Basenji-greyhound (BG) and six mongrel dogs.
(4) The anesthesia lasted longer in Greyhound than in non-Greyhound mixed-breed dogs given thiopental, thiamylal, and methohexital.
(5) To test whether acute denervation alters the vascular effects of dopamine and dobutamine, we anesthetized 16 greyhounds and placed them on total cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB).
(6) Neither mongrels nor this group of Greyhounds were obviously susceptible to MH.
(7) Plasma hypoxanthine and xanthine concentrations are very low in the horse and low in rat, mouse and greyhound compared to concentrations in beagles, man, sheep and rabbit.
(8) In Beagles, it increased from dorsal to ventral zones by about 50% of the initial dorsal zone value, whereas in Greyhound-type dogs, only a slight dorsal-to-ventral decrease was evident, with the exception of the more ventral zone.
(9) We describe the chronology of development of the stomach and intestine in 18 greyhound foetuses.
(10) We compared the effects of large-volume ventilation on airway responses to aerosolized histamine in anesthetized mongrel dogs with its effects in Basenji-Greyhound crossbred (B-G) dogs.
(11) Using open-chested, anesthetized greyhounds, we compared the catheter-measured right ventricular volume change with stroke volume as measured by a pulmonary arterial electromagnetic blood flowmeter.
(12) In a placebo-controlled study of the antiarrhythmic and electrophysiological properties of atenolol and mexiletine, programmed electrical stimulation (PES) was performed in three groups of six conscious greyhounds, 7-30 days after coronary artery ligation.
(13) The effects of acute changes in plasma Na concentration (P(Na)) on renal blood flow (RBF) and glomerular filtration rate (GFR) were studied in anaesthetized greyhounds.
(14) Four greyhound dogs, previously sedentary for 3 yr, were utilized.
(15) BG dogs were hyperresponsive to both methacholine and histamine compared to basenjis and greyhounds.
(16) We examined endothelin-1 (ET-1) in vitro in five pairs of large arteries and veins from the greyhound dog; (coronary, internal mammary, mesenteric, renal and femoral) as well as the human forearm vein and internal mammary artery and vein.
(17) While the hydrodynamic sizes of the newly synthesized (24-hour) disc PG preparations appeared to be similar, the 60-day-old greyhound disc PGs were found to be larger than the corresponding beagle disc PG populations.
(18) – Gabrielle Jackson Hot dogs As a relatively recent greyhound adopter, the hot months have brought home to me the reality of their notoriously poor temperature control.
(19) Therefore, 40 per cent (900+ ml) of the blood volume of twenty greyhounds was withdrawn under anesthesia and replaced with stroma-free hemoglobin solution (SFHS).
(20) Pretreatment with the PAF antagonists SRI 63-441 (10 mgkg-1 iv) and BN 52021 (5 mgkg-1 iv) significantly reduced the number of arrhythmias during a thirty minute coronary artery occlusion period in open-chest anaesthetised greyhounds, particularly ventricular tachycardia.
Racing
Definition:
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Race
() a. & n. from Race, v. t. & i.
Example Sentences:
(1) To estimate the age of onset of these differences, and to assess their relationship to abdominal and gluteal adipocyte size, we measured adiposity, adipocyte size, and glucose and insulin concentrations during a glucose tolerance test in lean (less than 20% body fat), prepubertal children from each race.
(2) What we’re doing is designed to improve people’s lives.” "I don't see race, colour or creed, and neither do my children," he added.
(3) Mieko Nagaoka took just under an hour and 16 minutes to finish the race as the sole competitor in the 100 to 104-year-old category at a short course pool in Ehime, western Japan , on Saturday.
(4) In common with other studies, we found that the injury occurred in competitive runners, especially females, and was likely to develop during competitive races or intensive training sessions.
(5) US presidential election 2016: the state of the Republican race as the year begins Read more So far, the former secretary of state seems to be recovering well from self-inflicted wounds that dogged the start of her second, and most concerted, attempt for the White House.
(6) The Sports Network broadcasts live NHL, Nascar, golf and horse racing – having also recently purchased the rights for Formula One – and will show 154 of the 196 games that NBC will cover.
(7) O'Connell first spotted 14-year-old David Rudisha in 2004, running the 200m sprint at a provincial schools race.
(8) Polls indicated that anger over the government shutdown, which was sharply felt in parts of northern Virginia, as well as discomfort with Cuccinelli's deeply conservative views, handed the race to McAuliffe, a controversial Democratic fundraiser and close ally of Bill and Hillary Clinton.
(9) Our findings suggest that many traditional biological features used to estimate prognosis in ALL can be discarded in favor of clinical features (leukocyte count, age, and race) and cytogenetics (ploidy) for planning of future clinical trials.
(10) They include two leading Republican hopefuls for the presidential race in 2016, Rand Paul and Marco Rubio; three of them enjoy A+ rankings from the NRA and a further eight are listed A. Rand Paul of Kentucky The junior senator's penchant for filibusters became famous during his nearly 13-hour speech against the use unmanned drones, and he is one of three senators who sent an initial missive to Reid , warning him of another verbose round.
(11) Activists in the country are pushing to get their voices heard ahead of Sunday's race.
(12) As Russian companies Polymetal, Polyus Gold and Evraz race to join Eurasian Natural Resources as FTSE100 companies, despite their murky practices, because of London's incredibly lax listing requirements, one future scenario is becoming clearer.
(13) The majority of the patients were Chinese (78.0%), followed by Malays (11.5%), Indians (8.1%) and other minority races (2.4%).
(14) These changes were completely reversible within 18 hr after the race.
(15) This is welcome news but it needs to be borne in mind that the manufacturing sector is still far from racing ahead and serious doubts remain about the strength of demand for manufactured goods over the medium term, particularly once stimulative measures start being withdrawn.
(16) Five horses raced successfully and lowered the lifetime race records, 1 horse was sound and trained successfully, but died of colic, and 1 horse was not lame in early training.
(17) "I felt so relaxed today, I wasn't bouncing off the walls ready to race.
(18) Distance running performance is slower on hilly race courses than flat courses even when the start and finish are at the same elevation, resulting in equal amounts of uphill and downhill running.
(19) Betfair says Dixon is one of a new set of "ambassadors" including rugby's Will Greenwood, racing's Paul Nicholls and cricket's Michael Vaughan.
(20) I felt like he was a little bit inexperienced and the race got away from him a little bit at the third-last.