(n.) A monkey of the upper Nile and Abyssinia (Cercopithecus griseo-viridis), having the upper parts dull green, the lower parts white, the hands, ears, and face black. It was known to the ancient Egyptians. Called also tota.
Example Sentences:
(1) The amplitudes of the circadian maxima of enzyme activity and serum cortisol levels were significantly greater in vervets than in grivets.
(2) With the purpose of examining in the same animal model the effect of more natural routes of infection, six female grivet monkeys were inoculated, two by two, with M. hominis by the following methods: (experiment A) into the uterine cavity through the cervical canal; (experiment B) into the uterine cavity by the same route, but after ligature of the isthmus of the uterine tubes had been performed and followed by curettage of the endometrium; and (experiment C) into the cervical epithelium.
(3) To further examine the extent of genetic divergence within the SIVagm type, we generated and sequenced a biologically active proviral DNA clone representing a lentivirus isolated from a distinct African green monkey species (grivet).
(4) Captive chimpanzees and grivet and rhesus monkeys, not given hepatitis A virus, showed evidence of previous experience with human hepatitis A or an antigenically related virus based on tests for hepatitis A antibody.
(5) Grivets develop higher levels of serum cholesterol than vervets fed cholesterol.
(6) Marmosets and grivet monkeys (Cercopithecus aethiops) developed salpingitis with antibody responses after intraoviduct inoculation, and baboons (Papio anubis) developed parametritis after intracervical inoculation.
(7) The clinical course of the experimental infection in grivet monkeys closely resembles that of natural infections in man.
(8) Normal values for a number of blood components of grivet monkeys are reported.
(9) Animals seropositive for HTLV-I were found among grivet monkeys and Anubis baboons including the hybrid offspring between Anubis and Hamadryas baboons but not pure-Hamadryas baboons and geladas.
(10) The concentration of cortisol and its time of release appear to be factors in the hyperresponsive trait of grivets.
(11) Groups of 6 to 8 grivet monkeys (Ceropithecus aethiops aethiops), each of which had been exposed to 600 cercariae of Schistosoma mansoni, were killed 3, 6, and 31 months after exposure.
(12) In a previous study we produced acute salpingitis and parametritis in grivet monkeys by inoculation of Mycoplasma hominis directly into the uterine tubes.
(13) Grivet monkeys infected with virulent Francisella tularensis Strain Schu S4 showed significant early changes in serum levels of trace metals, triglycerides and activities of alkaline phosphatase, lactate dehydrogenase and alpha-hydroxybutyrate dehydrogenase.
(14) The vaccine was highly potent, inducing antibody in guinea pigs, grivet monkeys, and chimpanzees given three doses of vaccine containing up to 20 mug of hepatitis B antigen per dose.
(15) The 24-h reductase activity was over 4 times greater in vervet than grivet livers.
(16) The mycoplasma was not recovered from the grivet monkeys, nor from the oviducts of the marmosets although it was isolated intermittently from the vagina of two of the latter animals up to 4-6 weeks after inoculation.
(17) The medial meniscus was resected from the right knees of twelve young grivet monkeys that were killed at intervals of twenty-one to 252 days after operation.
(18) Erthrocytes collected from monkey species including grivet, rhesus, and cynomolgus monkeys were stabilized by fixation with glutaraldehyde of a low concentration and were freeze-dried in vacuo.
(19) Heterogeneity was observed in the molecular weights of the gag, pol, and env gene products between SIV isolates from vervets [SIV(AGM(VER))] and grivets [SIV(AGM(GRI))].
(20) Nineteen grivet monkeys, Cercopithecus aethiops, were infected with the spirochete of louse-borne relapsing fever, Borrelia recurrentis, and killed at various intervals following inoculation: 4 during the initial spirochetemia; 4 during remission; 3 during relapse; 2 that were dying following severe relapses; and 6 during convalescence.
Rivet
Definition:
(n.) A metallic pin with a head, used for uniting two plates or pieces of material together, by passing it through them and then beating or pressing down the point so that it shall spread out and form a second head; a pin or bolt headed or clinched at both ends.
(v. t.) To fasten with a rivet, or with rivets; as, to rivet two pieces of iron.
(v. t.) To spread out the end or point of, as of a metallic pin, rod, or bolt, by beating or pressing, so as to form a sort of head.
(v. t.) Hence, to fasten firmly; to make firm, strong, or immovable; as, to rivet friendship or affection.
Example Sentences:
(1) Tetrapolar rheovasography was used to medically examine 54 riveters, of equal age and duration of work, who were exposed to the complex action of low-intensity vibration and noise.
(2) It was a riveting and perverse study of decadent Parisian student life, the first of his many films in which Chabrol presents an opposition between a Dionysian character (often called Paul or Popaul) and an Apollonian one (often called Charles), the defender of the status quo.
(3) The "graying" of America has riveted the attention of policy makers in the United States on the potential specter of an excess population of sick, poor, disabled, aged Americans.
(4) Although the exposure time for the riveting hammer was 1 min and the total tool time was 40 min per day, more than 50% of the riveters had symptoms of vibration-induced white finger (VWF) after more than 10 years of work.
(5) History suggests we should not be too surprised when the rivets pop.
(6) Among the remaining patients was a divorced mother of four with a failing liver who was engaged to be remarried; a second world war " Rosie Riveter " who had trouble speaking because of a stroke; and Ma'Dear, an ailing matriarch with long, braided hair, renowned for her cooking and the strict but loving way she raised 12 children.
(7) With the last kick of a riveting final Group F match Agnor Ingvi Traustason, a second-half replacement, scored a memorable goal, and as Szymon Marciniak, the Polish referee, blew instantly for time, a jubilant Iceland bench ran on to the pitch, and the fans celebrated wildly.
(8) The calculated equivalent frequency-weighted acceleration for a period of 4 h was the questionnaire survey 101 riveters reported statistically significant more complaints of pain and stiffness in their hands and arms when compared with 76 controls with no, or little, exposure to vibration.
(9) The real strength of Lean In is in its Rosie the Riveter 2.0 message: "You can do it!
(10) A bit like Desert Island Discs only miles more revealing, the "A Room of My Own" feature showed the rooms of the famous and distinguished in rivetingly detailed colour photographs for 15 years, while in the text below their owners wibbled on about them.
(11) The Sejusa case has riveted many in this east African country that once was prone to violent takeovers of power but which has seen relative stability under Museveni.
(12) The Commissariat of Enlightenment by Sheila Fitzpatrick A riveting account of the institution that implemented the cultural and educational policies of the revolution after 1917.
(13) Bill Gates sipping from a glass of water doesn’t sound like riveting television.
(14) It was just two people sitting at a table talking, but it was electric and riveting.
(15) And Jaye Griffiths in Don't Wake Me: The Ballet of Nihal Armstrong was riveting.
(16) The very substantial riveted plates of the converted Aberdeen-built trawler had had huge holes torn in them, but the jagged pieces of metal that remained were all bent inwards.
(17) An RAF Rivet Joint surveillance plane equipped with listening devices has also been flying missions from al-Udeid air base in Qatar to eavesdrop on Isis communications.
(18) The riveting thing about the CLEWI isn't the headline attached, because that tends to be the same every year.
(19) Adhesion had a tongue-and-groove appearance with corneosomes riveting corneocyte peripheries into a lipped groove on adjoining cells.
(20) That's what's riveting here: the mechanics of the escape.