(n.) The dense tissues which invest the teeth, and cover the adjacent parts of the jaws.
(v. t.) To deepen and enlarge the spaces between the teeth of (a worn saw). See Gummer.
(n.) A vegetable secretion of many trees or plants that hardens when it exudes, but is soluble in water; as, gum arabic; gum tragacanth; the gum of the cherry tree. Also, with less propriety, exudations that are not soluble in water; as, gum copal and gum sandarac, which are really resins.
(n.) See Gum tree, below.
(n.) A hive made of a section of a hollow gum tree; hence, any roughly made hive; also, a vessel or bin made of a hollow log.
(n.) A rubber overshoe.
(v. t.) To smear with gum; to close with gum; to unite or stiffen by gum or a gumlike substance; to make sticky with a gumlike substance.
(v. i.) To exude or from gum; to become gummy.
Example Sentences:
(1) A modification of the manual glucose oxidase-gum guaiacum method of Shipton, B., Wood, P.J.
(2) In a second set of test sessions, volunteers chewed sugarless gum for 10 minutes, starting 15 minutes after they ate the snack food.
(3) The addition of sodium bicarbonate to gum containing sorbitol markedly enhanced its capacity to cause and maintain an elevation of interproximal plaque pH previously lowered by exposure to fermentable carbohydrate.
(4) The model has been used to evaluate mineral changes from the use of fluoride dentifrices and rinses, chewing gum, and food sequencing.
(5) There were hemorrhages in sclera, gums and left tonsillar area and a grayish exudate on right tonsil.
(6) The median time to intubation with the gum elastic bougie while simulating an 'epiglottis only' view was only 10 s longer than the time taken during conventional intubation with an optimum view.
(7) The clinical and histological aspects of hypertrophic and hyperplastic gum diseases were examined in order to clarify the aetiopathogenesis of such conditions and facilitate their diagnosis.
(8) On the other hand, wheat bran, pectin, guar gum, and degraded carageenan all stimulate large bowel cell proliferation, the greatest growth response tending to occur in the cecum or proximal colon.
(9) During each test period one group chewed a combination of one piece sorbitol and one piece sucrose flavored gum five times per day, the second group correspondingly chewed xylitol and sucrose flavored gum, while the third group served as a no hygiene control group.
(10) The acid gums are present in the small intestine in the form of their sodium salts.
(11) A cooperative multicenter study was performed to evaluate two salivary secretion methods-the chewing gum test and the Saxon test by a crossover method.
(12) This result suggests that physical dependence (ie, withdrawal) may be a cause of behavioral dependence on nicotine gum (ie, use of gum beyond the recommended period) and physicians should emphasize the need for gradual reduction of nicotine gum.
(13) Gastrointestinal transit time, frequency of defecation, stool weight, and stool consistency were studied in 12 subjects who were each given fiber supplements containing wheat bran, psyllium gum, a combination of wheat bran and psyllium gum, or a low-fiber control for 2 weeks.
(14) Cadbury became the world's largest confectionery company in 2003 after buying up a number of gum brands, including Trident and Stride, but ceded the number one spot to Mars when it took over gum maker Wrigley last year.
(15) Compared to fiber-free, feeding corn bran increased binding in the duodenum 30% and ileum 50% but decreased binding in the jejunum 44%, and feeding guar gum increased binding in the colon 73% but decreased binding in the jejunum 40%.
(16) Concerning combinaisons of ethylene oxide with any gums.
(17) In a new policy paper on how to respond to their growing popularity the RSPH says: "Electronic cigarettes are significantly less harmful than smoked tobacco, and despite some products being visually similar to cigarettes, they are essentially nicotine containing products, or NCPs, like patches and gum".
(18) The second study found that prescribing nicotine gum as an adjunct to counseling would cost only $4,113-6,465 per year of life saved for males and $6,880-9,473 per year of life saved for females.
(20) There are many "smoking cessation therapies" – gums, patches and sprays – that reduce cravings for cigarettes, while allowing the smoker to avoid the adverse effects of tobacco.
Gump
Definition:
(n.) A dolt; a dunce.
Example Sentences:
(1) In 1995, a year after his novel Forrest Gump had been sanitised for the screen, Winston Groom published Gump and Co , a sequel, which began with: "Let me say this: Everybody makes mistakes ...
(2) That might sometimes be true – Forrest Gump , I'm looking at you – but there's also a difference in the way a film is consumed.
(3) Facebook Twitter Pinterest The film team review Jurassic World At Bubba Gump, he recognised a customer: Rae Dawn Chong, an actor who had appeared in 80s hits Commando and The Color Purple.
(4) In the oral cavity, a "flail" mandible, an "Andy Gump" deformity, and a sublingual hematoma may occur.
(5) It paid $400,000 over the past year to a Washington lobby group, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, to work on Capitol Hill to work for the removal of the MEK from the list of foreign terrorist organisations.
(6) In an interview with CNBC, Ma said he believed that his customers and employees should come before shareholders, but added: “I am very honoured and so excited … the responsibility I’ve been thinking about the next five to 10 years is: how can I make sure these shareholders are happy?” Ma told CNBC that he had got the idea for his business when he visited the US, and looks to Forrest Gump for inspiration.
(7) July 12, 2015 Pop culture mashups And in that last recourse for the commentator searching desperately for a joke, the internet opened the pop culture vault and hastily cut up everything from Forrest Gump – “ run, Chapo, run ” – to Frozen – “ I’m free, I’m free!
(8) Are you stupid, Mr Gruber?” the committee chairman Darryl Issa asked Jonathan Gruber, before comparing the professor to the film character Forrest Gump.
(9) Not even seven Oscar nominations could help it compete with the success of hits such as Speed, Pulp Fiction and Forrest Gump.
(10) As a youth he dabbled in stand-up comedy and did a spot of stripping (once for a friend’s grandmother) before – at the age of 19 – moving to Maui for a year, living in a van and waiting tables at Bubba Gump Shrimp Co.
(11) Gump n Hell gave it an Indonesian spin, featuring Piko Taro using an apple and a banana to create the shape of the communist icon, the hammer and sickle.
(12) The major finding in these patients was rib resorption and deteriorating cosmetic appearance and development of "Andy Gump" deformity.
(13) We will hope for our best but it is like Forrest Gump and his box of chocolates.
(14) And he was, at the Bubba Gump Shrimp Company franchise in Hawaii, by actor Rae Dawn Chong, which at least has the ring of Lana Turner at the counter of Schwab’s Pharmacy.
(15) The end result was a consensus that, like Forrest Gump, Slahi popped up around significant events by coincidence, not design.
(16) Premier League: 10 things to look out for this weekend Read more “I’m a little bit like Forrest Gump, like this,” Flores says, miming the style of the movie character and laughing loudly.
(17) Boundary-pushing satire, in the form of comics such as Gump n Hell , are also starting to emerge.
(18) Alibaba was founded by Jack Ma, a former English teacher who counts Forrest Gump as his inspiration.
(19) Even though Hanks achieved his greatest career success appearing in dramas in the 90s, such as Apollo 13 and winning his Oscars for (in typical Oscars style) his two worst films, Philadelphia and Forrest Gump , as well as appearing in romcoms ( Sleepless in Seattle , You've Got Mail ) written and directed by Nora Ephron ("She was a taskmaster, but gentle – I wish I was making a movie with Nora tomorrow"), I personally will always have a soft spot for his 80s comedic performances.
(20) Our techniques in reconstruction of the oral cavity, hypopharynx, esophagus, nose, Andy-Gump deformities (anterior jaw complex resection), pharyngo-orocutaneous fistulas, and radionecrosis of the mandible are presented.