(n.) A narrow passage of water; as, the Gut of Canso.
(n.) An intenstine; a bowel; the whole alimentary canal; the enteron; (pl.) bowels; entrails.
(n.) One of the prepared entrails of an animal, esp. of a sheep, used for various purposes. See Catgut.
(n.) The sac of silk taken from a silkworm (when ready to spin its cocoon), for the purpose of drawing it out into a thread. This, when dry, is exceedingly strong, and is used as the snood of a fish line.
(v. t.) To take out the bowels from; to eviscerate.
(v. t.) To plunder of contents; to destroy or remove the interior or contents of; as, a mob gutted the bouse.
Example Sentences:
(1) Some of those drugs are able to stimulate the macrophages, even in an aspecific way, via the gut associated lymphatic tissue (GALT), that is in connection with the bronchial associated lymphatic tissue (BALT).
(2) In contrast to L2 and L3 in L1 the mid gut runs down in a straight line without any looping.
(3) The goals of treatment are the restoration of normal gut peristalsis and the correction of nutritional deficiencies.
(4) Expressed per centimeter of gut length, total DAO activity was also enhanced by +141% in segment B (P less than 0.05 vs controls) and by +87% in segment C (P less than 0.01 vs controls) of resected rats.
(5) Recent studies point to the involvement of regulatory peptides in diseases of the gut and lung.
(6) "Gut closure" is an unlikely explanation for these findings.
(7) The effect of dietary fibre digestion in the human gut on its ability to alter bowel habit and impair mineral absorption has been investigated using the technique of metablic balance.
(8) ); and 3) those that multiply and produce large numbers of vegetative cells in the food, then release an active enterotoxin when they sporulate in the gut.
(9) The mRNA data of the developing gut correspond with previous protein data, which showed that the shorter Mr 210,000 polypeptide predominates during earlier developmental stages and the larger Mr 260,000 polypeptide appears later in the embryonic gut (Aufderheide, E., and P. Ekblom.
(10) The effects of intra-arterial administration of substance P upon intestinal blood flow, oxygen consumption, intestinal motor activity, and distribution of blood flow to the compartments of the gut wall were measured in anesthetized dogs.
(11) Agents that lower total plasma or LDL cholesterol in hypercholesterolaemic patients by interfering with cholesterol reabsorption from the gut (cholestyramine, cholestipol) or reduction of hepatic VLDL release (fibrates) do not appear to interfere with platelet hyperreactivity and do not change platelet-derived thromboxane formation.
(12) Females had an increased excretion of PCBs and increased accumulation in gut and gonads compared to males.
(13) The aim of the present study was to determine if dexamethasone treatment increased the rate of appearance in plasma of gut-derived glucose.
(14) The agency, which works to reduce food waste and plastic bag use, has already been gutted , with its budget reduced to £17.9m in 2014, down from £37.7m in 2011.
(15) No acute or chronic GVHD was seen in two patients, grade II (skin only) was seen in one patient, and grade IV (skin, liver, and gut) was seen in one patient.
(16) A diversity of serogroups and toxigenicity was a general finding, however, strains found in the proximal gut were also cultured from the rectum, indicating that faecal specimens would be a valid tool in investigating the role of these organisms in SIDS cases compared with healthy controls.
(17) Our results suggest that the increased Copro-IgE levels may be a specific consequence of the local immune response to food allergen stimulation in the gut mucosa.
(18) At the external wall of the host's gut, parasitic cysts of this nematode with immature stages inside were also observed.
(19) The results provide further in vivo evidence that ROI are causative agents in H liberation during reperfusion of the ischemic gut.
(20) Intravenous administration of ADS did not affect the transit, indicating the importance of the presence of ADS in the gut lumen.
Paunch
Definition:
(n.) The belly and its contents; the abdomen; also, the first stomach, or rumen, of ruminants. See Rumen.
(n.) A paunch mat; -- called also panch.
(n.) The thickened rim of a bell, struck by the clapper.
(v. t.) To pierce or rip the belly of; to eviscerate; to disembowel.
(v. t.) To stuff with food.
Example Sentences:
(1) Cuplike indentations were present on the paunch epithelial surface and were sites of bacterial aggregation.
(2) Thirteen bacterial morphotypes in the paunch were described in detail: seven were observed only in R. flavipes, three were observed only in C. formosanus, and three were common to both termite species.
(3) Only one case was recorded in the long-tailed mouse (Oligoryzomys flavescens), and none in the white paunch mouse (Calomys laucha), both species sympatric with A.
(4) Recent episodes have expanded on the fruit-stall-as-metaphor-for-emotional-rejuvenation theme, with shots of the ex-chippy magnate sighing at customers, his paunch peering tentatively over his post-traumatic bumbag in a fashion that suggested normality – if not, perhaps, dignity – was imminent.
(5) In addition to the paunch, the midgut was also colonized by bacteria that were situated between epithelial microvilli.
(6) He was a talented sportsman before he lost the sight in his left eye in a rugby match, and still moves around with astonishing speed, despite an expanding paunch pushing at the buttons of his thick cotton shirt.
(7) The paunch epithelium was densely colonized by bacteria, many of which possessed holdfast elements that secured them tightly to this tissue and to other bacterial cells.
(8) The relative concentration (per mg total protein) was found to be in the order: Pancreas greater than liver greater than lymph node greater than testes, fat tissue greater than parotid gland, brain, spleen, lung greater than small intestine, spinal cord, large intestine, kidney greater than paunch, aorta greater than skeletal muscle greater than heart.
(9) Body measurements (heart and paunch girths, wither height, chest depth, pelvic length and width, and body length), body weight, and calving evaluation data (calf birth weight, calf sex, calf presentation, and calving assistance needed) were collected from 1974 parities of 762 Holstein cows between 1968 and 1986.
(10) The termite paunch microbiota consisted of an abundance of morphologically diverse bacteria and protozoa.
(11) Besides bacteria, the protozoan Pyrsonympha vertens adhered to the paunch epithelium of R. flavipes by means of an attachment organelle.
(12) But I hate that when I get up in the morning about a second later my paunch follows.
(13) Adipose tissue was found in all the typical mammalian depots and in the superficial abdominal paunch, which enlarged disproportionately in obese specimens, forming an almost continuous layer over most of the body.
(14) Phenotypic correlations of dam body traits with calf birth weight were all significantly positive when combined for all parities and ranged from .23 for paunch girth to .27 for body weight and heart girth.
(15) Adipocytes in the paunch depot showed biochemical properties in common with those in the groin depots.
(16) When he ended his career in 1999, aged 42, his hair was greying, he developed a paunch and he was often mocked for his feminine voice and questioned over whether he was gay.
(17) Amid the sea of balding scalps and protruding paunches, Flint, the 47-year-old minister for Europe, stands out like an exotically plumed peacock in a farm full of battery hens.