(a.) Contrary to, or differing from, some acknowledged standard, as the Bible, the creed of a church, the decree of a council, and the like; not orthodox; heretical; -- said of opinions, doctrines, books, etc., esp. upon theological subjects.
(a.) Holding heterodox opinions, or doctrines not orthodox; heretical; -- said of persons.
(n.) An opinion opposed to some accepted standard.
Example Sentences:
(1) However, only four of the seven CTL clones (which we designate "orthodox") lysed all mutant DPw2+ LCL tested; the other three ("heterodox") CTL clones showed reduced or no lysis of particular LCL which expressed DPw2 but had been mutagenized and selected for loss of DR expression.
(2) Naturopathy is a heterodox professionalized medical system which, in contrast to osteopathy and chiropractic, has received little attention from social scientists, particularly in the United States.
(3) The characteristics of the principal categories of more professional heterodox practice are examined.
(4) The Association for Heterodox Economics welcomes student initiatives for fundamental reform of the economics curriculum, as do our post-Keynesian colleagues ( Letters , 19 November).
(5) The concluding step is the assemblage of a slightly heterodox model for evolution.
(6) "In the old days, few bothered to engage a credit ratings agency because they dealt with what they knew," writes Ha-Joon Chang , a heterodox (or leftwing) economist and author of 23 Things They Don't Tell You About Capitalism.
(7) Preparations for the study included an approach to the General Medical Council for guidance about the intended collaboration between medically qualified and heterodox practitioners, detailed communication with local general practitioners, and the provision of a Medical Research Council (MRC) grant to cover payments to the chiropractors for work carried out in the course of the study.
(8) To set the sisters straight, Levada plans to send an archbishop to rewrite the group's statute and institute re-education programmes to combat heterodox thinking.
(9) In addition, the data presented here, together with structural and sequence information, suggest a heterodox evolutionary model in which genes related to the intron-bearing, basally expressed H3.3 vertebrate genes are the ancestors of the intronless H3.1 class of genes of higher eukaryotes.
(10) Heterodox economists, drawing on a range of theorists, including Keynes, Marx, Minsky and others, have consistently argued for greater pluralism in both economics curricula and economics research evaluation.
(11) Thus armed and protected, he ranged fearlessly across the condition of the left, mostly in the pages of the CP's monthly, Marxism Today, the increasingly heterodox publication of which he became the house deity.
(12) The refinement confirmed the heterodox, non-parallel character of the 8-fold beta alpha-barrel domain with beta beta alpha alpha(beta alpha)6 topology.
(13) "Brod himself was intent on canonising Kafka as a Zionist saint, and the Israeli state holding the papers ensures that this falsification will continue apace – still, it matters not, the works are out there in all their contrariety, sparking different and heterodox sensations as legion as their readers."
(14) They've put on their own lectures from non-mainstream, heterodox economists, even organising evening classes on bubbles, panics and crashes.
(15) In a paper called " Money Creation in the Modern Economy ", co-authored by three economists from the Bank's Monetary Analysis Directorate, they stated outright that most common assumptions of how banking works are simply wrong, and that the kind of populist, heterodox positions more ordinarily associated with groups such as Occupy Wall Street are correct.
(16) In addition to these classical inputs, LHRH neurons also enter into complex heterodox synaptic relationships with their neighbors, including somato-dendritic and dendro-dendritic synapses in which the LHRH neuron can be either the pre- or postsynaptic element.
(17) But heterodox approaches have long since been banished from most faculties, claims Tony Lawson.
Squirrel
Definition:
(v. i.) Any one of numerous species of small rodents belonging to the genus Sciurus and several allied genera of the family Sciuridae. Squirrels generally have a bushy tail, large erect ears, and strong hind legs. They are commonly arboreal in their habits, but many species live in burrows.
(v. i.) One of the small rollers of a carding machine which work with the large cylinder.
Example Sentences:
(1) One thousand nineteen Wyoming ground squirrels (Spermophilus elegans elegans) from 4 populations in southern Wyoming were examined for intestinal parasites.
(2) Recordings were made from secondary vestibular axons in the medial longitudinal fasciculus (MLF) of barbiturate-anesthetized squirrel monkeys.
(3) Squirrel monkeys trained to respond under a schedule in which each response postponed the delivery of electric shock developed a steady rate of responding.
(4) An isolated colony of red squirrels at Formby , Merseyside, were decimated by an outbreak of squirrelpox in 2008 , which saw the population crash by 85% to less than 200 squirrels.
(5) When the position and size of injection sites were compared to distribution of retrogradely labeled olivary somata, it was clear that zones A, B, C1, C2, C3 and D were present in lobules IV and V of squirrel monkey.
(6) Noninvasive temperature measurements in live squirrel monkeys under similar exposure conditions were obtained using Vitek probes.
(7) We have compared the ability of drugs to induce chewing and retching or emesis in squirrel monkeys; such studies are not possible in rodents, which do not vomit.
(8) Serum glucose values were significantly higher in the diabetic ground squirrels than in the non-diabetic ground squirrels, while serum insulin values of fasted diabetic squirrels were significantly lower than fasted nondiabetic ground squirrels.
(9) I have had the awe-inducing pleasure of standing alone among the giant trees, both sequoias and redwoods, and hearing nothing but the chatter of the squirrels and the high wind in the tallest branches.
(10) Both drugs increased fixed interval responding in squirrel monkeys; MA was more efficacious than NNDMA.
(11) The present experimental results in squirrel monkeys contradict the previously reported high incidence of ear cartilage regeneration in young rabbits and may reflect a difference in surgical technique, animal species, or animal age.
(12) A viral agent was isolated from ground squirrel primary kidney cultures which presented a spontaneous cell layer alteration.
(13) Signing a "squirrel accord" after meetings at one of his stately homes, the prince reaffirmed his desire to drive grey squirrels out of the UK in order to save our "much loved" native red squirrels .
(14) Squirrel monkeys controlled the air temperature within their test chamber by pulling a chain to select between two preset air temperatures, 10 and 50 degrees C. When the force required to pull the chain was increased in steps from 2.94 to 6.86 N, interresponse interval increased, resulting in wider air temperature swings within the chamber.
(15) In areas where there are lots of pine martens, there are lots of red squirrels," she said.
(16) The first way in which SmI of squirrels differs from the organization reported for other mammals is that SmI of squirrels contains a double representation of the hand and parts of the forearm.
(17) In order to determine the most suitable cage environment for the squirrel monkey, a series of studies were carried out to compare various perch materials and cage configurations.
(18) Tumors developed in seven squirrels after a minimum of 2.4 years of observation per animal; each of the seven animals was over 4 years old when the tumor was detected.
(19) The possible mechanisms in regulation of the respiration rate of mitochondria from liver of hibernating ground squirrels have been investigated.
(20) In this study, human, squirrel monkey, and cat temporal bone sections were examined by light microscopy for the presence of glomus bodies, and the anatomy and distribution of glomus bodies in the temporal bone is described.