(a.) Of or pertaining to Spain or its language; as, Hispanic words.
Example Sentences:
(1) This study was undertaken to determine whether the survival of Hispanic patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck was different from that of Anglo-American patients.
(2) Among non-Hispanic whites in the 1980s, Catholic total fertility rates (TFRs) were about one-quarter of a child lower than Protestant rates (1.64 vs. 1.91).
(3) Patients with major depression were less likely to use PCP, Blacks were more likely than Hispanics to use hallucinogens, and schizophrenics were less likely to use opioids.
(4) Although complete data were not available, it appeared that the incidence of breast cancer is lower in this population of Hispanic women than in Caucasian women.
(5) I do want to thank all the fans and some of the media people that are here today and my Dominican people and all the Hispanic's all over the world.
(6) The lower suicide rate for Hispanics relative to Anglos is seen for both males and females.
(7) Participants were 206 healthy, volunteer low-to-middle-income Mexican-American and non-Hispanic white (Anglo-American) families (623 individuals), each with a fifth or a sixth-grade child.
(8) To evaluate possible misclassification of smokers and nonsmokers, we compared self-reported cigarette consumption and serum cotinine levels in a sample of 743 Mexican American participants in the Hispanic Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (HHANES).
(9) The highest rates of reported illness are concentrated in the western states, 68% are non-Hispanic white women aged 35 years and older, and data on associated clinical findings suggest a multisystemic disorder.
(10) The actuarial survival at 2 years after grafting of Blacks, Hispanics and Asians was compared with that of Caucasians transplanted between 1971 and 1985 for aplastic anaemia, acute non-lymphocytic leukaemia and acute lymphoblastic leukaemia.
(11) Our discrepancy with findings from the National Survey of Family Growth is evidence of the cultural diversity in the US Hispanic population and indicates the importance of disaggregating by ethnicity or national origin when studying this population.
(12) Demographic analysis indicated that homeless children were predominantly Hispanic Americans.
(13) The present study demonstrates the importance of population-based lipid screening in Hispanic, Asian, or multiethnic children, where more than a third of the children have total cholesterol levels in need of dietary management.
(14) The findings indicate that the Children's Report of Parental Behavior Inventory (except the hostile control subscale), the Parent-Adolescent Communication Scale (open communication subscale only), and the Family Adaptability and Cohesion Evaluation Scales II appear to have sufficient cross-ethnic equivalence for English-speaking Hispanic samples.
(15) OMH added HIV infection to the six health priority areas after epidemiologic data showed that the representation of blacks and Hispanics was disproportionately high among persons reported with AIDS.
(16) Although Hispanic Americans have shared in the nationwide reduction in coronary artery disease over the past 25 years, mortality data indicate that coronary artery disease remains the leading cause of death in this population.
(17) In 1972, as a law student, she spent several months travelling around south Texas trying to boost registration among Hispanic people.
(18) Dropouts were more likely to be male, Black or Hispanic, or with no history of primary depression.
(19) Findings suggest that the interactive videodisc is a useful way to interest and help Hispanic adolescents learn ways of reducing their risk of contracting and spreading HIV infection through lifestyle practices.
(20) The limited data that are available for Hispanic populations suggest that there is at least a 10-fold difference in risk between individuals of Hispanic ancestry in Colorado and Mexicans in Mexico City.
Vega
Definition:
(n.) A brilliant star of the first magnitude, the brightest of those constituting the constellation Lyra.
Example Sentences:
(1) The PUP founder made the comments at a voters’ forum and press conference during an open day held at his Palmer Coolum Resort, where he invited the electorate to see his giant robotic dinosaur park, memorabilia including his car collection and a concert by Dean Vegas, an Elvis impersonator.
(2) Originally, it was to be named Le Reve, after one of the Picassos that Wynn and his wife own; but, as of last month, it is to be called Wynn Las Vegas, embodying a dream of a different kind.
(3) When Contostavlos wanted to stay an extra night at the luxury Las Vegas hotel, he told the court, his editors vetoed it.
(4) The deal gave Penn a Las Vegas casino for a fraction of what it cost to build the 390-room resort.
(5) Apple has used the month of January to launch revolutionary products before, in part as a way of diverting attention from its rivals presenting their latest inventions at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, which Apple does not attend, and that takes place the same month.
(6) Moments later, Deputy Chief Tom Roberts, of Las Vegas Metro, defused the situation by delivering the announcement that Cliven Bundy's cattle would be returned within 30 minutes.
(7) The other in Montreal, Canada, employed De Vega's semicircular annuloplasty in 17 cases.
(8) From 1978 through 1987, 321 patients who had functional tricuspid regurgitation (TR) associated with mitral or combined mitral and aortic valve disease underwent tricuspid annuloplasty with our modification of the original De Vega's annuloplasty technique.
(9) Combined with Jewish retirees, blacks and white casino workers, Latinos form the Democratic base in and around Las Vegas.
(10) The president will outline his long-anticipated plans during televised remarks, shortly after 8pm ET, before traveling to a largely Hispanic high school in Las Vegas on Friday where he will sign the action into force.
(11) Alexander said at the Defcon conference in Las Vegas that the NSA only collected data on Americans "incidentally, in targeting a bad guy" and that "the story we have millions or hundreds of dossiers on people is absolutely false".
(12) I lived in Las Vegas as a teenager, I’ve lived in Brighton, and London for probably a decade on and off.
(13) One of the reported claims against Incognito, which he has denied, is that he pressured Martin, a left tackle in his second year with the Dolphins, to pay $15,000 towards an unofficial players’ trip to Las Vegas that he did not attend.
(14) Sadly, as Ted's pitch observes, nobody knows what the future contains and in this instance, in all likelihood, it was the Chevy Vega, which according to Car and Driver "is on everyone's list for worst car of all time".
(15) Note that the areas where house prices have risen the most - Arizona, Las Vegas and California - are all areas that were hurt most deeply by the housing crash.
(16) The main event is expected at 9pm in Vegas but depends on the earlier fights and the last-minute gamesmanship.
(17) Speaking at the annual CinemaCon convention in Las Vegas, Horn confirmed the latest triptych of movies in the long-running space saga would kick off in 2015 with Star Wars: Episode VII.
(18) Until recently Frazier had been making regular appearances to sign autographs, including a trip to Las Vegas in September.
(19) Bradley (33-1-1, 13 knockouts) is coming off an impressive win over Brandon Rios last month in Las Vegas.
(20) Mother, which reunited former ITV Digital ad stars Monkey and Johnny Vegas for a PG Tips campaign, teamed up with graphic novel publishers Mam Tor to produce the comic.