(interj.) Halloo! attend! -- a call to excite attention, or to give notice of approach.
(interj.) Stop! stand still! hold! -- a word now used by teamsters, but formerly to order the cessation of anything.
Example Sentences:
(1) Fertilization of golden hamster eggs was blocked both in vitro and in vivo by antibodies produced in rabbits against specific hamster ovarian antigens (HOA).
(2) Hypertrophic osteoarthropathy (HOA) was first described in 1868 as "hyperostosis of the entire skeleton".
(3) Paula Higgins, chief executive of the HOA, said: "Although designed to protect homeowners, the new rules could be a disaster in the making.
(4) In 1890 HOA was named "osteoarthropatie hypertrophiante pneumique".
(5) Four of them (4.9%) presented the classical hypertrophic osteoarthropathy (HOA) described by Bamberger and Pierre Marie, i.e., finger clubbing, ossifying periostitis of the long bones, joint pains and swelling.
(6) A survey by the Homeowners Alliance (HOA), a lobby group for homeowners, indicates that more than 400,000 homeowners believe they will no longer be able to afford their mortgage payments when their current interest-only deals come to an end.
(7) Secondary HOA was initially called "hypertrophic pulmonary osteoarthropathy" because it is frequently associated with various malignancies or chronic infections of the lung and pleura.
(8) Discriminant analysis of eleven behavioral variables associated with feeding permitted the assignment of hyperosmotically-acclimating (HOA) toads (Bufo boreas) to six different behavioral states.
(9) The HLA-A, -B and -C antigens expressed by WI-L2-729-HF2 and its mutants HOA-1 and HOA-20 were identical.
(10) Hypertrophic osteoarthropathy (HOA) may be defined as a syndrome of chronic proliferative periostitis of the long bones, clubbing of the fingers and toes, arthralgia and or arthritis, oligo- or polysynovitis.
(11) Cytochrome c oxidase forms tight binding complexes with the cytochrome c analog, porphyrin cytochrome c. The behaviour of the reduced and pulsed forms of the oxidase with porphyrin cytochrome c have been followed as functions of ionic strength; this behaviour has been compared with that of the resting oxidase [Kornblatt, Hui Bon Hoa and English (1984) Biochemistry 23, 5906-5911].
(12) This may range from the well known syndrome of HOA, heralding lung cancer, to a lesser known association of pyogenic arthritis due to an unusual enteric pathogen, signaling colon cancer.
(13) Bone scintigraphy has emerged as the most sensitive test for HOA; in fact, a bone scan may show evidence of periostitis in patients with no other signs, symptoms, or radiographic abnormalities of the disorder.
(14) (Debey, P., Hui Bon Hoa, G., Douzou, P., Godefroy-Colburn, T., Graffe, M., AND Grunberg-Manago, M. (1975) Biochemistry 14, 1553).
(15) This was the place to see Hoa Hakanini'a , one of the famous stone statues from Easter Island; or a Cree Indian tent.
(16) We agree with the theory which proposes that clubbing is the initial, and most conspicuous sing of a full syndrome, (HOA).
(17) Hypertrophic osteoarthropathy (HOA) in association with primary bowel disease is rare, but is usually seen in patients with chronic diarrheal states, such as Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis.
(18) Most importantly, clubbing or HOA may provide the first clinical indication of a chronic infection or an intrathoracic neoplasm.
(19) Our results support the notion that platelet endothelial cell interaction may play a key role in the development of HOA.
(20) Dr. Duong Quynh Hoa's pediatric research institute, children's hospital, and new medical school are principally concerned with the development of socioeconomic conditions where the doctor is only 1 among many collaborating to improve the quality of life.
Hoe
Definition:
(n.) A tool chiefly for digging up weeds, and arranging the earth about plants in fields and gardens. It is made of a flat blade of iron or steel having an eye or tang by which it is attached to a wooden handle at an acute angle.
(n.) The horned or piked dogfish. See Dogfish.
(v. t.) To cut, dig, scrape, turn, arrange, or clean, with a hoe; as, to hoe the earth in a garden; also, to clear from weeds, or to loosen or arrange the earth about, with a hoe; as, to hoe corn.
(v. i.) To use a hoe; to labor with a hoe.
Example Sentences:
(1) HOE was the most active compound, being able to accelerate PIP2 breakdown at concentrations between 10(-12) and 10(-6) M, while in the case of HEE the effective doses ranged from 10(-11) to 10(-7) M and from 10(-9) to 10(-6) M in the case of HNE.
(2) The coding region for a secreted proteinaceous inhibitor of the human alpha-amylase (tendamistat; HOE 467) was identified by using a synthetic oligonucleotide probe.
(3) A carcinogenicity study with the LH-RH analog buserelin (HOE 766) was conducted in male and female Wistar rats.
(4) They show HOE 077 to be a promising agent for the inhibition of hepatic fibrosis.
(5) S 0885 and HOE 077 inhibit CCl4-induced liver fibrosis in rats, as shown by significantly reduced hydroxyproline content of the liver and improved liver histology.
(6) A double-blind cross-over study of the effects of HOE 760 (histamine H2-receptor blocker) on diazepam pharmacokinetics was conducted in 12 healthy men.
(7) In addition, the stability of the kinin antagonist, Hoe 140, in synovial fluid was compared with that of synthetic bradykinin.
(8) The addition of increasing concentrations of Hoe 760 to the histamine concentration-response curve caused a parallel rightward shift.
(9) However, the effect of intravenous Hoe 490 was only half as intense as that of HB 419 in the first hours after treatment and the effect of oral Hoe 490 was initially stronger and thereafter temporarily distinctly weaker than that of HB 419.
(10) Studies on absorption and distribution in both skin and organism, as well as on elimination and biotransformation were performed in rats, pigs, and rabbits following topical application of the corticoid prednisolone-17-ethyl carbonate-21-propionate (prednicarbate; test name: Hoe 777), which had been labeled with 14C in position 4 for this purpose.
(11) Mode of action studies were made with Hoe 296, a new synthetic antimycotic, mainly in Candida albicans.
(12) Treatment with ramipril plus the BK B2-receptor antagonist HOE 140 for 6 weeks significantly attenuated the antihypertensive effects of the ACE-inhibitor in 2K1C hypertensive WI rats, but not in 2K1C hypertensive BN-K rats and in SHR.
(13) Partial inhibition by relatively high concentrations of Hoe 296 of the respiratory activity of yeast cells or mitochondria therefrom with exogenous substrates can be explained by decreased uptake of the substrates from the medium.
(14) HOE 077 wa rapidly and completely absorbed after oral administration.
(15) Hoe 065 prevented the disruption of memory induced by scopolamine administered before training.
(16) Preincubation of the detector cells with Hoe 140 completely abolished this nitric oxide release.
(17) The organ distribution of the 125I-labelled (3-9)-heptapeptide fragments was similar to LH-RH, but not to Hoe 766.
(18) The decrease of cardiac activity in Rhesus monkeys amounted to 69% in 24 h, whereas proscillaridin A decreased cardiac activity only by 41% in 24 h. The absorption of HOE 040 from the duodenum of dogs anesthetized with pentobarbital amounted to 72%, whereas proscillaridin A is observed by only between 14 and 25%.
(19) We have developed a neutral human insulin (Hoe 21 GH) which is stabilized for use in implantable roller pumps.
(20) A radioimmunoassay for HOE 766 was developed using 125I[D-Trp6,Des-Gly10]GnRH ethylamide as tracer and an antiserum raised against HOE 766.