(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.
How
Definition:
(adv.) In what manner or way; by what means or process.
(adv.) To what degree or extent, number or amount; in what proportion; by what measure or quality.