(n.) Any bird of the genus Ibis and several allied genera, of the family Ibidae, inhabiting both the Old World and the New. Numerous species are known. They are large, wading birds, having a long, curved beak, and feed largely on reptiles.
Example Sentences:
(1) Twenty-one of 24 adult male and female cattle egrets (Bubulcus ibis ibis) collected in Geneva County, Alabama had numerous white cyst-like structures (1,466 microns X 354 microns) found within the loose connective tissues of the skeletal muscles of the inguinal region, beneath the serosa of the proventriculus and in the heart beneath the epicardium (one adult male bird).
(2) IBI duration decreased with increasing CA, although this trend was not very prominent when very restrictive criteria for measurement of IBI length were used.
(3) The occurrence of epilepsy was 14% in IBI, 15% in ICH, and 35% in SAH.
(4) In aspirin-treated platelets from human plasma, a distinct phase of aggregation induced by epinephrine can be blocked by IBI with KB of 2 x 10(-5) M. This indicates a small but selective alpha 2 related action of IBI.
(5) This indicates a lack of specificity of IBI in differentiating various phases of aggregation.
(6) As soon as it located prey, the ibis's bill snapped shut.
(7) Premier Inn has 72 hotels in Greater London, Travelodge has 67, Holiday Inn 38 and Ibis 24; and all brands continue to expand: a fifth Hub by Premier Inn is set to open on Goodge Street, Fitzrovia, for example; Ibis Styles is opening in west London; while Z hotels is adding Covent Garden and Soho to its collection of listed townhouses in 2018.
(8) A simplified model consisting of random voltage fluctuations superimposed upon a linear pacemaker depolarization of slope a is used to analyze the N-dependent shape of the IBI histogram.
(9) Although the sector has improved on that front with Ibis Styles and Z Hotels making a genuine effort with decor.
(10) Bird life is abundant and includes oystercatchers, ibis, egrets and cormorants.
(11) Heart rate (interbeat interval, or IBI) and mean arterial pressure were tracked for 90 subsequent beats.
(12) We found that in the SE-BS group the coefficient of variability of IBI duration was highly correlated with the logarithm of mean IBI duration while in the HIE-BS group, there was no significant correlation between these 2 variables.
(13) In contrast to human platelets, both ABI and IBI produced contractions of rat aorta; however, only the responses to ABI were blocked in a competitive manner by the alpha-antagonists, phentolamine, prazosin, and SKF 104078.
(14) Great Egrets, Striated and Boat-billed Herons and Scarlet Ibis older than 30 days of age developed viremias of lower levels and shorter durtions than did young birds.
(15) From 1989-1991, the concentrations of heavy metals and selenium were studied in the feathers of fledgling cattle egrets Bubulcus ibis, a terrestrially-feeding insectivore, from New York and Delaware in the northeastern United States, from Puerto Rico, and from Egypt.
(16) infusion of hypertonic NaCl solution increased BP and shortened IBI.
(17) Thus, the longer duration of action of IBI may be attributed to the S=C=N group substitution of the molecule.
(18) Three weeks and 17 more group interaction hours later, they also described each same-group participant, including self, on Lorr and McNair's (1963) Interpersonal Behavior Inventory (IBI).
(19) Therefore, as compared to tolazoline, IBI presents an interesting paradox in its interaction with various receptors or mechanisms in the vascular tissue and platelets.
(20) However, for laboratories where sequence analysis is not a major effort and the expense of a full sequence analysis workstation cannot be justified, MicroGenie and IBI-Pustell offer a satisfactory alternative.
Iwis
Definition:
(adv.) Indeed; truly. See Ywis.
Example Sentences:
(1) A disturbance in contraction of RV was observed only in cases with IWI of LV.
(2) For the hearing impaired group, the combined ECochG-ABR approach allowed for the identification of N1 and measurement of the N1-V IWI in all subjects.
(3) The prime minister was addressing a tourism conference when he made a reference to the dispute and said: "The good news was that I was having dinner with Ngati Porou as opposed to their neighbouring iwi , which is Tuhoe, in which case I would have been the dinner, which wouldn't have been quite so attractive."
(4) Identification of wave I and measurement of the I-V interwave interval (IWI) are important parameters of the auditory brain stem response (ABR).
(5) John Key's remark – which he described as "a light-hearted joke" – further soured relations with the Tuhoe iwi , or tribe.
(6) The prime minister was addressing a tourism conference when he made a reference to an ongoing dispute between the government and the Tuhoe iwi rooted in the 1840 Treaty of Waitangi between Britain and Maori chiefs.
(7) The good news was that I was having dinner with Ngati Porou as opposed to their neighbouring iwi , which is Tuhoe, in which case I would have been the dinner, which wouldn’t have been quite so attractive.” ‘I’ve had a vasectomy’ Facebook Twitter Pinterest For those who were unaware of, or had happily forgotten about, the time the prime minister brought up his vasectomy at a press conference: apologies.
(8) Tamati Kruger, a Tuhoe negotiator, told Radio New Zealand the remark was in poor taste, and that the relationship between the iwi and Key was getting worse every day.
(9) In the present study, tympanic ECochG was combined with conventional ABR to compare the amplitude and sensitivity of N1, wave I, and wave V in normally hearing subjects, and to identify the N1-V IWI in hearing impaired subjects whose conventional ABRs did not contain a reliable wave I.
(10) Four groups of pts were formed according to localization of left ventricular damage: group I (24 PTS) without myocardial infarction, group II (17 pts) with anterior wall infarction (AWI), group III (9pts) with inferior wall infarction (IWI), and group IV (8 pts) with AW and IWI.