(n.) That which naturally invests or covers another thing, as the testa or the tegmen of a seed; specifically (Anat.), a covering which invests the body, as the skin, or a membrane that invests a particular.
Example Sentences:
(1) Peculiarities of the body integument, proportions, development of the fat component of the body mass etc.
(2) Biochemical analyses of the dorsal integument of the isopod, Armadillidium vulgare, revealed that sepiapterin, biopterin, pterin, isoxanthopterin and uric acid accumulated in the yellow-colored chromatophores which are distinguishable from ommochrome chromatophores.
(3) Confusing this lesion with metastatic deposits during 201Tl neoplastic evaluations can be avoided by examination of the adjacent integument.
(4) Subdivision of the scales also allowed a close fit between the elements of the insulative integument.
(5) Progressive systemic sclerosis (PSS; scleroderma) is a multisystem disease characterized by inflammation, fibrosis and degeneration of the integument, with similar changes and vascular lesions in the heart, lungs, kidneys, gastrointestinal tract and synovia.
(6) Epithelial-mesenchymal interactions play important roles in the development of the vertebrate integument with its diverse appendages.
(7) Chemical alteration of the acquired pellicle appears to be the major reason for these brown integuments.
(8) Three objectives have priority in surgical therapy: 1) complete (wide) resection of tumor, 2) reconstruction of the chest wall to allow adequate spontaneous ventilation, and 3) cosmetically acceptable coverage with integument.
(9) The safety of mesothelial integument in hepar capsula has not been damaged.
(10) Spontaneous cellular differentiation (glandular units appearance with a well-defined duct) is observed in larval integument of Schistocerca cultured in an hormone free medium.
(11) It was characterized by two inner and two outer hooks adjacent to the mouth opening, the presence of accessory lobes (or spines) on the outer hooks, a vertical slit-like mouth opening surrounded by a U-shaped conformation of integument, and annulation of the body surface.
(12) Reflecting chromatophores in the integument of the guppy, Lebistes reticulatus Peters, are of two distinct types, iridophores and leucophores.
(13) These data demonstrate that this enteric peptide-producing cell is strikingly similar both morphologically and biochemically to the granular gland, previously considered a highly specialized structure of the amphibian integument.
(14) Dermal tumour development within the dorsal integument and groin region ultimately projected into the epidermis and occurred during the 3 month period subsequent to the last DMBA injection.
(15) The dermal cells in grey, xanthic, and white goldfish integuments were cytochemically characterized for the following enzymatic activities: tyrosinase, DOPA-oxidase, cytochrome oxidase, monoamine oxidase, peroxidase, non-specific esterase, cholinesterase, NAD-diaphorase, NADP-diaphorase, aryl sulfatase, nucleotide phosphodiesterase, beta-glucuronidase, acid phosphatase, alkaline phosphatase, adenosine triphosphatase, thiamine pyrophosphatase, glucose-6-phosphatase, aldolase, as well as succinate, malate, isocitrate, glutamate, glucose-6-phosphate, 6-phosphogluconate, alpha-glycerophosphate, alcohol, lactate, and beta-hydroxybutyrate dehydrogenases.
(16) In the integument (toe web), diester greater than monoester approximately equal to free alcohol were found.
(17) We have compared the anatomy of immature axolotl integument from limb-forming regions with adjacent non-limb-forming regions of the flank, concentrating on the earliest stages of limb bud development.
(18) The relative scarcity of primary and secondary skin infections in birds depends, at least in part, on the functional morphological barrier presented by the avian integument.
(19) The dynamics of growth processes was studied in the integument and nucellus of Pinus silvestris during the year of fertilization.
(20) The venous drainage mirrors the arterial supply in the deep tissues and in most areas of the integument in the head, neck, and torso.
Quintine
Definition:
(n.) The embryonic sac of an ovule, sometimes regarded as an innermost fifth integument. Cf. Quartine, and Tercine.
Example Sentences:
(1) In 1963, when Tony Benn won his fight to renounce his inherited peerage, he was rapidly followed by Quintin Hogg and Alec Douglas-Home, who were prominent in the Lords but understood they needed to face the people to get to the very top, as Douglas-Home went on to do.
(2) Here's Quintin Berry, and if the Tigers can't score here...well... 1.53am GMT Giants 2 - Tigers 0, Bottom 5th A little flare by Infante finds a little bit of room out on right field, and that really is all you need.
(3) Quintin Price, a former manager at investment management firm BlackRock, will join the management board to lead Deutsche’s assetmanagement business, while the current head Michele Faissola will leave the bank.
(4) Meanwhile Quintin Mikell is questionable with a foot injury and his return is questionable.
(5) But the director general of the European commission, Odile Quintin, yesterday acknowledged that the EU was divided on the issue, and that the position, for now at least, was that the word "apology" would not be used.
(6) Both Hogg’s parents had leading roles in Sir John Major’s government and her grandfather, Quintin Hogg, was a prominent Tory who almost won the Conservative party leadership following the resignation of Harold Macmillan.
(7) She did not disclose her brother Quintin’s role at Barclays – regulated by the Bank – until 22 February when she filled in a questionnaire from the Treasury select committee before her evidence about her promotion to deputy governor.
(8) Now Quintin Berry will hit for the pitcher, and he chops to Scutaro at second and just gets the out at first, side retired!
(9) 12.28am GMT Giants 0 - Tigers 0, Bottom 1st Quintin Berry is up next and he works a full count off of Cain, fouls a few balls off, gets Cain to throw eight pitches and then lines a ball... *JUST* foul into the corner.
(10) 1.12am GMT Giants 1 - Tigers 0, Bottom 3rd Quintin Berry bunts, and Cain and Sandoval nearly collide in trying to field it, and Sandoval gets the ball and manages to just throw out Berry at first.
(11) So we have two runners on and just one out for Quintin Berry.
(12) Emwazi was educated at another school in the area, Quintin Kynaston (QK), where his contemporaries included the singer-songwriter Tulisa.
(13) Her parents had leading roles in Sir John Major’s government and her grandfather, Quintin Hogg, better known as Lord Hailsham, was a prominent Tory who almost won the Conservative party leadership after the resignation of Harold Macmillan in 1963.
(14) Bank of England deputy's slip-up was astonishing – but its reaction was predictable | Nils Pratley Read more Hogg’s troubles began when it emerged that she had not declared a potential conflict of interest , which is that her brother, Quintin Hogg, is a director of group strategy at Barclays, which the Bank of England regulates.
(15) A scion of one of Britain’s most high-profile political families, Hogg had initially told MPs last month that the Bank was aware of Quintin Hogg’s role at the high street lender.
(16) 7.32pm GMT 49ers 6-10 Panthers, :42, 2nd quarter Carolina's Quintin Mikell was injured on the last play, looks like the ankle.
(17) The lengthy beer menu lists 170 brews, including hard-to-find local specialities such as Quintine beers from the witches’ town of Ellezelles (which claims to be birthplace of Hercule Poirot, solely on the basis of a fake birth certificate) and lovely spicy, unfiltered La Chouffe on tap.
(18) 2.56am GMT Giants 3 - Tigers 3, Bottom 8th Pinch-hitting for the Tigers for Quintin Berry is Avisail Garcia.
(19) Then we have trouble, a one-out walk to Quintin Berry, which means the meat is coming up with a man on.
(20) 1.51am GMT Giants 1 - Tigers 2, Bottom 5th Quintin Berry hits a grounder that Cain can't get a handle on but, it gets to Crawford who throws to Belt just in time to get the out and end the inning.