(n.) The goddess of the rainbow, and swift-footed messenger of the gods.
(n.) The rainbow.
(n.) An appearance resembling the rainbow; a prismatic play of colors.
(n.) The contractile membrane perforated by the pupil, and forming the colored portion of the eye. See Eye.
(n.) A genus of plants having showy flowers and bulbous or tuberous roots, of which the flower-de-luce (fleur-de-lis), orris, and other species of flag are examples. See Illust. of Flower-de-luce.
(n.) See Fleur-de-lis, 2.
Example Sentences:
(1) The advantages of the incision through the pars plana ciliaris are (1) easier approach to the vitreous cavity, (2) preservation of the crystalline lens and an intact iris, and (3) circumvention of the corneal and chamber angle complications sometimes associated with the transcorneal approach.
(2) The so-called apparent accommodation has been measured in patients implanted with anterior chamber, iris support and posterior chamber IOLs.
(3) These patients did not have narrow anterior chamber angles preoperatively, and several were aphakix with surgical iris colobomas.
(4) A 1.5-year-old girl presented with a peripheral iris mass.
(5) In normal as well as in cirrhotic subjects somatostatin infusion provoked a marked reduction of the IRI plasma level and this was uninfluenced by subsequent glucagon administration.
(6) While tonic pupil and reduced sweating can be attributed to the affection of postganglionic cholinergic parasympathetic and sympathetic fibres projecting to the iris and sweat glands, respectively, the pathogenesis of diminished or lost tendon jerks remains obscure.
(7) Adrenergic desensitization of the eye resulted in attenuation of: The polyphosphoinositide response in the iris, measured both as loss of 32P-radioactivity from phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate (PIP2) and as IP3 accumulation; the epinephrine-stimulated liberation of AA, from membrane phosphoinositides and other phospholipids, and PGE2 release in the iris; and the epinephrine-induced muscle contraction in the iris dilator.
(8) ChAT activities of the iris, adrenal gland, and superior cervical ganglion were similar in all groups.
(9) Plasma glucose, insulin (IRI), glucagon (IRG) and SRIF-LI were measured.
(10) The appearance in aqueous humor of selected metabolites of arachidonic acid metabolism at various times was correlated with the influx of protein and myeloperoxidase activity in the iris-ciliary body.
(11) A decrease in the levels of IRI, C-peptide and biological activity of serum insulin in the 1st group indicated a possibility of type I diabetes mellitus in such patients.
(12) When using a nylon thread for the attachment of a pseudophakos to the iris, it may happen that the suture is slung tightly around the implant-lens.
(13) Iris prolapse did not interfere with the procedure.
(14) While there are many potential causative factors, erroneous concepts of IOL positioning and design appear to have led to PBK with many iris-supported and anterior chamber lens styles.
(15) Examples include the specific pattern of hypodontia seen before the development of iris dysplasia in Rieger syndrome, and the presence of supernumerary teeth and facial osteomas preceding malignant transformation of intestinal polyps in Gardner syndrome.
(16) Soft lenses also provide the options of disposability and of iris color change.
(17) Fluorescence angiography of the iris was performed on 135 patients with diabetes mellitus.
(18) These increases paralleled the in vitro rise in iris [3H]norepinephrine ([3H]NE) uptake, a measure of the presence of functional nerve terminal membrane.
(19) Pigmentations are significantly related to the colour of the iris (visible in 8% of blue irides, against in 40% of brown).
(20) Plasma C-peptide immunoreactivity (CPR) and immunoreactive insulin (IRI) increased during the infusion.
Isis
Definition:
(n.) The principal goddess worshiped by the Egyptians. She was regarded as the mother of Horus, and the sister and wife of Osiris. The Egyptians adored her as the goddess of fecundity, and as the great benefactress of their country, who instructed their ancestors in the art of agriculture.
(n.) Any coral of the genus Isis, or family Isidae, composed of joints of white, stony coral, alternating with flexible, horny joints. See Gorgoniacea.
(n.) One of the asteroids.
Example Sentences:
(1) This would disrupt and prevent Isis from maintaining stable and reliable sources of income.
(2) It said 70 of the killed militants were from Isis, while the other 50 it described as being aligned with the Nusra Front, the parent organisation of the Khorasan cell and al-Qaida’s preferred affiliate in Syria.
(3) That’s important, because Ebola is the Isis of biological agents .
(4) If we reach the point where I believe our advisers should accompany Iraqi troops on attacks against specific [Isis] targets, I will recommend that to the president,” Dempsey said, preferring the term “close combat advising”.
(5) Even regional allies disagree with American priorities about Isis, Biddle noted, which is why Turkey continues to bomb Kurds and Saudi Arabia and the UAE arm groups around the region , most notably in Syria but also in the ruins of Yemen .
(6) Espinosa wrote that time has now come, with 15 of his group of prisoners having been released, six executed, and American humanitarian worker Kayla Mueller killed in a bombing of Isis positions last month.
(7) Long-term: The defeat of Isis is a political shaping exercise – you find moderate Sunni leaders, empower and install them in Syria and Iraq.
(8) Security forces have also tried to wrest back the Sunni stronghold of Tikrit from a loose alliance of Isis fighters, other jihadist groups and former Saddam Hussein loyalists.
(9) The strike, which Central Command said destroyed the Isis fighting position, follows Barack Obama's vow in his televised speech on Wednesday to go on the offensive against Isis more broadly in Iraq and, soon, Syria.
(10) The Iraqi prime minister has fired several senior security force commanders over the defeats in the face of Isis and on Wednesday announced that 59 military officers would be prosecuted for abandoning the city of Mosul.
(11) The Pentagon leadership suggested to a Senate panel on Tuesday that US ground troops may directly join Iraqi forces in combat against the Islamic State (Isis), despite US president Barack Obama’s repeated public assurances against US ground combat in the latest Middle Eastern war.
(12) But it still seemed unlikely, despite the angry and determined mood, that the kingdom would risk ground operations, informed sources said – not least because the main strongholds of Isis are far away in northeastern Syria and across the border in Iraq.
(13) After an hour or so, a car appeared, and another Isis man drove Abu Ali to a reception house not far away.
(14) What emerges strongly is the expressed belief of many that Isis can be persuasive, liberating and empowering.
(15) I think that those who go there, to Isis, they hate Russia for the conditions they have to endure to live,” Nazarov’s brother says.
(16) The city council’s community safety team, now responsible for a leaflet campaign urging young Muslims not to join Isis, used to employ 31-year old Mashudur Choudhury as a racial harassment worker.
(17) The US-led air campaign against Isis began on 8 August in Iraq and was extended into Syria in September.
(18) Lahoor Talabani, director of counter terrorism for the Kurdistan Regional Government, said: "According to the intelligence we have, just Britain alone have around 400 to 450 known people fighting amongst the ranks of Isis."
(19) Last week Isis bulldozed the ancient city of Nimrud , also near Mosul, which the militant group conquered in a lightning advance last summer.
(20) His comments come the day after David Cameron revealed that an unprecedented aerial strike in Syria had killed two Britons fighting alongside Islamic State (Isis).