(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.
Kris
Definition:
(n.) A Malay dagger. See Creese.
Example Sentences:
(1) What are they trying to hide?” On Thursday, commission vice-chair Kris Kobach sent a letter to states, asking for information on voters including names, addresses, voting histories, party affiliation and the last four digits of social security numbers.
(2) Still, sitting across a desk from Kris Hammond, in his office overlooking the lake shore in Chicago, it is hard not to at least have a sense of the inevitable.
(3) Over the course of this series, themes of unemployment, poor grooming and sloth emerge, all of which are qualities found in our first loser, Kris.
(4) Even the introduction of Kris Commons at the interval failed to spark their attack into life.
(5) The flame is never extinguished.” Olympic flame extinguished by Rio protesters Seeking comfort in drivel Alexis Petridis considers Khloe Kardashian’s thoughts on vitamin E vaginal oil, topless model Katie Price’s “double-bum selfie”, or the news that Kris Jenner refused to visit Cuba with the Kardashian brood.
(6) 5.17pm GMT Attorney David Boies, plaintiffs Sandy Stier and her partner Kris Perry, plaintiffs Jeff Zarrillo and his partner Paul Katami, and attorney Ted Olson walk out of the US supreme court after arguing to overturn Proposition 8.
(7) Kris Engskov's first job was as a gopher in a busy office with punishing hours and he would often nip out to grab the coffees if there was a crisis and the boss had to work late.
(8) To conquer his fear of women, Kris is introduced to a room full of glimmering bikini models and instructed to give them oil massages while keeping up scintillating conversation.
(9) October 8, 2013 • Downing Street dismissed claims that housing is being downgraded because the new housing minister, Kris Hopkins, is a junior minister, not a minister of state like his predecessor.
(10) Kris Hopkins, the housing minister, said that 10,000 people had bought their own property after David Cameron introduced changes to Margaret Thatcher's flagship scheme in April 2012.
(11) "It's exciting," Kris Barrie told me, "and it endows every fan with a sense of hope that our next superstar is just a walk to the stage away from taking us to the next level."
(12) In the 80th minute Kris Commons replaced Mikael Lustig for Deila’s last throw of the dice but it was Gadzhalov who somehow missed the goal from six yards from a Stewart corner.
(13) The states and their top election officials — secretaries of state Kris Kobach of Kansas and Ken Bennett of Arizona — sued the agency to force the action.
(14) John Culver, president of Starbucks Coffee International, said: "Kris brings a great deal of operational and public affairs experience to the role, and is an ideal candidate to continue the momentum Starbucks has achieved in this region.
(15) Mike Minor, Julio Teheran and Kris Medlen, the NL pitcher of September who will face Kershaw in Game One, are a trio of above average starters, and the bullpen, anchored by Craig Kimbrel is absolutely air tight.
(16) Responding to Forbes’s claims, Kris Hopkins, a Conservative local government minister, said: “Every bit of the public sector needs to do their bit to tackle the deficit left by the Labour government, including local government, which accounts for a quarter of all public spending.
(17) Several writers (Fenichel 1941, Glover 1955, Kris 1951, Ornstein and Ornstein 1975) have raised the possibility that what the patient receives and absorbs of the analyst's communications is not only a function of what is said but, on a more subtle level, how it is said.
(18) Kris Meeke of Northern Ireland had looked set for a challenge but skidded into a ditch on Sunday morning, which damaged the tyres on his Citroën DS3 and he slipped to sixth place.
(19) Also during the 1980s, Cash teamed up with Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings and Kris Kristofferson to form the successful recording and touring outfit, the Highwaymen.
(20) Kris McConkey, cybersecurity partner at PwC, is on the frontline of the war against cybercrime.