(n.) Anything brought to a gelatinous condition; a viscous, translucent substance in a condition between liquid and solid; a stiffened solution of gelatin, gum, or the like.
(n.) The juice of fruits or meats boiled with sugar to an elastic consistence; as, currant jelly; calf's-foot jelly.
(v. i.) To become jelly; to come to the state or consistency of jelly.
Example Sentences:
(1) Focus in this discussion is on the following: 1) female sterilization -- laparotomy, minilaparotomy, and colpotomy; endoscopic sterilization techniques; transcervical approaches to female sterilization; systemic nonsurgical female sterilization; and reversible techniques of female sterilization; 2) abortion -- pregnancy testing, long-term effects; and 3) systemic contraceptives -- steroidal contraception; locally active methods; vaginal foams, creams, and jellies; the diaphragm and other intravaginal barriers; IUDs; and periodic abstine nce.
(2) Those fed royal jelly as larvae emerge as queens and do little but lay eggs.
(3) Following stereotactic biopsy, which yielded a homogeneous jelly-like material, the mass was removed microsurgically and was found to be most like a colloid cyst on histological examination.
(4) Earlier studies have shown that a substance(s) released from the egg jelly of the toad Bufo arenarum is required for fertilization.
(5) In forest, removal of olfactory substances from the human skin, by vigorous washing and application of petroleum jelly, or by wearing impermeable clothing, greatly reduced the numbers of flies attracted.
(6) Tory MPs, whose loyalty to the current leader is a jelly that never properly set, are wobbling all over the place.
(7) During heart development in the chick some of the endocardial cells that cover the cushion areas leave the cushion endocardium, seed the underlying cardiac jelly, and are transformed into mesenchyme.
(8) It is concluded that lignocaine jelly with the use of a spray significantly increases post-operative side-effects.
(9) We report the case of a child who sustained partial thickness burns from a garlic-petroleum jelly plaster, which had been applied at the direction of a naturopathic physician.
(10) But now jellied eels, the gelatinous fare that makes even the most enthusiastic omnivore think twice before tucking in, are becoming popular outside the capital for the first time.
(11) A phantom, electrically adaptable for simulation of various tissues, was developed using agar as the jelly.
(12) The authors' in vitro results, in conjunction with the observations from their two cases, suggest that lidocaine jelly mixed with 1 to 3 parts normal saline may be useful in managing certain types of endotracheal tube cuff incompetence.
(13) These results indicate that the Na+ requirement for the acrosome reaction induced by jelly is lost when triggering is by high pH.
(14) "Jellied eels were always considered a regional dish, much like haggis is to Scotland, mushy peas are to northern England and laver bread is to Wales."
(15) The fucose-sulfate glycoconjugate (FSG) component of sea urchin egg jelly that induces an acrosome reaction in spermatozoa-stimulated multiple Ca2+-dependent phospholipid changes in the sperm cell head and flagellum.
(16) Under natural conditions, the permeability change which results in Ca+2 influx may be induced in echinoid sperm by egg jelly and may occur in mammalian sperm during capacitation.
(17) But each version is named after a dessert (Frozen Yogurt, Jelly Bean) – insufficiently manly, suggested Rob Beschizza.
(18) Petroleum jelly was always used, to prevent heating and desiccation of the specimens.
(19) Jelly release and hydration appears dependent on both a trypsin-like protease and Ca++ and Mg++ ions.
(20) Add to the dough and gently incorporate by hand, mixing the cheese and jelly evenly into the dough.
Pectin
Definition:
(n.) One of a series of carbohydrates, commonly called vegetable jelly, found very widely distributed in the vegetable kingdom, especially in ripe fleshy fruits, as apples, cranberries, etc. It is extracted as variously colored, translucent substances, which are soluble in hot water but become viscous on cooling.
Example Sentences:
(1) Thirty-two strains of pectin-fermenting rumen bacteria were isolated from bovine rumen contents in a rumen fluid medium which contained pectin as the only added energy source.
(2) The different hydrolytic, fermentative and methanogenic activities of these populations ensure the efficient degradation of cell wall constituent in forages (cellulose, hemicellulose, pectin) ingested by ruminants.
(3) These cocultures can be considered as metabolic associations, where the Bacillus produces degradation and fermentation products of pectin, which can be used by Azospirillum species.
(4) On the other hand, wheat bran, pectin, guar gum, and degraded carageenan all stimulate large bowel cell proliferation, the greatest growth response tending to occur in the cecum or proximal colon.
(5) An in vitro experiment was conduced under bacteriologically controlled conditions to examine the effect of light on the production of pectin methyl esterase (PME) and pectin polygalacturonase (PG) in the root exudates of Trifolium alexandrinum inoculated with an efficient strain of Rhizobium trifolii.
(6) Following eight years of employment during which he added pectin to a recipe for Christmas candies, the candymaker developed acute respiratory symptoms.
(7) Amiloride and verapamil inhibit pectin-induced differentiation and also reduce the onset of the Na+ and Ca2+ flux.
(8) This study compared the dietary fiber (DF), neutral detergent fiber (NDF), cellulose, hemicellulose, lignin, and pectin content of selected fruits and vegetables.
(9) We suggest that the pollen expression of LAT56 and LAT59 might relate to a requirement for pectin degradation during pollen tube growth.
(10) The pectin supplement reduced protein concentration in jejunal contents while cellulose reduced protein concentration in the ileal and caecal contents.
(11) A pectin pectylhydrolase (pectinesterase) (EC 3.1.1.11) was also present in the clarified cultures.
(12) A similar meal in which guar was added to the bread and pectin to the marmalade resulted in significant reductions of blood glucose at 15 min (P less than 0.002) and 30 min (P less than 0.01).
(13) These tumors always develop at the pectinate line and transitional mucosa, while rectal localizations corresponds to contiguous extension from a melanoma of the anal canal.
(14) The nerves distribute to structures at either side of the loop: superolaterally to pectinate muscle and inferomedially to the region of the AV node.
(15) Pectin was consumed with fruit and sugar as a gel in divided doses with meals.
(16) Fecal bacterial flora was modified by pectin; anaerobic bacteria increased and aerobic bacteria increased.
(17) We compared the effectiveness of 1 mM Geritol, 12% corn oil emulsion, Kaolin-pectin, single contrast oral barium sulfate, and effervescent granules as enteric magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) contrast agents.
(18) The pectin effect on gastric emptying may be caused solely by increasing the viscosity of the meals.
(19) The kind of inhibition on kiwi pectin methylesterase was found to be competitive with an apparent Ki of 0.22 microM, using citrus pectin as a substrate.
(20) However, 15% pectin diet could neither inhibit colonic carcinogenesis nor increase the fecal weight.