(v. i.) A triangular sail set upon a stay or halyard extending from the foremast or fore-topmast to the bowsprit or the jib boom. Large vessels often carry several jibe; as, inner jib; outer jib; flying jib; etc.
(v. i.) The projecting arm of a crane, from which the load is suspended.
(v. i.) To move restively backward or sidewise, -- said of a horse; to balk.
Example Sentences:
(1) Jejunoileal bypass (JIB) has been widely performed for treatment of excessive obesity.
(2) Thirty women, operated on with JIB 11 to 17 years earlier, were examined by colonoscopy with multiple biopsies, systematically taken for histologic evaluation and flow cytometric DNA analysis.
(3) Numbers of intestinal goblet cells containing specific acid mucins were determined in male Sprague-Dawley rats receiving azoxymethane (total dose 90 mg kg-1) with or without jejunoileal bypass (JIB).
(4) Contents of sulphomucins and especially sialomucins were consistently higher in the small bowel and colon of rats receiving azoxymethane alone, but again the highest values were observed in animals with azoxymethane plus JIB.
(5) Malabsorption of calcium and low fasting urinary calcium excretion in the JIB patients were associated with high tubular reabsorption of calcium, the latter presumably attributable to a compensatory increase in circulating parathyroid hormone (PTH).
(6) Arthritis after JIB appears to be associated with circulating immune complexes containing secretory IgA.
(7) The use of a protein supplemented diet alone markedly reduced the detrimental effects of JIB.
(8) In Experiment 1 rats given a cherry-flavored solution immediately after JIB surgery subsequently displayed a strong aversion to the cherry flavor compared to Bypass and Sham-Bypass control groups.
(9) Jejunoileal bypass (JIB) has been a widespread operation for treatment of morbid obesity.
(10) Louis van Gaal likes the cut of the German’s jib, and would apparently cost around £20m.
(11) Forty-five patients who had been subjected to jejuno-ileal bypass (JIB) surgery for morbid obesity and 10 obese nonsurgery subjects were studied.
(12) We conclude that hyperoxaluria in JIB patients is associated both with intestinal hyperabsorption and with enhanced tubular secretion of oxalate, and that in some patients with IHC hypercalciuria is due to reduced tubular reabsorption of calcium.
(13) Patients with JIB have a marked and persistent increase in cell proliferation in the large intestine and may be at increased risk of developing colonic cancer.
(14) Still, if you like the cut of Ukip's jib, you might like to think of its members as bold trailblazers for the future of the radical right.
(15) Particularly well-documented are the feeding and drinking effects of JIB and vagotomy.
(16) In rats JIB causes adaptive colonic hyperplasia and enhances colorectal neoplasia.
(17) Jejunoileal bypass (JIB) has been widely used to treat patients with morbid obesity for the past 20 years.
(18) That dress earned universal praise for its elegance, boldness and simplicity, though some jibbed at its sleevelessness.
(19) The jejunoileal bypass (JIB) has met with increasing disfavor as a result of its unacceptably high complication rate.
(20) The role of the kidney in states of hyperoxaluria and hypercalciuria was investigated in seven patients with hyperoxaluria after jejunoileal bypass (JIB) and six patients with idiopathic hypercalciuria (IHC).
Jin
Definition:
(n.) Alt. of Jinn
Example Sentences:
(1) Then again, another referee might also have produced a red card for Choi Jin-cheul’s two-footed challenge on Gianluca Zambrotta , or Kim Tae-young’s elbow on Del Piero.
(2) Jin said China would probably support economic measures but would shun security-related action such as signing up to the Proliferation Security Initiative.
(3) South Korea sent two ships carrying 2,000 boxes of relief supplies to Yeonpyeong today, a coastguard official, Kim Dong-jin, said.
(4) Jin Jiaman , executive director, Global Environmental Institute Society This is the key 10 years.
(5) In the three-minute video, ‘From Candles to Computers: Bringing Electricity to China’s Jing Jin village’, she says: “The coal industry is a major force in eliminating fuel poverty in China but, more importantly, it’s a critical driving force for the phenomenal economic growth China has experienced.” The video comes with a soothing soundtrack of traditional Chinese music, and is beautifully shot.
(6) Even more so if "rookie" Hyun-jin Ryu doesn't get his act together tonight - the first Korean pitcher to start in the playoffs looked nothing like the impressive hurler he was in the regular season, getting hit hard by the Braves in the NLDS.
(7) Updated at 3.32pm BST 1.11am BST First pitch Let's see if Hyun-jin Ryu can settle in on a 79 degree day that's just perfect for baseball.
(8) The Dodgers front three include reigning NL Cy Young Award winner Clayton Kershaw (now locked up until 2020 to the tune of $215m ), Zack Greinke, and Hyun-Jin Ryu, and just about anyone would sign up for that.
(9) Wu Riqiang argues China’s Jin submarines (known in the Chinese military as Type 094) are still not ready, as they are too noisy and could easily be located by US attack subs.
(10) Jin pointed to the speed with which the security council had convened a meeting.
(11) Well, thanks to Clayton Kershaw and his ridiculously low 1.83 ERA, along with his sidekick Zack Grienke, not to mention Hyun-jin Ryu, Ricky Nolasco and closer-with-cutter Kenley Jansen, no, not really - even if the offense is making headlines now, LA are still very much about the pitching, which is likely enough to get them to the NLCS.
(12) Even defectors describe him as a skilful politician with the foresight to understand that nuclear diplomacy is a marathon, not a sprint.But the rapid rise of his youngest son, about whom the world knew practically nothing until his first official appearance with his father in 2010, has produced a vainglorious leader who, says Kim Kwang-jin, is "running too fast and doesn't know how to slow down".
(13) This article deals with a HE outbreak, which occurred in Sulagong Village, Pan-jin Township, Yining County, Xinjiang.
(14) Drivers had also face pressure from the acting manpower minister, Tan Chuan Jin, who warned them they had "crossed the line".
(15) Megumi's parents had no inkling of the nature of her disappearance until 1997, when Ahn Myong-jin, a former North Korean spy who defected to the South, talked at length about an abducted Japanese girl matching her description.
(16) From 1986, the authors mainly used Modified Xiao-Jin Pills (MXJP) added with chemical treatment to cure patients in mid and late phase of gastric cancer after operation.
(17) Jin moved to the United States three years ago, but this is the first Christmas she has not been able to speak to her husband.
(18) The visits by the national public safety commission chairman, Jin Matsubara, and the transport minister, Yuichiro Hata, were the first by cabinet ministers since the Democrats swept to power in 2009, promising to forge warmer ties with the rest of Asia.
(19) Unification ministry spokesman Lim Byeong Cheol told reporters that the North Korean officials would hold their main talks over lunch with South Korean unification minister Ryoo Kihl-jae and national security director Kim Kwan-jin before flying home later on Saturday.
(20) The parliament speaker Wang Jin-pyng promised on Sunday that the party would not review the trade pact until it had developed a mechanism for public oversight.