(n.) Cloth with the nap, generally of native black wool.
(n.) A salmon after spawning.
(n.) Same as Celt, one of Celtic race.
Example Sentences:
(1) The Kelts may have a similar origin but they might include the Berbers of ancient Iberia as a third component.
(2) Japanese-American author Roland Kelts , who writes about Japan's youth, says it's inevitable that the future of Japanese relationships will be largely technology driven .
(3) Kelts says the need to escape into private, virtual worlds in Japan stems from the fact that it's an overcrowded nation with limited physical space.
(4) However, this study shows that fresh-water-adapted kelts exposed to seawater demonstrate rapid adaptation (within 48 h) in osmoregulatory parameters to values characteristics of seawater-adapted salmonids.
(5) As is characteristic for marine teleosts, kelts drink seawater and process the ingested water in the gut to replace body water lost by osmosis to the hyperosmotic medium.
(6) These fish, known as kelts, reportedly show a limited ability to hypoosmoregulate.
(7) Since the end of the second world war and the lifting of censorship restrictions, manga has been a platform for confronting and grappling with social and political taboos,” said Roland Kelts, the author of Japanamerica: How Japanese Pop Culture Has Invaded the US .
(8) The physiological mechanisms involved in adaptation to a hyperosmotic external medium are discussed, and the osmoregulatory capacity of kelts is compared with that of salmon at other stages of the life cycle.
(9) A protozoan infection (Trichodina truttae) was identified in captive Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) kelts that died in spring of 1988 and 1989.
(10) This paper describes the measurement of whole body Ca, Cl, K, N, Na, O and P in Atlantic salmon parr, adults and kelts by neutron activation analysis (NAA).
(11) Anthropogenic 137Cs was found in sea-water (SW) salmon but not found in the freshwater (FW) stages (parr and kelts).
Ket
Definition:
(n.) Carrion; any filth.
Example Sentences:
(1) Otherwise, a positive relationship was found between antihypertensive effects of Ket and BPV.
(2) Moreover, MCTP-induced right ventricular hypertrophy was not attenuated by KET.
(3) The effect of ketanserin (KET), a specific 5-hydroxytryptamine2 (5-HT2) receptor blockade, on pressor response to vasoactive substances was examined in rats with one-kidney, one clip renal artery stenosis of 2 days' duration (2-day clipped rat) and in rabbits with renal artery stenosis of 3 days' duration (3-day clipped rabbits).
(4) KET alone also induced an up-regulation of cell surface beta adrenergic receptors.
(5) Pretreatment with Ket, similar to sulpiride (Sulp), a dopamine antagonist, potentiated the TRH-induced prolactin secretion.
(6) Ketanserin (Ket), a new serotonergic (5-HT2) antagonist, has recently been shown to block the estrogen-induced afternoon PRL surge (Endocrinology 120: 2070-2077, 1987).
(7) A horizontal flow-through coil planet centrifuge equipped with a rotatory frame holding three sets of composite column assemblies was used for purification of an endogenous ligand (ketanserin binding inhibitor) for the [3H]-ketanserin (3H-KET) recognition site.
(8) In ducks of the KET group, pHa, PaCO2, and PaO2, remained unchanged after administration of the drug.
(9) The combination of KET + HCTZ in the acute study reduced significantly systolic (SBP) and diastolic (DBP) blood pressures for up to 10 hrs.
(10) In the absence of estrogen, morphine inhibited LH release, and the response was delayed by METH or abolished by KET, suggesting mediation by serotonin2 (5HT2) receptors.
(11) (KET-IV group) or intracerebroventricular (KET-IC group) administration of 100 micrograms of ketanserin, 10 micrograms of CRF was given i.c.v.
(12) The purpose of this investigation was to determine in 17 stroke patients the correlation between two independent variables (knee extensor muscle torque [KET] and spasticity on the paretic side) and one dependent variable (gait speed).
(13) And now it’s been brought to a head.” The announcement came on the same day that Crystal Palace confirmed the signing of Martin Kelly from Liverpool, their fourth new arrival of the summer after Fraizer Campbell’s £900,000 move from Cardiff City and the free transfers of Brede Hangeland and Chris Kettings, formerly of Fulham and Blackpool respectively.
(14) Our study demonstrated that Ket is a powerful blood pressure lowering agent with no relevant side effects and no variations of heart rate.
(15) "I suppose the thing is that we like to be polite," says Joe, "and you can't do that when you've just done a fat line of ket before an interview."
(16) This approach was applied to microvascular networks represented by the Bra-Ket operator technique and accurately predicted the number of vessel segments in both tree-branched and loop-branched (arcade) networks.
(17) It permits the fitting of the Bateman equation C equals const [e-KEt -- e-KAt] or the equation C equals Be-KEt -- Ae-KAt to the observed plasma or serum concentration data after single extravascular administration of a drug.
(18) Computerized analysis of blood pressure (BP) was used to study for the effects of ketanserin (Ket) on BP and blood pressure variability (BPV).
(19) The effects of ketanserin (Ket), a serotonin (5-HT2) receptor antagonist, on DOI- and mCPP-, two 5-HT agonists, and TRH-induced PRL secretion were studied.
(20) Both demethyl KET and PMB had good affinity for such sites.