(v. t. & i.) To bring forth young, as a cat; to bring forth, as kittens.
Example Sentences:
(1) Mild clinical signs of diarrhoea were noted in kittens infected experimentally with one of the feline reovirus type 2 isolates.
(2) Eight kittens born of two Brugia pahangi infected cats have been studied for transplacental passed microfilariae.
(3) Anesthetized, intubated kittens were subjected to one of two procedures: (1) insertion of a suction catheter to a predetermined distance and withdrawal with or without the application of suction or (2) insertion of the catheter until resistance was met and withdrawal with or without the application of suction.
(4) The development of visual acuity was studied longitudinally in young kittens, using a modification of the forced-choice preferential looking method (FPL) devised by Teller et al.
(5) In 7- to 10-day-old kittens thresholds are high (around 100 dB), and secure phase locking is observed only at frequencies below about 600 Hz.
(6) The cellular responses of 8 kittens (4 inoculated orally with mouse brains containing Toxoplasma gondii cysts and 4 uninfected controls) were studied.
(7) In these kittens, 26-40% of the striate cortex cells could be driven by the deprived eye.
(8) The paper describes the clinical and morphological features of a congenital neurological disease affecting two in-bred litter-mate kittens.
(9) The postnatal increase in size appeared to vary among neurons, yielding a wider neuronal size spectrum in the adult cat than that observed in kittens.
(10) Three groups of kittens were adapted to purified diets containing 43.5% soy protein that were either taurine-free (OT) or contained 0.15% taurine (NT) or 1.0% taurine (HT).
(11) Monocular and binocular depth thresholds were measured for all kittens when they were between three and five months old.
(12) Previous research by Bem has indicated that androgynous individuals of both sexes display "masculine" independence when under pressure to conform as well as "feminine" nurturance when interacting with a kitten.
(13) Stable intracellular recordings were obtained from 46 neurons in 20 kittens ranging in age from fetal day (F) 51 to postnatal day (P) 120.
(14) Y axons in the kitten had only small arborizations within lamina A (less than fifty terminal boutons per axon) but heavily innervated lamina C. The structure of the terminal boutons on the kitten r.g.c.
(15) The initially unoperated kitten had its callosum sectioned at five months and was retested following surgery.
(16) Using an antibody prepared against taurine conjugated to bovine serum albumin with glutaraldehyde, the distribution of taurine in cerebellum of newborn and 8-week-old kittens from mothers fed 0, 0.02, 0.05, or 1% dietary taurine has been determined.
(17) It has been established that interhemispheric relations in the kitten associative cortex are mediated, not only by the callosal, but also by the extracallosal system, which was evidenced by the presence of late negative components preserved after callosotomy.
(18) The two formaldehyde-inactivated vaccines were found to be safe for use in kittens.
(19) One year after treatment, the kitten remained free of clinical signs of the disease or complications from the repair.
(20) With the aim of obtaining some basic information for future developmental studies, the lateral cervical nucleus (LCN) was investigated in 32 kittens of different ages by electron microscopic and stereologic methods.
Puss
Definition:
(n.) A cat; -- a fondling appellation.
(n.) A hare; -- so called by sportsmen.
Example Sentences:
(1) The puss caterpillar, one of more than 50 species of caterpillars that can cause envenomation in the United States, is considered to be one of the most serious.
(2) The diagnosis was made in all cases isolating the microorganism from pulmonary secretions, puss, spinal fluid and blood.
(3) BBC4 is offering the Storyville documentary Pantomime, following the cast of a Nottingham amateur production of Puss in Boots.
(4) "I don't think for a moment that all of the puss has come out," he said.
(5) It would be interesting to explore the rich variety of pathology produced in us by moray eels, lionfish, sea urchins, jellyfish, sting rays, fire ants, kissing bugs, flies, lice, mosquitoes, ticks, mites, fleas, puss caterpillars, centipedes, snakes, dogs and cats, camels, and myriad other creatures including homo sapiens (not a trivial biter)--but for this grand rounds, the topic will simply be spiders (Part 1), bees and vespid (Part 2).
(6) We discuss the case of a 52-year-old woman who developed urticarial lesions after the acute envenomation of a puss caterpillar (Megalopyge opercularis).
(7) The cat was meant to sink its claws into human rights, but proved to be a puss who wasn't there.
(8) It may be moving into the history books, but Iraq is one ex-puss with a posthumous power to shock.
(9) The appropriately sour-pussed-titled Grumpy Cat's Worst Christmas Ever should be out in December, becoming part of the US TV network's canon of famous holiday specials .
(10) In 2013, Netflix commissioned more than 300 hours of original shows from Hollywood studio DreamWorks Animation, including Turbo F.A.S.T., Puss in Boots and King Julien.
(11) • On the other side of the Atlantic, Puss in Boots sees off the challenge of new arrivals Tower Heist and A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas to stay top of the US box office for the second week in a row, reports Jeremy Kay .