(a.) Full of, or covered with, knobs or hard protuberances.
(a.) Irregular; stubborn in particulars.
(a.) Abounding in rounded hills or mountains; hilly.
Example Sentences:
(1) Uninfected erythrocytes incubated in culture and erythrocytes infected with early or late forms of the knobless clones or the early forms of the knobby clone all failed to obstruct the microcirculation, although exhibiting various effects on bulk viscosity and peripheral resistance during flow.
(2) Other blebs were larger, more elongate, and less knobby, but had a similar ultrastructural organization.
(3) Indirect immunofluorescence, using affinity-purified monospecific antibodies directed against recombinant protein synthesized in Escherichia coli, localized the knob-associated histidine-rich protein to the membrane of knobby infected erythrocytes.
(4) Atypical, short, knobby mycelia with radiating projections were seen in nodular lesions in the lung.
(5) In the vas deferens, the knobby fibers, the diameters of which are multiples of that of the basic one, can be converted to single units by increasing the ionic strength.
(6) The nucleolar fibres in both the core and peripheral regions were irregular and knobby, with a diameter of about 15 nm.
(7) Binding of both knobby and knobless infected erythrocytes to autologous leukocytes including monocytes, neutrophils, lymphocytes and plasma cells was found in some of the primary in vitro cultures.
(8) The only gross morphologic change in stifle joints with a severed ligament was enlarged knobby remnants of the CaCL.
(9) Differential screening of cDNA libraries constructed from knobby and predominantly knobless Plasmodium falciparum isolates, identified the sequence SD17.
(10) These proteins appeared to be aggregated or condensed in the area of the knob, whereas the remainder of the red cell surface showed no such dense clusters; haemoglobin and the histidine-rich protein of P. lophurae could not be localized to the knobby protuberances.
(11) Erythrocytes infected with a knobby variant of Plasmodium falciparum selectively bind IgG autoantibodies in normal human serum.
(12) The change from a nucleosomal organization to bundles of smooth filaments appeared to result from a complex process involving the transitory presence of conspicuous "knobby fibers" that suggest a periodicity in the organization of the spermatidal proteins along the DNA molecules.
(13) The observed alterations in P falciparum-infected red cell membrane phospholipid distribution, which is independent of the presence or absence of knobby protuberances, might be associated with the drastic changes in cell membrane permeability and susceptibility to early hemolysis observed in the late stages of parasite development.
(14) Naturally occurring anti-band 3 autoantibodies bind to erythrocytes infected with a knobby variant of the human malaria Plasmodium falciparum (FCR-3 strain).
(15) The dendrites have knobby, nodular protuberances which give them a gnarled appearance.
(16) This unusual ornamentation consists of blunt projections rising out of an otherwise smooth surface and is termed "knobby."
(17) The projection of knobby protuberances at the cell surface (zeiosis) is a general cellular response to cytochalasin D (CD), resulting from herniation of endoplasm through undefended places of the cortex during cell contractions and displacement of microfilaments induced by CD.
(18) The lowest band (band I) was found to consist of thick rod-shaped particles (330 by 80 nm) with knobby surfaces and with occasional protrusion at one end.
(19) The genomic organization of the knob protein (KP) gene of knobby (K+) and knobless (K-) variants of the Thai isolate NT 108 and the Gambian isolate FCR-3 are compared.
(20) In this study, we used the technique of whole cell mount electron microscopy to determine if the ultrastructure of the erythrocyte cytoskeleton changed following parasitization with knobby and knobless strains of P. falciparum.
Pleasantly
Definition:
(adv.) In a pleasant manner.
Example Sentences:
(1) Facial expression, EEG, and self-report of subjective emotional experience were recorded while subjects individually watched both pleasant and unpleasant films.
(2) Subjects also rated the pleasantness of 29 foods listed on a questionnaire.
(3) Bloody odd combination but those Orange Foam Headphones would blast those magnificent records into my developing brain over and over again" chernypyos – Björk's Human Behavior and Sinead O'Connor's Fire On Babylon: "bjork's 'human behavior' and sinead o'connor's "fire on babylon" oddly stick in my head from that one evening walking in the woods, breathing the damp air, and feeling pleasantly invisible" Pyromancer – REM – Automatic for the People Blood Sugar Sex Magic Pearl Jam - Vs RATM's first album Portishead Maxinquaye by Tricky Manic Street Preachers – Gold Against the Soul Smashing Pumpkins, Siamese Dream "I used to go to the local library and take out a CD (50p for 3 weeks!
(4) It is pleasant walking, full of character and constantly changing views.
(5) At the end of the experiment, the concentration of salt in soup rated as tasting most pleasant increased in the group which added the crystalline salt to food.
(6) Some of the choices involved will not be pleasant ones.
(7) When my floor was dirty, I rose early, and, setting all my furniture out of doors on the grass, bed and bedstead making but one budget, dashed water on the floor, and sprinkled white sand from the pond on it, and then with a broom scrubbed it clean and white... Further - and this is a stroke of his sensitive, pawky genius - he contemplates his momentarily displaced furniture and the nuance of enchanting strangeness: It was pleasant to see my whole household effects out on the grass, making a little pile like a gypsy's pack, and my three-legged table, from which I did not remove the books and pen and ink, standing amid the pines and hickories ...
(8) He said Watts was a “pleasant lady” but described Wright as a “cold fish Craig”.
(9) Nearby there is a pleasant park with tables and a barbecue.
(10) In sensory-specific satiety, the pleasantness of the sight or taste of a food becomes less after it is eaten to satiety, whereas the pleasantness of the sight or taste of other foods which have not been eaten is much less changed; correspondingly, food intake is greater if foods which have not already been eaten to satiety are offered.
(11) The house she walks back to, and in which she and her husband, Geoff, live, is pleasantly unexceptional.
(12) Patients with Down's syndrome usually have mild and pleasant temperaments, rarely exhibiting temper tantrums or behavioral problems.
(13) One month later the subjects underwent a second recognition test, at the end of which they were required to give an evaluation of the pleasantness of each odour on a nine-point scale.
(14) The wipes were found to be pleasant and convenient to use.
(15) I am always pleasantly amazed by how the city continues to be improved.
(16) "The reality is that we've got a situation where the Conservative party is being run almost as if it's an exclusive coterie, and it's an exclusive coterie on the left of centre of the Conservative spectrum, allied with the Liberal Democrats who are, I think, much more pleasant to associate with from their point of view," he said.
(17) Branagh, who received his fifth Oscar nomination (all, incidentally, have been in different categories) declared himself "absolutely thrilled", adding: "It was such an enjoyable experience to make, and this is a very pleasant outcome."
(18) 205 subjects each chose a "most pleasant" sound delivered through an earphone by turning the control knob on a continuously variable audio oscillator.
(19) To determine the contribution of sensory stimulation to the changing hedonic response to foods, the effects of consuming very low-calorie and higher calorie versions of soup and jello on the subjective pleasantness of foods were compared.
(20) The motive seemed to be removal from prison to the fairly pleasant surroundings of the local hospital.