(n.) Any one of several species of small, slender, marine fishes of the genus Ammedytes. The common European species (A. tobianus) and the American species (A. Americanus) live on sandy shores, buried in the sand, and are caught in large quantities for bait. Called also launce, and sand eel.
(n.) See Lanterloo.
Example Sentences:
(1) • Lant Pritchett is a senior fellow at the Center for Global Development and professor of the practice of international development at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government
(2) The order of potency was neurotensin-(8-13) greater than neurotensin greater than xenopsin greater than neuromedin N greater than LANT-6.
(3) The present results indicate that LANT-6 is in ganglion cells and that it may play a role in neurotransmission between retinal ganglion cells and their central target areas.
(4) Radioimmunoassay and chromatographic studies confirmed the presence of LANT-6-related peptides in the turtle brain and corroborated the reduction of LANT-6 observed in the contralateral tectum following monocular enucleation.
(5) Furthermore, xenopsin, LANT-6 and neuromedin N each inhibited the specific binding of [3H]neurotensin to intact N1E-115 cells in a dose-related fashion.
(6) Economist Lant Pritchett on Sheryl Sandberg Sheryl was working in Larry Summers 's office at the World Bank, but he was busy most of the time, so I guess I was an intermediary boss.
(7) | Lant Pritchett Read more “I want my daughters to study in segregated classes but I’m compelled to send them to school regardless.
(8) Previous studies have demonstrated that LANT-6-related material is present in cells of the ganglion cell layer in a variety of vertebrates.
(9) Several molecular forms of LANT-6 were observed, some larger than LANT-6.
(10) Immunocytochemical techniques demonstrated that many of the cells in the ganglion cell layer of the turtle retina could be labeled with an antiserum specific for LANT-6.
(11) The order of affinity of the peptides for the neurotensin receptor was neurotensin-(8-13) greater than xenopsin greater than neurotensin greater than neuromedin N greater than LANT-6.
(12) Second, the central projections of LANT-6-positive cells of the ganglion cell layer were examined by studying the effects of monocular enucleation on the distribution of LANT-6-positive fibers in the central projection targets of the turtle retina.
(13) The LANT-6 immunoreactive cell bodies (12-22 microns) were either oval-, round- or pyriform-shaped and were situated in ganglion cell layer.
(14) This study investigated the presence of the neurotensin-related hexapeptide, LANT-6, in retinal ganglion cells and their central projections in the turtle Pseudemys scripta elegans.
(15) The present report concerns the immunocytochemical staining of vertebrate retinas using an antiserum directed against LANT-6.
(16) Immunoblots showed that the antiserum recognized the original antigen as well as the related peptides neuromedin N and lysine 8- arginine 9- neurotensin 10-13 (LANT-6).
(17) Two to 8 weeks after enucleation, a substantial reduction in LANT-6-positive fibers was observed in all retinal target areas contralateral to the enucleated eye.
(18) The vast majority of the pallidal neurons of the hamster, pigeon, caiman and turtle basal telencephalon were positively labeled by an antiserum against LANT-6, a neurotensin-like hexapeptide.
(19) Multiple chromatographic analyses indicated that while the LANT-6-like immunoreactivity in chicken retina was indistinguishable from synthetic LANT-6, LANT-6-like immunoreactivity in turtle and goldfish retinas was primarily associated with large molecular forms.
(20) The present immunocytochemical localization of LLI within cells in the inner nuclear and ganglion cell layers, coupled with the biochemical characterization of LANT-6 in the vertebrate retinas and brains, suggests that neuropeptides such as LANT-6 may play a role in visual processing both within the retina and within the visual pathways to the brain.
Pant
Definition:
(v. i.) To breathe quickly or in a labored manner, as after exertion or from eagerness or excitement; to respire with heaving of the breast; to gasp.
(v. i.) Hence: To long eagerly; to desire earnestly.
(v. i.) To beat with unnatural violence or rapidity; to palpitate, or throb; -- said of the heart.
(v. i.) To sigh; to flutter; to languish.
(v. t.) To breathe forth quickly or in a labored manner; to gasp out.
(v. t.) To long for; to be eager after.
(n.) A quick breathing; a catching of the breath; a gasp.
(n.) A violent palpitation of the heart.
Example Sentences:
(1) Facebook Twitter Pinterest On the Mat yoga pant by lulelemon.
(2) If the pants did become available in clinics, Dukelow said costs might be around a few hundred dollars (around £125) for the basic equipment plus a few tens of dollars per month for the disposable electrodes.
(3) In addition, we have also validated the use of Vtgpant at a low panting frequency in these subjects.
(4) When water was offered more than 15 min after the end of a period of heating, after panting had ceased, drinking occurred only if the water loss exceeded 50-70 g, about 0-6% of the body water.
(5) Amphibolurus muricatus, a species restricted to the more mesic regions of Australia, does not show any change of panting threshold with progressive dehydration.
(6) Pant had to buy extra hard drives to serve as backup copies of the top-secret files.
(7) The anti-ball crushing pants, or ABC pants, for short, have been all the rage since they were introduced at the end of last year, Lululemon says.
(8) To dilate any pulmonary arteriovenous anastomoses, the birds were warmed to induce panting, killed with chloroform, or injected intravenously with papavarine.
(9) Studies in respiratory physiology and acid-base balance of panting birds exposed to high Tas show that flying as well as nonflying birds can use the respiratory system simultaneously for gas exchange and evaporative cooling.
(10) We suggest that specializations of the soft palate and epiglottis in dogs for thermal panting appear to restrict the formation of an adequate oropharyngeal seal during feeding.
(11) His children will get used to a father who wears pants, without a dagger, and who does not pick out their nits in public.
(12) [Parkinson's] makes me squirm and it makes my pants ride up so my socks are showing and my shoes fall off and I can't get the food up to my mouth when I want to."
(13) I imagined him sitting in the car panting at my shoulder all the way and then yipping with excitement when we pulled into the layby.
(14) Intraperitoneal injections of a dopamine antagonist, haloperidol, induced a marked hypothermia, due to a downward shift of the threshold central temperature for induction of cold thermogenesis, panting and vasodilation.
(15) Sally sent us off on the Tiny Tim Trail, a sloping, twisting, turning snowshoe path that had me panting and out of breath in less than five minutes.
(16) She beats Sanders and Kasich and crushes Cruz and Trump, who has the biggest “ pants on fire ” rating and has told whoppers about basic economics that are embarrassing for anyone aiming to be president.
(17) hour)(-1) as air temperature was increased from 10 degrees to 50 degrees C. Evaporation of the fluid from the paired glands could account for between 19 and 36 percent of the increase in respiratory evaporation associated with thermal panting.
(18) blocked panting and attenuated the decrease in Tb caused by i.c.v.
(19) During exercise, panting usually occurred in short regular bursts of about 10 sec duration, whereas during both mild and severe heat stress it occurred in bursts of irregular but usually longer duration.
(20) What a different kind of party it would be if the GOP could expand the not-caring-about-pants sphere beyond Mark Sanford!