(n.) That which lubricates; specifically, a substance, as oil, grease, plumbago, etc., used for reducing the friction of the working parts of machinery.
Example Sentences:
(1) Utilizing the bilateral comparison technique in 30 hospitalized patients with chronic stable plaque-type psoriasis vulgaris, we closely monitored the clinical responses to ultraviolet radiation (Westinghouse fluorescent FS40 bulbs, 290--400 nm) and a variety of tar preparations and lubricant vehicles in combination and separately.
(2) Several functional properties of MG1, MG2, and PRG have been examined, including their presence in two-hour in vivo enamel pellicle, binding to synthetic hydroxyapatite, lubricating properties, and interactions with oral streptococci.
(3) We have reviewed the functions of salivary secretions and the major role that saliva plays in maintaining oral homeostasis by protection, repair, and lubrication as well as in the initial phase of digestion.
(4) Results of the determinations indicated that protective leather gloves contained considerable content of chromium, and chromium-free machine oils and lubricants were polluted with chromium's minute quantities as the oils and lubrications were being used.
(5) I used it primarily as a social lubricant but also to alleviate boredom, stress and loneliness.
(6) An artificial joint that articulates with full fluid film lubrication could greatly reduce wear and frictional torque and hence reduce the incidence of loosening and inflammatory tissue reaction.
(7) Sexual dysfunctions which impair coital ability, especially ejaculatory difficulties in the male and genital atrophy and loss of vaginal lubrication in the female, are frequent.
(8) They distribute stresses over a broad area of articular cartilage, absorb shocks during dynamic loading, and probably assist in joint lubrication.
(9) Lubricants, anthralin, and corticosteroids form the mainstay of therapy in mild and moderate psoriasis of the palms and soles.
(10) These include: transcutaneous energy transmission and an implanted variable volume device which eliminate the need for percutaneous access; utilization of an intrathoracic blood pump and variable volume device which allow the diaphragm and abdominal cavity to remain intact; parathoracic or subcutaneous location of the transformer secondary, energy converter, internal battery and interconnecting elements allowing replacement with a minor surgical procedure; employment of the "biolized" continuous blood contacting surface which has the potential of long-term use without anticoagulants and utilization of an electrohydraulic energy converter which provides synchronization without requiring transducers and associated electronics and which provides lubrication of mechanical components.
(11) In the second experimental group the canal negotiation was done in the same way but using a cream (ENDO-PTC) with sodium hypochlorite as a lubrication substance.
(12) This modulates the interaction strength between the polypeptide and water species that "lubricates" the chain's movements, leading to larger protein-volume fluctuation and higher ultrasonic absorption.
(13) Eucerin cream, Gauztex bandages, and DuoDerm pads were used to lubricate and stabilize anesthetic armamentarium.
(14) Since prosthetic meniscal replacement may be performed in the setting of normal articular cartilage, a prosthesis will be required to match the exact joint configuration, induce the same lubricity, produce the same coefficient of friction, and absorb and dampen the same joint forces (without incurring significant creep or abrasion) as does the normal meniscus.
(15) Attention is their choice of lubricant, and we really should not provide it.
(16) The effects of lubrication on the retention of parallel-sided and tapered cast post and cores cemented with zinc phosphate-cement (ZnPO4) and glass ionomer cements were investigated.
(17) Optimal conditions for the protective and lubricant properties of respiratory mucus are represented by high wettability, and adhesiveness high enough not to induce flow of mucus in the respiratory bronchioles under gravity but low enough to mobilize mucus by airflow during coughing.
(18) This lubricant was chosen because it does not damage the tissues defenses of the host and invite infection.
(19) When sharpened with citrus and lubricated with olive oil, this is a real delight.
(20) The final level reached was independent of the specific surface area of the lubricants, but granular magnesium stearate gave a lower surface coverage than the powdered lubricants.
Tallow
Definition:
(n.) The suet or fat of animals of the sheep and ox kinds, separated from membranous and fibrous matter by melting.
(n.) The fat of some other animals, or the fat obtained from certain plants, or from other sources, resembling the fat of animals of the sheep and ox kinds.
(v. t.) To grease or smear with tallow.
(v. t.) To cause to have a large quantity of tallow; to fatten; as, tallow sheep.
Example Sentences:
(1) The present study demonstrated that delayed administration of a marine lipid diet, 25% menhaden oil (MO) by weight, until after the onset of overt renal disease, also resulted in significant improvement in rates of mortality, proteinuria, and histologic evidence of glomerular injury, compared with control animals fed a diet that contained mostly saturated fatty acids, 25% beef tallow.
(2) Two-day-old poults were fed diets containing no added fat [44.6% starch, 2.2% ether extract by weight (HC)], 10% tallow (T), or 10% corn oil [(CO) 29.0% starch, 10.9% ether extract].
(3) Free fatty acids from both coconut and corn oils reduced diet palatability and intake; those from tallow and coconut oil markedly interfered (in vitro) with rennet clotting of milk replacers.
(4) In one experiment, finisher diets containing 2.5, 5.0, or 10.0% of added corn oil (CO), poultry oil (PO), tallow (T), or a commercial hydrolyzed animal-vegetable fat blend (HB) were fed.
(5) Treatments were 0, 2, 4, or 6% (DM basis) bleachable fancy tallow (BT) fed with 0 or 7.5% (DM basis) forage.
(6) Five crossbred beef steers (329 kg) were used in a 5 x 5 Latin square experiment with 14-d periods to determine the effects of supplementation with high-nitrogen (N) feeds alone or mixed with tallow on sites of digestion with a basal diet of bermudagrass hay.
(7) The solutions included those containing Dymed (polyaminopropyl biguanide, 0.00005%), chlorhexidine (0.005%), Polyquad (0.001%), chlorhexidine (0.005%) and thimerosal (BP, 0.001%), thimerosal (BP, 0.002%) and Tris(2-hydroxyethyl) tallow ammonium chloride (0.013%), and a solution preserved with 115 ppm benzalkonium chloride (BAK).
(8) In Experiment 1, a wheat-soy diet supplemented with sunflower oil was found to improve significantly (P less than .05) performance characteristics and reduce the mortality attributed to SDS as compared with the same diet supplemented with tallow.
(9) Thus, dietary beef and soy protein isolate had similar effects on cholesterol concentrations in plasma, LDL, HDL and organs, whether pigs consumed soybean oil or beef tallow as a major fat source.
(10) Each group of rats were pair-fed a nutritional adequate liquid diet containing either corn oil (CF) or tallow (TF) as fat as well as protein and carbohydrate.
(11) The dietary fats employed in these studies included corn oil, Tower rapeseed oil (RSO), partially hydrogenated soybean oil (SBO), and tallow.
(12) Growing rats were fed a nonfat dry milk supplemented with two levels of soy-bean oil (SBO) and tallow (T) such that either 30% or 50% of total dietary calories came from fat.
(13) Furthermore, the lung hydroxyproline content in bleomycin-treated animals was less with the beef tallow diet compared with standard lab feed (p less than 0.05).
(14) Dietary cholesterol supplementation elevated the cholesterol concentration in liver in the order: linseed oil greater than beef tallow greater than fish oil (8.6-, 5.5-, 2.6-fold, respectively).
(15) Small White turkeys were fed 10% dietary rapeseed oil or animal tallow to 6, 12 or 18 weeks of age.
(16) The response to excess dietary vit A was not influenced by the type of dietary lipid (corn oil, tallow, or poultry oil).
(17) Rats were fed three different concentrations of dietary linoleate as beef tallow, hydrogenated vegetable fat, or corn oil.
(18) Feeding tallow or the SBSS:tallow blend improved (P less than .05) feed efficiency and estimated dietary NE compared to control.
(19) The increased intake of fat due to feeding tallow caused both increased fat metabolism and fat excretion as based on chromic oxide estimates of digestibility.
(20) At all levels of fat supplementation, the high linoleate safflower oil consistently resulted in a 50% lower rate of fatty acid biosynthesis than did comparable levels of tallow or palmitate.