() A prefix, in names of Scotch origin, signifying son.
Example Sentences:
(1) One of these antibodies, MCaE11, was used for immunohistochemical detection of MAC in tissue and for quantification of the fluid-phase TCC in ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid plasma.
(2) Pentoxifylline (1 mM) decreased AmB-stimulated PMN Mac-1 expression back to unstimulated amounts.
(3) The concentrations of anesthetics having this effect on the putative Ca2+ channel were between 0.0026 and 0.078 MAC equivalents for each agent, and these concentrations are much lower than the anesthetic concentrations affecting Ca2+ uptake.
(4) Two high-resolution (Hi-Res) ECG systems (MAC-12, Marquette Electronics, Inc (MEI), Milwaukee, WI and LVP101, Arrhythmia Research Technology (ART), Austin, TX) were tested on 143 subjects (13 controls and 130 cardiac patients, 21 of whom were tested for inducible ventricular tachycardia [VT]).
(5) Thirty-three percent of patients (15 of 45) with MAC required permanent pacemaker implantation after aortic valve replacement, compared with only 10% of patients (3 of 31) without MAC (p less than 0.025).
(6) They’re putting on a heavy sales job as one would expect,” Texas representative Mac Thornberry, the Republican who chairs the House armed services committee, told reporters upon leaving one of the briefings.
(7) Among 137 consecutive patients who had a sterile body site cultured for mycobacteria within 3 months of their first AIDS-defining episode of Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia, median survival was significantly shorter in those with disseminated MAC infection (107 days; 95% confidence interval [CI] 55-179) than those with negative cultures (275 days; 95% CI 230-318; P less than .01), even after controlling for age, absolute lymphocyte count, and hemoglobin concentration.
(8) Changes to the Mac Pro desktop computer are also expected, as is a new music streaming service .
(9) Atrial fibrillation thresholds were determined at baseline (0.0% inhalational anesthetic), 0.5 minimal alveolar concentration (MAC), and 1.0 MAC of halothane (n = 8) and isoflurane (n = 8).
(10) To investigate the importance of these factors on the cardiovascular response, we administered five doses [0, 0.5, 1.0, 1.5, and 2.0 minimum alveolar concentration (MAC)] of enflurane, halothane, and isoflurane to each of six dogs.
(11) In May, Mojang launched Minecraft Realms , a service allowing PC and Mac owners to set up their own private servers for up to 20 friends.
(12) 2009 – Big Mac and Si(s) Joe McElderry's win averaged 15.5 million viewers, a 53% share , with a 15-minute peak of 17.1 million (and a five-minute peak of 19.1 million).
(13) The launch of a new version of Mac OS X is normally an exciting time for members of the development community.
(14) Recently, we have developed a large scale technology for the generation of tumor cytotoxic macrophages (MACs) from circulating precursor monocytes.
(15) MAC may eventually infect most if not all HIV-positive patients who do not die from another HIV-related event.
(16) The PMN-7 antigen differs from other antigens associated with the C3bi receptor complex (MAC 1, MO 1, OKM1, OKM10) in that it is present only on neutrophils among peripheral blood cells.
(17) To directly compare FPR levels on the surface of cells displaying varying levels of Mac-1 within a single cell suspension, cells were labeled with FITC-Mo-1 and sorted into subpopulations based on fluorescence intensity.
(18) The present study was performed to determine whether complement activation in pemphigus vulgaris (PV) and pemphigus foliaceus (PF) results in the assembly of the terminal complement sequence or membrane attack complex (MAC) in skin lesions.
(19) Ten patients with roentgenographically demonstrable mitral annulus calcification (MAC) were found to have distinctive echocardiographic patterns.
(20) We calculated the quantity, as MAC hours and MAC hours anaesthetic, of halothane, enflurane and isoflurane, used in this Health District over a 3-year period.
Mace
Definition:
(n.) A money of account in China equal to one tenth of a tael; also, a weight of 57.98 grains.
(n.) A kind of spice; the aril which partly covers nutmegs. See Nutmeg.
(n.) A heavy staff or club of metal; a spiked club; -- used as weapon in war before the general use of firearms, especially in the Middle Ages, for breaking metal armor.
(n.) A staff borne by, or carried before, a magistrate as an ensign of his authority.
(n.) An officer who carries a mace as an emblem of authority.
(n.) A knobbed mallet used by curriers in dressing leather to make it supple.
(n.) A rod for playing billiards, having one end suited to resting on the table and pushed with one hand.
Example Sentences:
(1) These receptors were subdivided by their morphology in the next groups: pear-shaped receptors with capsule; capsuled spherical receptors located near vascular walls; ovoidal receptors with capsule and glomerular structure; simple or complex mace-shaped receptors without capsule.
(2) In the Commons, John McDonnell, the MP for Hayes and Harlington, covering Heathrow, was suspended for five days by the deputy speaker after he picked up the mace and shouted: "It is a disgrace."
(3) The two antimicrobial resorcinols malabaricone B [1] and malabaricone C [2] were isolated from mace, the dried seed covers of Myristica fragrans.
(4) The results demonstrate that MACE and DACE are effective photosensitizing agents in vitro and compare favorably to DHE.
(5) We are keepers of the peace, not soldiers,” says Mace Windu, apropos some urgent battle or other.
(6) Leukocytes from a normal donor, after passive sensitization with serum from patient M, released a substantial (greater than or equal to 50%) amount of histamine on challenge with extracts of coriander, mace, and curry powder.
(7) In addition, there was a significant increase in the SH content in the liver of mice fed on 1% BHA and 2% mace diets.
(8) Expressed in terms of oxygen depletion per cell the order was CASPc approximately PII greater than MACE.
(9) In a letter to the Guardian this week, Georgina Mace, professor of conservation science at Imperial College, London and Catherine Redgwell, professor of international law at UCL, said that investment in geo-engineering research had already begun and, "without international governance structures, schemes could soon be implemented unencumbered by the safeguards needed".
(10) Patterns of distribution and localization of MACE differ substantially from those observed with HPD and other hydrophobic sensitizers.
(11) Protesters trying to tend to the wounded were also maced.
(12) The purpose of this study was to evaluate the clinical effect of mace extract and egg-white lysozyme in two brands of chewing gum on gingival condition.
(13) We have treated 47 clinical stage I or IE patients with aggressive lymphoma histologies (diffuse large-cell, diffuse mixed, diffuse immunoblastic, follicular large-cell, diffuse small-non-cleaved cell) with four monthly cycles of an eight-drug combination chemotherapy program consisting of cyclophosphamide, etoposide, doxorubicin, nitrogen mustard (mechlorethamine), procarbazine, high-dose methotrexate with leucovorin rescue, and prednisone (Pro-MACE-MOPP) administered systemically followed by 40 Gy involved-field radiation therapy.
(14) Security companies have reported a 50% increase in sales of mace self-defence spray and an increased demand for armed security guards for malls and other public places, while restaurants and markets in areas judged dangerous have emptied.
(15) Bean was still tending to Martin’s brother’s stomach wound when they released mace into people’s faces, she told the Guardian.
(16) In the blood of 10 guinea pigs, which were exposed to the contents of chemical mace for 1--6 h, the solvants 1,1,2-trichloro-1,2,2-trifluorethane (freon 113) and 1,1,1-trichloroethane could easily be detected--even 23 h after the end of exposure or after a storage of the blood samples for 18 weeks--whereas the lacrimator chloracetophenone (CN) could not be found at all.
(17) So did Hezza's mace gesture: intended as one of despair, it looked like attempted bodily harm in the gloomy 10.30pm chamber of the pre-TV era.
(18) Forty-five previously untreated patients with intermediate or high-grade non-Hodgkin's lymphoma were treated with the Pro-MACE-C-MOPP regimen (flexitherapy).
(19) Rodney Mace Hay-on-Wye, Brecknockshire • With the new wall being built in Hungary ( Work begins on border fence to block migrants , 14 July), I am reminded of a conversation I had with a woman whose family has owned, since the 1920s, the apartment where I spent the night a few years ago.
(20) Contact and systemic contact-type dermatitis reactions to spices such as nutmeg, mace, cardamom, curry, cinnamon, and laurel may be rare but may well be overlooked.