(n.) The portion of food taken at a particular time for the satisfaction of appetite; the quantity usually taken at one time with the purpose of satisfying hunger; a repast; the act or time of eating a meal; as, the traveler has not eaten a good meal for a week; there was silence during the meal.
(n.) Grain (esp. maize, rye, or oats) that is coarsely ground and unbolted; also, a kind of flour made from beans, pease, etc.; sometimes, any flour, esp. if coarse.
(n.) Any substance that is coarsely pulverized like meal, but not granulated.
(v. t.) To sprinkle with, or as with, meal.
(v. t.) To pulverize; as, mealed powder.
Example Sentences:
(1) We have investigated a physiological role of endogenous insulin on exocrine pancreatic secretion stimulated by a liquid meal as well as exogenous secretin and cholecystokinin octapeptide (CCK-8) in conscious rats.
(2) Concentrations of several gastrointestinal hormonal peptides were measured in lymph from the cisterna chyli and in arterial plasma; in healthy, conscious pigs during ingestion of a meal.
(3) In vivo studies were performed in five healthy subjects for at least 3 h after ingestion of radiolabeled meals.
(4) The company, part of the John Lewis Partnership, now sources all its beef from the UK, including in its ready meals, sandwiches and fresh mince.
(5) In the present study we examined cholecystokinin release and gallbladder contraction after oral administration of a commercial fatty meal (Sorbitract; Dagra, Diemen, The Netherlands) using ultrasonography in eight normal subjects and eight gallstone patients before and after 1 and 4 weeks of treatment with ursodeoxycholic acid (10 mg kg-1.day-1).
(6) A 14-year-old case was reported with a primary postbulbar duodenal ulcer, which was confirmed by barium meal study and duodenoscopy.
(7) The absorption of zinc from meals based on 60 g of rye, barley, oatmeal, triticale or whole wheat was studied by use of extrinsic labelling with 65Zn and measurement of the whole-body retention of the radionuclide.
(8) Relaxation situations are marked by relaxation, usually after a meal.
(9) Retention of iron from an RKB test meal was increased from 69.6 to 73% when about 90% of the extractable tannins were removed, but the difference was not statistically significant.
(10) Regardless of the habitual diet, a test meal accentuated the rate of triacylglycerol appearance in whole plasma and in the very low density lipoproteins of Triton WR-1339-treated monkeys, and the rate of increase of the protein component after feeding was slightly higher.
(11) Gastric emptying curves for all three meals in controls were best described using loge transformed counts.
(12) There was no significant difference between ratings after the high and low-fibre meals except for fullness, which was greater after the high-fibre breakfast.
(13) Special attention is given to the arrangement of meals inflight.
(14) Compared to the doses taken before and after the meal, the dose taken with the meal showed a significant delay in the time taken to reach therapeutic blood concentrations of the drug with no reduction in the period of time during which this concentration was maintained.
(15) We compared the effects of meals containing the same amounts of either isolated soy or beef protein on acid secretion and serum gastrin concentration in normal humans.
(16) Preprandial and postprandial blood glucose levels were measured for each meal and snack (18 measurements per day).
(17) There was less of an increase following a blood meal infected with the rodent malaria parasite, Plasmodium berghei.
(18) In vivo hepatic rates of fatty acid and cholesterol synthesis determined in meal-fed normolipidemic rats were suppressed significantly by the oral administration of (--)-hydroxycitrate for 6 hr, when control animals exhibited maximal rates of lipid synthesis; serum triglyceride and cholesterol levels were significantly reduced by (--)-hydroxycitrate.
(19) On the other hand, esophageal emptying of solid isotopic meals may show the persistence of food in the diverticular sac long time after the meal.
(20) Our findings suggest that (a) the inclusion of a liquid meal provides a reproducible method of measuring orocaecal transit using the lactulose hydrogen breath test, (b) rapid small bowel transit in thyrotoxicosis may be one factor in the diarrhoea which is a feature of the disease and (c) if altered gut transit is the cause of sluggish bowel habit in hypothyroidism, delay in the colon, and not small bowel, is likely to be responsible.
Oatmeal
Definition:
(n.) Meal made of oats.
(n.) A plant of the genus Panicum; panic grass.
Example Sentences:
(1) The absorption of zinc from meals based on 60 g of rye, barley, oatmeal, triticale or whole wheat was studied by use of extrinsic labelling with 65Zn and measurement of the whole-body retention of the radionuclide.
(2) Seven of eight populations of mice living in premises where alternative food supplies were limited were successfully controlled when medium oatmeal bait containing gophacide at 0.1% was laid directly for 4 days.
(3) Four animals were fed a diet of oatmeal and tuna fish that provided only 4% of the vitamin A contained in their control rations (15 vs. 367% of the canine recommended daily intake).
(4) The drink is made in the age-old way: sap from the heart of the plant fermented for a week or two, then mixed and muddled with all manner of fruits, vegetables and grains – perhaps guava, celery or oatmeal – in a curado .
(5) To provide objective evidence of functional smooth-muscle impairment in Duchenne's dystrophy, we performed gastric-emptying studies in 11 patients and 11 normal controls, using technetium-99m radionuclide scintigraphy in a test meal of oatmeal.
(6) While both groups continued to follow the AHA diet, Group 1 was instructed to include 2 oz (56 g, dry wt) of oatmeal, isocalorically substituted for other carbohydrate foods.
(7) Serves 8–10 For the sweet pastry 110g butter, softened 135g caster sugar 1 tsp baking powder 225g strong flour, plus extra for dusting A pinch of salt 125ml double cream For the filling 225g golden syrup 50g dark treacle 220ml double cream 75g oatmeal or fresh white breadcrumbs 2 eggs, beaten 1 tbsp lemon juice Extra-thick or clotted cream, to serve 1 For the pastry, cream the butter and sugar together.
(8) We studied the role of altered gastric emptying in 50 patients before surgery, 1-4 weeks after surgery, and 2-24 months after surgery using technetium-99m pentetate in water for liquid meals and a Tc-99m styrene divinylbenzene copolymer resin in oatmeal for semisolid meals.
(9) Three animal proteins (casein, beef, fish) and 6 vegetable proteins (soy, pea, peanut meal, rapeseed, oatmeal, wheat gluten) were tested.
(10) Six groups received either oatmeal or oat bran at doses (dry weight) of 28 g (1 oz), 56 g (2 oz), and 84 g (3 oz).
(11) A combination of calciferol (vitamin D(2)) and warfarin, each at 0.025% in medium oatmeal bait, failed to control six of seven house-mouse (Mus musculus L.) populations infesting urban and farm buildings.
(12) Six experiments were made in growing pigs to investigate the effects of substituting bran, oatmeal byproduct, pectin and guar gum for barley on gastric emptying rate, pH and dry matter of digesta and on the dry matter content and rate of passage of digesta to the terminal ileum and overall.
(13) In laboratory feeding tests, family groups of wild mice maintained in pens and conditioned to feeding on plain foods were offered flupropadine at either 0.10%, 0.15%, 0.18% or 0.20% in pinhead oatmeal bait.
(14) The palatability of glycerine and six oils, each included at 5% in pinhead oatmeal, was compared in a similar manner.The most favoured food was found to be whole canary seed (Phalaris canariensis).
(15) Meals composed either of raw rolled oats, oatmeal porridge or a mixture of raw rolled oats with raisins were served.
(16) The highest yield of proteolytic enzymes was found with the inoculation material obtained on oatmeal flakes with single shaking of the substrate.
(17) People brought enchiladas, sandwiches, oatmeal cookies.
(18) Nineteen isolates of Ctenomyces serratus including three pairs of tester strains were crossed in all possible combinations on diluted Pablum cereal agar with added salts, oatmeal salts agar-Medium E, and soil and hair medium.
(19) (2) An agar-surface cultivation on oatmeal - yeast extract - malt extract (OMYM) medium, containing oatmeal, yeast extract, malt extract, glucose and trace elements, was most suitable for the antibiotic production.
(20) Vitamin losses in grinding millet, non-grinding oatmeal and grinding rice were evaluated considering their treatment with methyl bromide and cereal cooking.