(n.) An ancient weight or denomination of money, of varying value. The Attic mina was valued at a hundred drachmas.
(n.) See Myna.
Example Sentences:
(1) In October 1974, after living in Baltimore for 16 years, I went back to my home town, Belo Horizonte, in the State of Minas Gerais, Brazil.
(2) We have prepared four new oximes, 1b-e, which conform to the general structure RCH2COCH = NOH where R = CH3S, CH3SO, CH3SO2, and (CH3)2S+, respectively, and have the same E configuration as the parent 2-oxopropanal oxime 1a (R = H, MINA).
(3) Bahrain, meanwhile, is picking up the lion’s share of the bill for the construction of a Royal Navy base, the Mina Salman support facility, which will include warehouses, a 300-metre jetty, accommodation, sports pitch and helipad.
(4) Dyer declared a state of emergency, and alongside Mina, Hopper and a local imam urged Americans to give blood and unite.
(5) These infection rates were similar to those obtained by others authors for B. tenagophila from Minas Gerais.
(6) Among the confirmed events are a debate in January, in Berlin, featuring the writers Claire Tomalin, Toby Litt, Louise Doughty, Philip Hensher, Denise Mina and David Nicholls.
(7) Cross-sectional and evolutive studies on schistosomiasis mansoni were carried out before and after mass treatment in the endemic areas of Capitão Andrade and Padre Paraiso, state of Minas Gerais, Riachuelo, state of Sergipe, Alhandra, state of Paraiba, and Aliança, Alegre and Coroatá, lowland of the state of Maranhão, Brazil, in the last eighteen years.
(8) I don’t want any more shots.’” Facebook Twitter Pinterest Patience Carter describes being held hostage during Orlando shooting 2.06am Mina Justice was asleep at home when she woken by a text message from her 30-year-old son, Eddie.
(9) All patients were residents in Virgem da Lapa, State of Minas Gerais, Brazil and their ages varied from 7 to 76 years (average 42.6 y).
(10) This confirms what Sakineh's son wrote in his public letter, that there's no justice in Iran," said Mina Ahadi, a human rights activist for Iran Committee against Stoning (ICAS), based in Germany who spoke to Mostafaei after he was interrogated.
(11) A police officer outside the club moved to confront the gunman, the Orlando police chief, John Mina, told reporters on Sunday.
(12) Mateen was holding about 15 people hostage in one club bathroom, while another 15-20 were hiding out in another of the buildings bathrooms, Mina said.
(13) At about 10.30pm last night we received multiple calls about shots being fired from inside the plaza,” police chief John Mina told reporters.
(14) The object of the investigation was the evaluation of the susceptibility to antibiotic and chemotherapeutic agents of 240 strains of Salmonella agona isolated from different sources (human, food and environment) obtained from five Brazilian states (Minas Gerais, São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Pernambuco and Rio Grande do Sul).
(15) Sera from individuals living in 2 areas endemic for Schistosoma mansoni in Minas Gerais, Brazil were assayed for the presence of antibodies against paramyosin and glutathione-S-transferase (GST), molecules previously implicated as vaccine immunogens from studies in laboratory hosts.
(16) Nine people are now confirmed dead, and a further 19 remain unaccounted for as a slow-motion environmental catastrophe continues to unfold following the collapse of two mining dams in Brazil’s mineral-rich state of Minas Gerais.
(17) The possible carcinogenicity of bracken fern (Pteridium aquilinum, common name: "Broto de Samambaia") which is used as food by the population of Ouro Preto (Minas Gerais, Brazil) and neighboring areas, was studied in rats.
(18) Dermatobiasis, a tropical furuculoid myiasis caused by the larvae of Dermatobia hominis (family Cuterebridae) was manifested in a Czech expert already within several days of field work in the state Minas Gerais, Brasil.
(19) 2.49am Mina Justice told her son the police were there and to let her know when he saw them.
(20) The gunman struck one of the officers with a bullet, but the man was saved by his Kevlar helmet, Mina said.
Myna
Definition:
(n.) Any one of numerous species of Asiatic starlings of the genera Acridotheres, Sturnopastor, Sturnia, Gracula, and allied genera. In habits they resemble the European starlings, and like them are often caged and taught to talk. See Hill myna, under Hill, and Mino bird.
Example Sentences:
(1) When orchidectomized, the adrenals of semi-domestic, adult common myna, Acridotheres tritis atrophied.
(2) 4 species of Mallophaga (2 Amblycera, Menacanthus eurysternus and Myrsidea sp., and 2 Ischnocera, Brueelia chayanh and Sturnidoecus affinis) coexist on the body of Common Myna, Acridotheres tristis.
(3) The low dose of reserpine in the passerine (common myna and bulbul) birds resulted in 40-84% reduction of both norepinephrine (NE) and epinephrine (E) from the adrenal glands irrespective of its nerve supply.
(4) The primordial oocytes in the myna ovary are loosely arranged in groups or nests, whereas in crow they form compact nests surrounded by highly vascularized connective tissue bands or lie in layers beneath the surface epithelium.
(5) In brahminy myna a photosensitive species, long days caused full gonadal development followed by rapid regression, whereas short days inhibited these responses.
(6) Thyroidectomy in Myna, Acridotheres tristis, increased the levels of cholesterol, ascorbic acid and decreased the activity of the adrenal.
(7) These laboratory investigations clearly suggest that the annual photocycle affects the timing of the reproductive cycle of brahminy myna.
(8) These results suggest that refractoriness is a process used by the brahminy myna to terminate the breeding season, and that this species becomes totally photorefractory.
(9) A morphological and histochemical study has been made of ovarian surface epithelium during the sexual cycle of seasonally breeding birds: crow (Corvus splendens) and common myna (Acridotheres tristis).
(10) A morphological and histochemical study has been made of the primordial and early growing oocytes in the ovaries of crow (Corvus splendens) and common myna (Acridotheres tristis).
(11) A correlative morphological and cytochemical study has been made of the nucleoli and nuclear bodies in the growing oocytes of the crow (Corvus splendens) and common myna (Acridotheres tristis).
(12) Study of the oviduct of the pied myna (Sturnus contra contra) throughout the year reveals that oviductal weight, length, surface epithelial height and glycogen content are low during August to January (nonbreeding phase), partially increase during February to April (pre-breeding phase), maximally increase in May (breeding phase) and decrease in June and July (post-breeding phase).
(13) Experiments were performed to study the extent of the involvement of photoperiod in the timing of seasonal reproduction in brahminy myna (Sturnus pagodarum).
(14) Some notable features in the oviduct of the pied myna are described: 1) All five regions of the oviduct (infundibulum, magnum, isthmus, uterus, and vagina) are clearly distinguishable when studied from serial sections of the oviduct even during the nonbreeding phase of the annual ovarian cycle.
(15) A close synchrony between ovarian and oviducal cycles is indicated in the pied myna (Sturnus contra contra).
(16) Seasonal variations in a population of an amblyceran louse, Menacanthus eurysternus, infesting the common myna have been studied.
(17) Recently a number of orthomyxoviruses have been isolated from wild birds such as myna, banded parakeets, etc.
(18) 83.41% specimens of Common Myna were found infested with one to four species of Mallophaga, during the year 1984.