(n.) The name of several cruciferous plants of the genus Brassica (formerly Sinapis), as white mustard (B. alba), black mustard (B. Nigra), wild mustard or charlock (B. Sinapistrum).
(n.) A powder or a paste made from the seeds of black or white mustard, used as a condiment and a rubefacient. Taken internally it is stimulant and diuretic, and in large doses is emetic.
Example Sentences:
(1) The induction of cells with two Y chromosomes by nitrogen mustard (NM) was examined.
(2) From this, it was suggested that a negligible amount of oestradiol was released from these compounds and that the oestradiol moiety was useful as a carrier for the nitrogen mustard moiety.
(3) Nitrogen mustard (N2M) treatment of rabbits induced neutropenia, and, in ligated ileal loops, it inhibited fluid secretion induced by salmonella or by cholera toxin (CT).
(4) These results show clearly that choline mustard aziridinium ion was accumulated into the cholinergic nerve terminals by the high-affinity choline carrier, but the amount was small relative to the uptake of choline and probably restricted by progressive inactivation of the transporters through covalent bond formation.
(5) Reaction of [3H]meproadifen mustard with AChR-rich membrane suspensions resulted in specific incorporation of label predominantly into the AChR alpha-subunit with minor incorporation into the beta-subunit.
(6) The mustard will be at its best after couple of days.
(7) Ileal histology in normal animals infected with S. typhimurium revealed an intense acute inflammatory reaction, while in animals pretreated with nitrogen mustard only a rare polymorphonuclear leukocyte was seen.
(8) Although current results, particularly those with neonates, suggest that arterial repair may displace the Mustard operation, it remains a milestone in the history of TGA.
(9) This article presents the author's preferred technique for reconstructing the auricle, simultaneously using Mustarde's mattress sutures, Cochrane's anterior scoring of the antihelix, and the approximating of the concha to the mastoid.
(10) From March 1982 to December 1983, five patients with a mean age 7 years (4 months-16 years) underwent a palliative Mustard operation for complex cardiac anomalies.
(11) Nevertheless, the high incidence of certain associated malformations in cases of isolated ventricular inversion adds to difficulty in diagnosis, and makes a good result from the Mustard procedure less likely than in transposition of the great arteries.
(12) Estrous cycles of rats treated with estradiol mustard were arrested at proestrus, and the uterine and pituitary weights of these rats markedly increased.
(13) 1 The anti-fertility effects of cyclophosphamide, nitrogen mustard, vincristine and vinblastine were studied and compared in male rats.
(14) Bacteriophage mu2 is inactivated by both mono- and di-functional sulphur mustards at relatively low extents of alkylation.
(15) Stumptailed monkeys (Macaca arctoides) received a lethal nitrogen mustard injection.
(16) This report deals with a 15-year-old patient in whom a modified Mustard technique was employed as a palliative method.
(17) We describe a new procedure for the use of [3H]propylbenzilylcholine mustard as a muscarinic cholinergic ligand in an in vitro binding assay on brain sections.
(18) We have studied the effect of misonidazole (MISO) on the antitumour activity, normal tissue toxicity and pharmacokinetics of four bifunctional nitrogen mustards: chlorambucil (CHL); phenylacetic acid mustard (PAAM), a metabolite of CHL; beta, beta-difluorochlorambucil (beta-F2CHL), an analogue which is metabolized less efficiently by the beta-oxidation pathway; and melphalan (MEL).
(19) For mustards linked to the acridine by a short alkyl chain through a para O- or S-link group, 5'-GT sequences are the most preferred sites at which N7-guanine alkylation occurs.
(20) Thus, the carcinogenic risk may be very low in the external S-mustard therapy of psoriasis and other skin diseases.
Pod
Definition:
(n.) A bag; a pouch.
(n.) A capsule of plant, especially a legume; a dry dehiscent fruit. See Illust. of Angiospermous.
(n.) A considerable number of animals closely clustered together; -- said of seals.
(v. i.) To swell; to fill; also, to produce pods.
Example Sentences:
(1) Middle component particles of bean pod mottle virus (BPMV) containing small protein subunits with a cleaved C terminus were used to produce monoclonal antibodies (MAbs).
(2) The length of small intestine, large intestine and caeca and the weight of gizzard expressed per kg of body weight increased with an increase in the level of carob pods meal, which is rich in fibre, in the diets.
(3) The other group of patients (n = 52) received CsA from the first POD, together with AZA and steroids.
(4) The anastomotic index was similar on postoperative day (POD) 1, 4, and 7; but on day 28 all handsewn anastomoses had larger diameters than the widest CEEA anastomosis.
(5) Sleep in the grand house (B&B doubles from £90) or in a yurt, eco-pod or your own tent.
(6) The trypsin inhibitor of Phaseolus vulgaris L. pods is thermosensitive but stable at low pH.
(7) The peroxidase-(POD)-thiocyanate-hydrogenperoxide-system is a well-known antibacterial system, which has been demonstrated to exist, for example, in milk and saliva.
(8) The other drowned patient (53 years) died on the 3rd postoperative day (POD) from ARDS.
(9) One farmer in Hebei province built seven buoyant steel-and-fibreglass "survival pods" in his garage.
(10) All control animals showed destructive grade 4 changes by POD 7.
(11) For the custard 4 egg yolks 400ml double cream 60g caster sugar 1 tbsp cornflour 1 tsp vanilla essence (or ½ vanilla pod, split) 1 Whisk the egg yolks for a minute in a largish heat-proof bowl (you need to be able to whisk the hot cream in later without worrying about it spilling over.)
(12) Long respiratory care was continued after tracheotomy, and finally he could wean from the mechanical respiratory care utilizing acetazolamide (carbonic anhydrase inhibitor) on 59 POD.
(13) Dimethylsulfoxide (15%) does not alter the LMG conversion rate of free POD, whilst a rate loss by 60% was observed for the immobilized enzyme.
(14) All patients with unfavourable neurological outcome were considered POD if absolute or relative contraindications to organ procurement were absent.
(15) We report here on a paternity analysis, using DNA fingerprinting, of mother-fetus pairs and males sampled from complete pods.
(16) I've just been in the pod listening to Sid Lowe talking about the possible Real Madrid players that Arsenal may be able to shake out of the Bernabéu in a Gareth Bale deal.
(17) In normal livers, only occasional sinusoid-lining cells were stained, whereas in SHN following POD or presumed viral hepatitis, hepatocytes of variable morphology showed significant immunoreactivity.
(18) Yang told the South China Morning Post that his biggest customers are businessmen from coal-rich Shanxi province; they have decided to remain anonymous for fear that panicked neighbors will try to steal their pods.
(19) At 53 days POD, lymphoblastic neoplastic cells in the dermis reacted with anti-T lymphocyte monoclonal antibody by the avidin biotin peroxidase complex method.
(20) The POD-like behavior of different DMEP esters indicates that specific attachment of the R group to the C-4 glucoside moiety is required for VM26-like activity.