(n. & a.) Nothing; of no account; worthless; -- a term often used for canceling, in accounts or bookkeeping.
Example Sentences:
(1) We have examined the presence of 5-hydroxytryptamine (serotonin; 5-HT) in the intermediate lobe of the frog pituitary and investigated the effect of exogenous 5-HT on alpha-melanocyte-stimulating hormone (alpha-MSH) release from the perifused neurointermediate lobe (NIL).
(2) Two injections of the alpha 1-adrenoceptor blocker prazosin 45 and 90 min before sacrifice, alone or together with the beta-blocker propranolol, prevented the increase in plasma AVP found in SCGx rats 6 h after surgery, and the decrease in plasma AVP and the increase of NIL-AVP found 16 h after SCGx.
(3) The incidence of G-6-PD varied from nil to 17.3%, while that of Hb-S varied from nil to 22.3%.
(4) The basal release of beta-END from NIL was 180% of that from HNC (p less than 0.01), which provides further support for the presence of hypothalamic factors that inhibit beta-END release from the intermediate pituitary.
(5) Hamster (nil) cells maintained overnight in culture medium containing cyclohemiximide and either glucose or fructose exhibit strikingly different rates of hexose transport and metabolism (i.e.
(6) Regardless of the sort of driving force, ATP synthesis was optimum at the intravesicular pH of around 6.5 and almost nil at 8, where ATP syntheses by F0F1 type ATPases in other organisms are most active.
(7) Only the private bank is willing to accept personal guarantees.” Deutsche Bank's $630m Russian fine reflects badly on banking | Nils Pratley Read more In the years since then, Deutsche Bank has been hit by scandal after scandal.
(8) He will not have to buy the shares – they are what are termed in the City "nil cost options" – but they will be awarded depending on the firm's financial performance.
(9) The amount of apo TC II produced by six lines of cultured human cells ranged from abundant to nil.
(10) 14C galactose incorporation into the TCA-precipitable material of cultures of fibroblasts deficient in galactokinase (GALK-) was nil.
(11) There were 8 black patients and 5 white; 10 had a biopsy diagnosis of focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) and 3 nil lesion.
(12) Between December 1981 and December 1988 we treated 160 patients in this way, the mortality in the series being nil.
(13) The opiate receptor antagonist naloxone (1 microM) had no effect on the evoked release of 5-HT from the NIL or NL.
(14) The distribution of the gestagen given with EE revealed by the whole body autoradiography in normal mice were essentially consistent with the radiometric results in rats and that in the pregnant mice showed that the gestagen in fetus was virtually nil under the present conditions.
(15) 5-HT release evoked by electrical stimulation of the pituitary stalk from the NIL, but not from the isolated neural lobe (NL) was enhanced in the presence of the dopamine receptor antagonist sulpiride (1 microM).
(16) Fertility (fertile eggs per 100 set) and hatchability (live chicks per 100 fertile eggs) were both nil in the borate-treated hens, compared with 57 and 95 and 59 and 100 for the control and aluminate-treated hens, respectively.
(17) In all three cases, jejunal secretion rate of immunoglobulin A was nil and secretion rates of albumin and immunoglobulin G were increased as compared to controls.
(18) Oxytocin levels increased in the paraventricular nucleus and median eminence following NIL-X, whereas vasopressin concentrations were relatively unaffected by NIL-X.
(19) Severe undernourishment was not as effective as diabetes to reduce beta-END stores in the hypothalamus and NIL.
(20) Measurement of anterior and neurointermediate (NIL) pituitary BE-LI, alpha-MSH and ACTH and plasma corticosterone confirmed earlier results showing NIL depletion of all 3 peptides at 24 h and increased plasma corticosterone concentrations at 72 h in ethanol-exposed mice.
Nis
Definition:
() Is not.
Example Sentences:
(1) These results clearly show a difference between beta NiS and alpha Ni3S2 concerning their cytotoxic effects, uptake, biological transformation and interaction with cell membranes.
(2) There was a significant interaction effect such that increasing level of intake did not increase UAN with the high-NIS diet, despite an increased fractional outflow of solids from the rumen, in contrast to the increase observed with the high-wheat diet.
(3) The NIS would not confirm the details and Jung said it did not tell him how it obtained the information.
(4) The results described herein suggest that crystalline NiS can potentiate both antigenic (MLR) and mitogenic (Con A and LPS) proliferative responses in vitro.
(5) Glucose disposal and whole body carbohydrate oxidation were markedly lower in NIR and HIR vs. NIS (P less than 0.001 for disposal and oxidation).
(6) Analysis was done on 354 orthopantomographic radiographs of orthodontic patients from Nis, aged 7 to 12 years.
(7) Of the IS group, 54% were responders (drug-free for at least 56 weeks), but about 56% of the NIS group also remained drug-free.
(8) Both insoluble (crystalline NiS) and soluble (NiCl2) nickel compounds induced single strand breaks and DNA protein cross-links.
(9) Unqualified NIs and older NIs revealed more features of technical nursing and outer teaching than other teachers.
(10) When two NIs from each patient were selected, the median NI was 75 min in group I, 45 min in group II, and 45 min in group III.
(11) These effects of m-Nis might be attributed to its blocking effects on voltage-dependent calcium channel and the resultant alleviation of intracellular calcium overload.
(12) According to the South Korean intelligence agency NIS, as of last year about 70 top officials have been purged and killed since 2011.
(13) CaCrO4, crystalline NiS and NiCl2 enhanced the incidence of SCEs at concentrations below the threshold of DNA damage as detected by the technique of alkaline elution.
(14) The inhibitory effects of Nis on APA, APD50 and PPD were greater than those of the m-Nis.
(15) Subjects supported the model's completeness and usefulness for defining NIS requirements.
(16) For analysis, the results from 1 day were selected at random from each subject, and from each day, the same number of NIs also were randomly selected.
(17) The results were compared with those of normoglycemic insulin-sensitive (NIS) men.
(18) The study from the working environment prevailing in two departments of tobacco factory (DIN) Nis together with the study of the employees (95) working in these departments were carried out.
(19) The results of a pilot study of ongoing research on the educational perspective of NIs, are used as examples to discuss how far NIs have accepted the features of andragogy as their didactic perspective both in their public stance and in their actions as described by NIs themselves.
(20) However, children residing in the city of Nis had significantly increased urinary beta 2m and albumin excretion, over 1.5 to 2.6 times the excretion in the other three groups, although excretion of either protein remained within accepted normal ranges in all groups.