(n.) A socket or bezel holding a precious stone; hence, a jewel or ornament worn on the person.
Example Sentences:
(1) The next day she came online to write the word "ouch" underneath a picture of a leg injury I had posted deliberately to make her say something girlfriendy.
(2) Amidases (acylamide amidohydrolase EC 3.5.1.4) from mutant strains (i.e., B6, AI3, AIU1N, OUCH 4 and L10) of Pseudomonas aeruginosa were purified in one-step by ligand affinity chromatography using Epoxy-activated Sepharose 4B-acetamide.
(3) A case of Itai-itai (ouch-ouch) disease with reduced urinary kallikrein excretion and slightly enhanced renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system is described.
(4) So perhaps it's all the snow's fault... Lorcan Roche Kelly (@LorcanRK) Ouch.
(5) Association of resistance to hydroxyurea inhibition with a mutation in the amidase structural gene of strain OUCH 4 was confirmed by transduction.
(6) Two down for Carlos Gomez, who is hit in the hand, ouch.
(7) ‘It’s heartbreaking to see their little faces with no hope,’ said Jose, aged six.” Ouch.
(8) The secretary of state in Cambodia’s Foreign Ministry, Ouch Borith, told the ABC a government working group had completed studying a draft resettlement proposal from the Australian government and was hoping to sign a deal “as soon as possible”.
(9) Adam Smith: Ouch, you're twisting my arm … Junt: I would like to draw a line under this sorry tale of confusion by announcing that my dear, dear friend Adam sadly and unexpectedly defenestrated himself an hour a go.
(10) Jones gets completely anihilated by Walker on the kickoff, ouch!
(11) Altered amidases from mutant strains AIU 1N and OUCH 4, selected for their resistance to inhibition of growth by urea and hydroxyurea respectively, had altered kinetic constants for inhibition indicating reduced binding capacity for the inhibitors.
(12) In 2003, the term was voted third most offensive that could be used relating to disability in a poll run for the BBC's Ouch!
(13) 1.45am BST Dodgers 0 - Cardinals 0, top of 1st Ouch!
(14) Asa Bennett of Huffington Post tweets the details, including veteran Labour MP Austin Mitchell apparently comparing Wheatley to Admiral Horatio Nelson ( of "I see no ships" fame ) Asa Bennett (@asabenn) Ouch.
(15) It would be an historic mistake if on these issues Britain were to continue to alienate its natural allies in central and eastern Europe ,” he said in a speech at Chatham House on Monday, “when you were one of the strongest advocates for their accession.” Ouch.
(16) The Sunday Herald's Iain Macwhirter even dismissed me as " the BBC Question Time's favourite tame lefty " (ouch).
(17) There was the first-choice left-back Jetro Willems going and getting himself ruled out of the tournament with ligament-ouch suffered in PSV's Eredivisie match against Feyenoord last weekend.
(18) By way of contrast Brown had positioned himself on the “compromise everything left” and “looks set to be a weak if extended interlude between you and Cameron.” Ouch.
(19) Worries about China, the endless drop in oil prices and even new geopolitical tensions pounded the markets, punishing risk assets with a flight to quality that was in full swing,” they wrote in a research note entitled “What’s the Chinese for ‘ouch’?” Facebook Twitter Pinterest China shares slipped again this week despite Beijing’s previous attempts to calm markets.
(20) Sixty-two autopsy cases with "itai-itai" or "ouch-ouch" (in English) disease and 50 control subjects were examined by static quantitative bone histopathology.