(prep.) By; with; -- used frequently in Early English in phrases taken from the French, being sometimes written as a part of the word which it governs; as, par amour, or paramour; par cas, or parcase; par fay, or parfay.
(n.) Equal value; equality of nominal and actual value; the value expressed on the face or in the words of a certificate of value, as a bond or other commercial paper.
(n.) Equality of condition or circumstances.
Example Sentences:
(1) While the heaviest anterogradely labeled ascending projections were observed to the contralateral ventral posterolateral nucleus of the thalamus, pars oralis (VPLo), efferent projections were also observed to the contralateral ventrolateral thalamic nucleus (VLc) and central lateral (CL) nucleus of the thalamic intralaminar complex, magnocellular (and to a lesser extent parvicellular) red nucleus, nucleus of Darkschewitsch, zona incerta, nucleus of the posterior commissure, lateral intermediate layer and deep layer of the superior colliculus, dorsolateral periaqueductal gray, contralateral nucleus reticularis tegmenti pontis and basilar pontine nuclei (especially dorsal and peduncular), and dorsal (DAO) and medial (MAO) accessory olivary nuclei, ipsilateral lateral (external) cuneate nucleus (LCN) and lateral reticular nucleus (LRN), and to a lesser extent the caudal medial vestibular nucleus (MVN) and caudal nucleus prepositus hypoglossi (NPH), and dorsal medullary raphe.
(2) The advantages of the incision through the pars plana ciliaris are (1) easier approach to the vitreous cavity, (2) preservation of the crystalline lens and an intact iris, and (3) circumvention of the corneal and chamber angle complications sometimes associated with the transcorneal approach.
(3) A block of tissue bounded by the ostium of the coronary sinus, the pars membranacea, the septal leaflet of the tricuspid valve and the atrial and ventricular septa is removed.
(4) Ultrasonic fragmentation through the pars plana is a quick and easy method for relieving the condition.
(5) These results indicate that the pars tuberalis forms and secretes LH via the hypophyseal portal circulation.
(6) The advantages of pars plana approach are the small incision and minimal ocular manipulation during surgery.
(7) A 70-year-old man, a 59-year-old woman, and a 57-year-old woman underwent pars plana vitrectomy.
(8) It is concluded that Na+ channels are only present in pars recta of rabbit proximal tubule.
(9) A medium amount of degenerated terminals were observed in the nucleus pretectalis anterior (pars reticularis), the dorsal part of the periaqueductal grey at its most rostral levels, the caudolateral parts of the nucleus pretectalis posterior and the nucleus of optic tract, the H field of Forel, parts of the somatic cell columns of the oculomotor nucleus and the trochlear nucleus.
(10) Intracellular recordings were made from zebra finch hyperstriatum ventrale pars caudale (HVc) neurones in in vitro slice preparations.
(11) The observations of HRP-labelled neurons in the pars compacta region of substantia nigra following injection of HRP into the STN together with the DA responsiveness of STN neurons suggest the possibility of a dopaminergic nigro-subthalamic pathway.
(12) The ultrastructural study of nucleoli and ribonucleoprotein-containing structures in human seminiferous tubules revealed that the nucleoli of spermatogonia, spermatocytes and Sertoli cells exhibited a tripartite structure consisting of: a fibrillar center, a compact granular portion, and a reticular portion containing both pars fibrosa and pars granulosa.
(13) The elopiform teleost Engraulis japonica was used for a light and electron microscopical study of the follicle epithelium in the rostral pars distalis of the pituitary.
(14) Special attention was given to the portal vascular system of the median eminence and the pars distalis.
(15) Tubular damage was confined to the medullary pars recta of the proximal tubule and only in the most severe cases did injury involve the cortical pars recta and pars convoluta.
(16) With increasing age, ir-5HT first appears in perikarya of the nucleus preopticus (18 months) and in gonadotropes of the caudal pars distalis.
(17) That is par for the course,” Obama said, repeating his argument that he was abiding by a “basic principle” that the US would not abandon its military personnel.
(18) The tonic EMG activity induced by intrastriatal injection of bethanechol (1.0 microgram) was abolished by a subsequent injection of the GABAmimetic drug muscimol (25 ng) into the posterior part of the substantia nigra pars reticulata suggesting that bethanechol-induced limb rigidity is mediated via impairment of GABAergic transmission within the substantia nigra pars reticulata.
(19) Experiences with surgical treatment of chronic endogenous uveitis in human patients have shown that vision-impairing axial opacities in the vitreous body can be removed by pars plana vitrectomy, and that a considerable decrease in the frequency and severity of uveitic relapses results.
(20) These studies clearly show that extensive necrosis of the medullary pars recta can be dissociated from the development of acute renal failure.
Pur
Definition:
(v. i.) To utter a low, murmuring, continued sound, as a cat does when pleased.
(v. t.) To signify or express by purring.
(n.) The low, murmuring sound made by a cat to express contentment or pleasure.
Example Sentences:
(1) No correlation between PUR, platelet survival, platelet function and the clinical situation could be assessed.
(2) The sequence of markers in the corresponding segment (mel to purA; 91.5 to 93.5 min) of the E. coli linkage map was shown to be mel--aspA--mop(groE)--ampA--frdA--pur A.
(3) Two types of repetitive DNA elements are located within the PAI-1 structural gene and flanking DNAs: we have found 12 Alu elements and 5 repeats of a long poly (Pur) element.
(4) These things happen, it all comes together and a team suddenly starts purring; we hit five in about 10 minutes and, with Jimmy [Greaves] in that groove, we'd have beaten any team anywhere.
(5) Pur repressor bound specifically to purF operator DNA as determined by gel retardation and DNase I footprinting assays.
(6) It is concluded that: PUR, but not BAC, is a useful pharmacological tool for the aminopeptidase inhibition and for activation of enkephalinergic neurons; aminopeptidases are concerned with activities of opioid peptides.
(7) Facebook Twitter Pinterest David Cameron tells Michael Bloomberg ‘the Queen purred’ Buckingham Palace declined to comment on the discussions between Geidt and Heywood.
(8) Before a ferociously red crowd, in which the Australian fans, scattered throughout the stadium in little blobs of yellow, struggled to assert themselves in any meaningful way, the Chileans started with their customary disregard for defence, a line of five attackers purring forward with gushing, almost smug intent.
(9) The order of the markers was hom-1-thr-1-his-1-(gly-1 or gly-2)-pur-1-pur-2.
(10) Nicola Sturgeon could be sat in that castle now – we know she had her eye on it – it was a damn close-run thing.” Royal circles found particularly offensive Cameron’s portrayal of the Queen as having “purred down the line” when he telephoned her to tell her Scotland had voted against independence.
(11) The dominance of the referendum explains why a relieved Cameron told the former New York mayor Michael Bloomberg, in an overheard conversation days after the referendum, that the Queen had “ purred down the line ” when he told her the result.
(12) Furthermore, Pur-1 is able to activate an intact insulin promoter in HeLa cells, where it is normally inactive.
(13) The concentration of PPRibP has been examined in the rat adrenal gland at various times after induction of diabetes with STZ, in view of the key role it plays in the synthesis of Purs and Pyrs.
(14) Mutations in this group have previously been shown to be pleiotropic, affecting not only ras but also two other genetic entities, gua 1 and pur 1, which yield auxotrophic mutations.--The eight new mutations have been characterized phenotypically in double heterozygotes with gua 1, pur 1 and ras mutations.
(15) Washington is positively purring with pleasure over Abe's tougher stance.
(16) He tossed Shakespeare into a modern-day, thinly veiled Miami in the electrifying Romeo + Juliet and sent Nicole Kidman wafting, purring and simpering through bohemian Paris in Moulin Rouge!
(17) Puromycin aminonucleoside, an analog of PUR with no inhibitory action on protein synthesis, had no effect.
(18) Exogenously supplied histidine (that blocks conversion of AMP to guanine nucleotides) does not reduce the growth rate of the strain of pur apt genotype on adenosine as the sole purine source.
(19) The mutation, called rer, is located between arg B and pur D loci.
(20) PUR induced the dose-related analgesic effect abolished by NAL and increased the level of ENK in the striatum.