(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.
Swell
Definition:
(v. i.) To grow larger; to dilate or extend the exterior surface or dimensions, by matter added within, or by expansion of the inclosed substance; as, the legs swell in dropsy; a bruised part swells; a bladder swells by inflation.
(v. i.) To increase in size or extent by any addition; to increase in volume or force; as, a river swells, and overflows its banks; sounds swell or diminish.
(v. i.) To rise or be driven into waves or billows; to heave; as, in tempest, the ocean swells into waves.
(v. i.) To be puffed up or bloated; as, to swell with pride.
(v. i.) To be inflated; to belly; as, the sails swell.
(v. i.) To be turgid, bombastic, or extravagant; as, swelling words; a swelling style.
(v. i.) To protuberate; to bulge out; as, a cask swells in the middle.
(v. i.) To be elated; to rise arrogantly.
(v. i.) To grow upon the view; to become larger; to expand.
(v. i.) To become larger in amount; as, many little debts added, swell to a great amount.
(v. i.) To act in a pompous, ostentatious, or arrogant manner; to strut; to look big.
(v. t.) To increase the size, bulk, or dimensions of; to cause to rise, dilate, or increase; as, rains and dissolving snow swell the rivers in spring; immigration swells the population.
(v. t.) To aggravate; to heighten.
(v. t.) To raise to arrogance; to puff up; to inflate; as, to be swelled with pride or haughtiness.
(v. t.) To augment gradually in force or loudness, as the sound of a note.
(n.) The act of swelling.
(n.) Gradual increase.
(n.) Increase or augmentation in bulk; protuberance.
(n.) Increase in height; elevation; rise.
(n.) Increase of force, intensity, or volume of sound.
(n.) Increase of power in style, or of rhetorical force.
(n.) A gradual ascent, or rounded elevation, of land; as, an extensive plain abounding with little swells.
(n.) A wave, or billow; especially, a succession of large waves; the roll of the sea after a storm; as, a heavy swell sets into the harbor.
(n.) A gradual increase and decrease of the volume of sound; the crescendo and diminuendo combined; -- generally indicated by the sign.
(n.) A showy, dashing person; a dandy.
(a.) Having the characteristics of a person of rank and importance; showy; dandified; distinguished; as, a swell person; a swell neighborhood.
Example Sentences:
(1) Furthermore echography revealed a collateral subperiosteal edema and a moderate thickening of extraocular muscles and bone periostitis, a massive swelling of muscles and bone defects in subperiosteal abscesses as well as encapsulated abscesses of the orbit and a concomitant retrobulbar neuritis in orbital cellulitis.
(2) Undaunted by the sickening swell of the ocean and wrapped up against the chilly wind, Straneo, of Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, one of the world's leading oceanographic research centres, continues to take measurements from the waters as the long Arctic dusk falls.
(3) Axons emerge from proximal dendrites within 50 microns of the soma, and more rarely from the soma, in a tapering initial segment, commonly interrupted by one or two large swellings.
(4) It is a specific clinical picture with extensive soft tissue gas and swelling of the forearm.
(5) Psychiatric morbidity is further increased when adjuvant chemotherapy is used and when treatment results in persistent arm pain and swelling.
(6) Chromatolysis and swelling of the cell bodies of cut axons are more prolonged than after optic nerve section and resolve in more central regions of retina first.
(7) At 7 days axonal swellings were infrequently observed and the main structural feature was a reduction in myelin thickness in affected nerve fibers.
(8) In the companion paper, we quantitatively account for the observation that the ability of a solute to promote fusion depends on its permeability properties and the method of swelling.
(9) Admission venom levels also correlated with the extent of local swelling and the occurrence of tissue necrosis at the site of the bite.
(10) After 40 minutes of coronary occlusion and 20 minutes of reflow, significant cardiac weight gain occurred in association with characteristic alterations in the ischemic region, including widespread interstitial edema and focal vascular congestion and hemorrhage and swelling of cardiac muscle cells.
(11) The intensity of involvement varies in different arteries, localized swelling is of particular importance as a measure of atherosclerotic involvement.
(12) The DTH responses were induced by subcutaneous injection of allogeneic epidermal cells (ECs) and were assayed by footpad swelling.
(13) Adjunctive usage of elastic stockings and intermittent compression pneumatic boots in the perioperative period was helpful in controlling leg swelling and promoting wound healing.
(14) (1970) Endocrinology 87, 993--999), in stimulating both mitochondrial protein synthesis and swelling.
(15) Rapid swelling of the knee following a blow or twisting injury is considered a significant injury.
(16) Attachment appeared to involve a very close physical proximity of treponemes to the cultured cells; at the site of attachment, no changes such as swelling or indentation of the cultured cell surface were observed.
(17) The method is based upon osmotic swelling, sonication and centrifugation in sucrose.
(18) By contrast, all the semen samples that fertilized oocytes showed a 60% or higher reaction in the hypoosmotic swelling test, whereas the majority of the "infertile" semen samples showed less than 60% swelling.
(19) The changes included swelling, blunting, and flattening of epithelial foot processes, were accompanied by decreased stainability of glomerular anionic sites, and were largely reversed by subsequent perfusion with the polyanion heparin.
(20) After 3-5 days of side-arm traction, swelling had usually diminished sufficiently to allow the elbow to be safely hyperflexed to stabilize the fracture after elective closed reduction.