(interj.) An exclamation expressing contempt or disgust; bah !
Example Sentences:
(1) The livers of 15 rabbits were perfused in situ with prednisone (PO) or prednisolone (POH) over a wide range of steady state concentrations, resulting in multiple experimental measurements per organ.
(2) Water-perfused thermodes were chronically implanted around the preoptic nuclei and hypothalamus (POH) of kangaroo rats (Dipodomys ingens).
(3) Ahypothesis accounting for high POH and low peripheral thermosensitivities in small mammals is presented.
(4) All presented with or developed chorioretinal scars or neovascularization similar to that seen in multifocal choroiditis or pseudo POHS.
(5) Herein we describe a patient with POHS in which laser treatment regressed a parafoveal subretinal neovascular membrane.
(6) POH perfusion yielded no detectable PO in the exiting perfusate.
(7) The available fraction of PO from POH averaged 44 per cent at the low infusion rate decreasing to 16 and 20 per cent at the medium and high infusion rates.
(8) Disruption of normal vasculature was seen at mesenteric and antimesenteric sites; ingrowth of vessels, reformation of vascular plexuses, and development of collateral circulation were observed at POH 96.
(9) The therapy of postoperative hypertension (POH) after head and neck surgery was evaluated in a prospective, randomized, double-blind trial.
(10) Bolus doses of POH and PO were also administered to four of the rabbits.
(11) Deposition of new collagen was not appreciable in any section at POH 48 or 96.
(12) The median eminence (ME) and a tissue block containing the preoptic area and hypothalamus (POH) were dissected separately.
(13) The modification of holoenzyme by Br[14C]AcNEtS-Rif in the presence of p-hydroxymercuribenzene sulfonic acid (pOH-HgBzSO3H) or 4 M LiCl occurred with faster kinetics and led to a higher degree of substitution.
(14) It is suggested that a specific site, designated poh+ (permissive on Hfr), is located in this region, and is essential for these plasmids to replicate in Hfr cells.
(15) The authors' first 15 patients with POHS and 19 patients with ARMD were followed for an average of 4 months postoperatively.
(16) There was approximately 1.6-fold more LHRH-like IR in the ME than in the POH.
(17) Presumed ocular histoplasmosis syndrome (POHS) is a commonly observed fungal infection.
(18) These have included the multiple evanescent white dot syndrome, acute macular neuroretinopathy, acute idiopathic blind spot enlargement syndrome, and multifocal choroiditis or pseudo presumed ocular histoplasmosis syndrome (pseudo POHS).
(19) In patients with multifocal choroiditis, presumed ocular histoplasmosis syndrome (POHS) is often diagnosed.
(20) These findings suggest that the presence of peripheral linear streaks cannot be used to differentiate the POHS from MCP.
Pooh
Definition:
(interj.) Pshaw! pish! nonsense! -- an expression of scorn, dislike, or contempt.
Example Sentences:
(1) But instead of investigating it, they just pooh-poohed it and I never heard anything about the tape again.
(2) If it were a choice between Manchester United and Tottenham, he would choose the former, and the knowledge of this might explain why some employees at White Hart Lane had started to pooh-pooh the idea of Van Gaal coming to them even before Moyes' dismissal.
(3) He is happy there" - considering the lack of enthusiasm with which his client moves from the edge of the area to the six-yard box, it's no surprise that Dimitar Berbatov's Mr 15% Emil Dantchev has pooh-poohed the notion of the Bulgarian setting off for Bayern Munich or AC Milan.
(4) Pooh-poohing pigeon I’m sure Finns won’t appreciate a lecture from a citizen of a country that wiped out its wolves four centuries ago, and I was reminded of our own attitude towards killing wild animals outside my local butcher’s the other day.
(5) Kazan felt sex tapes had added something different, but Radcliffe pooh-poohed the theory.
(6) BBC Worldwide has sold an 85% stake in BBC Audiobooks, which publishes titles including Richard Burton's Under Milk Wood, Winnie the Pooh and The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, in a deal understood to be worth at least £10m.
(7) What you are seeing is a guy who in public everybody pooh-poohs, but in private every guy says: that's the life I want.
(8) A 2007 New York Times story recounted how Arredondo took a pickup truck around the country, carrying a flag-draped coffin and photos and mementos of Alexander, including a football and his Winnie the Pooh toy.
(9) Berlin is already pooh-poohing the notion, unwilling to "mutualise" liability for other country's savers or banks any time soon.
(10) When the No Turning Back group (of Tory young Turks such as me) urged her to adopt our idea for grant-maintained schools, she pooh-poohed our political naivety (before eventually adopting the policy).
(11) FCO ministers in replies to me and other MPs have also pooh-poohed the idea of actually doing something to hold Russia to account over Magnitsky's death.
(12) Great for helping with imaginary games, playing Pooh sticks, building things."
(13) From the pile of canvases stacked up on the trestle table, and hung from its metal framework, the buyer had selected Kids on Guns – two sweet little children standing on a hillock of guns and bombs – and Pooh Bear, a version of AA Milne's winsome creation sitting weeping under a tree, honey pot (labelled with a dollar sign) discarded and his foot stuck in a bear trap.
(14) Funny and likable, even when he errs it's cute, like a shaved Winnie the Pooh accidentally eating all the honey.
(15) Saturday 8 September 2001 found Simon and Elizabeth Turner in John Lewis trying to decide whether, in addition to the bottles, the bedding and the baby monitors, their imminent first child really needed a complete Winnie the Pooh dining set.
(16) It's natural to pooh-pooh spring stats, especially for a pitcher of Lincecum's caliber, but after a wild 2012, eyebrows were raised in Scottsdale , and so this first start would be vital.
(17) If he was a cartoon character, he’d be… the owl from Winnie the Pooh.
(18) One of the best scenes in Saving Mr Banks shows Travers, played by Thompson, overwhelmed with horror to find that her LA hotel room has been stuffed with soft cuddly toys from the Disney Corporation's celluloid bestiary, including Winnie-the-Pooh.
(19) For younger kids there’s a Winnie-the-Pooh-themed 100 Aker Wood and an indoor play barn for rainy days.
(20) Anna Sewell's Black Beauty was fourth, and Winnie the Pooh fifth, with the top 10 rounded out by Alice in Wonderland , The BFG , The Wind in the Willows , the Mr Men series and a third Dahl title, Matilda .