(n.) The fecundating dustlike cells of the anthers of flowers. See Flower, and Illust. of Filament.
Example Sentences:
(1) We conclude that the priming effect is not a clinically significant phenomenon during natural pollen exposure in allergic rhinitis patients.
(2) The diagnosis of occupational allergy was based on history, skin prick tests and RAST to the pollen.
(3) Using a large clinic population with adequate controls, significant correlation between ragweed, grass or tree pollen sensitivity and the dates of birth was not obtained.
(4) For pollen asthma, six studies conclude that there were superior results with desensitization than to placebo.
(5) They were placed less than 5 m apart, and estimation of the pollen amount was made on a day-to-day basis during the pollen seasons, and on a weekly basis outside the seasons.
(6) The impact of pollen on the respiratory mucosa was modeled by studying the process by which solutes are eluted from pollen grains.
(7) One part fresh pollen grains is uniformly mixed with nine parts of the solution and left at room temperature for at least 5 hr.
(8) We have developed a reverse-type sandwich ELISA for measurement of IgG (+IgA) antibody to a major allergen of Sugi (Japanese cedar) pollens.
(9) The concentration of these pollens decrease in April, completely diminishing in May.
(10) Six atopic subjects with grass pollen allergy and six nonallergic healthy volunteers were enrolled into this study.
(11) Inhalant allergens as mite house dust, animal danders, pollens, molds and food allergens are considered, now, to be the most sensitizing agents.
(12) Most patients showed several positive skin tests to common allergens particular to grass pollen, house dust and mites (Dermatophagoides pteronyssimus).
(13) The pollen sterility (up to 30% of grains) is due to the abortive spore development.
(14) A pollen-specific cDNA clone, Zmc13, has been isolated from a cDNA library constructed to poly(A) RNA from mature maize pollen.
(15) Sixty patients with seasonal allergic rhinitis due to birch pollen were enrolled in an open, randomized parallel group study.
(16) We have studied some aspects of the atopic syndrome in this population of Southern Italy: frequency of allergic sensitization according to endogenous and extrinsic factors (particularly Parietaria officinalis, a characteristic pollen of the Southern Italian Flora), etc.
(17) It was observed that cocksfoot pollen extract is stable but there appears a slight but significant (P less than 0.05) decay in activity when the extract stored for up to 6 months was compared with a freshly prepared extract.
(18) These are collected in her pollen baskets which she takes back to the nest to feed the young after fertilising the flowers.
(19) It was observed, perhaps for the first time, that feeling worse when there is a high pollen count appears to be associated with the symptom pattern seen in winter SAD patients.
(20) In allergologic out-patient departments of Dubrovnik, Split, Sibenik, Zadar, Pula and Rijeka, 300 patients with pollinosis have been tested by the application of the prick method of group allergens of grass, tree and weed pollen, particularly of Parietariae (pellitory) pollen.
Pullen
Definition:
(n.) Poultry.
Example Sentences:
(1) Danny Knowles was then signed on loan from Grays Athletic, and played for a number of games; after his loan expired, Lee Butcher was brought in on loan from Tottenham; at the end of his loan James Pullen was brought in on loan from Eastleigh.
(2) The gene was also synthesized from its fragments by using an overlap extension method similar to the procedure as described [Horton, R. M., Hunt, H. D., Ho, S. N., Pullen, J. K. & Pease, L. R. (1989) Gene 77, 61-68].
(3) They included: • Handwritten notes by deputy lead inspector Mary Ryan, recording a meeting of the inspection team on 18 November: "Major issue from Phil [Pullen, in charge of "quality assurance"].
(4) The emails came to light after an Ofsted official, Philip Pullen, discovered emails with drafts of the report attached in a folder on his computer.
(5) Superintendent Matt Pullen said: "Solstice 2013 has been a great success, with approximately 21,000 people celebrating in the positive, friendly atmosphere as they waited for sunrise.
(6) Shoesmith's lawyer Maurici said Pullen appeared to be the only one of up to 17 Ofsted officials party to the emails who had kept them.
(7) • Pullen to lead inspector Heather Brown and Ryan, 6.39pm, 28 November: "Steve [Hart, inspector], Roger [Shippam] and I have worked on this.