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Pollywog


Definition:

  • (n.) A polliwig.

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Polynesian


Definition:

  • (a.) Of or pertaining to Polynesia (the islands of the eastern and central Pacific), or to the Polynesians.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) These data provide further support for the theories of genetic homogeneity and of Asian affinities of the Polynesian precursor populations.
  • (2) The frequencies of shovelling in the Southern Cook (23%) were quite similar at the medium level (S + S.S), to those in other Polynesian groups as well as in the Micronesian groups.
  • (3) A control group of individuals from Southeast Asia shared the same major haplotypes, 4, 1, and 7, with Polynesians.
  • (4) It is suggested that the Polynesian AHI molecular conformation must differ from the Caucasian pattern, providing an arrangement of antigen sites more favourable to some antigen-antibody reactions.
  • (5) All the patients were European despite the fact that 15 per cent of the local population is either Maori or Polynesian.
  • (6) The phenotype was found in Polynesians of all blood groups and the frequency was significantly increased in group 0 persons.
  • (7) A choledochal cyst is reported for the first time in a Polynesian.
  • (8) These data support the theories claiming that an independent group of pre-Polynesian ancestors who colonized into the Pacific were ultimately derived from east Asia.
  • (9) The presence of the rare Lewis phenotype Le(a+b+) is reported in various Polynesian groups, including Maoris, Samoans, Cook Islanders, Nuieans and Tokelau Islanders.
  • (10) Furthermore, Melanesians and Polynesians share certain antigens such as DRw6 and DRw8, but the DR beta 2 genes associated with DRw6 and the DQ genes associated with DRw8 are population-specific and show little or no overlap.
  • (11) DRB1*0405 and DRB1*0410 were common DR4 alleles in Australian aborigines and in Melanesians, while DRB1*0403 was the predominant DR4 allele in coastal Melanesians, Micronesians, and Polynesians; DRB1*0406 was confined to Chinese.
  • (12) The relative distributions of 480 DR2-related DR,DQ haplotypes have been determined in Australian Aborigines, Papua New Guinean Highlanders, coastal Melanesians, Micronesians, Polynesians, Javanese, and Southern and Northern Chinese.
  • (13) Ninety-three percent of Polynesians exhibited this 9-bp deletion, including 100% of Samoans, Maoris, and Niueans.
  • (14) The prevalence and 14 year incidence of clinical gout and its precursors were investigated in the Polynesian population of Tokelauans living in the Pacific basin, non-migrant Tokelauans living in their isolated atoll homeland being compared with migrant Tokelauans living in urban New Zealand.
  • (15) Mean values of FVC and FEV1 were found to be lower than those reported for Caucasians and Polynesians, but similar to Melanesians, Negroes and Chinese.
  • (16) The positive threshold of the reaction was fixed according to this background activity in healthy Polynesians.
  • (17) The female expatriate Polynesian patient had PG localized to the upper back while the other four patients had severe and extensive PG lesions.
  • (18) The RFLP data from the two separate loci on the X chromosome in Polynesians show similarities with Chinese and Japanese populations, reinforcing theories of an early Polynesian ancestry originating in east Asia.
  • (19) The bone mineral content of the nondominant distal radius and ulna was measured by single photon absorptiometry in 123 European and 80 Polynesian women.
  • (20) The incidence of malignancy in the Polynesian populations served, the histology of the malignancies, and the outcome of therapy were reviewed and compared with 185 non-Polynesian (non-P) patients seen during the same period.

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