(n.) The box, case, vase, or tabernacle, in which the host is reserved.
(n.) A box used in the British mint as a place of deposit for certain sample coins taken for a trial of the weight and fineness of metal before it is sent from the mint.
(n.) The box in which the compass is suspended; the binnacle.
(n.) Same as Pyxis.
(v. t.) To test as to weight and fineness, as the coins deposited in the pyx.
Example Sentences:
(1) The amino acid sequence of the active center hexapeptide has been determined to be: H2NLys(Pyx)Pro-Gly-Met-Thr-Arg-COOH.
(2) After PVN injection of PYX-2 (50-900 pmoles) alone, a strong dose-dependent reduction in spontaneous carbohydrate intake at the onset of the dark cycle was observed in freely-feeding rats.
(3) This study examined the behavioral effects of a newly synthesized NPY antagonist, PYX-2.
(4) After screening a series of mixtures of NPY analogs by using an NPY antagonist assay, two potent receptor antagonists, designated PYX-1 and PYX-2, were isolated from an antagonist-containing mixture.
(5) Amino acid analysis of the peptide demonstrated the presence of N6-pyridoxyl-L-lysine (Lys(Pyx)), establishing the existence of an essential lysing residue in the active center of malate dehydrogenase.
(6) Moreover, at even lower doses (12.5 and 25.0 pmoles), PYX-2 also blocked the stimulatory action of PVN NPY (100 pmoles) on carbohydrate ingestion.
(7) Chronic conditioning by the NPY antagonist PYX-2 blocked the effect of innervation.
Pyxis
Definition:
(n.) A box; a pyx.
(n.) A pyxidium.
(n.) The acetabulum. See Acetabulum, 2.
Example Sentences:
(1) The Pyxis Medstation system was implemented on two nursing units at a 1000-bed tertiary-care referral hospital.