(n.) One who, or that which, rings; especially, one who rings chimes on bells.
(n.) A crowbar.
(n.) A horse that is not entitled to take part in a race, but is fraudulently got into it.
Example Sentences:
(1) 5-Azacytidine (I) stability was increased approximately 10-fold over its stability in water or lactated Ringer injection by the addition of excess sodium bisulfite and the maintenance of pH approximately 2.5.
(2) Whole gastrocnemius muscles were incubated in Ringer's solution enriched with H2-17O; the paired contralateral gastrocnemius muscles were incubated in a similar solution enriched with deuterons, as well.
(3) This study examined the microcirculatory alterations in the hindlimb of the rat caused by ischemia and vascular washout with lactated Ringer's solution.
(4) Rings of isolated coronary and femoral arteries (without endothelium) were suspended for isometric tension recording in organ chambers filled with modified Krebs-Ringer bicarbonate solution.
(5) The authors studied the effects of varying Na+ and Ca++ concentrations and of replacing H2O with D2O in Ringer's solution upon the actions of general and local anesthetics on isolated frog sciatic nerves.
(6) With magnesium-Ringer as external bathing solutions, amiloride and ouabain failed to stimulate oxygen consumption.
(7) The pattern of vasodilatation induced by warm Ringer solution was different from the vasodilatory effect of weak EM field radiation.
(8) In contrast ringer's solution had no significant effect on tissue pO2 whereas the hematocrit was comparable to the HES group in the time period of 30-60 min.
(9) The I50 is 7 x 10(-6) M. The inhibitory effect is instantaneous and completely reversed by washing the cells with a Ringer solution.
(10) The iontophoretic release of drugs from micropipettes into free (Ringer's) solution was described using an ion-selective microelectrode assay method.
(11) In zero Ca2(+)-EGTA Ringer solution, the low residual MEPP frequency is independent of terminal length, even when MPP frequency is sharply increased by tetanic stimulation.
(12) In rubidium Ringer solution at pH 7.4 the membrane conductance fell as the inside of the fibre was made more negative, in a manner consistent with the predictions of the constant field theory.4.
(13) Two hours after the bradykinin infusion was stopped, Ringer lactate equal to 10% of the dog's body weight was given intravenously to further increase lymph flow.
(14) 1) Short term follow-up study: Perfusion of the limb with Fluosol-DA solution significantly minimized edema formation and leakage of skeletal muscle enzymes (GOT, CPK) into the serum 5.5 hours after revascularization as compared to Collins sol., lactated Ringer's sol.
(15) The appropriate membrane was removed, the cornea given access to Ringer to swell, and then fluid exchange at that surface blocked with oil.
(16) From the results of application of high K(+) ringer, the conclusion is reached that this shift in e.m.f.
(17) The time required to empty a one litre bag of Ringer's Lactate from a 1.0 meter vertical drop was measured while using four different IV catheters (9.5, 10, 14 and 16 gauge), and the flow rates calculated.
(18) Results obtained in Ringer solution were not modified by pH adjustments or by the addition of ions present in Krebs-Henseleit medium.
(19) When muscles were stimulated with a K2SO4 (substituted for NaCl) Krebs-Ringer bicarbonate (KRB) rather than a N-2-hydroxyethylpiperazine-N'-2-ethanesulfonic acid-buffered medium, JLac was significantly elevated due to an increased intracellular pH as a result of the low external Cl-.
(20) Electron microscopy indicates that the major structural alterations produced by exposure to concentrated BWSV and 20 mM calcium Ringer solution are the swelling of nerve terminal mitochondria and the clumping of synaptic vesicles, large numbers of which remain in the terminals.
Zinger
Definition:
Example Sentences:
(1) Reportedly, her teleprompter conked out, inadvertently taking thousands of fresh “Obama Teleprompter” jokes with it, so she ad libbed, ultimately going 10 minutes over her allotted time while hurling out rewarmed zingers and bewildering anecdotes.
(2) "Trickle down government ... is not the answer for America," is obviously one of the famous Mitt Romney Zingers that we have promised.
(3) Still, Farage poses a few rhetorical questions and, as he seems to seek rational discussion instead of comic zingers, so I am happy to answer them here seriously.
(4) You decided to stay home and that’s OK.” But Clinton had a zinger up her sleeve: “I think Donald just criticised me for preparing for this debate.
(5) Although this zinger owes its origins to the fact that Thatcher's gag-writer, Sir Ronald Millar, happened to be a dramatist of the Fry generation, he could expect that the reference would be understood by a significant proportion of the press and the electorate.
(6) He started telling his own variation on the classic in March 2014, and today he delivered his own zinger: Ta-da!
(7) In a tetchy BBC Question Time encounter with Ukip’s Nigel Farage , it was Brand who produced the zinger, with the jibe that his opponent was “a pound-shop Enoch Powell ”.
(8) The story of the Grantham family has reached 1924, and, according to Mrs Hughes, “Downton is catching up with the times we live in.” “That is exactly what I’m afraid of,” replies Carson, suggesting yet more resistance to impending modernity – which, of course, means plenty of opportunity for baffled zingers from the Dowager Countess.
(9) It’s about a set of principles.” He acknowledged his shortcomings, however, by running through the long list of advice he has received of late: some stylistic, like removing his glasses or changing his tie, and some more strategic: “Nail that zinger.
(10) That latter detail unfortunately undermined some of the hilarity of the Snapchat zinger, since complying with a law enforcement directive about which you really have no choice isn’t really that funny.
(11) He saves a zinger for the planted follow us, accusing the ALP of " inter generational theft " 5.14am BST Abbott's third motion of indulgence to acknowledge the death of Paul Ramsay who is described as the creator of a "mighty business empire, but he never lost his soul".
(12) They had seen him, heard the zingers, taken a picture or two, and now they were heading to the parking lot, to get a head start on the traffic.
(13) You can focus on how things look and how they played and who won the zinger-off rather than on the underlying issues.
(14) Glenn looks pleased until Hollywood hits him with an under-baked zinger.
(15) As the candidates deliver their zingers, you can take their words and create your own debate lines.
(16) Updated at 8.38am GMT 8.32am GMT First set: Djokovic 1-1 Wawrinka* (*denotes server) Wawrinka starts with a 217km ace, followed by a zinger that Djokovic connects with but can't control.
(17) Jon Ralston (@RalstonReports) Romney walked into that pension zinger.
(18) Obama: While the president generally struggled to get his "zingers" across, over-larding them with too much detail, he did get in a pithy dig about Romney's vague budget proposals which he claimed didn't add up.
(19) Updated at 8.07pm BST 8.00pm BST The Guardian will be live blogging tonight's debate, starting in a few hours, at which point we will subject you to, among others, these shady characters: Ana Marie Cox (@anamariecox) "Can I use my zinger now?"
(20) Clearly, the early word that Romney would offer "zingers" was a misdirection, as he avoided most cutesy or canned lines.