(n.) The end of the backbone of an animal, with the parts adjacent; the buttock or buttocks.
(n.) Among butchers, the piece of beef between the sirloin and the aitchbone piece. See Illust. of Beef.
(n.) The hind or tail end; a fag-end; a remnant.
Example Sentences:
(1) A cytogenetic and anatomopathologic study of an embryo of 24 mm crown-rump length showing pure triploidy (69,XXY) is reported.
(2) Extrapolation of gestational age from early crown-rump lengths (CRLs) has been difficult because previously established tables of CRL versus gestational age have contained few measurements at less than seven to eight weeks from the first day of the last menses.
(3) Scanned rump fat measurements were consistently approximately 20% higher than on the chilled, hanging carcass 24 h after slaughter; after applying the standard correction factor of 1.17, LMA measurements were similar.
(4) A bit like the old Lib Dems, perhaps: and indeed the Greens owe a big chunk of their surge to the exodus of voters from Clegg’s discredited rump.
(5) The Blairite rump wants more austerity and markets in public services, while their champion, Douglas Alexander, wants to "shrink" Labour's offer so the Tories and media have as little as possible to attack.
(6) An acceleration of growth in both crown-rump and tibial lengths occurred just before menarche in both groups, and this occurred at about 26 months for IH and about 32 months for OH females.
(7) Ultrasound scanning has revealed that some fetuses of women with insulin-dependent diabetes are smaller than normal in early pregnancy as judged by the crown-rump length.
(8) The dissection under an operative microscope of 46 foetuses from a homogeneous series measuring 80 to 390 mm C-R (crown-rump) is the subject of a gross anatomic study of the thymus.
(9) In the alcoholized mothers a nonsignificant decrease of the crown-rump length and a significant decrease of fetal and placental weight could be observed.
(10) Fetal crown rump length (CRL) was measured weekly in 33 singleton pregnancies that were established after in vitro fertilization, gamete intrafallopian transfer or natural intercourse in monitored infertility treatment cycles.
(11) The crown-rump length of 483 fixed human embryos of Carnegie stages 6-23 was analyzed and median and predicted mean lengths were calculated.
(12) So, the Scots learned to vote tactically, ganged up on the Tories and reduced the Conservative party in Scotland to a rump.
(13) But there will probably always be a rump that waves away terms like "human dignity" as so much leftwing blarney; who think foreigners are fundamentally different and are worth less, who think it's important to clean behind fridges, and furthermore, that women should be doing it; who think if they're ever caught out they can call it a joke, and that their joke will be hilarious.
(14) Large-rumped or fatted adult males (n = 3) remained in the social group and exhibited maximal development of sexual skin coloration as well as large testicular size and highest plasma testosterone levels.
(15) Measurements included crown-to-rump length (CRL), biparietal diameter (BPD), head and abdominal circumference (HC and AC), and femur length (FL).
(16) This is a significant rump of the superhero-addicted, mainstream-addicted audience.
(17) Total length, nape-rump length and tail length were recorded for each embryo and hatchling.
(18) A normal curve of fetal crown-rump length was derived from 214 examinations on 80 patients and by using these values in a further "blind" series it was found possible to predict the maturity of pregnancy to within three days, between the sixth and the 14th weeks of pregnancy.
(19) Clinically normal baboons (Papio cynocephalus anubis [Kingfjdon, 1971]) were used in an experiment which (1) examined growth in 48 subjects randomly assigned to three diet treatments (LC = low calorie; MC = medium calorie; HC = high calorie); (2) tested the hypothesis that different amounts of caloric availability during the neonatal period (birth to 16 weeks) had a significant effect on growth and development as measured by weight, crown-rump length, and triceps circumference in the subsequent infant, juvenile, and adolescent periods; (3) evaluated the rate of growth in these subjects; and (4) evaluated the extent to which they were capable of canalization (catch-up and catch-down growth).
(20) Our aims were to determine whether a relationship might exist between crown-rump length and esophageal length, for use in patients in whom height is difficult or inappropriate to measure, and to determine whether the mid-right atrium can be used as a radiographic landmark in fluoroscopic pH probe placement.
Sirloin
Definition:
(n.) A loin of beef, or a part of a loin.
Example Sentences:
(1) Cuts were trimmed to 2.54, 1.27, and .64 cm of external fat, except for the bottom sirloin butt, tritip, and tenderloin, which were trimmed of all fat.
(2) What to eat: Picanha (grilled cap of sirloin) served with rice, black beans and all the trimmings.
(3) We have compared responses to an ordinary solid-liquid (S) meal and to a homogenized (H) meal of identical composition (sirloin steak, bread, butter, ice cream with chocolate syrup, and water) by measuring simultaneously postprandial gastric, pancreatic, and biliary functions by marker-perfusion techniques.
(4) He brought in supplies – bread, sirloin steak, lozenges, fruit juices and water – and spoke "in a quiet monotone" so as not to lose his voice.
(5) Top sirloin steaks were tougher (P less than .05) and received the lowest sensory ratings compared with other loin cuts.
(6) The salty taste of the peppercorn rind on a perfectly grilled sirloin.
(7) Fillet, sirloin and rump are far from the only cut of the animal suitable for steak.
(8) Within 30 min of exsanguination, subprimals (top round, TR; top sirloin, TS; strip loin, SL) from alternate sides of the carcass were injected with a .3 M CaCl2 solution (10% of the subprimal weight) and aged for 1, 7, or 14 d. The corresponding cold-boned cuts of the other side served as a control.
(9) It was found tht the mutagenic activity of grilled lamb chops, sirloin and rump steaks was directly related to the average surface temperatures attained during cooking.
(10) Little or no mutagenicity was found in barbecued lamb chops, in microwave-cooked lamb chops, sirloin steak, leg of lamb, or rolled beef loaf, in roasted leg of lamb or rolled beef loaf, in stewed blade steak or in boiled chuck steak.
(11) Of the culinary portions under study it is the sirloin that shows the highest rate of digestion in its culinarily treated form, the outer part of the hind leg and the streak coming next.
(12) To characterize further the role of blood cells in amino acid transport, four normal volunteers were asked to ingest 200 g of broiled ground sirloin within a 10-min period.
(13) Strip loin, top sirloin butt, and gooseneck rounds from heifers tended to have a higher percentage yield at the same USDA yield grade than the same cuts from steers, possibly resulting from increased fat deposition on heifers.
(14) Yield of boneless sirloin, bone-in loin and boneless loin were not affected by BAA.
(15) The lunchtime line-up includes pork hock terrine with apricot and pistachio, and come evening there's 21-day matured, 8oz sirloin with triple-cooked chips or pan-fried Solva sea bass with sauce vierge.
(16) Clarkson reportedly flew into a rage after being told he could not order a sirloin steak after a day of filming, allegedly calling Tymon a “lazy, Irish cunt” during a confrontation at a hotel in North Yorkshire.
(17) Three culinary portions (sirloin, the outer part of the hind leg and the streak) of the beef of the Urals varieties horned cattle (black-mottled and Tagil) were investigated by the method of pepsin and trypsin digestion.
(18) Start with a Solva harbour crab pot, followed with a grilled organic Welsh Black sirloin and rounded off with a selection of Welsh cheeses.
(19) The test meals were of different ethnic origins: Indian (lentil curry with rice), Italian (spaghetti bolognaise), Chinese (stir-fried vegetables and chicken with rice), Greek (lentil stew), Western (sirloin chop and vegetables); and Lebanese (sandwich with unleavened bread and hummos).
(20) The sirloin gets hydrolysed better than the other culinary portions.