(n.) An article of food consisting of maize broken or bruised, which is cooked by boiling, and usually eaten with milk; coarse hominy.
Example Sentences:
(1) SAMP lyase activity showed an early increase in all regimens containing hepatocarcinogens.
(2) The mature SAMP synthetase subunit, as deduced from the DNA sequence, contains 427 amino acid residues and has a calculated Mr of 47,277.
(3) In all cases, histologic, bacteriologic, virologic and parasitologic samps are warranted to discover current associated diseases.
(4) Increase in SAMP lyase activity was noted as early as 48 to 72 hr following i.p.
(5) The high activity of adenylosuccinate (SAMP) lyase found in rat breast tumor, and its relative absence from normal rat breast tissue, suggests that it may serve as an indicator for human breast malignancy.
(6) Sam-samping had 4.79% total oligosaccharides and hyacinth bean or batao, 3.66%.
(7) Adenylosuccinate synthetase (EC 6.3.4.4), encoded by the purA gene of Escherichia coli K12, catalyzes the synthesis of adenylosuccinate (SAMP) from IMP, the first committed step in AMP biosynthesis.
(8) I’ve tried to tell him to come to Samp because he’s a great talent.
(9) Adenylate cyclase activity as well as intracellular content of sAMP were decreased 2.5-4-fold, as compared with normal state, in plasmatic membranes (PM) of hepatoma 22 and of Ehrlich ascites carcinoma--the tumors characterized by high level- of malignancy.
(10) The enantiomers of EHXA were prepared via asymmetric synthesis with the aid of the chiral auxiliaries (R)- and (S)-1-amino-2-(methoxymethyl)pyrrolidine (RAMP, SAMP).
(11) SAMP synthetase either was nonresponsive or else showed inhibition to the carcinogens.
(12) Authors give rational rules for therapy of these anomalies, based on their samp physiopathology.
(13) These results indicate that further work is warranted to determine the effectiveness of SAMP lyase as an indicator of breast and prostatic cancers.
(14) Neither colon SAMP lyase nor LSA increased in rats bearing colon tumors induced by dimethylhydrazine.
(15) Moreover, a peculiar impairment of the coordination was noted between the state of fat-carbohydrate metabolism and the character of SAMP excretion in breast and lung cancer.
(16) The response of SAMP lyase was not duplicated by analogs of carcinogens such as 4'-methyl-4-dimethylaminoazobenzene or methionine.
(17) Biosynthesis of inosine and Ade- phenotype of the cpm mutant are not mediated by the change in activity of sAMP synthetase.
(18) Both SAMP lyase and LSA are very good early indicators of hepatic tumor with SAMP lyase an earlier indicator of breast tumor than LSA.
(19) Both enantiomers were prepared via asymmetric synthesis using (R)- and (S)-1-amino-2-(methoxymethyl)pyrrolidine (RAMP: SAMP).
(20) Elevation of breast SAMP lyase concurred with macroscopic presence of dimethylbenzanthracene involved breast tumors with elevation of LSA occurring 12 weeks later.
Sump
Definition:
(n.) A round pit of stone, lined with clay, for receiving the metal on its first fusion.
(n.) The cistern or reservoir made at the lowest point of a mine, from which is pumped the water which accumulates there.
(n.) A pond of water for salt works.
(n.) A puddle or dirty pool.
Example Sentences:
(1) The "sump syndrome" is an unusual complication of side-to-side choledochoduodenostomy in which the portion of the common bile duct distal to the anastamosis acts as a sump and may collect bile, stones, food, and other debris.
(2) Thirty four per cent of the patients had no peritoneal drainage and an abscess rate of 1.8%, 18% had only closed suction drainage and 0% abscess rate, 15% had only open sump drainage and a rate of 8.3%, 14% had only open Penrose drainage with a rate of 8.7%, and 19% had a combination of both open Penrose and sump drainage with a rate of 22.5%.
(3) Endoscopic sphincterotomy (ES) provides a means of draining this sump.
(4) These areas are the anterior epi-tympanum, the recess between the tympanic membrane and the anterior and inferior canal walls, the facial ridge and the sump that can form behind it, the sino-dural angle and the mastoid tip.
(5) "Once we were informed of the leak, which was discovered by the licensee when washing down the sump to address a problem with the sump pump, we instructed the licensee not to use the pump again until the matter was investigated and resolved.
(6) The mortality was significant in seven (10.8%) of 65 patients, unrelated to the type of operative drainage (Penrose v sump) but clearly related to uncontrolled intra-abdominal sepsis.
(7) Six patients continued to have non-specific complaints of abdominal pain postoperatively that could not be attributed to the "sump syndrome" after necessary diagnostic studies were performed.
(8) The liver edges are then oversewn, and sump drainage is installed.
(9) In 7 patients with a total of 20 symptomatic larger liver cysts an instillation therapy with 20% saline solution was performed via a sonographically placed sump drainage.
(10) A naso-gastric duodenal mercury tip weighted sump tube has been developed that will efficaciously decompress small bowel in cases of paralytic ileus, partial or complete mechanical obstruction, and can easily be introduced into the duodenum by a nurse, house staff or attending physician.
(11) A leak from the duodenal closure developed on the fourth day, but this subsided spontaneously after 15 days with the use of sump drainage.
(12) Combined sump and Penrose drainage was found to be adequate treatment of both proximal and distal nonductal injury with no significant difference in mortality or morbidity rates (p = 0.5).
(13) This uncommon (0.14-1.30%) complication is known as the sump syndrome.
(14) Indeed, the sump may be a factor in the development and perpetuation of an obstructive chronic pancreatitis, and a trial of endoscopic clearance may be indicated even in these patients.
(15) Upper abdominal symptoms after side-to-side choledochoduodenostomy (CDDY) may be attributed to stagnant bile, food and calculi pooling in the distal bile duct 'sump' with resultant biliary or pancreatic duct obstruction and sepsis.
(16) Sump drains were removed as soon as the indication for the presence of the drain no longer existed.
(17) The patients are subdivided into three groups: the first group consists of 11 cases in which the foreign bodies were suture threads, either simple or as a nidus for gallstones; the second group consists of six patients with a sump syndrome of the biliary tract; the third group includes six patients who retained drainage tubes or stents after a biliary tract operation.
(18) The role of ES and stone removal in cholelithiasis of patients with gallbladders in situ and low surgical risk remains controversial, as does the treatment of patients with sump syndrome after choledochoduodenostomy, with biliary-cutaneous or biliary-enteric fistulas and benign strictures, which must be evaluated by accurate comparative studies.
(19) Percutaneous insertion of a sump drainage catheter under ultrasound guidance accompanied by local and systemic antibiotic therapy was the only reasonable management option.
(20) A study of patients who had a cholecystectomy compared the use of sump drains and Penrose drains.