(n.) The external membranous integument of an animal.
(n.) The hide of an animal, separated from the body, whether green, dry, or tanned; especially, that of a small animal, as a calf, sheep, or goat.
(n.) A vessel made of skin, used for holding liquids. See Bottle, 1.
(n.) The bark or husk of a plant or fruit; the exterior coat of fruits and plants.
(n.) That part of a sail, when furled, which remains on the outside and covers the whole.
(n.) The covering, as of planking or iron plates, outside the framing, forming the sides and bottom of a vessel; the shell; also, a lining inside the framing.
(v. t.) To strip off the skin or hide of; to flay; to peel; as, to skin an animal.
(v. t.) To cover with skin, or as with skin; hence, to cover superficially.
(v. t.) To strip of money or property; to cheat.
(v. i.) To become covered with skin; as, a wound skins over.
(v. i.) To produce, in recitation, examination, etc., the work of another for one's own, or to use in such exercise cribs, memeoranda, etc., which are prohibited.
Example Sentences:
(1) The catheter must be meticulously fixed to the skin to avoid its movement.
(2) Elements in the skin therefore seemed to enhance nerve regeneration and function.
(3) This is a fascinating possibility for solving the skin shortage problem especially in burn cases.
(4) Blood flow decreased immediately after skin expansion in areas over the tissue expander on days 0 and 1 and returned to baseline levels within 24 hours.
(5) These findings suggest that clonidine transdermal disks lower blood pressure in hypertensive patients, but produce local skin lesions and general side effects.
(6) Currently, photodynamic therapy is under FDA-approved clinical investigational trials in the treatment of tumors of the skin, bronchus, esophagus, bladder, head and neck, and of gynecologic and ocular tumors.
(7) Immunofluorescent staining for HLA-DR showed dermal positivity in 12 of 13 involved- and 9 of 13 uninvolved-skin biopsy specimens from scleroderma patients, compared with only 1 of 10 controls.
(8) Blood flow was measured in leg and torso skin of conscious or anesthetized sheep by using 15-micron radioactive microspheres (Qm) and the 133Xe washout method (QXe).
(9) A similar interference colour appeared after incubating sections of rat skin with chymase.
(10) Peptides from this region bind to actin, act as mixed inhibitors of the actin-stimulated S1 Mg2(+)-ATPase, and influence the contractile force developed in skinned fibres, whereas peptides flanking this sequence are without effect in our test systems.
(11) This study was designed to examine the effect of the storage configuration of skin and the ratio of tissue-to-storage medium on the viability of skin stored under refrigeration.
(12) Somatostatin-like immunoreactivity has been found to occur in nerve terminals and fibres of the normal human skin using immunohistochemistry.
(13) We recommend analysing the urine for porphyrins in HIV-positive patients who have chronic photosensitivity of the skin.
(14) We investigated the incidence of skin cancer among patients who received high doses of PUVA to see whether such incidence increased.
(15) Attachment of the graft to the wound is similar with and without the addition of human basic fibroblast growth factor, a potent angiogenic agent, to the skin replacement before graft placement on wounds.
(16) In order to develop a sampling strategy and a method for analyzing the circadian body temperature pattern, we monitored estimates of the temperature in four ways using rectal, oral, axillary and deep body temperature from the skin surface every hour for 72 consecutive hours in 10 normal control subjects.
(17) It was shown that the antibiotic had low acute toxicity, did not cumulate and had no skin-irritating effect.
(18) Compliance during dehydration was 7.6 and 12.5% change in IFV per millimeter Hg fall in IFP (micropipettes) in skin and muscle, respectively, whereas compliance in subcutis based on perforated capsule pressure was 2.0% change in IFV per millimeter Hg.
(19) For the second propositus, a woman presenting with abdominal and psychiatric manifestations, the age of onset was 38 years; the acute attack had no recognizable cause; she had mild skin lesions and initially was incorrectly diagnosed as intermittent acute porphyria; the diagnosis of variegate porphyria was only established at the age of 50 years.
(20) 14 patients with painful neuroma, skin hyperesthesia or neuralgic rest pain were followed up (mean 20 months) after excision of skin and scar, neurolysis and coverage with pedicled or free flaps.
Skinless
Definition:
(a.) Having no skin, or a very thin skin; as, skinless fruit.
Example Sentences:
(1) Portions of skinless chicken breast meat (pH 5.8) were inoculated with a strain of Listeria monocytogenes and stored at 1, 6 or 15 degrees C in (1) aerobic conditions; (2) 30% CO2 + air; (3) 30% CO2 + N2; and (4) 100% CO2.
(2) The skinless belly and soft tissue from the four lean cuts were ground separately and analyzed chemically.
(3) Either way, the “sun” is radiating the premises, where it glistens off the vacuum-packed plastic of rows of boneless, skinless breasts, sunning themselves as far as the eye could see.
(4) I believe skin and bone adds a depth of flavour, but use skinless fillets if you prefer.
(5) Bone residue from skinless input materials contained slightly, although significantly, more calcium, phosphorus, and potassium than the bone residue from skin containing input materials.
(6) The price of fresh boneless and skinless tom breast meat primarily used for deli meat has risen 10% since mid-April to $3.37 a pound, a USDA report said Friday.
(7) 4 halibut steaks, on the bone (or halibut fillets, skinless and boneless) Salt 60ml olive oil 2 mild red chillies, halved lengthways, seeds removed and cut into 1cm pieces 3 cloves garlic, thinly sliced 1 tsp caraway seeds 1 dried ancho chilli, trimmed, seeds discarded and torn into 5cm pieces ½ tsp Aleppo chilli flakes 1.1kg plum tomatoes, blanched, skins removed and then flesh roughly chopped into 2cm dice 50g tomato paste ½ tsp caster sugar ¼ tsp cumin seeds, toasted and roughly crushed, to serve 5g coriander leaves, roughly chopped, to serve For the tahini sauce 50g tahini 1tbsp lemon juice Lightly season the fish with a third of a teaspoon of salt in total.
(8) Serves 4 For the salt fish and ackee 300g skinless, salt cod or other salted fish, soaked overnight in cold water 150ml rapeseed oil 2 spring onions, green tops chopped off 1 onion, finely chopped 1 red pepper, de-cored, deseeded, finely chopped 1 green pepper, finely chopped 1 scotch bonnet chilli, deseeded, chopped 1cm piece ginger, peeled and roughly chopped 4 sprigs thyme 1 garlic clove, chopped 50ml passata 3 plum tomatoes, dropped in boiling water for 10 seconds, skinned and chopped ½ tsp black pepper, coarsely ground 540g tin ackee, in salted water, drained and rinsed For the dumplings 375g plain flour 125g cornmeal 1 tsp baking powder 1 tsp salt 1 tbsp brown sugar 200-250ml water 400ml vegetable oil 1 To make the dumplings, sift all the dry ingredients into a bowl.