(n.) An old French copper coin, equivalent in value to, and now displaced by, the five-centime piece (/ of a franc), which is popularly called a sou.
Example Sentences:
(1) Lower urinary tracts with obstructive uropathy had a significantly higher total egg burden (TEB) than did lower urinary tracts with any other type of gross lesion (i.e., benign prostatic hypertrophy, other urethral outlet obstruction, or SOU precursor lesions).
(2) Sustainable cosmetics company Natura has introduced a new line of products, Natura Sou , which come in squeezable pouches rather than in traditional hard plastic bottles.
(3) But I was surprised, and troubled, by the high number of women in Ghana who reported using a sou-sou – another informal savings arrangement, where someone comes to her home to collect her savings and charges her a day’s contribution when the money is returned at the end of the month — and also reported saving in a bank.
(4) To test the feasibility of intrathecal perfusion of ACNU (3-[(4-amino-2-methyl-5-pyrimidinyl)methyl]-1-(2-chloroethyl)-1-nitro sou rea hydrochloride) in the treatment of subarachnoid dissemination of malignant glioma, the neurotoxicity and pharmacokinetics of ACNU were studied in dogs.
(5) The authors collated the drug-induced side effects reported by subscribers to the malpractice insurance company, Sou Medical.
(6) In a series of 32 unselected consecutive autopsies of Egyptian male adults, we found a significant prevalence of schistosomal obstructive uropathy (SOU) and of precursor lesions of stenosis, fibrosis and induration of the ureters (62.5%).
Soy
Definition:
(n.) A Chinese and Japanese liquid sauce for fish, etc., made by subjecting boiled beans (esp. soja beans), or beans and meal, to long fermentation and then long digestion in salt and water.
(n.) The soja, a kind of bean. See Soja.
Example Sentences:
(1) Cultures of Streptococcus mutans HS-6, OMZ-176, Ingbritt C, 6715-wt13, and pooled human plaque were grown in trypticase soy media with or without 1% sucrose.
(2) A significantly lower protein digestibility was observed when the diets containing soy protein were fed.
(3) We compared the effects of meals containing the same amounts of either isolated soy or beef protein on acid secretion and serum gastrin concentration in normal humans.
(4) The test organism, grown under anaerobic conditions in Trypticase soy broth, was diluted in buffered salt solution, and about 2 x 10(4) cells were suspended in 10 ml of an aerated broth.
(5) Six cultures of Bacillus and six lot numbers of Trypticase soy agar (BBL) were used to test the hypothesis that a microorganism grown on various lot numbers of the same chromatogram.
(6) Soybean proteins are widely used in human foods in a variety of forms, including infant formulas, flour, protein concentrates, protein isolates, soy sauces, textured soy fibers, and tofu.
(7) Later, animals exposed to lifelong 5 or 2% soy lecithin preparations were hypoactive, had poor postural reflexes, and showed attenuated morphine analgesia.
(8) Nevertheless, the food conversion index of the chicks consuming the diet prepared with fish silage proved to be better that the conversion index of the diet prepared with fish and soy flours.
(9) Stationary-phase cells of Escherichia coli were enumerated by the pour plate method on Trypticase soy agar containing 0.3% yeast extract (TSYA), violet red-bile agar, and desoxycholate-lactose agar, and by the most-probable-number method in Brilliant Green-bile broth and lauryl sulfate broth.
(10) The results of our study show that the substitution of soy protein for casein can be of benefit in those patients who need a long-term hypocaloric diet.
(11) Retention of 65Zn from an intrinsically labeled soy test meal was higher in rats adapted to chicken protein than in rats adapted to soy protein.
(12) EWOS' commercial diet (E-diet) for mice and two test diets, one containing 2% soy oil (S-diet) and the other 2% soy oil and 0.1% methoxy-substituted glycerol ethers (MGE-diet), instead of the animal fat in the E-diet, were used.
(13) Mixing 10% soy protein with ground meat prior to frying prevents the formation of these mutagens presumably by affording a lower surface temperature.
(14) They dealt in dozens of different commodities – from major grains such as wheat and sorghum to specialised food aid products such as corn-soy blend.
(15) The BMC was similar at 6 weeks in both groups but was lower in infants fed soy-based formula than in those fed cow milk-based formula at 3, 6, and 12 months.
(16) Growth, protein and dry matter digestibility, nitrogen retention, and morphology of the intestinal mucosa of calves on the all milk-protein diet were superior to those of calves on diets containing a soy product.
(17) The study of amino acid pattern shows that sulphur containing amino acids are limiting to almost the same degree in meat and meat soy blend.
(18) Adding 600 ppm supplemental zinc to a "corn-soy" diet for periods from 7 to 42 days did not materially affect stable zinc level in any tissue studied.
(19) In a study by Chan et al., the BMC of 40 white infants fed soy-based formula and 10 infants (of unstated race) fed human milk was measured at 2 weeks and at 2 and 4 months of age.
(20) Three groups of kittens were adapted to purified diets containing 43.5% soy protein that were either taurine-free (OT) or contained 0.15% taurine (NT) or 1.0% taurine (HT).