(n.) Any one of numerous species of singing birds belonging to Turdus and allied genera. They are noted for the sweetness of their songs.
(n.) Any one of numerous species of singing birds more or less resembling the true thrushes in appearance or habits; as the thunderbird and the American brown thrush (or thrasher). See Brown thrush.
(n.) An affection of the mouth, fauces, etc., common in newly born children, characterized by minute ulcers called aphthae. See Aphthae.
(n.) An inflammatory and suppurative affection of the feet in certain animals. In the horse it is in the frog.
Example Sentences:
(1) Such infections have included Pneumocystis carinii, oral thrush from Candida albicans, cytomegalovirus, atypical mycobacteria, cryptosporidium, and Herpes simplex virus.
(2) They range from relatively trivial conditions such as oral and genital thrush to fatal, systemic superinfections in patients who are already seriously ill with other diseases.
(3) The disease implies a congenital intrauterine infection and is different from neonatal candidiasis which manifests as thrush, diaper dermatitis.
(4) Eczema and wheezing occurred to a similar extent in the two groups during the first year of life, although napkin rash, diarrhoea, and oral thrush were commoner in the intervention group, especially during the first three months.
(5) The occurrence of symptoms (including fatigue, fever, night sweats, unintentional weight loss, diarrhea, joint pains, cough unrelated to smoking, shortness of breath, oral thrush, herpes zoster and rash) did not increase with seroconversion.
(6) Baby song thrushes were seen in less than 4% of gardens, compared with more than 5% last year, young blackbirds were spotted in 37% of gardens, down from 44% in 2011 and 19% of gardens had fledgling robins compared to 23% in the previous survey.
(7) Especially antenatal patients in the last trimestre are a high risk group because of the possibility of neonatal thrush.
(8) One can distinguish between oral thrush, denture stomatitis, angular cheilitis, leukoplakia and midline glossitis.
(9) Herpes zoster, oral thrush, diarrhoea, tuberculosis, and weight loss were independently correlated with seropositivity.
(10) Oral candidiasis, commonly known as thrush, is the most common fungal infection among AIDS and AIDS Related Complex patients, occurring in 80-90% of cases.
(11) In addition, prophylaxis is often initiated if thrush is present, even when CD4 cell counts are above 200.
(12) These findings suggest that, although treatment with beclomethasone dipoprionate aerosol undoubtedly can cause oropharyngeal thrush, this condition is not an inevitable result of colonization of the oropharynx by yeasts, nor is it necessarily associated with symptoms.
(13) With the adults spending longer away from the nest searching for food, the chicks may also have been more exposed to the chilly, wet conditions, in particular for species like blackbirds and thrushes whose nests are open to the elements.
(14) Because of the localisation and probable pathogenesis we have coined the term "Windelsoor" (diaper thrush) for it.
(15) The substance has been very useful for the treatment of mouth- and diaper-thrush.
(16) Among seropositive persons, lymphadenopathy was a highly significant short-term as well as long-term consequence, whereas diarrhea, oral thrush, and herpes zoster were correlated with long-term seropositivity.
(17) No significant association was found between the defect in anti-PPS antibody response and associated thrush or constitutional symptoms or other immunological parameters.
(18) Persistent clinical oral candidiasis (thrush) was observed in 15 to 27 control group patients (56%), but only transiently in two (8%) of 24 patients who used chlorhexidine rinse (p less than 0.001).
(19) Stages WR1-6 show ascending degrees of disease, so that those classified in WR6 manifest antibodies to HTLV-III, chronic lymphadenopathy, T helper cell counts below the normal limit, delayed hypersensitivity, thrush, and opportunistic infection.
(20) After 1 week thrush had developed beneath the plates of all monkeys.
Veery
Definition:
(n.) An American thrush (Turdus fuscescens) common in the Northern United States and Canada. It is light tawny brown above. The breast is pale buff, thickly spotted with brown. Called also Wilson's thrush.
Example Sentences:
(1) Borrelia burgdorferi, the causative agent of Lyme disease, was isolated from the liver of a passerine bird, Catharus fuscescens (veery), and from larval Ixodes dammini (tick) feeding on Pheucticus ludovicianus (rose-breasted grosbeak) and Geothlypis trichas (common yellowthroat).
(2) The veery liver isolate infected hamsters and a chick.
(3) Five ground-foraging migrant bird species favoring mesic habitats, veery (Catharus fuscescens), ovenbird (Seiurus aurocapillus), northern waterthrush (S. novaboracensis), common yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas), and swamp sparrow (Melospiza georgiana), accounted for nearly three-quarters of parasitized individuals.
(4) Studies on the DNA composition of the veery liver isolate and the strain cultured from an I. dammini larva indicated that both were B. burgdorferi and not Borrelia anserina or Borrelia hermsii.