(n.) An old weight used in weighing wool, being usually twenty-eight pounds.
(n.) A fox; -- probably so named from its bushy tail.
(v. t. & i.) To weigh; to yield in tods.
Example Sentences:
(1) The relative amounts of stable bonds formed by TOD and human serum albumin and TOD and gamma-globulin varied inversely with the concentration of the proteins.
(2) A field trial of oral therapy for acute diarrhea in children is called for tod etermine the extent of effects on nutrition and mortality, as well as to indicate some of the cultural and logistical problems which remain to be solved.
(3) TOD measurements corresponding to MR lesions were higher than noncancerous tissue measurements in all cases (P less than .005).
(4) In this retrospective study we aimed to identify from 50 outpatient (OP) mild hypertensives without clinical evidence of target organ damage (TOD), a group with unsustained hypertension in order to see whether they had less echocardiographic TOD than patients with sustained hypertension.
(5) "Wir und der Tod", a pre-stage of the second part of Freud's paper "Zeitgemässes über Krieg und Tod" (1915), is the only preserved text of his lectures held in the "Wien" lodge of B'nai B'rith.
(6) TOD was used as an indicator of the degree of tissue compactness or openness.
(7) The greatest amount of lipids in the cellular elements of the granulation tissue was revealed on the 3d day of the experiment, total optic density (TOD) of lipids in leucocytes was 0.83, TOD in histiocytes--0.6.
(8) It is concluded that the differences in energy metabolism, which have been implicated as explanation for the different susceptibility to develop stress lesions by Menguy and Masters, cannot be attributed tod different degrees of ischemia.
(9) In conclusion, stress BP does not increase the strength of relationship with TOD compared to resting BP.
(10) In the pH region from 5.5 to 7.5, the CD spectra of Tod protein with intact interchain disulfide bond (L(SS)) and and CL did not change with pH, while the spectra of Tod protein in which the interchain disulfide bond had been reduced and alkylated (L(RA)) and VL did not change with pH.
(11) variabilities) for systolic, mean and diastolic BP obtained by computer analysis of the BP tracing were related to the rate and severity of target-organ damage (TOD) assessed by clinical examination and quantified according to a predetermined score.
(12) On average, the "drum location" fell 1 mm medial to the TOD.
(13) "Perhaps Irene puts it best – she certainly puts it most often – when she tells Tod that he has no soul."
(14) Tod determine whether changes in unsaturation of fatty acids in rat liver plasma membranes might alter activities of membrane-associated enzymes, liver plasma membranes were prepared from rats fed purified diets lacking or supplemented with essential fatty acids.
(15) In subsequent days phospholipid contents continued decreasing and by the 30th day their TOD was 0.2.
(16) Tod likes to go to church, perhaps, the narrator guesses, because he needs "the forgiving look you get from everybody on the way in".
(17) On average, for frequencies below 6 kHz, the measuring probe tube had to be placed within 8 mm of the vertical plane containing the top of the eardrum (TOD), determined optically, in order to obtain sound pressure magnitudes within 6 dB of "eardrum pressure."
(18) The lifeless lunar surface (“tod” is German for “dead”) is bare but for heaps of building material and the wooden deck of a ski bar which lies marooned amid the scree.
(19) The circular dichroic (CD) spectra of a type lambda Bence Jones protein (Tod), its variable (VL) fragment, and the constant (CL) fragment of a type lambda protein (Nag) were measured under various conditions.
(20) Cardiovascular reactivity differs according to the laboratory stimulus employed and an exaggerated BP rise during stress testing is not associated with an increased rate of TOD.
Trod
Definition:
(imp.) of Tread
() of Tread
() imp. & p. p. of Tread.
Example Sentences:
(1) Apart from that, nothing much to write home about, except that Whelan was lucky to escape a booking when he trod on Olivier Giroud's ankle and Erik Pieters possibly took the rap a few minutes later, picking up a caution for a less obvious foul on the same player.
(2) Cinematically, RED SORGHUM achieved a fantastically rich colour palette in its politically less-than-correct depiction of Chinese peasant life – blood and earth predominate – and trod a careful political line by focusing on atrocities by the invading Japanese rather than internal repression.
(3) Sir Chris took the side of those who backed the zipwire as a novel and exciting way of attracting new and younger visitors to the fells which William Wordsworth and the 20th century guidebook master Alfred Wainwright trod.
(4) Last year 12 Years a Slave trod this path ; in the past Slumdog Millionaire, The King’s Speech and Argo (which was runner-up to Silver Linings Playbook at Toronto) also followed suit.
(5) For much of the 60s, Fanfani - having failed to become president of the Republic in 1964 - trod water, but always at a high level: he was foreign minister (1965-66), president of the UN assembly (1965), and president of the Senate (first term 1968-73).
(6) In the postgame interviews Cards manager Matheny trod a fine line of disappointment.
(7) Harrison said the BBC's plans trod on the toes of commercial radio stations already broadcasting and investing in local news and content.
(8) 9.21pm BST 79 min: There could have been a few red cards so far in this game, including one just now for Lewandowski, who trod on Boateng's ankle as the defender was grounded after a tackle.
(9) Five minutes later his low cross from the left should have seen Juan Mata open the scoring, yet with only Heaton to beat from close to the penalty spot, the Spain player trod on the ball and ended up on the floor.
(10) The Washington Post trod the same road, and is sold with hope but nil guarantees to a rich man who needs his favours.
(11) Rogers spread his arms in a "you're kidding" gesture that trod the fine line between disbelief and dissent and exchanged words with Bairstow as he returned to the pavilion in one last Ashes spat for the summer.
(12) The band's first release since 1991's classic Loveless trod a familiar path, but it was still one that only they have the map to follow.
(13) The “New Democrats” shifted to the centre, and trod on the toes of the established party leaders.
(14) The technical obstacles which delayed too long the achievement of reasonably safe and anatomically complete resections of lung are discussed, and the circuitous route trod by pioneering surgeons in their struggle toward that desired goal is described.
(15) Many observers say that Humphrey and Yu were prudent, experienced businesspeople, and they were detained because it was likely that their investigation trod on the toes of someone powerful.
(16) The referee Mark Clattenburg had struggled to control order in a bad-tempered game in which there were continual flashpoints, most notably just before half-time when Mousa Dembélé appeared to rake his finger nails across Diego Costa’s eyes and Érik Lamela trod on Cesc Fàbregas’s fingers towards the end.
(17) During the campaign, the magazine trod a fine line, saying she was still working for them but not at editorial conferences or decision-making.
(18) Cameron trod a fine line during his 22-hour visit as he pushed British business interests while raising concerns over human rights.
(19) The novel trod on sensitivities among studio bosses, who were afraid of public attention being drawn to the pervasive Jewish influence in movies.
(20) The time-resolved optical density (TROD) and time-resolved circular dichroism (TRCD) spectra of the lowest triplet state of 4-thiouridine (4t-Urd) in aqueous solutions of tRNA are reported.