(v. t.) To stain; to blemish; to harm; to corrupt.
(n.) An indolent, encysted tumor of the skin; especially, a sebaceous cyst.
Example Sentences:
(1) In the mature neutrophil, the number of binding sites for WEM-G11 were found to be about 20,000 per cell.
(2) Moreover, it is neither easier to understand nor easier to work with and, like WEM, it also requires a prior probability.
(3) By immunoblotting, it was demonstrated that the epitope recognized by WEM-G11 is in the chain of m.w.
(4) No correlation was seen, however, between stimulation of neutrophil function in vitro and total blood leukocyte counts, neutrophil counts, monocyte counts, or intensity of binding of MAb WEM-G1.
(5) Biochemical studies presented here show that WEM-G1 recognizes the sugar sequence 3-fucosyllactosamine, Gal beta 1-4[Fuc alpha 1-3]GlcNAc.
(6) Furthermore, a strong positive correlation in the ability of neutrophils to be stimulated by the MAb WEM-G1 and either CSF-alpha (r = .76) or MNC-SN (r = .68), as well as between CSF-alpha and MNC-SN (r = .79) was demonstrated.
(7) Knowledge of the biochemical structure of the WEM-G1 antigen suggested testing granulocyte function with other monoclonal antibodies of similar specificity.
(8) A positive correlation was found between the ability of neutrophils to kill in the "resting" state and their capacity to be stimulated by MAb WEM-G1, CSF-alpha, or MNC-SN.
(9) Our results also suggest a potential clinical use of WEM-G1 in measuring neutrophil functional capacity in vitro and predicting the capacity to respond to CSF-like cytokines.
(10) The immunized group treated with "control" mouse ascites, WEM-G11, was highly resistant (90% survival).
(11) WEM-G11 F(ab')2, and to a greater extent WEM-G11 IgG, induced degranulation, but only from cytochalasin B-treated neutrophils.
(12) "I grew up thinking the true lyrics to Que Sera Sera were, Tell me ma, me ma, I won't be home for tea - we're off to Wem-ber-lee," writes John Davis.
(13) MAb WEM-G11 F(ab')2 also stimulated the phagocytosis of antibody-coated sheep erythrocytes by neutrophils.
(14) Mouse monoclonal antibody WEM-G1 specifically binds to human neutrophils and eosinophils.
(15) Hope it's chips, it's chips, we hope it's chips, it's chips Que sera sera Whatever will be, will be We're going to Wem-ber-lee Que sera sera.
(16) Depletion of adherent cells, followed by simultaneous immunomagnetic bead depletion of Leu 4+, Leu 7+, Leu 11+, Leu M1+, Leu M3+, B1+, WEM-G11+, and Glycophorin A+ cells from normal bone marrow mononuclear cells, consistently led to recoveries of erythroid and nonerythroid colony-forming cells of greater than 100% and enrichment of 13- to 99-fold.
(17) Populations of normal human colony-forming cells (blast cells) and cluster-forming cells (promyelocytes-myelocytes) were obtained from bone marrow by using the monoclonal antibody WEM G11 and the fluorescence-activated cell sorter (FACS).
(18) There is no reason to expect WA and WEM to converge at the upper end of the scale.
(19) The agents used to stimulate cytotoxic capacity were the monoclonal antibody (MAb) WEM-G1, colony-stimulating factor (CSF-alpha), or mononuclear cell supernatant (MNC-SN).
(20) Enriched populations of either normal human promyelocytes and myelocytes or blast cells were obtained by fluorescence-activated cell sorting with the monoclonal antibody WEM-G11.
Wet
Definition:
(superl.) Containing, or consisting of, water or other liquid; moist; soaked with a liquid; having water or other liquid upon the surface; as, wet land; a wet cloth; a wet table.
(superl.) Very damp; rainy; as, wet weather; a wet season.
(superl.) Employing, or done by means of, water or some other liquid; as, the wet extraction of copper, in distinction from dry extraction in which dry heat or fusion is employed.
(superl.) Refreshed with liquor; drunk.
(a.) Water or wetness; moisture or humidity in considerable degree.
(a.) Rainy weather; foggy or misty weather.
(a.) A dram; a drink.
(imp. & p. p.) of Wet
(v. t.) To fill or moisten with water or other liquid; to sprinkle; to cause to have water or other fluid adherent to the surface; to dip or soak in a liquid; as, to wet a sponge; to wet the hands; to wet cloth.
Example Sentences:
(1) During periods of wet steam it was impossible to maintain consistent sterility of the mouse pellets even using a cycle of 126 degrees C for 60 minutes.
(2) Azure B also reduced the wet weight of carrageenin-induced granulomas in rats.
(3) The various changes were accompanied by a marked reduction in the overall wet weight of the vertebrae.
(4) This study compares the effects of 60 minutes of ischemic arrest with profound topical hypothermia (10 dogs) on myocardial (1) blood flow and distribution (microspheres), (2) metabolism (oxygen and lactate), (3) water content (wet to dry weights), (4) compliance (intraventricular balloon), and (5) performance (isovolumetric function curves) with 180 minutes of cardiopulmonary bypass with the heart in the beating empty state (seven dogs).
(5) Just when Everton thought they might start 2014 by keeping Liverpool out of the Champions League positions, they came close to failing the wet Wednesday at Stoke test thanks to a goal from an Anfield loanee.
(6) This led to an increase in liver wet weight and total DNA.
(7) The parameters of LES relaxation for both wet and dry swallows were similar using either a carefully placed single recording orifice or a Dent sleeve.
(8) During DOCA treatment over 4 weeks, the decrease of muscle wet weight was greater in the EDL muscles.
(9) Lipase level per unit wet tissue and total pancreatic levels increased from 2 to 35 d of age in suckling pigs (P less than .01).
(10) Collagen concentrations based on wet or dry weight and glycosaminoglycan concentrations based on wet weight decreased during this period.
(11) A new wet-state membrane characterization method, thermoporometry, was used to study the effect on membrane structure of commonly used sterilization methods for artificial kidney membranes.
(12) All but one of the isolations were made from moist or wet samples.
(13) Systemic administration of drugs that augment 5-HT2 activity generally induces 'wet dog' shaking (WDS) in rats.
(14) Sixteen patients who remained wet had detrusor instability; 9 of these were cured by anticholinergic medications.
(15) In the HCD group, 66 (86.8%) pressure sores improved compared with 36 (69.2%) pressure sores in the wet-to-dry dressings group.
(16) The after-discharge induced by subconvulsant electrical stimulations, is followed by a behavioral phenomenon, named Wet Dog Shakes (WDS).
(17) The deleted peptide corresponds precisely to the sequence coded by exon 46 of the normal pro-alpha 1(I) gene (Chu, M.-L., de Wet, W., Bernard, M., Ding, J.F., Morabito, M., Myers, J., Williams, C., and Ramirez, F. (1984) Nature 310, 337-340).
(18) Associated with this increase in epidermal wet weight is a two times increase in the number of epidermal cells per millimeter of interfollicular epidermis.
(19) The umpires allow them a different one, perhaps because the previous incumbent was wet - it landed in a puddle, where the water-sucking thing had egested, apparently.
(20) Supporting a Sunderland side who had last won a home Premier League game back in January, when Stoke City were narrowly defeated, is not a pursuit for the faint-hearted but this was turning into the equivalent of the sudden dawning of a gloriously hot sunny day amid a miserable, cold, wet summer.