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单词 alar
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alar1

adjective ˈeɪləˈeɪlər
Anatomy Zoology
  • 1Relating to or resembling a wing or wings.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • We captured undisturbed birds and collected the initial baseline blood samples by puncturing the alar vein and collecting blood in heparinized microhematocrit 100-l tubes.
    • On capture, a 250-l sample of whole blood was obtained from the alar wing vein of each individual.
    • We took blood from the alar vein in the wing by inserting a needle into the vein and drawing blood into a vacutainer containing the anticoagulant lithium heparin.
    • In ostriches the alar bone integrated with the elements of the prefrontal bones.
    • The wing illustration depicts the alar bone structure and flight membrane and is not to scale.
    1. 1.1Botany
      another term for axillary
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Autoicous, perigonia in axillary buds, perichaetial leaves weakly differentiated... and alar cells that are somewhat enlarged and weakly differentiated.
      • The alar groups consist of few or often numerous quadrate to longly rectangular cells. The upper portion of the axillary hairs mostly consists of 1-2 cells.
      • The smaller alar fissure width on flowers of non-fruiting plants apparently reduces the probability of successful pollinia insertions in these plants.
      • Plants very small, often 1-2 mm or less than 5 mm high; autoicous, perichaetial buds small and axillary; alar cells not differentiated.
      • Leaf with alternate large and small teeth; alar cells distinctly subquadrate.

Origin

Mid 19th century: from Latin alaris, from ala 'wing'.

Alar2

noun ˈeɪlɑːˈeɪlɑr
mass nountrademark in UK
  • A growth retardant formerly sprayed on fruit and vegetables to enhance the quality of the crop. Found to be a likely carcinogen, its use is now restricted to ornamental plants.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • During the Alar scare of 1989, for example, consumer concern about pesticide use in the apple industry sparked a demand for organic apples and apple juice.
    • Stossel also warped reality to make concerns over the pesticide Alar, used by apple growers to protect the appearance of fruit, sound like a hoax.
    • The author discusses some of the usual outrages of the health hysteria mongers such as claims that cell phones cause brain cancer and that Alar was a carcinogen.
    • Sure, kids should eat lots of fruits and veggies, but 10 years after Alar, apples are still loaded with pesticides.
    • Acsh, which had assets of $1.8 million in 1998, made its first headlines by refuting the dangers of the potentially carcinogenic growth hormone Alar, which was widely sprayed on apples to keep them on the tree longer.

Origin

1960s: of unknown origin.

 
 

alar1

adjectiveˈeɪlərˈālər
Anatomy Zoology
  • 1Relating to a wing or wings.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • On capture, a 250-l sample of whole blood was obtained from the alar wing vein of each individual.
    • We took blood from the alar vein in the wing by inserting a needle into the vein and drawing blood into a vacutainer containing the anticoagulant lithium heparin.
    • In ostriches the alar bone integrated with the elements of the prefrontal bones.
    • We captured undisturbed birds and collected the initial baseline blood samples by puncturing the alar vein and collecting blood in heparinized microhematocrit 100-l tubes.
    • The wing illustration depicts the alar bone structure and flight membrane and is not to scale.
    1. 1.1 Winglike or wing-shaped.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The alar plica or alar folds are prominent crescentic folds of synovial membrane, extending dorsalward on each side of the patella from the base of the infrapatellar synovial fold.
      • It may terminate as a submental artery, i.e., not reaching the face, or as a labial or alar nasi (lateral nasal) artery and not as the angular (43% of cases studied).
      • This allows the cartilages of the developing medial crura to be posteriorly positioned above the bone of the premaxilla, contributing to the development of a short columella and very little alar cartilage projection.
      • It should be understood that the factors leading to the nasal deformity have already produced changes in the lower lateral cartilage, nostril, columella, septum, alar base, and so on.
      • As the pannus erodes the bone, it will also degenerate the alar check ligaments which stabilize C1.
    2. 1.2Botany
      another term for axillary
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The alar groups consist of few or often numerous quadrate to longly rectangular cells. The upper portion of the axillary hairs mostly consists of 1-2 cells.
      • The smaller alar fissure width on flowers of non-fruiting plants apparently reduces the probability of successful pollinia insertions in these plants.
      • Autoicous, perigonia in axillary buds, perichaetial leaves weakly differentiated... and alar cells that are somewhat enlarged and weakly differentiated.
      • Leaf with alternate large and small teeth; alar cells distinctly subquadrate.
      • Plants very small, often 1-2 mm or less than 5 mm high; autoicous, perichaetial buds small and axillary; alar cells not differentiated.

Origin

Mid 19th century: from Latin alaris, from ala ‘wing’.

Alar2

nounˈeɪlɑrˈālär
trademark in UK
  • Another term for daminozide
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Acsh, which had assets of $1.8 million in 1998, made its first headlines by refuting the dangers of the potentially carcinogenic growth hormone Alar, which was widely sprayed on apples to keep them on the tree longer.
    • Stossel also warped reality to make concerns over the pesticide Alar, used by apple growers to protect the appearance of fruit, sound like a hoax.
    • Sure, kids should eat lots of fruits and veggies, but 10 years after Alar, apples are still loaded with pesticides.
    • The author discusses some of the usual outrages of the health hysteria mongers such as claims that cell phones cause brain cancer and that Alar was a carcinogen.
    • During the Alar scare of 1989, for example, consumer concern about pesticide use in the apple industry sparked a demand for organic apples and apple juice.

Origin

1960s: of unknown origin.

 
 
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