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broxy1
- uncountableA fatal disease of sheep.
From the fact of the sheep having become thin in flesh before death, it is probably broxy.
1890, American Agriculturist - Volume 49, page 5322 more examples
Mutton, the flesh of sheep, suffering with broxy or modified anthrax and erysipelas, from severe bruises obtained in transportation, will produce disease in those who eat it.
1889, Annual Report of the State Board of Health of the State of KansasBriefly, it may be stated that the whole of the Veterinary Service is geared to control and prevent the spread of certain diseases such as Anthrax, Broxy. Blackleg, Trypanosomiasis, Newcastle Disease and Rabies to name a few, by routine and regular vaccinations and inoculations.
1967, Farming in Zambia - Volumes 3-6, page 11 - broadlyuncountableThe meat from diseased sheep.
...slink (prematurely born calves), or broxy (diseased sheep).
2016 December, John Bellamy Foster, “Marx as a Food Theorist”, in Monthly Review, page 32 more examples
If the rural poor ate birds then the urban poor ate pairings of tripe, slink (prematurely born calves), or broxy (diseased sheep).
1983, Anthony S. Wohl, Endangered lives: public health in Victorian Britain, →ISBN, page 50With the import of refrigerated meat the market among the poor for 'slink' (prematurely born calves) or 'broxy' (diseased sheep) mercifully contracted, although few families could have forgone tripe (cow's stomach lining.)
2002, Simon Schama, A History of Britain: The fate of empire 1776-2000, page 417
BrOxy2
- uncountablebromoacetyloxytocin.
BrOXY (2 mg, t=*2 fxmole) was dissolved in 3.0 ml di- methylsulfoxide at room temperature.
1972 July, RODERICH WALTER, I. L. SCHWARTZ, O. HECHTER, T. DOUŠA, P. L. HOFFMAN, “Bromoacetyl—Oxytocin, an Irreversible Inhibitor of Neurohypophyseal Hormone—Stimulated Adenylate Cyclase, and a Possible Affinity Label for Hormone Receptors”, in Endocrinology, volume 91, number 12 more examples
Bromoacetyloxytocin (BrOXY) has been used to study the neurohypophyseal hormone receptor associated with the adenyl cyclase system of toad bladder and rabbit kidney medulla.
1974, Annual Reports in Medicinal Chemistry - Volume 9, →ISBN, page 227BrOXY itself does not stimulate cyclase activity, but preincubation with high concentrations of BrOXY (10⁻⁴ M) abolishes the stimulatory effect of the natural vasoactive hormones.
2012, Gerald Litwack, Biochemical Actions of Hormones - Volume 4, →ISBN, page 68
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