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Astwood's test (medicine) and hind (iou)


Astwood's test (medicine)


Astwood's test -->
metrotrophic test


A test for the assay of oestrogenic substances; immature female rats (25 to 49 g) are injected subcutaneously with the hormone and killed after 6 hours, when the increase in uterine weight (due largely to imbibation of water) is taken as the criterion of oestrogenic activity.

Synonym: Astwood's test.


hind (iou)



hind noun2. Also (earlier) hine.

In pl. (Household) servants, domestics. OE-LME.
A servant, esp. an agricultural worker. Also, a bailiff, a steward. arch. ME.
b. A skilled farmworker having a degree of responsibility and provided with tied accommodation. Scot. L16.
transf. A rustic; a boor. arch. ME.
A boy, a lad; a person, a fellow. Long arch. rare. ME.