Example sentences for: rhesus

How can you use “rhesus” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Bandar `rhesus monkey' and bondar `palm civet,' for example, both derive from bada or badar `monkey,' while baniya `merchant' is the Hindi antecedent of both banyan `tree' and bunnia `member of a merchant caste.

  • The rhesus monkeys were 15 years old.

  • evaluated the strength of the ACL in humans and rhesus monkeys to analyze age and species related changes.

  • Ligament tearing was predominant in the specimens from younger humans and from rhesus monkeys.

  • On one hand, there is increasing and rather convincing observational and experimental data underscoring the beneficial effects of marine fish consumption on fetal growth and gestation [ 1 2 3 ] . On the other hand, consumption of environmentally contaminated fish has been associated with decrements in gestation and birth weight in some studies [ 4 5 6 ] . Animal evidence suggests that Rhesus monkeys, rats and mice exposed to polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in utero have reductions in length of gestation and growth [ 7 8 9 ] . The results from accidental environmental exposures also report adverse effects on birth size and ectodermal manifestations among fetuses to various polyhalogenated hydrocarbons [ 10 11 ] . One occupational study has reported a negative relation between PCB exposure and infant birth weight, which no longer remained significant after adjusting for gestation and other variables related to birth weight [ 12 ] . Results from a birth cohort study in the Faroe Islands, a community with a high intake of marine fish, whale meat and blubber, supported a relation between marine fatty acids and diminished birth weight for gestation, but the effects were not attributed to the mercury or PCB exposure [ 13 ] .


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