Example sentences for: snails

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

  • These slow flowing waters are infested with snails that serve as the vector for the schistosomal parasite.

  • HCV infection is a major public health problem in Egypt [ 6 7 8 ] . Blood bank and community-based surveys conducted in Egypt have reported sero-prevalence rates of HCV to be as high as 40% in some parts of the country [ 9 10 11 12 ] . These rates are substantially higher in the Nile Delta region compared with the rest of the country [ 13 ] . Schistosomiasis is a parasitic infection transmitted to humans from snails that harbor the parasite.

  • Doctors are seeking superstrong, nonaddictive painkillers and may have found them in substances extracted from certain snails and frogs.

  • This last discovery caused quite a stir in eighteenth-century France, leading to an “unprecedented assault” on snails as both naturalists and the general public participated in the quest for scientific knowledge by reproducing Spallanzani's intriguing results (Newth 1958).

  • Hydra, earthworms, and planarians could regenerate their heads and tails (Pallas 1766; Lenhoff and Lenhoff 1986); salamanders could regenerate their limbs, tails, and jaws; premetamorphic frogs and toads could regenerate their tails and legs; slugs could regenerate their horns; and snails could regenerate their heads (Spallanzani 1769).


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