CHIEF

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chief I. substantiv

1. conducător, lider, căpetenie, cap; şef;

chief of police şef de poliţie;

(mil.) chief of staff şef de stat major.

2. şef (de trib).

chief II. adjectiv

principal, de frunte, conducător; de bază, de căpetenie, fundamental; suprem;

chief problem problemă de bază, problemă esenţială.

It became his chief delight in life, as it became White Fang's chief torment.

(White Fang, de Jack London)

The chief waiter had had enough of me.

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

Have you heard of the death of the chief?

(His Last Bow, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Chief cells may be found at any level in the fundic glands, but are most common in the deeper region, toward the muscularis mucosae.

(Chief Cell of the Stomach, NCI Thesaurus)

A parathyroid gland adenoma that contains a mixture of neoplastic cells (chief cells, oncocytes, and clear cells).

(Parathyroid Gland Mixed Cell Type Adenoma, NCI Thesaurus)

Principle cell types include chief cells and oxyphil cells.

(Murine Parathyroid Gland, NCI Thesaurus)

A type of sugar; the chief source of energy for living organisms.

(Glucose, NCI Dictionary)

If one could ascertain what the chief of them—the Coles, for instance.

(Emma, de Jane Austen)

Elizabeth, to whom Jane very soon communicated the chief of all this, heard it in silent indignation.

(Pride and Prejudice, de Jane Austen)

If you will have the goodness to touch the bell, Doctor, we will begin another investigation, in which, also a bird will be the chief feature.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)