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Pi·ma

 (pē′mə)
n. pl. Pima or Pi·mas
1. A member of a Native American people inhabiting south-central Arizona along the Gila and Salt Rivers.
2. The Uto-Aztecan language of the Pima, closely related to O'odham.

[From American Spanish Pimahitos, Pimas, from obsolete Pima pimahaitu, nothing (misunderstood by missionaries as an ethnic self-designation).]

Pi′man adj.
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pima

(ˈpiːmə)
n
1. (Plants) a type of cotton that has long threads and is used to produce good-quality durable fabric, towels, sheets, etc
2. (Textiles) a type of cotton that has long threads and is used to produce good-quality durable fabric, towels, sheets, etc
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Pi•ma

(ˈpi mə)

n., pl. -mas, (esp. collectively) -ma.
1. a member of an American Indian people of S Arizona.
2. the Uto-Aztecan language shared by the Pima and Papago, esp. those forms of the language used by the Arizona Pimas.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.Pima - a member of the North American Indian people living in southern Arizona and northern MexicoPima - a member of the North American Indian people living in southern Arizona and northern Mexico
Buffalo Indian, Plains Indian - a member of one of the tribes of American Indians who lived a nomadic life following the buffalo in the Great Plains of North America
2.Pima - the Uto-Aztecan language spoken by the Pima
Uto-Aztecan, Uto-Aztecan language - a family of American Indian languages
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For more than 40 years, ARS researchers--in conjunction with University of Arizona scientists--have been developing superb new pima plants.
Today, virtually every type of pima cotton grown commercially in America has at least some ARS lineage, according to Richard G.
The uniqueness and clinical value of more than 30 years of cutting-edge research into the genetic mysteries and environmental factors causing this diabetic plague lies in the fact that it is backed up by a genetically identical control group, the Pimas from the Sierra Madre in Mexico, who suffer little or no problems with the dreaded disease.
The collaboration between the National Institute of Health and the Gila River Pimas has been called one of "the most fruitful relationships in modern medical science." It's one that will help people all over the world to control or avoid diabetes, have healthier eyes, hearts and kidneys, deal with the problems of obesity and try to understand all the ways that an unhealthy lifestyle can undermine our quality of life.
Because brown fat appears to play a role in metabolism, Shuldiner's group examined the Pimas for mutations in the DNA that encodes this protein.
(15) At the same time, as is well known, the Pimas, similar to other indigenous nations, were under pressure to adapt to the dominant Anglo-American society.
An early analysis of the data shows that the Sioux run twice the risk of developing heart disease compared with the Pima and Maricopa.
Bolton, ed., Anza's California Expeditions: Font's Complete Diary, 4:43; Ezell, "The Hispanic Acculturation of the Gila River Pimas," 39, 104; House Executive Document 41, 83.
Some scientists have suggested that Pimas might help strave off Type II diabetes by returning to their traditional low-fat, high-carbohydrate diet.
Nabhan and his colleagues selected six starchy foods traditionally eaten by the Pimas: mesquite pods, acorns, white and yellow tepary beans, lima beans and a strain of corn long cultivated by the tribe.
However, despite working as allies with American settlers, the Pima only saw a short-lived era in which they benefited from a mutually fulfilling relation with the United States based on trade and military alliances.
Besides providing information on obesity that Bogardus thinks is applicable to the general population, Pima studies provide insight into the development of diabetes, as well as how culture may affect health.