What's the difference between abundant and old?

Abundant


Definition:

  • (a.) Fully sufficient; plentiful; in copious supply; -- followed by in, rarely by with.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) But it will be a subtle difference, because it's already abundantly clear there's no danger of the war being suddenly forgotten, or made to seem irrelevant to our sense of what Europe and the world has to avoid repeating.
  • (2) In normal seminal vesicle, the reaction product was apparently more abundant in columnar and basal cells than in other cell types.
  • (3) It is concluded that selection against insertional mutations is unlikely to be the major factor involved in the containment of element abundance.
  • (4) Proliferating cells were abundant and scattered throughout the stratified epithelium before the appearance of villi.
  • (5) The papillae on the oral sucker were more abundant than those elsewhere.
  • (6) Plakoglobin is present in the fertilized egg, increases in abundance by neurula stage, then declines at the tailbud and tadpole stages.
  • (7) Mitoses were always more abundant after 3-4 days in culture, and were consistently higher in cultures to which phytohemagglutinin had not been added.
  • (8) Ten of 11 diffuse poorly differentiated lymphocytic lymphomas were composed of cells with large amounts of surface immunoglobulin, whereas only 1 of 5 diffuse well differentiated lymphocytic tumors contained such abundant surface immunoglobulin.
  • (9) It is of particular interest that in this paraprotein the major component is a biantennary complex-type oligosaccharide that lacks a fucose residue and an oligosaccharide with the structure (Formula: see text) exists as one of the most abundant components.
  • (10) The outstanding morphologic feature of cortical cells exposed to microunit ACTH concentrations for 40 min was the abundance of electron-dense granules (0.2-0.4 mum).
  • (11) Abundant ciliated cells were present in all lung specimens.
  • (12) Electron microscopic examination of all leptomeningeal and meningioma cultures revealed desmosomes and dense tonofilament formation; in addition, granular, filamentous basement membrane-like material was abundant in the extracellular spaces of all cultures.
  • (13) The appearance of an abundant class of polyribosomes was correlated with globin synthesis by demonstrating that a discrete class of polyribosomes arises in cells treated with the inducers hexamethylene bisacetamide and hemin.
  • (14) The protein was abundant in all t(14;18)-carrying cell lines and lymphomas and was also found at lower levels in pre-B-cell lines and nonmalignant lymphoid tissues that do not carry t(14;18) translocations.
  • (15) Phosphotyrosine-modified proteins were also abundant in and highly restricted to the process-rich layers of the embryonic optic tectum.
  • (16) Prosaposin, the precursor of saposins A, B, C, and D, which activate lysosomal hydrolysis of sphingolipids, exists in various tissues and body fluids and is especially abundant in the nervous system.
  • (17) In the outer membrane it was one of three or four most abundant proteins.
  • (18) The abundance of adhesion molecules on leukocytes and keratinocytes in oral lichen planus is indicative of a special state of activation.
  • (19) Methanospirillum hungatei and Methanosarcina barkeri predominated in ethanol-grown granules, whereas many morphotypes of methanogens were abundant in granules from the full-scale reactor.
  • (20) Ultrastructural examination of noncartilaginous regions of the tumor demonstrated mesenchymal cells with features suggestive of cartilaginous differentiation, viz, scalloped cell membranes, sac-like distension of abundant rough endoplasmic reticulum, and a matrix containing fibrillary and finely granular material.

Old


Definition:

  • (n.) Open country.
  • (superl.) Not young; advanced far in years or life; having lived till toward the end of the ordinary term of living; as, an old man; an old age; an old horse; an old tree.
  • (superl.) Not new or fresh; not recently made or produced; having existed for a long time; as, old wine; an old friendship.
  • (superl.) Formerly existing; ancient; not modern; preceding; original; as, an old law; an old custom; an old promise.
  • (superl.) Continued in life; advanced in the course of existence; having (a certain) length of existence; -- designating the age of a person or thing; as, an infant a few hours old; a cathedral centuries old.
  • (superl.) Long practiced; hence, skilled; experienced; cunning; as, an old offender; old in vice.
  • (superl.) Long cultivated; as, an old farm; old land, as opposed to new land, that is, to land lately cleared.
  • (superl.) Worn out; weakened or exhausted by use; past usefulness; as, old shoes; old clothes.
  • (superl.) More than enough; abundant.
  • (superl.) Aged; antiquated; hence, wanting in the mental vigor or other qualities belonging to youth; -- used disparagingly as a term of reproach.
  • (superl.) Old-fashioned; wonted; customary; as of old; as, the good old times; hence, colloquially, gay; jolly.
  • (superl.) Used colloquially as a term of cordiality and familiarity.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) A 2.5-month-old child with cyanotic heart disease who required long-term PGE1 infusions; developed widespread periosteal reactions during the course of therapy.
  • (2) Yet the Tory promise of fiscal rectitude prevailed in England Alexander had been in charge of Labour’s election strategy, but he could not strategise a victory over a 20-year-old Scottish nationalist who has not yet taken her finals.
  • (3) A 61-year-old man experienced four bouts of pancreatitis in 1 year.
  • (4) A total of 104 evaluable patients 20-90 years old treated by direct vision internal urethrotomy a.m. Sachse for urethral strictures reported retrospectively via a questionnaire their sexual potency before and after internal urethrotomy.
  • (5) A 66-year-old woman with acute idiopathic polyneuritis (Landry-Guillain-Barré [LGB] syndrome) had normal extraocular movements, but her pupils did not react to light or accommodation.
  • (6) Scatchard analyses of binding data obtained with synaptosomal preparations from 17-day-old embryos revealed two T3 binding sites.
  • (7) A remarkable deterioration of prognosis with increasing age rises the question whether treatment with cytotoxic drugs should be tried in patients more than 60 years old.
  • (8) A specimen of a very early ovum, 4 to 6 days old, shown in the luminal form of imbedding before any hemorrhage has taken place, confirms that the luminal form of imbedding does occur.
  • (9) Data collection at the old hospital for comparison, however, was not always reliable.
  • (10) A leg ulcer in a 52-year-old renal transplant patient yielded foamy histiocytes containing acid-fast bacilli subsequently identified as a Runyon group III Mycobacterium.
  • (11) The 36-year-old teacher at an inner-city London primary school earns £40,000 a year and contributes £216 a month to her pension.
  • (12) Eight-week-old virgin untreated female mice were induced to ovulate using equine chorionic gonadotropin (eCG) and human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG), and were then caged with males overnight.
  • (13) The authors report an ocular luxation of a four-year-old girl after a bicycle accident.
  • (14) Peak incidence is found among 40 to 49-year-old and 60 to 64-year-old women.
  • (15) The capillary-adipocyte distances were shorter and the vascularization density was higher in old rats.
  • (16) Brilliant, old-fashioned speech, from the days before teleprompters became all-dominant.
  • (17) Though the 54-year-old designer made brief returns to the limelight after his fall from grace, designing a one-off collection for Oscar de la Renta last year , his appointment at Margiela marks a more permanent comeback.
  • (18) He also deals with the incidence, conservative and surgical treatment of osteo-arthrosis in old age and with the possibilities of its prevention.
  • (19) Sterile, pruritic papules and papulopustules that formed annular rings developed on the back of a 58-year-old woman.
  • (20) The first patient, an 82-year-old woman, developed a WPW syndrome suggesting posterior right ventricular preexcitation, a pattern which persisted for four months until her death.