What's the difference between acarine and amarine?
Acarine
Definition:
(a.) Of or caused by acari or mites; as, acarine diseases.
Example Sentences:
(1) Quinoxaline, organotin, organofluorine, and formamidine compounds are among the newer pesticide chemicals used for acarine control.
(2) Tanned human Rh negative O red blood cells or sheep red blood cells coated with soluble acarine antigens were used to detect mite-specific antibodies.
(3) Martins in the absence of acarine nest parasites produced young heavier than parasitized young of the same brood size; in addition, unparasitized nestlings tended to reach a maximum weight equivalent to that of young in parasitized broods of one less member.
(4) Prick test reactions in the skin test positive patients were most commonly seen to house dust or the acarine mite, Dermatophagoides farinae (82 percent), followed by pollens (66 percent), animal danders (38 percent), foods (16 percent), Aspergillus fumigatus (16 percent), and other moulds (21 percent).
(5) Acarine infestations of the dog and cat are transmissible to man.
(6) Perhaps the most noteworthy feature of acarine pheromones or allomones is the use of the same or similar molecules by many species.
(7) This paper summarizes the literature on swine mange, incorporating relevant literature on human scabies and on acarine associations with other mammals.
(8) Although the same or similar compounds may be used for chemical communication, no universal model describes the behavior of all species in an acarine family or order.
(9) Although the best serological specificity and sensitivity were obtained with P. simicola and its derivatives (1:640), several free-living acarine species were useful in detecting antibodies to mites.
(10) Avermectins and acarine growth regulators show promise as potential future tick control agents.
(11) In the brief period following the pioneering discoveries of pheromones in ticks (8) and mites (16, 17), evidence of a variety of acarine semiochemicals has been obtained, several pheromones and allomones have been identified, a sex pheromone gland has been described, and considerable effort has been directed to understanding the regulation of pheromone activity.
(12) Another notable feature of acarine pheromones is the use of multicomponent signals to regulate different events in the behavioral process.
(13) An acarine appears for the first time as a sylvatic vector and reservoir (at least temporary) of yellow fever.
Amarine
Definition:
(n.) A characteristic crystalline substance, obtained from oil of bitter almonds.