What's the difference between acuminate and acumination?

Acuminate


Definition:

  • (a.) Tapering to a point; pointed; as, acuminate leaves, teeth, etc.
  • (v. t.) To render sharp or keen.
  • (v. i.) To end in, or come to, a sharp point.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Cell-mediated response in 60 patients affected by acuminated condylomas has been studied; this was investigated with aspecific in vivo tests (intradermal-reaction with tuberculin, trichophytin, candidine) and by in vitro tests (blood test with cell count, lymphocyte typing, serum proteins, serum immunoglobulin) and was compared with a control group.
  • (2) Giant condyloma acumination, also called Bürschke-Loewenstein disease, is a pseudo-tumoral epithelial proliferation of viral origin (human papilloma virus).
  • (3) The acuminate or "masculine" type is present in approximately half of the men and 10 percent of the women.
  • (4) An acuminate interalveolar septum predominates in normal children, but diastema and the child's age are conducive to its flattening.
  • (5) The distribution of pubic hair was classified into four types, designated as horizontal, sagittal, acuminate and disperse.

Acumination


Definition:

  • (n.) A sharpening; termination in a sharp point; a tapering point.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Cell-mediated response in 60 patients affected by acuminated condylomas has been studied; this was investigated with aspecific in vivo tests (intradermal-reaction with tuberculin, trichophytin, candidine) and by in vitro tests (blood test with cell count, lymphocyte typing, serum proteins, serum immunoglobulin) and was compared with a control group.
  • (2) Giant condyloma acumination, also called Bürschke-Loewenstein disease, is a pseudo-tumoral epithelial proliferation of viral origin (human papilloma virus).
  • (3) The acuminate or "masculine" type is present in approximately half of the men and 10 percent of the women.
  • (4) An acuminate interalveolar septum predominates in normal children, but diastema and the child's age are conducive to its flattening.
  • (5) The distribution of pubic hair was classified into four types, designated as horizontal, sagittal, acuminate and disperse.

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