What's the difference between acuminate and cacuminate?
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.