What's the difference between affliction and loss?

Affliction


Definition:

  • (n.) The cause of continued pain of body or mind, as sickness, losses, etc.; an instance of grievous distress; a pain or grief.
  • (n.) The state of being afflicted; a state of pain, distress, or grief.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) It afflicted 312,000 people and claimed 3200 lives.
  • (2) Similar tensions afflict the US political scene, where anti-immigrant and anti-trade rhetoric have been prominent from the start of the current presidential election round.
  • (3) The treatment of the handicapped is discussed in the light of the alterations by which they are most commonly afflicted.
  • (4) However, we very often noted certain characteristics of personality structure and social attitude in the patients afflicted with the disease.
  • (5) A child afflicted with atopic dermatitis developed a Kaposi-Juliusberg's syndrome.
  • (6) By comparison, our patient was afflicted at a considerably older age.
  • (7) Above all, MPs should vote to stop needless misery for families afflicted by this rare but terrible disorder.
  • (8) A significant part of his work on surgery consists of early descriptions of neurosurgical diagnosis and treatment, including the surgical treatment of head injuries and skull fractures, spinal injuries and dislocations, hydrocephalus and subdural effusions, headache, and many other medical afflictions.
  • (9) A total of 65 students and one female teacher were afflicted with an unusual illness following alleged inhalation of a 'gas' in the school.
  • (10) Caucasians were almost exclusively afflicted by this form of cancer (93% of this series).
  • (11) Of those who died before the age of 83, 11 per cent were afflicted with dementia, with a further 4 per cent in the early stages, and 17 per cent had other mental problems.
  • (12) The life within a family of a Rett syndrome child is usually in a constant state of changing emotion due to the overwhelming responsibility of caring for the afflicted child and meeting the needs of the remaining family.
  • (13) A combination of techniques is necessary to diagnose, and both surgical and medical approaches are needed to treat this often distressingly persistent affliction.
  • (14) Glomerulonephritis caused end-stage renal disease in Navajos at a rate at least 1.8 times that in US whites and afflicted a much younger population.
  • (15) The observation of a young north african afflicted with a tic disorder suggests an underlying meaning in the apparently confused motoric discharges, thanks to psychodrama and to ethnopsychoanalytic consultations with the family.
  • (16) None of those concerns, though, afflicted Jeremy Darroch, the chief executive of BSkyB, who emailed Sky News staff telling them the compromise was a "good outcome" that would maintain "long-term continuity".
  • (17) Using brains of English setter dogs afflicted with a form of this disorder, the autofluorescent storage granules have been isolated and subjected to extraction with chloroform-methanol.
  • (18) Other afflictions, such as broncho-pulmonary cancer, are beginning to cause problems.
  • (19) Physical medicine and rehabilitation measures are important components of the challenging treatment of patients of all age groups who are afflicted with severe arthritis.
  • (20) Since 1985, we have provided coordinated DNA-based and cytogenetic prenatal analysis for couples at risk for offspring afflicted with the fragile X [fra(X)] syndrome.

Loss


Definition:

  • (v. t.) The act of losing; failure; destruction; privation; as, the loss of property; loss of money by gaming; loss of health or reputation.
  • (v. t.) The state of losing or having lost; the privation, defect, misfortune, harm, etc., which ensues from losing.
  • (v. t.) That which is lost or from which one has parted; waste; -- opposed to gain or increase; as, the loss of liquor by leakage was considerable.
  • (v. t.) The state of being lost or destroyed; especially, the wreck or foundering of a ship or other vessel.
  • (v. t.) Failure to gain or win; as, loss of a race or battle.
  • (v. t.) Failure to use advantageously; as, loss of time.
  • (v. t.) Killed, wounded, and captured persons, or captured property.
  • (v. t.) Destruction or diminution of value, if brought about in a manner provided for in the insurance contract (as destruction by fire or wreck, damage by water or smoke), or the death or injury of an insured person; also, the sum paid or payable therefor; as, the losses of the company this year amount to a million of dollars.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Tryptic digestion of the membranes caused complete disappearance of the binding activity, but heat-treatment for 5 min at 70 degrees C caused only 40% loss of activity.
  • (2) These studies, in addition to demonstrating that the placenta contains TRH deamidase activity, suggest that losses of fetal TRH through the placenta are not large.
  • (3) Our results indicate that increasing the delay for more than 8 days following irradiation and TCD syngeneic BMT leads to a rapid loss of the ability to achieve alloengraftment by non-TCD allogeneic bone marrow.
  • (4) Even with hepatic lipase, phospholipid hydrolysis could not deplete VLDL and IDL of sufficient phospholipid molecules to account for the loss of surface phospholipid that accompanies triacylglycerol hydrolysis and decreasing core volume as LDL is formed (or for conversion of HDL2 to HDL3).
  • (5) Histological studies of nerves 2 years following irradiation demonstrated loss of axons and myelin, with a corresponding increase in endoneurial, perineurial, and epineurial connective tissue.
  • (6) The stages of mourning involve cognitive learning of the reality of the loss; behaviours associated with mourning, such as searching, embody unlearning by extinction; finally, physiological concomitants of grief may influence unlearning by direct effects on neurotransmitters or neurohormones, such as cortisol, ACTH, or norepinephrine.
  • (7) Moreover, in DCVC-treated cells the mitochondria could not be stained with rhodamine-123, indicating severe mitochondrial damage and loss of membrane potential.
  • (8) Adenosine diphosphate (ADP) afforded significant protection only at the very highest concentration (5.0 mM); inorganic pyrophosphate (PPi) did not protect against loss of latency at any concentration.
  • (9) The west Africa Ebola epidemic “Few global events match epidemics and pandemics in potential to disrupt human security and inflict loss of life and economic and social damage,” he said.
  • (10) Thus, it appears that neuronal loss may account for up to roughly half of the striatal D2 receptor loss during aging.
  • (11) Hearing loss at 8 kHz would shorten the I-V interval, while a loss at 4 kHz would be expected to lengthen the interval.
  • (12) It is concluded the decrease in cellular volume associated with substitution of serosal gluconate for Cl results in a loss of highly specific Ba2+-sensitive K+ conductance channels from the basolateral plasma membrane.
  • (13) With prolonged ischemia, it is only transient and is followed by a gradual loss of the adenylyl cyclase activity.
  • (14) A murine keratinocyte cell line that is resistant to the growth-inhibitory effects of transforming growth factor beta 1 (TGF beta 1) was examined for differential gene expression patterns that may be related to the mechanism of the loss of TGF beta 1 responsiveness.
  • (15) Periodontal disease activity is defined clinically by progressive loss of probing attachment and radiographically by progressive loss of alveolar bone.
  • (16) But not only did it post a larger loss than expected, Amazon also projected 7% to 18% revenue growth over the busiest shopping period of the year, a far cry from the 20%-plus pace that had convinced investors to overlook its persistent lack of profit in the past.
  • (17) The findings confirm and quantitate the severe atrophy of the neostriatum, in addition to demonstrating a severe loss of cerebral cortex and subcortical white matter in HD.
  • (18) We could do with similar action to cut out botnets and spam, but there aren't any big-money lobbyists coming to Mandelson pleading loss of business through those.
  • (19) The triad of epigastric pain unrelieved by antacids, bilious vomiting, and weight loss, particularly after a gastric operation should make one suspect this syndrome.
  • (20) The temporary loss of a family member through deployment brings unique stresses to a family in three different stages: predeployment, survival, and reunion.