What's the difference between ahigh and thigh?

Ahigh


Definition:

  • (adv.) On high.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) In contrast, the effect of ahigh concentration of bredinin on cell multiplication was not reversed by GMP.
  • (2) Ahigh potassium concentration (56mM) induces an increase in LHRH release from entire pieces of mediobasal hypothalamus (MBH), but not from a synaptosomal pellet; this release is inhibited when calcium is omitted.
  • (3) Dermatologic lesions, including pathognomonic multiple facial trichilemmomas, precede the development of malignancy and can identify women with ahigh risk of developing breast cancer.
  • (4) Kinetic viscosity data demonstrated a pre-gelation lag phase, dependent on ahigh power of the haemoglobin concentration, similar to the nucleation of human haemoglobin S (HbS).
  • (5) A new allele with ahigh pI (6.5) was observed in a low frequency in all the populations but the Malays.

Thigh


Definition:

  • (n.) The proximal segment of the hind limb between the knee and the trunk. See Femur.
  • (n.) The coxa, or femur, of an insect.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Muscle weakness and atrophy were most marked in the distal parts of the legs, especially in the gastrocnemius and soleus muscles, and then spread to the thighs and gluteal muscles.
  • (2) In the case of unilateral blockade at the groin or pelvis, the grafts connect the lymphatics of the thigh of the affected leg with lymphatics in the contralateral healthy groin.
  • (3) Symptoms include numbness, tingling and pain in the anterolateral thigh.
  • (4) The thigh and hip manifestations can obscure the primary intra-abdominal process either due to the obvious emphysema or to the obtunded abdominal signs secondary to associated neuropathy.
  • (5) Chest and biceps circumferences increased 4.2% and 3.1%, respectively; abdomen and thigh circumferences did not significantly change; body fat decreased 16.8%; and body mass increased 2.3%.
  • (6) By placing the thigh in external flexion-rotation the deep femoral artery can readily be approached downstream the first perforating artery.
  • (7) Mean pressures in the thigh approximated more closely to the calculated mean pressures than in the arm.
  • (8) On physical examination the patients complained of pain on both passive flexion and internal rotation of the hip, and when the thigh was pushed backwards at 90 degrees of flexion.
  • (9) The transversalis fascia of the floor of the femoral canal turns down to form the medial wall of the venous compartment of the femoral sheath, and has the support of the curved edge of the lacunar ligament which effectively bars the femoral canal from entering the thigh.
  • (10) Three new and 19 previously reported cases of thigh emphysema secondary to bowel disease are reviewed.
  • (11) Forty-four patients of meralgia paraesthetica presented with combination of symptoms mainly of numbness with loss of superficial sensation on the anterolateral aspect of a thigh were selected for the study.
  • (12) Measurements of cross-sectional muscle areas of the upper-arm and mid-thigh from MRI images were compared to corresponding estimates from anthropometric measurements of limb circumferences and skinfold thicknesses in 25 normal, healthy, elderly persons.
  • (13) Between 1980 and 1990, 24 total thigh flap procedures were performed at Rancho Los Amigos Medical Center (Downey, CA) by the Pressure Ulcer Management Service.
  • (14) A low waist-thigh ratio was associated with a high prevalence of varicose veins in women.
  • (15) Wistar rats were infected by injection of 0.05 ml of a dense oily suspension of Staphylococcus aureus into the posterior thigh muscles of the hind leg.
  • (16) In order to assess the efficacy of therapy, manual measurement of the circumference of thigh and leg and echotomography were performed in order to measure the thickness of the muscle layer.
  • (17) Pelvic nerve: vagina, cervix, and perineal skin; hypogastric nerve: cervix and proximal three fifths of the uterus; pudendal nerve: skin of perineum, inner thigh, and clitoral sheath.
  • (18) We report on the use of this flap to resurface the anterolateral aspect of the lower thigh and restore stability and extension to the knee joint following extensive damage to the quadriceps mechanism.
  • (19) No immunosuppressive effect was recognized when injections with HG and MG bacterins were in the left and right thigh muscles, respectively, or from intravenous inoculation with the combined bacterin.
  • (20) she shudders – she has declined all reality TV invitations, and the closest she has ever come to a wardrobe malfunction was a minor ding-dong over some exposed thigh once while presenting Crimewatch, about which she was mortified.

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