What's the difference between ambidextrous and dexterous?

Ambidextrous


Definition:

  • (a.) Having the faculty of using both hands with equal ease.
  • (a.) Practicing or siding with both parties.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Left-handers exhibited lower NK cell activity compared to right-handed or ambidextrous animals.
  • (2) I got a hint of the price she has paid for her ambidextrous approach to cultural identify after her last interview was published, when a shocking number of British Pakistani men got in touch to denounce her as a shameful infidel.
  • (3) When tested in another task (recovering food pellets from a horizontal shelf accessible through a narrow slit below the ceiling of the test box) same rats displayed identical (45%) and opposite (15%) preference or were ambidextrous (40%).
  • (4) Of 62 males, 20 (32.3%) were right-handed, 39 (62.9%) ambidextrous, and 3 (4.8%) left-handed.
  • (5) In left-handed and ambidextrous individuals the posterior ends of the sylvian fissures are more often nearly equal in height and the occipital regions are more often equal in width or the right may be wider.
  • (6) Palm prints of 394 right-handers and 356 non-right-handers (left-handers and ambidextrous) were evaluated regarding intertriradial ridge counts.
  • (7) Contrary to expectations, speech was produced faster by ambidextrous subjects than by either strongly left- or strongly right-handed subjects under a number of conditions.
  • (8) There were three distinct groups in respect to paw preferences in dogs: right-preferent (57.1%), left-preferent (17.9%), and ambidextrous (25.0%).
  • (9) Ambidextrous children in health and with GSD were characterized by noticeable responsiveness of the theta rhythm.
  • (10) The mean grasp-reflex from right and left were found to be significantly smaller in ambidextrous males and females then right-handed males and females, with a much higher significance for the right hand.
  • (11) This is where the nail bar's business model comes into its own: it is incredibly hard for the non-ambidextrous to do a good job of both hands.
  • (12) Among the girls, those with two or more left-handed or ambidextral relatives were the fastest on the color-naming task, those with no such relatives were the slowest, and those with only one left-handed or ambidextral relative scored between the other two groups in color-naming speed.
  • (13) Non-right-handedness is probably a marker of anomalous cerebral dominance and the disproportion of left-handed and ambidextrous subjects with esotropia may indicate that some persons with esotropia have anomalous brain architecture.
  • (14) Fifty-five out of 64 subjects were right-handed (RH) and 9 were left-handed or ambidextrous (NRH).
  • (15) Ambidextrous subjects performed as well as right- or left-handers on unimanual tasks despite a lack of hand preference.
  • (16) Of the total sample (N = 109), 54 (49.5%) cats were found to be right-preferent, 44 (40.4%) left-preferent, and 11 (10.1%) ambidextrous.
  • (17) Will the party the other side of an election be a one-handed version of its ambidextrous 1997 form, without the centre-left characters that kept the New Labour coalition going?
  • (18) In females (N = 63), 34 cats (54.0%) were right-preferent, 23 (36.5%) left-preferent, and 6 (9.5%) ambidextrous.
  • (19) Whereas in 8 rats the strongly expressed forepaw preference was not changed by lateralized ICSS, in 8 latently ambidextrous animals stimulation of the lateral hypothalamus ipsilateral to the preferred forepaw increased reaching with the normally non-preferred forepaw from 15% to 60%.
  • (20) In the group of animals with amnesia the numbers of the left-handed, right-handed and ambidextrous were approximately equal.

Dexterous


Definition:

  • (a.) Ready and expert in the use of the body and limbs; skillful and active with the hands; handy; ready; as, a dexterous hand; a dexterous workman.
  • (a.) Skillful in contrivance; quick at inventing expedients; expert; as, a dexterous manager.
  • (a.) Done with dexterity; skillful; artful; as, dexterous management.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Emphasis is placed upon practical matters, such as quality of measurement, instruments and the dexterity of the surgeon.
  • (2) Since the effectiveness with which they are removed largely depends on the age with respect to the stage of root formation, bone resilience and relationship with adjacent anatomical structures, and the dexterity of the operator, whenever possible, early removal is recommended.
  • (3) The in vitro culture of mouse bone marrow (Dexter cultures) has allowed a detailed analysis of the biology of murine hematopoiesis.
  • (4) Ethanol alone impaired manual dexterity, increased drowsiness, reduced 'clearheadedness' and also tended to reduce feelings of aggression.
  • (5) Long-term in vitro human hematopoietic (Dexter) cultures are limited both in their longevity (8-12 weeks) and in their cell production over time.
  • (6) Cor triatriatum dexter is rare and is infrequently diagnosed before postmortem study; however, once the diagnosis is extablished, the condition is amenable to a relatively simple surgical correction.
  • (7) At the age of 50, Keaton adopted her first child, her daughter Dexter, now 18.
  • (8) Additional experiments were performed to assess the formation of new progenitor cells in reconstituted Dexter cultures.
  • (9) The conditioned medium of a non-virus producing A-MuLV transformed fibroblast cell line was synergistic with medium from Whitlock-Witte long-term bone marrow cultures, while conditioned medium from modified Dexter-type cultures was not active.
  • (10) Aesthesiometric thresholds (two-point discrimination and depth sense perception), manipulative dexterity, pinch grip force and fingertip skin temperature (FST) were measured before and after exposure to different combinations of static load (handle holding), noise and vibration by using new production brush saws for 5 to 15 min.
  • (11) The results showed a very good distribution of 100% or 90% in the bronchi principals dexter and sinister.
  • (12) MK-8057 can be maintained in Dexter-type liquid culture with a feeder layer of irradiated bone marrow cells.
  • (13) Sex differences emerged on the Embedded-figures Test and the first half of the dexterity test.
  • (14) Dexter was a consummate theatrical craftsman and Lindsay was, in one form, a sort of poetic director.
  • (15) We feel that these innovations may enhance surgical dexterity of residents without the need for animal sacrifice.
  • (16) Yet, we could not find relevant associations between radiographic findings and clinical outcome parameters (pain, morning stiffness, dexterity, grip strength, and patient's overall assessment).
  • (17) And, apart from appearing in plays at his Belper grammar school, Bates became a regular visitor to Derby Playhouse, where he admired the work of two unknown actors, and later friends, John Osborne and John Dexter.
  • (18) Through dexterous operation of the Shinkai6500's mechanical arms by pilot Sasaki-san, we quickly began collecting samples of rocks, the hot fluids from the vents, and the creatures thriving around them: speckled anemones with almost-translucent tentacles, and the orange-tinted shrimp scurrying among them.
  • (19) Our data suggest that poorer performance may be because orthodontists: (1) perceive their younger population of patients at less risk for HBV and HIV; (2) treat 2.5 times as many patients, which increases the costs of infection control; (3) do not use invasive procedures; and (4) perceive that glove use decreases dexterity.
  • (20) The interaction of noise and heat entailed superior performance of the tasks of memory and search, two hand coordination and reaction time, at moderate difficulty levels, but no distinct interaction effect was observed on the performance of tweezer dexterity.