What's the difference between annul and infirmative?

Annul


Definition:

  • (a.) To reduce to nothing; to obliterate.
  • (a.) To make void or of no effect; to nullify; to abolish; to do away with; -- used appropriately of laws, decrees, edicts, decisions of courts, or other established rules, permanent usages, and the like, which are made void by component authority.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The unique structure we describe is a cytoplasmic organelle which, like annulate lamellae, is closely associated with the endoplasmic reticulum and is presumed to be related to the genesis of rough-surfaced endoplasmic reticulum in tumor cells.
  • (2) The description of the structure of epithelial cells includes: 1) the endoplasmic reticulum and ribosomes, 2) mitochondria, 3) the nucleus, 4) the golgi complex and secretory bodies, 5) lysosomes, 6) annulate lamellae, 7) luminal surface, 8) basal surface, 9) lateral surface, and 10) the nucleolar channel system.
  • (3) The following consequences can be drawn for the taxonomy and biochemistry of the tested organisms: e) The species status of M. gastri should be annuled.
  • (4) Both tumor cells frequently contained well-developed RER, zymogen-like granules, and annulate lamellae.
  • (5) A close association was observed annulate lamellae and granular endoplasmic reticulum.
  • (6) "It may be thought strange that I could abstain from a woman who to most people was so attractive," he told his lawyer during the annulment proceedings.
  • (7) The more the president rules by decree – and one faction in the Brotherhood argues that he should issue a constitutional decree of his own, annulling the content of the decree Scaf issued within hours of the closing of the presidential polls – the more he risks alienating his future political partners in the broad-tent political coalition he intends to set up both under him as president, and under the prime minister he intends to nominate.
  • (8) The sarcocysts of both species are trabeculated and their cyst walls have cytophaneres containing annulated fibrils and coarse, electron dense granules.
  • (9) Still, Rafsanjani – often accused of sitting on the fence – did not call outright for an annulment.
  • (10) Replacement of the common fresh weight or dry weight specific oxygen consumption by a more synthetic value calculated from ash-free dry weight specific oxygen consumption measurements, to annulate the body-size effect, is proposed for interspecific comparison over a wide range of body size, taking into account parameters such as temperature.
  • (11) The most unique ultrastructure feature was the presence of annulate lamellae in four of the six cases.
  • (12) If you are made bankrupt it is possible to get the bankruptcy order annulled if you can get your creditors to agree to what is called a fast track IVA.
  • (13) Among a "toolbox" of actions under consideration are: • full or partial annulment of the Oslo Accords, under which the Palestinian Authority (PA) was established • withholding tax revenues Israel collects on behalf of the PA • cancellation of permits for thousands of Palestinian labourers to work in Israel • withdrawal of travel privileges for senior PA officials • acceleration of building programmes in West Bank settlements • unilateral annexation of the main Jewish settlement blocks.
  • (14) This may suggest that annulate lamellae participate in protein synthesis.
  • (15) A specific organelle, the annulate lamellae or lamellar body, was seen in tight correlation with other structures near the nucleus.
  • (16) The methionine synergism for P. malhamensis growth is also negated when B12 activity is annulled by alkali treatment; MTA is not inactivated by such treatment.
  • (17) The similarities in structure to the nuclear envelope and the relation between annulate lamellae and other cellular organelles (especially endoplasmic reticulum and ribosomes) suggest that lamellae may be involved in the release, assembly or activation of stored development information.
  • (18) The annulated derivative N6-(1-naphthylmethyl)adenosine resulted in a very potent A2 agonist (A1 Ki = 24 nM, A2 Ki = 9.1 nM), whereas N6-(9-anthracenylmethyl)adenosine was virtually inactive (A1 Ki = 9,000 nM, A2 Ki = 29,000 nM).
  • (19) The omission of sodium or dextrose in the perfusion fluid annulled this effect.
  • (20) In March this year, an Indonesian court annulled a 17-year-old private contract with the water corporations Suez and Aetra on the basis of human rights violations resulting from a fourfold rise in tariffs since the utility was privatised, lower service coverage than promised, and water leakage levels of up to 44%.

Infirmative


Definition:

  • (a.) Weakening; annulling, or tending to make void.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The thrust of health care "solutions" in the press and in Congress focus on the infirm.
  • (2) Those allocated a diagnosis of dementia were most impaired and confused, and those living in specialist homes for the mentally infirm were more impaired than other residents.
  • (3) Photograph: Eamonn Mccabe I is for Italy He lived for many years in a mountain-top retreat in Ravello on the Amalfi coast until he became too infirm to cope with the hills.
  • (4) Anyone who is pregnant, breastfeeding or infirm should talk to a GP before taking the herb.
  • (5) The cell bodies of the AVCN did not seem altered infirming a rapid, direct or indirect, neurotoxic effect of the drug.
  • (6) This paper describes one of the first attempts at an economic evaluation of a community care initiative for elderly mentally infirm people and their carers.
  • (7) It appears to become more severe with advanced age and other infirmities, such as immobility.
  • (8) It was one of at least half a dozen such unionist experiments, with a variety of partners, which foundered on the rocks of the would-be partners' infirmity of purpose, fear, suspicion and disdain of this bizarre, arrogant, impetuous upstart.
  • (9) While the courts welcome Russian oligarchs whose disputes have nothing to do with this country, they close their doors to the cheated, the battered and the infirm from the native poor.
  • (10) Swing your gaze from the aged and infirm to your fit and healthy peers here and abroad embracing fascism and poor-bashing.
  • (11) Other factors included pre-existing locomotor disorder or mental infirmity, unmanageable incontinence of urine after catheterisation, and institutional disorientation.
  • (12) The increasing infirmity of the aged often associated with tiredness, dyspnea and dizziness even without treatment requires careful instruction of the patient about effects and side effects of the prescribed medication.
  • (13) 11.01am BST Lord Norman Tebbit , the Tory former cabinet minister, says he worries such a bill would bring great pressure on the old, infirm or disabled to consider ending their lives so as to not be a financial burden on others.
  • (14) If "pain" in the broad sense of the term lends itself to objective evaluation with difficulty, it is not the same with respect to infirmity.
  • (15) The results of one such arrangement where a geriatrician was involved in the weekly review of the elderly mentally infirm patients are described.
  • (16) The dual rating system eliminates the problem of declining knee scores associated with patient infirmity.
  • (17) Neurotic applicants for an infirmity-pension belong to the group of problem patients for attending general practitioners and specialists alike.
  • (18) Please do not let us remember only the sick and infirm.
  • (19) Yet every local authority in the land allows men like these as well as our sick, elderly and infirm to be left to the tender mercies of profiteers and cowboys.
  • (20) Now staff and volunteers hunched over the infirm, dispensing sips of water and fanning them with bits of cardboard.

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