What's the difference between antefix and etruscan?

Antefix


Definition:

  • (n.) An ornament fixed upon a frieze.
  • (n.) An ornament at the eaves, concealing the ends of the joint tiles of the roof.
  • (n.) An ornament of the cymatium of a classic cornice, sometimes pierced for the escape of water.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) In 82 patients, the more favourable vaginal approach was rendered complicated by additional findings (in 22, antefixating preliminary operations on the uterus after DolĂ©ris or Baldy; in 29, cystic adnexal tumours; in 31, adhesions or unclear conditions of pain following known or unknown previous surgery).
  • (2) The following results show this surgical procedure to be especially advantageous: A permanent good fixation of vagina without shortening, no recurrence no pain and neither so-called antefixation complaints.
  • (3) Two cases of urinary bladder-stone-formation after surgical treatment of a prolapsed uterus and an uterus-antefixation according to Kocher are reported.

Etruscan


Definition:

  • (n.) Of or relating to Etruria.
  • (n.) A native or inhabitant of Etruria.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The suffixes of the nominal declension in the Old Canary and Etruscan languages are very similar to the corresponding elements of the Sumerian and Ural-Altaic tongues.
  • (2) This place feels as old as time itself: the Etruscans were here, there is a Roman amphitheatre and the Medici made their inimitable and indelible mark with a fortress, which they converted into a prison.
  • (3) A survey of dental occlusion in Etruscan cranial remains, however, shows very good typical occlusion and almost no crowding.
  • (4) Volume fraction and surface to volume ratio of the mitochondria in the myocardium were determined in the white rat (221 g), white mouse (36 g), white-toothed shrew (8 g) and the etruscan shrew (2 g) using morphometric methods.
  • (5) Josiah also created Black Basalt, a fine black porcelain, which enabled him to produce copies of the newly excavated Etruscan pottery from Italy.
  • (6) indicate Etruscans may have been the first people to employ orthodontic bands to improve tooth alignment.
  • (7) It reached a value which was 62% higher in the etruscan shrew than that of the white rat, while in the volume fraction of the mitochondria the maximal increase was only 34%.
  • (8) The author describes the common ideas of the human uterus in Etruscan and early Roman Italy known from anatomical ex-votos and gems, most of them found in the regions of Etruria and Latium.
  • (9) This is much the largest area of green anywhere near the centre of the city, and provided you do not object to dogs being walked, it is a delight to lie on the grass under the towering umbrella pines or stroll right the way across towards the Etruscan Museum, the Gallery of Modern Art or the zoo.

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