What's the difference between aspirator and aspiratory?
Aspirator
Definition:
(n.) An apparatus for passing air or gases through or over certain liquids or solids, or for exhausting a closed vessel, by means of suction.
(n.) An instrument for the evacuation of the fluid contents of tumors or collections of blood.
Example Sentences:
(1) Down and up regulation by peptides may be useful for treatment of cough and prevention of aspiration pneumonia.
(2) The Cavitron Ultrasonic Surgical Aspirator (CUSA) is a dissecting system that removes tissue by vibration, irrigation and suction; fluid and particulate matter from tumors are aspirated and subsquently deposited in a canister.
(3) Sickle and normal discocytes both showed membrane elasticity with reversion to original cell shape following release of the cell from its aspirated position at the pipette tip.
(4) The exception to this rule is a cyst which can be safely aspirated under controlled conditions.
(5) The fine needle aspiration cytology features of twelve peripherally located bronchioloalveolar cell carcinomas of the lung diagnosed by fine needle aspiration biopsy are described.
(6) A quantitative index of duodenogastric reflux was obtained in each case by determining the percentage of the injected dose of 99mTechnetium-DISIDA that was recovered by continuous aspiration of gastric juice in fasting subjects.
(7) To be sure, the demonstration of pulmonary aspiration with GRS had little influence on patient selection and response to therapy.
(8) 18 aspirates were obtained from patients with B-non-Hodgkin's lymphoma of high malignancy.
(9) The concentration of potassium (K+) and sodium (Na+) was measured in breast cyst fluid (BCF) from 611 cysts greater than 3 ml aspirated in 520 women with gross cystic disease of the breast.
(10) This phenomena is strongly marked in spastic and mixed types of drowning and is absent in aspiration and reflex types.
(11) Other less common indications are some instances of aspiration pneumonia, septicemias due to B. fragilis, and actinomycoses.
(12) Initial analysis of aspirated bone marrow disclosed ALL FAB-L1 morphology, common (Ia+, cALLa+) immunophenotype and a complex abnormal karyotype.
(13) These findings in a patient with acute leukaemia are strongly suspicious of fungal infection, and percutaneous fine-needle aspiration under ultrasound or computed tomography-guidance is indicated.
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(15) It is the combination of his company's pan-African and industrialist vision – reminiscent of the aspirations of African independence pioneers like Ghana's Kwame Nkrumah – and its relentless financial growth that has set Dangote apart.
(16) From this study, biopsies appear more helpful to detect malignant cells than aspirates.
(17) Recent reports have indicated the usefulness of nuclear grooves (clefts or notches) as an additional criterion for the diagnosis of papillary thyroid carcinoma in fine needle aspirates; most of these studies were carried out on alcohol-fixed material stained with the Papanicolaou stain or with hematoxylin and eosin, which yield good nuclear details.
(18) The results of simple aspiration in 30 cases of pneumothorax are presented.
(19) A large exudative retinal detachment and hypopyon developed in one eye, and cultures from the anterior chamber aspirate grew CMV.
(20) Compared with anteverted (N = 243) or axial (N = 149) locations, the retroverted uterus (N = 66) was associated with a lower mean sample weight per aspiration (22, 18, and 15 mg, respectively; P less than .01) and a greater frequency of multiple-pass procedures (23, 31, and 52%, respectively; P less than .0001).
Aspiratory
Definition:
(a.) Of or pertaining to breathing; suited to the inhaling of air
Example Sentences:
(1) The use of CAT together with monitored aspiratory puncture provided a diagnostic reliability over 90%, so we conclude this should be the examination technique of choice when retroperitoneal tumour is suspected.
(2) The operating sheath incorporates two isolated operating channels (2 mm OD) through which an Nd-YAG quartz fiber and an aspiratory cannula can be inserted simultaneously.
(3) The diagnostic method used was the visualization of the parasite in bone marrow aspiratory puncture.
(4) The author recommends the following therapeutic attitude: aspiratory drainage (the flow and magnitude of the aspiration are led in terms of the flow of bronchial communication), with introduction of irritating substances through the drainage tube.
(5) The postoperative atelectases were characterized by substantially larger lesions and prevalence of reflectory, aspiratory, and polyetiological types of lesions.
(6) The aspiratory accident was not well evaluated by the patients.
(7) A new operation has been devised in our department in which a surgical ultrasonic aspiratory, the CUSATM System (Cavitron Corporation) was used to fragment directly and strip bloodlessly mucosa from the rectal wall in 20 dogs as part of a simple ileo-anal sleeve anastomosis.
(8) It is proposed to define the alterations as a separate form of aspiratory lesion in children.
(9) In relapsed pneumothorax, or in cases in which the healing does not appear after a correct and well-conducted aspiratory drainage the surgery is required (Prof. C. Coman's procedure).