What's the difference between atactic and polymer?

Atactic


Definition:

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Two male English Setters were noticed to be breathing rapidly, hyperexcitable, and atactic after roaming a rural area for 2 hours.
  • (2) Atactic and athetoid movements, optic atrophy, oculomotor abnormalities are observed in most cases.
  • (3) In contrast to published cases with neurological manifestations of infection with M. pneumoniae, the patient was disabled by persistent cerebellar symptoms with generalized ataxia and atactic dysarthria.
  • (4) Only little progress was achieved in atactic and athetoid patients.
  • (5) Four of 9 bST-treated cows and none of 8 control cows became atactic on the 1st d of heat stress.
  • (6) The neurological disturbances, characterized by hyper- and dysmetric movements and bilateral intention tremor with choreatic, atactic and even ballistic motor storms, appeared at 12 years of age.
  • (7) The differential diagnosis of atactic gait is discussed.
  • (8) Signs of neurotoxicity were remarkably similar in DXR or MXN treatment animals and included: head tremor, atactic-dystonic posture and circling behavior.
  • (9) Atactic gait was not observed, though vestibular response was abolished in three patients with Usher syndrome type I.
  • (10) Poly(2-vinylpyridine 1-oxide) inhibits the cytotoxic effects of quartz in cell cultures but the syndiotactic polymer behaves differently from the isotactic and atactic polymers.
  • (11) A 53-year-old female had developed slowly progressive dementia and atactic gait since the age of 45.
  • (12) Own observation: a 68-year-old man with a long history of cervicalgia, subsequently paraesthesias of the upper extremities, without a spastic atactic symptomatology of the lower extremities.
  • (13) For both stages examined there was a significant increase in the amount of 3H-concanavalin A bound by presumptive fusion areas in posterior regions of the nasal folds as compared with anterior regions; i.e., the atact between the nasal folds.
  • (14) Objective examination showed: slight hemiparesis in 37.5%, spastic-atactic gait disturbances in 31.5%, isolated damage to the corticospinal tracts with signs limited to one side of the body was more frequent in cortical atrophy, and these signs associated with ataxia were more frequent in subcortional atrophy.
  • (15) A 62-year-old woman with chronic lymphatic leukemia (CLL) (RAI stage IV) with multiple organ involvement and diabetes mellitus, three months prior to death presented with a symmetrical sensory neuropathy of the upper extremities with little motor impairment and, two months later, sensory atactic neuropathy of the lower limbs.
  • (16) It is therefore concluded, that this--highly accepted--training may be a valuable tool in neurological rehabilitation of atactic patients.
  • (17) Electroneuromyographical studies were performed in 39 patients with atactic-spastic and mixed forms of disseminated sclerosis.
  • (18) The data obtained were compared with electroneuromyographical studies in atactic and spastic syndromes of different origin.
  • (19) One patient had atactic diplegia, and one was athetotic.
  • (20) The Unterberger test, recorded by craniocorpography, demonstrates an increase of atactic patterns with increasing age.

Polymer


Definition:

  • (n.) Any one of two or more substances related to each other by polymerism; specifically, a substance produced from another substance by chemical polymerization.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Five days later, the animals were randomly assigned to one of four treatment groups: Group 1 received intracranial implantation of controlled-release polymers containing dexamethasone; Group 2 received intraperitoneal implantation of controlled-release polymers containing dexamethasone; Group 3 received serial intraperitoneal injections of dexamethasone; and Group 4 received sham treatment.
  • (2) In spite of important differences in size, chemical composition, polymer density, and configuration, biological macromolecules indeed manifest some of the essential physical-chemical properties of gels.
  • (3) The acetonitrile extract is concentrated and analyzed by HPLC, using a new polymer-based column, and detected by UV spectroscopy at 270 nm.
  • (4) These results suggest that glomerular IgA are IgA polymers and decreased hepatic clearance of hepatic IgA polymers may be responsible for the glomerular deposition of IgA.
  • (5) A method for the introduction of side chains containing isonitrile (isocyanide, functional group) on the backbone of polysaccharides and other hydroxylic polymers was developed.
  • (6) He knows polymer notes from travels in Australia, where they were first introduced in 1988, and he wants Britain to "move with the times" too.
  • (7) Poly(ortho ester) bioerodible polymers are suitable materials for the topical administration of a wide variety of therapeutic agents; varying the nature and amounts of excipients physically incorporated into the polymer will vary the erosion rates from a few hours to many months.
  • (8) By performing countercurrent distribution in the presence of a polymer-ligand, the protein that binds the polymer-ligand can be separated from a heterogenous mixture.
  • (9) Pulse labeling of the polymer with [2-3H]adenosine was also maximal at the same time points.
  • (10) Charged polymers, known to alter cell surface characteristics, reversibly inhibit the intercellular communication required in kidney tubule induction.
  • (11) A novel type of ion exchanger was prepared by multipoint covalent binding of polystyrene chains onto the surface of porous silica followed by polymer-analogous modification of the bonded layer.
  • (12) Another 52 received a 100-g (nonfasting) glucose polymer screening test followed by a 100-g glucose polymer tolerance test.
  • (13) The important role of the exocellular polymers for the structure, size and density of flocs can be well illustrated.
  • (14) A small number of children with protracted diarrhoea, who have severe mucosal injury may not be able to handle even starch and may require diets based on short chain glucose polymers.
  • (15) Rather, assembly of sIgM into polymers and their subsequent secretion are prevented in B lymphocytes by preceding targeting of monomeric sIgM to degradation.
  • (16) The neutral polymer was devoid of type 6 activity although it was serologically active.
  • (17) The tissue reaction was more severe for polymers having a higher rate of degradation.
  • (18) Control experiments with other constructs (e.g., allopurinol riboside linked to the mannose-free polymer) confirmed that the enhancement of activity was indeed achieved by means of the mannose homing device.
  • (19) Of the tested polymers, only polyvinyl methylacetamide and dextran inhibit a decrease in the level of mitochondrial enzyme activity which develops with administration of endotoxin.
  • (20) At different degrees of DNA damage, the average length of the poly-ADP-ribose chain did not practically alter, thus suggesting the increase in the number of polymer binding sites in the histones.

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