What's the difference between attributive and auto?

Attributive


Definition:

  • (a.) Attributing; pertaining to, expressing, or assigning an attribute; of the nature of an attribute.
  • (n.) A word that denotes an attribute; esp. a modifying word joined to a noun; an adjective or adjective phrase.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) We attribute this in part to early diagnosis by computed tomography (CT), but a contributory factor may be earlier referrals from country centres to a paediatric trauma centre and rapid transfer, by air or road, by medical retrieval teams.
  • (2) Inhibition of thymidine uptake is attributed to an observed decrease in thymidine kinase activity caused by growth in 1 mM dibutyryl cyclic AMP, and possibly to a simultaneous alteration in membrane permeability.
  • (3) There were no deaths attributable to the treatment.
  • (4) Most of the infection was attributed to T. parva parva by application of field ticks to susceptible cattle.
  • (5) Our study suggests that a major part of the renal antimineralocorticoid activity of spironolactone may be attributable to minor sulfur-containing metabolites or their precursors having a high renal clearance that affords access to their site of activity via the renal tubular fluid.
  • (6) In vitro studies in cardiac Purkinje fibers suggested that reversal of amitriptyline-induced cardiac membrane effects by sodium bicarbonate may be attributed not only to alkalinization but also to increased in extracellular sodium concentration, diminishing the local anesthetic action of amitriptyline and resulting in less sodium channel block.
  • (7) Relative to the perceived severity of their asthma, both Maoris and Pacific Islanders lost more time from work or school and used hospital services more than European asthmatics using A & E. The increased use of A & E by Maori and Pacific Island asthmatics seemed not attributable to the intrinsic severity of their asthma and was better explained by ethnic, socioeconomic and sociocultural factors.
  • (8) Most survivors reported a range of problems that they attributed to having had cancer: 35%, proven or perceived infertility; 24%, sexual problems; 31%, health and life insurance problems; 26%, a negative socioeconomic effect; and 51%, conditioned nausea, associated with visual or olfactory reminders of chemotherapy.
  • (9) Their best evaluations were in medical care, personal attributes and communication.
  • (10) Many of the pathophysiologic effects of bacterial endotoxin have recently been attributed to a monokine, tumor necrosis factor (TNF).
  • (11) Results of this sort are reminiscent of several related findings that have been attributed to auditory adaptation or enhancement, or to a temporally developing critical-band filter.
  • (12) In Study 4, attributional biases and deficits were found to be positively correlated with the rate of reactive aggression (but not proactive aggression) displayed in free play with peers (N = 127).
  • (13) The prevalence of kola nut chewing and the effects attributed to it are briefly reviewed.
  • (14) The following results were obtained: 1) In normal subjects, the changes in ABR waveforms according to the changes of the rise-time, interstimulus interval and frequency of the stimulus were mainly attributed to component wave C. 2) In patients with central disorders, component wave C were initially affected.
  • (15) The decrease in cyclic AMP response to TSH induced to TSH was reversible, was not associated with a similar decrease to cyclic AMP response to PGE1, and could not be attributed to increased phosphodiesterase activity or to decreased adenyl cyclase activity.
  • (16) Line broadening detected in several of the high-field nuclear magnetic resonance spectra was attributed to cis-trans isomerization.
  • (17) We attribute the greater strength of the step-cut repair to the additional number of epitendinous loops, which lie perpendicular to the long axis of the tendon.
  • (18) Cardiac bradyarrhythmias in hypoxia have been attributed to an increased formation and release of adenosine.
  • (19) Those small problems which exist can be attributed to detector sampling problems, especially in the axial direction, which is a consequence of the geometry of these scanners, which are designed primarily for 2D data acquisition.
  • (20) These properties of the tissue culture-derived scrapie agent were identical to those of brain-derived scrapie agent and thus cannot be attributed to secondary effects of tissue pathology, since the infected cell cultures show no cytopathic effects as a result of infection.

Auto


Definition:

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The formation of auto-antibodies directed against laminin and type IV collagen is probably caused by restricted polyclonal B cell stimulation, a well known feature of trypanosomiasis.
  • (2) Presence of the optimum concentration is explained by a mechanism known as the non-competitive auto-inhibition.5.
  • (3) This unbearable situation leads to panic and auto-sensory deprivation.
  • (4) To help overcome this problem, a stereoscopic slide-based auto-instructional program has been developed as a substitute for dissection.
  • (5) Analysis of the relationships between antigen specificities and V kappa- and VH-family gene usage indicated that auto- or polyreactivity was not associated with V kappa III nor any particular VH family.
  • (6) HBAg was found in high frequency in the patients with liver disease (60% in chronic hepatitis, 36.4% in cirrhosis and 49% in hepatocellular carcinoma) whereas tissue auto-antibodies were found in lower frequencies (16.7%, 10.6% and 13% in the three groups respectively).
  • (7) A total of 321 cardiac arrest patients were treated during the study: 116 were treated by EMTs using the AED (AUTO group), 158 were treated by EMTs using the standard defibrillators (standard group), and 47 were treated by EMTs using the standard defibrillator when they were assigned to use the AED.
  • (8) "Auto demand remains depressed and it is very difficult to predict an upturn in the market right now."
  • (9) An auto-immune process probably forms the basis of the syndrome, but hormonal activity of the tumor could not be excluded in all cases.
  • (10) It functions in western blot analysis and is capable of selectively blocking auto-phosphorylation of this kinase.
  • (11) The main therapies are i. suggestion, auto-suggestion, hynotism, assurance, persuasion, and ritualistic therapy; ii.
  • (12) A trend toward a progressive increase in new collagen was noted over time in both the cloudy auto- and allografts.
  • (13) By contrast, increment in Zn supply was not able to modify the high production of auto-antibodies observed in animals receiving excess Cu.
  • (14) Thrombosis (venous, arterial or both) was found in 26 p. 100 of cases when auto-immune diseases were present and in 13.5 p. 100 of cases in the absence of these diseases.
  • (15) If that makes Rupert Murdoch my responsibility, I’ll auto-excommunicate.” Australian celebrities have not held back either.
  • (16) Such a treatment is also able to restore normal placental weight in auto-immune MRL lpr mice, which are known to display excess seric CSF beta-like activity (CSFs being in vitro efficient growth factors for trophoblasts).
  • (17) The mechanism of fluoxetine-mediated serotonin increase is a re-uptake inhibition and that of pizotifen is suggested to be the elimination of an auto-inhibitory mechanism.
  • (18) The results showed that post-operative infection was lowest and bed stay shortest in the patients with furosemide auto-irrigation.
  • (19) We suggest that the LDV-induced immune complexes do not contain anti-LDV antibodies, but are complexes of auto-antibodies and self-antigen(s).
  • (20) This distribution is discussed in association with the other epidemiological factors: X-ray, virus, auto-immunity and gynaecological disorders.