What's the difference between autological and tautological?

Autological


Definition:

Example Sentences:

  • (1) We have addressed the effect of late intensification with autologous bone marrow transplantation on SCLC through a randomized clinical trial.
  • (2) Most cis AB sera have anti-B activity, essentially at 4 degrees C. In saliva A and H substances are found in normal amounts but B substance is only evidenced by inhibition of autologous cells agglutination.
  • (3) In reconstruction of the orbital floor, homograft lyophilised dura or cialit-stord rib cartilage are suitable, but the best materials are autologous cartilage or silastic or teflon.
  • (4) Cryopreserved autologous blood cells may thus restore some patients with CGL in transformation to chronic-phase disease and so may help to prolong life.
  • (5) During the last 10 years 94% of patients have been normocalcaemic postoperatively, thanks mainly to the re-implantation of autologous parathyroid tissue, preserved by low-temperature storage.
  • (6) Three of the preparations were highly cytotoxic against autologous fresh melanoma tumor cells, but not against autologous fresh normal cells or allogeneic fresh tumor targets.
  • (7) Supplemental heterologous bone was used in the first series of 51 cases, autologous bone in the second series of 67 cases, and no supplemental bone in the third series of 68 cases.
  • (8) Furthermore, cytotoxic antibodies had a lytic effect on the autologous glioma cells only in the presence of rabbit complement.
  • (9) In contrast, when MTC-4 cells were cultured with autologous non-T cells in the presence of PWM (activated non-T cells), immunoglobulin production was greatly suppressed.
  • (10) The technique described involves placement of an intraluminal shunt and resection of the involved caval wall with reconstruction using autologous pericardium.
  • (11) Combining fresh autologous red marrow with other types of bank bone allograft or xenograft, or even with biological or synthetic biocompatible material that favors the induction of new bone, may provide even better results.
  • (12) Between 20 and 31% of autologous labelled lymphocytes remained in circulation until 72 h after injection.
  • (13) This 'de-differentiation' of elicited macrophages could be due to the absence of LPS contamination and foreign protein when autologous serum is used as a medium supplement.
  • (14) The major part of the surgical blood loss of these patients was replaced with the received autologous blood.
  • (15) In contrast to the lysis of autologous tumor cells, cells with low but not high density were induced to lyse K562.
  • (16) Cells express the three chains in a stable fashion, and both autologous (parental) and heterologous (nonparental) H and L chain pairs form and are secreted.
  • (17) In addition, the preliminary results of intensive therapy followed by transplantation with cultured autologous marrow have been encouraging.
  • (18) Current investigations include the development of more effective cytoreductive regimens, use of recombinant hematopoietic growth factors, improvement of marrow purging techniques, and enhancement of cell-mediated anti-leukemic activity in patients receiving autologous marrow transplants.
  • (19) We present interim survival data for a group of 83 adult patients with recurrent malignant glioma treated by implanting stimulated autologous lymphocytes into the tumour bed following surgical debulking.
  • (20) Human T cell clones cytotoxic for autologous sarcoma cell lines have been developed from patient JM with an osteogenic sarcoma, and from patients EG and RM with malignant fibrohistiocytoma.

Tautological


Definition:

  • (a.) Involving tautology; having the same signification; as, tautological expression.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Two studies are reported in which subjects rated the acceptability of different tautological constructions either alone (Experiment 1) or with supporting contextual information (Experiment 2).
  • (2) Barton rubs Old Firm up the wrong way Joey Barton apologises ‘unreservedly’ after being sent home by Rangers Read more The phrase “Joey Barton Twitter storm” is pretty much a tautology, so it was no surprise that his decision to sign for Rangers in May had social media in a kerfuffle when his 2012 tweet – “I am a Celtic fan” – was dredged up so that it might be subject to calm and sober scrutiny from all concerned.
  • (3) These 5 were classified into 2 operations of varying the independent variable, 2 of holding the independent variable constant, and tautology.
  • (4) If Farage was tempted to reply that his opponent trades in a cut-price political rhetoric that reduces debate to a bewildering brew of slogans, tautologies and clap-lines, he chose instead to occupy the argumentative high ground – or as close as Ukippers get to it.
  • (5) What do tautological phrases such as Boys will be boys, A promise is a promise, or War is war mean and how are they understood?
  • (6) None of the other freedoms are as free as they were meant to be, so how about we make this freedom a bit less of a freedom to make it more in line with the other non-freedoms.” Caught up in the tautology of his argument, the prime minister went on to make ever wilder and contradictory claims.
  • (7) However, this tautologic upper limit does not uniquely define the critical duration.
  • (8) Duration judgments were explaned predominantly by succession, whereas succession judgments were explained tautologically or by mere "seeing."
  • (9) This is what passes for significant thought in the GOP: new scare facts colliding with new anecdotes of meetin’ folks, all to explain re-synonymized tautologies.
  • (10) Our results indicate that glucoreceptor cells in tissues perfused by carotid arteries may play a tautological role in the sympathetic response to hypoglycemia and imply that glucose-sensitive receptors must also be located elsewhere in the central nervous system or in the periphery.
  • (11) They are nothing more, Stewart now acknowledges, than tautologies.
  • (12) Confining the diagnosis of schizophrenia to the severe cases indicates a conservative, perhaps tautological, approach to this diagnosis.
  • (13) To avoid tautology, the nature of these was confirmed by immunostaining for epithelial membrane antigen (EMA) and factor VIII-related antigen (FVII RAg).
  • (14) The first is a tautology lacking explanatory power.
  • (15) The reasoning may be questioned because of faulty inferential leaps, undue reliance on the concept of 'maturity', the use of a tautology, ('The dependent person is...dependent'), internal contradictions, and a questionable analogy between children's and adults' behaviour.
  • (16) The basic tenet of twin biology, that most twin excess anomalies are due to MZs, is a myth self-perpetuated by a methodological tautology, and is false, at least for mortality.
  • (17) It is argued that since Heather & Robertson's 'new' approach incorporates a set of assumptions parallel to those of the disease concept it is equally tautological, and therefore does not represent the type of change in paradigm they propose.
  • (18) Historian and MP Tristram Hunt is indicted for "tautology and other errors".
  • (19) It is this devotion to the infinitely unknown that makes Hugo so meticulous in giving the reader Valjean's prison numbers; and why Valjean's name is almost a tautology.
  • (20) Forensic factors were found to be positively related to length of admission; and motivation for treatment--a problematic concept which has frequently been regarded as tautologous--is also discussed.

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