What's the difference between balm and blam?

Balm


Definition:

  • (n.) An aromatic plant of the genus Melissa.
  • (n.) The resinous and aromatic exudation of certain trees or shrubs.
  • (n.) Any fragrant ointment.
  • (n.) Anything that heals or that mitigates pain.
  • (v. i.) To anoint with balm, or with anything medicinal. Hence: To soothe; to mitigate.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) While ethoxyuridine, bromovinyl deoxyuridine and phosphono formiate gave no response in the animals, aciclovir, vidarabine, idoxuridine, trifluorothymidine, proclu and an extract of lemon balm (Melissa officinalis) only induced weak reactions in the guinea pigs.
  • (2) The characterization of extracellular enzymatic activities of Mycobacterium avium and Mycobacterium intracellulare which were identified by DNA probe (Gen-Probe, Cal., USA) was carried out using the API ZYM system (API, La Balme Les Grottes, France).
  • (3) Hung Far Oil caused mild to moderately severe irritation in 8 patients; White Flower Oil, Jaminton Oil and Tiger Balm caused mild irritation in 1 to 3 patients; and the rest showed no positive reactions at all.
  • (4) Then he must prove that his “neither left nor right” stance can offer the balm, growth and reform that France craves in the face of high unemployment, fear of terrorism, social and racial antagonism and European Union ineffectiveness.
  • (5) Before serving, whisk the last 200ml of cream, and then decorate the mousse with whipped cream and lemon balm or caramelised julienne-cut lemon zest: let the zest simmer in a syrup made from equal quantities of sugar and water for 15-20 minutes, and then leave to cool.
  • (6) The results suggested that the use of BALM medium in place of BCYE may improve the recover of L. pneumophila from clinical and environmental specimens.
  • (7) We studied the effect of methotrexate (MTX) and mTHF in combination on the lymphoid cell lines BALM 3, CEM, MOLT 4 and P3HR1 by evaluating the clonogenic cell reduction in a limiting dilution assay.
  • (8) For the non-religious, that fact may be this season's true balm and significance.
  • (9) Everyone wants a slice of the pie, selling plants and resin, marijuana-laced gourmet food, pipes, growing equipment, cultivation courses, balms, you name it.
  • (10) A retrospective study of nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) revealed that smoking, working under poor ventilation, use of nasal balms or oil for nasal and throat troubles, use of herbal drugs, and anti-EBV antibody titer were found statistically associated.
  • (11) Results are reported for a collaborative study to extend AOAC method 44.A06-44.A08 to extraction of light filth from whole leaves of alfalfa, lemon balm, papaya, and spearmint.
  • (12) He draws parallels between a good blast of noise and the soothing balm of hymns.
  • (13) Recently, we identified a spontaneous variant of BALM-3 whose cells express HLA class II molecules in the absence of TPA.
  • (14) If a leader can convince voters they will not back-slide in this way, then – with probity, empathy and practical balms for a country gripped by a sustained squeeze on living standards – they might still cut through.
  • (15) A miniaturized 2-h system (RAPIDEC UR; API System, la Balme-les-Grottes, Montalieu-Vercieu, France) that uses nine enzymatic tests for the diagnosis of most uropathogens was challenged with 330 strains.
  • (16) Moreover, NALM-1 and BALM-2 seem to have retained the characteristics of original leukemic cells from which they may have been derived.
  • (17) Passive antibody to K562 blocked the immune response of mice to the common antigen on BALM-1 cells.
  • (18) The ATB 32A system (API System SA, La Balme les Grottes, Montalieu-Vercieu, France) was evaluated for use in the identification of 214 anaerobes.
  • (19) As an indication of the immune response to antigens common to K562 and BALM-1, the ability of the same antiserum to inhibit the binding of monoclonal antibody 6B1, which detects an epitope common to both cell lines, was measured.
  • (20) The ATB Anaerobes ID system (API SYSTEM, La Balme Les Grottes, France) was evaluated for its ability to differentiate between species of the pigmented Bacteroides group.

Blam


Definition:

Example Sentences:

  • (1) COP-BLAM III therapy was given to 18 patients with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, and the therapeutic effects as well as adverse effects of the treatment were examined.
  • (2) COP-BLAM therapy, which has recently been reported to be useful in the treatment of malignant lymphoma, was performed on aged patients with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, and the results and adverse effects of the treatment were evaluated.
  • (3) The course of disease in 61 consecutive patients with non-Hodgkin lymphoma of high grade malignancy, treated between 1979 and 1985 with either CHOP or COP-BLAM regimen, was analysed retrospectively.
  • (4) A full but short remission set in during a six-drug COP-BLAM treatment regimen.
  • (5) COP-BLAM III, an outgrowth of studies using infusional therapy, differed from COP-BLAM by using infusional bleomycin and vincristine alternated with bolus vincristine.
  • (6) By introducing TnblaM into bacterial cells and selecting ampicillin-resistant (ApR) colonies, the subset of isolates producing extracytoplasmic BlaM, and hence containing TnblaM inserted in genes encoding secreted proteins and cell envelope proteins, can be directly selected.
  • (7) COP-BLAM V employs four to six sequential cycles of infusional chemotherapy tailored to the rapidity of response.
  • (8) Elderly patients (aged greater than or equal to 65 years) with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma were treated either with CHOP or COP-BLAM therapy, and the effectiveness and reverse effects of COP-BLAM therapy were compared with those of CHOP therapy.
  • (9) Of 18 patients (median age; 68 years), who were treated with COP-BLAM therapy, 8 had of large lymphoma and 10 medium lymphomas in histopathological classification.
  • (10) Moreover, the ApR selection that is used with TnblaM can be fine-tuned to obtain blaM fusions to poorly or well-expressed genes.
  • (11) These regimens, COP-BLAM III, MACOP-B (methotrexate, doxorubicin, cyclophosphamide, vincristine, prednisone, bleomycin), ProMACE-CytaBOM (ProMACE plus cytarabine, bleomycin, vincristine, methotrexate), and high-dose doxorubicin with cytarabine, have produced over 80% CRs and survival plateaus in excess of 60%.
  • (12) COP-BLAM (cyclophosphamide, vincristine, prednisone, bleomycin, doxorubicin, procarbazine), M-BACOD (methotrexate, bleomycin, doxorubicin, cyclophosphamide, vincristine, dexamethasone), and ProMACE-MOPP (prednisone, methotrexate, doxorubicin, cyclophosphamide, etoposide, mechlorethamine, vincristine, procarbazine, prednisone) have produced CRs in excess of 70% and have demonstrated an increase in survival that has been associated with a concomitant increase in toxicity.
  • (13) The components of this system are the direct expression vector, pYZ4, and the mature beta-lactamase (BlaM) cassette plasmid, pYZ5, that can be used to generate translational fusions of BlaM to any synthesized membrane protein.
  • (14) Among 13 patients in advanced stage treated with COP-BLAM therapy, CR was achieved in 11 (84.6%).
  • (15) Preliminary results in patients with high-risk Hodgkin's disease suggest COP-BLAM V may be effective despite the shortened treatment time.
  • (16) Various seats and microphones cover the stage: this is a reading, not a stage adaptation; there will be no blood, just a lot of finger-guns and Tarantino yelling "blam-blam-blam!"
  • (17) Patients in partial remission (PR) or with less of a response to COP-BLAM were switched to IMV.
  • (18) The fusion protein conferred ampicillin resistance on individual host cells, indicating that the BlaM portion had been translocated to the bacterial periplasm, and that, by inference, the eukaryotic plasma-membrane protein can insert into the bacterial cytoplasmic membrane.
  • (19) After completion of three courses of COP-BLAM III therapy, which was started on June 7, a partial response was achieved.
  • (20) TnblaM is a spectinomycin-resistant derivative of Tn5 with an unexpressed open reading frame encoding mature beta-lactamase (BlaM) at its left end.

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