What's the difference between beige and ecru?

Beige


Definition:

  • (n.) Debeige.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Beige mice treated with androgen had significantly higher kidney beta-glucuronidase, beta-galactosidase, and N-acetyl-beta-D-glucosaminidase (hexosaminidase) levels than normal mice.
  • (2) My immediate suspicion is that the pupil is taking the same course as the master, though I accept it is a large thesis to hang on beige furnishings.
  • (3) These changes were more severe and diffuse than those seen in mice systemically injected with rhIL-2 alone, and in beige mice (deficient in NK cells and certain enzymes of polymorphonuclear leukocytes) injected with rhIL-2 and rhIFN-alpha.
  • (4) Every day, about 500 trucks cross the border, kicking up a beige haze of dust.
  • (5) Cells of the beige mouse contain abnormally large lysosomes and show enhanced capping of concanavalin A.
  • (6) Thus we conclude that beige neutrophil precursors express neutral proteinase activity, which is largely and irreversibly depleted by the time they fully mature in marrow.
  • (7) Such accumulations of ingested membranes were not observed in the pigment epithelium of exposed or aging albino mice heterozygous for the beige gene.
  • (8) Indo also effectively inhibited LLC growing either in the footpad or in the inguinal region of nude or beige mice.
  • (9) Mice with a severe combined immunodeficiency in B and T lymphocytes and natural killer cells (SCID-beige) were inoculated intranasally with sialodacryoadenitis (SDA) virus, a coronavirus of rats.
  • (10) Postulating a link between these findings and the known immunological defect of beige-J mice (Chediak-Higashi syndrome), we examined the effect of splenectomy on beige-J mice and the adoptive transfer of their mononuclear spleen cells to normal littermate controls (2 x 10(7) cells via tail vein).
  • (11) Peritoneal and splenic macrophages from beige mice were exposed in vitro to NK cells obtained from MAC-infected and uninfected black mice.
  • (12) NK cells of beige mice were also activated by CL 246,738.
  • (13) These responses can be reproduced in vivo in the beige (CH) mouse.
  • (14) beta-Glucuronidase activity, used as a lysosomal enzyme marker, is not elevated in beige-J-cultured kidney cells compared with controls, as it is in the intact kidney.
  • (15) While Jackie, 43, titivates her fleet of irritable lapdogs, David, 74, lumbers around like an elderly labrador in beige utility shorts, barking about third parties and negative equity into his mobile headset, one ear forever scanning the distance for the elusive squawk of an incremental loan agreement.
  • (16) By contrast, the unit volume of beige mouse pancreatic acinar cell granules was only slightly (23%) greater than that of control cells.
  • (17) The development of antigen-induced arthritis in normal mice has been compared with that in beige mice.
  • (18) Beige mice were infected orally (1 x 10(8) or 1 x 10(4) cfu, five doses), and consistent, reproducible disseminated infections after 4 and 8 weeks, respectively, were obtained.
  • (19) Likewise, peritoneal exudate leukocytes of beige mice (the murine counterpart of CHS) contained correspondingly reduced levels of their major neutral protease, a serine enzyme of mol wt 27,000.
  • (20) This study was conducted determine the effects of diet (soft diet) on the periodontium and leukocyte functions of beige mice by observing the periodontium and the activity of the cells.

Ecru


Definition:

  • (a.) Having the color or appearance of unbleached stuff, as silk, linen, or the like.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) It would appear that my beloved team has something of a track record for kits that make people feel violently ill.” The ecru was quite soothing, though, wasn’t it?

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