What's the difference between bendable and waxy?

Bendable


Definition:

  • (a.) Capable of being bent.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The combination of a myocutaneous flap or free cutaneous tissue transfer with a three-dimensional bendable reconstruction plate either of stainless steel or titanium has provided very satisfactory results in primary restoration of mandibular defects following surgical resections in irradiated patients or in those who require postoperative radiotherapy.
  • (2) The combination of a myocutaneous flap with a three-dimensional bendable reconstruction plate has provided satisfactory results in restoration of mandibular defects following surgical resections in irradiated patients.
  • (3) Ease of insertion and exceptional bendability are other features that make this device attractive.
  • (4) This difference between the two operators is likely to be due to an intrinsic bendability of the caa operator related to thymine tracts located on both sides of the operator.
  • (5) The major advantages of the new fibroscope are its diameter (4.9 mm), flexibility and bendable tip (260 degrees range).
  • (6) Mechanically an intramedullary nail cannot be conceived of as a nail but rather as a bendable feather subject to longitudinal tension and, to a lesser degree, to transverse pressure.
  • (7) By mechanical definition an intramedullary nail is not a nail but rather a bendable feather, subject to longitudinal tension and to a lesser degree to transverse pressure.
  • (8) We propose that bendability is responsible for the observed rotational nucleosome positioning.
  • (9) MMTV-LTR DNA sequences show an intrinsic bendability that closely resembles its wrapping around the histone octamer.
  • (10) Richard Windsor, formerly with Nomura Securities and now an independent technology analyst, commented : "We have been waiting for these for over a year and still there is no sign of [bendable screens].
  • (11) This device is a semirigid rod that is bendable and provides good support to the erection.
  • (12) The data suggest that the site-specificity of DNA gyrase may be partly determined by the bendability of the DNA.
  • (13) The bendability of DNA with different sequences at these bend centres parallels the bending preference of the sequences in nucleosomal DNA.
  • (14) The 'rules' that are emerging for DNA bendability and, from the results of other workers, on intrinsically bent DNA, are likely to be useful in considering looping and bending of DNA in other processes in which it is thought to be wrapped around a protein core.
  • (15) Bendable titanium inserts and castable abutments allow the optimum achievement of esthetics, regardless of the angle of implant placement.
  • (16) The combination of a myocutaneous flap with a three dimensional, bendable reconstruction plate has provided very satisfactory results in restoration of mandibular defects following surgical resections in irradiated patients.
  • (17) "Like a lot of concept demos at CES, the bendable TV is more a novelty with little practical application," remarked David Katzmaier, who has reviewed TV sets for the website CNet since 2002.
  • (18) The ability of DNA to form loops is affected by the distance between binding sites; by the DNA sequence, which determines deformability and bendability; and by the presence of other proteins that exert an influence on the conformation of a particular sequence.
  • (19) The bendability of both devices resembles the twisting of a gooseneck lamp.
  • (20) Protein p6 does not seem to recognize a specific sequence in the DNA, but rather a structural feature, which could be bendability.

Waxy


Definition:

  • (a.) Resembling wax in appearance or consistency; viscid; adhesive; soft; hence, yielding; pliable; impressible.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The aim of the trial was to determine the effectiveness of aspirin in preventing cardiovascular problems in people with asymptomatic atherosclerosis – the undetected build-up of waxy plaque deposits on the inside of blood vessels.
  • (2) He made his way to a spot on the cobblestones not far from the marble mausoleum housing the waxy corpse of Vladimir Lenin , and began to undress.
  • (3) The neuronal ceroid lipofuscinoses are clinical disorders associated with the accumulation of autofluorescent waxy pigments within cells of several different tissues.
  • (4) However, the cloned rice waxy gene contained base substitution mutations.
  • (5) The development of new heterowaxy or waxy sorghum hybrids may further increase sorghum feed efficiency.
  • (6) In the presence of both intact and disrupted amyloplasts an artificial preprotein (TP30), consisting of the waxy transit peptide plus the first 34 amino acids of the mature waxy protein fused in-frame to the beta-glucuronidase of Escherichia coli, is processed to the size expected when the transit peptide is cleaved off.
  • (7) The waxy exudates decreased in 11 patients (39.29%) and increased in 8 patients (28.57%).
  • (8) Based on these findings a hypothesis for the development of waxy degeneration is proposed: locally defects of the plasmamembrane cause segmental contracture, glycogen granules and water soluble enzymes are lost through holes in the plasma membrane, and finally the affected fibre segment becomes necrotic.
  • (9) Acid hydrolyzates of waxy-maize starch were separated to give Fractions I, II, and III [T. Watanabe, and D. French, Carbohydr.
  • (10) To study the effect of the degree of chain branching, waxy starch, containing 98% amylopectin, was compared with high amylose starch, containing 30% amylopectin, and normal crystalline starch, containing 74% amylopectin.
  • (11) Homology between the previously cloned maize waxy gene and the rice gene has facilitated our cloning of a 15-kb HindIII fragment that contains the entire rice gene.
  • (12) We report, however, the presence of maltose in waxy extracts, a disaccharide otherwise supposed to be absent in this genotype.
  • (13) In 3 cases additionally appeared: waxy pallor of optic disc, vascular narrowing, reflexless hypoplastic macula, pigmentless periphery, acquired blue-yellow blindness, concentric limitation of the visual field, reduced darkadaptation, abolished electroretinogram and myopic astigmatism.
  • (14) During oviposition, the inner cuticular layer unfolds and inflates into a pair of balloonlike structures that evert through the organ external aperture to receive and manipulate each egg as it is laid, coating it with a waxy layer that prevents desiccation.
  • (15) SDS-PAGE analysis of proteins bound to endosperm starch granules in the normal plants revealed a single band with a Mr of 60 kd, whereas waxy plants did not exhibit a similar band.
  • (16) The molecular basis for the unusual phenotype conditioned by the waxy(Wx)-m5 Ds allele has been elucidated.
  • (17) We demonstrate that these gene products are altered in rice strains containing mutant waxy genes.
  • (18) This tradition of what academics call "dark tourism" endures today: there is something morbid about peering at Amy Winehouse's skinny but healthily waxy arms.
  • (19) Eight patients developed a syndrome marked by features of catatonia (including posturing, waxy flexibility, withdrawal and regression) and parkinsonism (including bradykinesia and rigidity) while receiving high-potency neuroleptic drugs.
  • (20) Advanced cheiroarthropathy with shining waxy skin was diagnosed in 41 patients (group I).

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