What's the difference between bifarious and twofold?
Bifarious
Definition:
(a.) Twofold; arranged in two rows.
(a.) Pointing two ways, as leaves that grow only on opposite sides of a branch; in two vertical rows.
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Twofold
Definition:
(a.) Double; duplicate; multiplied by two; as, a twofold nature; a twofold sense; a twofold argument.
(adv.) In a double degree; doubly.
Example Sentences:
(1) Synthesis of choline esterase on the medium with acetylcholine at a concentration of 1% was increased more than twofold upon addition of glucose at a concentration of 0.1%.
(2) Use of oestrogens without progestogens is associated with a twofold to threefold increase in risk of endometrial neoplasia.
(3) At a dexamethasone concentration of 200 nM, there was a twofold increase in the number of 125I-recombinant IFN-gamma molecules bound to the cell.
(4) The steady-state concentration of imipramine after simultaneous infusion was increased twofold over that after infusion of imipramine alone, without any change in the free fraction in blood.
(5) Most notable was an average twofold increase in the relative amount of high mannose glycopeptides compared to complex glycopeptides for the leukemic cells.
(6) In large follicles, concentrations of estradiol were unchanged (P greater than .10) after 48 h of LHRH injections but after 96 h estradiol was twofold greater (P less than .05) in LHRH-treated than control cows.
(7) In AD, a significant twofold increase was observed in total APP mRNA in nucleus basalis and locus ceruleus neurons but not in hippocampal subicular neurons, neurons of the basis pontis, or occipital cortical neurons.
(8) These doses increased the production of IGM-antibody-forming cells 2.2-2.7-fold and produced a twofold elevation of the antibody titer.
(9) Rifampin increased the clearance of (R)-warfarin threefold and the clearance of (S)-warfarin twofold.
(10) caused at least a twofold increase in hepatic cyclic AMP, which reached a peak within two minutes and declined to basal values after 40 minutes.
(11) Prior treatment with probenecid in two subjects led to a twofold increase in serum concentration two hours after injection.
(12) Increases evoked by the GABA agonists (0.01-10 mM) in the amplitude of half-maximal A-fiber compound action potentials indicate the presence of depolarizing responses with apparently greater localization to the dorsal roots, and a sensitivity to GABA twofold greater than that for THIP.
(13) The effects of chronic use seem to be twofold: severe depression with suicidal thoughts and numerous violent, agitated behavioral patterns.
(14) Alkaline phosphatase activity presents a twofold increase in the controls and stimulated explants.
(15) SCF interacted with erythropoietin (Epo) and granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) to maintain large numbers of cells as well as to generate a twofold to threefold increase in CFC in the case of Epo, and a 10-fold increase in CFC in the case of G-CSF.
(16) Upon nerve growth factor (NGF) induction of PC12 cell differentiation into neurons, dynamin levels increase approximately twofold.
(17) EtOH alone affected Rg only in gastrocnemius muscle (30% decrease) and adipose tissue (twofold increase).
(18) In all patients, serum magnesium levels after administration of magnesium sulfate were about twofold higher than levels after placebo.
(19) Ka values were at least twofold greater and the first increase was significantly earlier in the urokinase group.
(20) Results obtained by chemical assay were compared with bioassay values determined by two techniques: twofold broth dilution and agar diffusion.