What's the difference between bimonthly and semimonthly?

Bimonthly


Definition:

  • (a.) Occurring, done, or coming, once in two months; as, bimonthly visits; bimonthly publications.
  • (n.) A bimonthly publication.
  • (adv.) Once in two months.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Estimates of daily milk yield were obtained at bimonthly intervals by the calf suckling technique.
  • (2) As drug-induced erythroid hypoplasia typically occurs after a relatively long period of dosing, it may be prudent in certain individuals to monitor the CBC at approximately bimonthly intervals after initiation of therapy.
  • (3) Bimonthly treatment assessments were done for one year.
  • (4) In the email Raven says she and her supporters have raised the £6,000 needed to launch phase one of the Spare Rib website in May but that an additional £20,000 is required to launch a bimonthly print magazine this autumn.
  • (5) Adult female and juvenile Mexican free-tailed bats (Tadarida brasiliensis mexicana) were collected bimonthly at Lava Cave, New Mexico from May through September.
  • (6) He continues to demonstrate marked responsiveness to IVIG, and has been maintained on weekly or bimonthly infusions for 12 months.
  • (7) Seven normal men were given 400 micrograms GnRH-A daily by constant sc infusion using a mechanical pump device and bimonthly injections of 200 mg testosterone (T) enanthate for 16 weeks.
  • (8) Plasma and erythrocyte Mg concentrations were monitored at bimonthly intervals.
  • (9) After 12 months on regimen MOCCA the patients with a greater than or equal to or greater than or equal to 75% reduction in myeloma protein were allocated at random to receive MOCCA courses bimonthly or no further chemotherapy.
  • (10) Issues to be tested through a random experimental design include whether periodicity (monthly vs bimonthly interviews) and type of contact (in-person vs telephone) are significant factors in the cost effectiveness of this type of survey.
  • (11) OC use was discontinued and the patient was examined at bimonthly intervals.
  • (12) Mean acute voltage pacing thresholds were 0.40 V at 0.5 msec and chronic pulse width thresholds were 0.21 msec at 0.8 V. Pacemaker function was documented with one to three 24-hour Holter monitors, attached during the 2-6 week postimplant period, bimonthly transtelephonic monitoring, and monthly pacemaker clinic visits.
  • (13) A tooth with an open apex should be evaluated bimonthly for revitalization.
  • (14) An induction phase consisting of 12 weekly instillations was followed by a maintenance phase of instillations bimonthly for 3 months and then monthly for 18 months.
  • (15) To investigate this possibility, plasma concentrations of testosterone, dihydrotestosterone, follicle stimulating hormone (FSH), and LH were determined on seven consecutive days in four XYY subjects and five XY control men as well as bimonthly for four months in two XYY detainees and three XY control detainees.
  • (16) Blood was collected at monthly to bimonthly intervals, and the plasma and erythrocytes were subjected to gel filtration to determine the distribution of Se among proteins of various molecular weights.
  • (17) After base-line recordings, patients were trained in the laboratory and then initiated on a double or triple crossover design using portable equipment at home, with bimonthly laboratory test sessions.
  • (18) In the other five, progression, measured as the rate of change of a bimonthly radioisotope clearance, has been undetectable during the ensuing one to two years.
  • (19) All recipients were followed at monthly intervals for 6 months and then bimonthly up to 1 year for evidence of HTLV-I seroconversion.
  • (20) • Marc Abrahams is editor of the bimonthly Annals of Improbable Research and organiser of the Ig Nobel prizes

Semimonthly


Definition:

  • (a.) Coming or made twice in a month; as, semimonthly magazine; a semimonthly payment.
  • (n.) Something done or made every half month; esp., a semimonthly periodical.
  • (adv.) In a semimonthly manner; at intervals of half a month.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Semimonthly catches of black flies were made on human volunteers at 4 localities with different prevalences of human onchocerciasis.
  • (2) It is published semimonthly by the American Rheumatism Association.
  • (3) The partitioned clearance model (PCM) that was originally developed to describe bone-by-bone radionuclide redistribution of 226Ra after eight semimonthly injections at ages 435-535 d has been fitted to the 90Sr data.
  • (4) Host-seeking activity of anthropophilic black flies at 4 localities in Guatemala with different prevalence rates of onchocerciasis was assessed using human attractants and semimonthly catches over one year.
  • (5) The bacterial flora of water in Narragansett Bay, R.I., was observed semimonthly from 1962 to 1964.

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