What's the difference between bloatedness and swollenness?
Bloatedness
Definition:
(n.) The state of being bloated.
Example Sentences:
(1) Spironolactone was statistically significantly superior in providing relief from bloatedness (p less than 0.001).
(2) The delta scores for symptoms of depression, bloatedness and breast symptoms, and Gdelta were significantly reduced (p less than 0.05) on buserelin, whilst the latter significantly worsened in the follow-up months.
(3) In contrast to bloatedness and steatorrhoea the meconium ileus equivalent is a less well known gastrointestinal complication in cystic fibrosis and thus less frequently correctly diagnosed.
(4) The evidence from these studies suggests that diuretics, especially spironolactone, have a particular role in the management of the PMS symptoms of bloatedness and abdominal distension despite the fact that the underlying water retention theory remains in doubt.
Swollenness
Definition:
Example Sentences:
(1) Combined SEM and TEM examination of the endothelium of compressed segments revealed "craters" and "balloons", blebs and vacuoles, swollen mitochondria, dilated granular endoplasmic reticulum, and subendothelial edema.
(2) Mild fibrosis, swollen mitochondria, and hyper-contracted and overdistended sarcomeres were typical ultrastructural alterations.
(3) The fungicidal activity of six rabbit neutrophil cationic peptides (NP) against resting (dormant) spores, preincubated (swollen) spores, and hyphae of Aspergillus fumigatus and Rhizopus oryzae was examined.
(4) Precipitates of calcium antimonate were formed almost exclusively in swollen clear pinealocytes, in and along their cell membranes, over their nuclei, in mitochondria, the Golgi apparatus, endoplasmic and integrade reticulums, acervuli, in vesicles surrounding synaptic bars, cytoplasmic matrix, and flocculent extracellular material.
(5) Her chest roentgenogram showed a moderate amount of pleural effusion in the left pleural cavity without infiltration in the lung fields and no evidence of swollen hilar or mediastinal lymphnodes.
(6) Effects of alpha- or beta-D-glucose on the respiration of germinated spores (only germinated spores not including swollen spores and elongated spores) of Bacillus subtilis and B. megaterium were studied.
(7) Central nervous system (CNS) cultured neurons while exposed to different concentrations and pH of L-lactic acid exhibited in general chromatin clumping, vacuolization in the cytoplasm, appearance of lipid bodies, accumulation of polyribosomes, cytoplasmic lucency and swollen and aggregation of mitochondria.
(8) The enzyme changes in response to trauma varied widely; some enzymes controlling tissue respiration showed early and rapid changes, increasing in hyperactive, swollen glial cells and vascular endothelium and decreasing in nerve cells and neuropile.
(9) It's possible that it upsets her to think about the past, or perhaps, these days, she saves her animation for the times when she is holding a microphone and standing in front of a swollen, angry crowd.
(10) In acute inflammation, circumscribed ulcers were often seen; along their margins the epithelial cells were swollen and isolated from the surrounding cells.
(11) A diffusely reddish and swollen vaginal mucosa from a 5 year old caucasian female, which experienced recurrent haemorrhages since the first year of life, proves to be a venous angiosis or varicosis, representing a congenital vascular malformation.
(12) Ultrastructurally, swollen and degenerating nerve processes have been found after lithium treatment suggesting a particular sensitivity of these structures to lithium ion.
(13) Investigations with scanning and transmission electron microscopy demonstrated that the HOS test caused the membrane of the sperm tail to swell and the tail fibers to coil several times within the swollen membrane.
(14) The type I epithelial cells of the lung tissue are swollen and show poor cellular structures.
(15) Within 24 h of injection, axons in this nerve became swollen and fused at points along their length.
(16) After 24 h, the extensor digitorum longus and tibialis anterior muscles appeared grossly swollen (edematous) and discolored.
(17) A 70-year-old man died when his car crashed into a swollen river near Earith, Cambridgeshire.
(18) Maximally swollen mitochondria from intermediate-age ARO rats, contracted more rapidly with antimycin addition than those from PF or AF controls.
(19) Clinical index consisted of the Landsbury index, number of swollen joints and duration of morning stiffness.
(20) The chloride cells were swollen and alterations had occurred in their mitochondria and nuclei.