What's the difference between blockage and clog?

Blockage


Definition:

  • (n.) The act of blocking up; the state of being blocked up.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The blockage of the tubular system by the calcium oxalate deposits leads to a temporary reversible increase in serum urea and serum creatinine.
  • (2) Instead, we discovered that the size of the basal cisterns around the brain stem enabled us to predict blockage earlier and more reliably.
  • (3) In some of the rabbits, a rise in antibody Level occurred without appearance of weakness, while it is still likely that AChR antibody could be necessary for the induction of neuromuscular blockage.
  • (4) If beta-blockage does not cause lowering of aqueous humor secretion, in itself responsible for the maintenance of intraocular pressure, what is the mechanism of action?
  • (5) Other characteristics of the LHP that were demonstrated include: a lack of blockage by GABAA receptor antagonists, a probable voltage sensitivity (decrease in amplitude in the depolarizing direction), and an apparent brief onset latency (less than 10 ms) when the early IPSP was blocked by picrotoxin.
  • (6) Furthermore, cycloheximide administered prior to or along with ACTH resulted in the blockage of any new transcription of the cytochrome P-450(11)beta gene as evidenced from the level of RNA.
  • (7) Speculatively, the blockage by dbcAMP of the morphogenetic cascade in the co-cultured system may be related to the inhibition by dbcAMP of testis cord formation in organ cultures of fetal gonads reported by others.
  • (8) Another potential cause of a blockage in the discussions was the future of Maria Eagle , the shadow defence secretary.
  • (9) Blockage of these sites leads to aggregation patterns in which the side-by-side contacts of aggregating cells are abolished.
  • (10) At necropsy, a stricture was found at the ileocecal junction that resulted in blockage and dilation of the ileum proximal to the stricture.
  • (11) These findings indicate alternative metabolic pathways may be operational in newborn rat brain enabling it to circumvent major blockage in thiamine-dependent reactions.
  • (12) Cultures incubated with 3.6 microM-cycloheximide for up to 9 h and supplemented with p-nitrophenyl beta-D-xyloside during the last 75 min of treatment showed increased synthesis of [3H,35S]chondroitin sulphate, demonstrating that UDP-hexose precursors for glycosaminoglycan synthesis are not rapidly depleted on blockage of protein synthesis.
  • (13) The difference was because of the high incidence of blockage of the stents causing recurrent jaundice, but the stents could easily be replaced.
  • (14) Despite a 30% rate of luminal blockage in stents retrieved after indwelling times up to 3 months, the incidence of clinical obstruction in stented tracts up to 3 months was 4%, confirming other reports that significant urine flow occurs around rather than through hollow, vented stents.
  • (15) This might indicate a toxic metabolic blockage in the transformation of monoiodotyrosine to diiodothyronine.
  • (16) Blockage of the balloon system was possibly caused by twisting the system to reach and pass the lesion in the branch of left circumflex coronary artery.
  • (17) Hysteroscopic hydrotubation may be an alternative treatment for tubal blockage.
  • (18) For H(+) ion blockage, a simpler model, in which H(+) enters the channel only from the bathing medium, is found to be sufficient.
  • (19) The pathological findings included intestinal stasis, intestinal blockage, acute intestinal rupture and intestinal rupture with peritonitis.
  • (20) Christmas 2013 caused 2,635 sewer blockages in Yorkshire alone.

Clog


Definition:

  • (v.) That which hinders or impedes motion; hence, an encumbrance, restraint, or impediment, of any kind.
  • (v.) A weight, as a log or block of wood, attached to a man or an animal to hinder motion.
  • (v.) A shoe, or sandal, intended to protect the feet from wet, or to increase the apparent stature, and having, therefore, a very thick sole. Cf. Chopine.
  • (v. t.) To encumber or load, especially with something that impedes motion; to hamper.
  • (v. t.) To obstruct so as to hinder motion in or through; to choke up; as, to clog a tube or a channel.
  • (v. t.) To burden; to trammel; to embarrass; to perplex.
  • (v. i.) To become clogged; to become loaded or encumbered, as with extraneous matter.
  • (v. i.) To coalesce or adhere; to unite in a mass.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Recent research has shown that more than two-thirds of internet users would ignore warning letters, and with more than 6 million internet users in Britain regularly downloading illegally copied music and films, the media industry believes so-called "technical measures", such as ­slowing down broadband connections, should be introduced before the courts system is clogged up with thousands of lawsuits.
  • (2) Additional modifications include design of a reliable sampling catheter and of a method for quickly and atraumatically replacing clogged catheters.
  • (3) Clogging of endoscopic stents necessitates their replacement in many patients with malignant obstructive jaundice and limits their use in benign strictures.
  • (4) The outcome is a belief that the Earth is being slowly strangled by a gaudy coat of impermeable plastic waste that collects in great floating islands in the world's oceans; clogs up canals and rivers; and is swallowed by animals, birds and sea creatures.
  • (5) Indeed, while people might be annoyed or alarmed at the idea of being given placebos, medics probably wouldn't need to were it not for the modern blight of the Worried Well clogging up consulting rooms.
  • (6) Malfunctioning of the balloon was due to leakage in 12 cases and to clogging of the inflation catheter in three cases.
  • (7) The clogged sewage drains, road-side garbage dumps and unplanned industrial waste management pose severe health hazards.
  • (8) It’s no stretch to anticipate, should Obamacare go, a return to emergency rooms clogged with patients using them for primary care, healthcare costs again creeping up and lower wage earners going without care because it’s too expensive.
  • (9) The reasons for failure were: (1) separation of the inner PEJ tube from the outer gastrostomy tube (59%); (2) clogging (32%) due to small PEJ tube diameter; and (3) kinking and knotting (9%).
  • (10) It’s an indicator that you do not have good enough cycling infrastructure.” This can be seen in New York, he points out, where on busy, traffic-clogged Manhattan streets, perhaps 80% of cyclists will be male, while along the five-mile segregated cycle path that runs along the Hudson River, more than half will be women.
  • (11) Nobody cares about us or our families.” The doorless, green-and-yellow three-wheelers that clog Delhi’s streets were converted to compressed natural gas years ago, so they create little pollution.
  • (12) Factors leading to injury included rapid onset of colder temperatures, sudden reuse of snowblowers after storage for the summer, a heavy mid-week storm that created a sense of urgency to clear snow in dusky light conditions after a day at work, frustration as exit chutes became repeatedly clogged with heavy wet snow and limited operator education.
  • (13) It was naïve to expect to get ambitious measures through Congress in a debate clogged up with scientific detail.
  • (14) Older cars and diesel engines produce particulates that clog up the lungs and may enter brain tissue, and nitrogen oxides that affect breathing.
  • (15) At least three stretches of an expressway were clogged with cars still submerged in water and mud; in Zhaoxindian, three dozen vehicles could be seen and more were thought to be entirely covered.
  • (16) A clogged Dobbhoff tube ruptured while it was being flushed manually with a syringe containing normal saline under great pressure.
  • (17) Coaxial trocar technique (19 patients) permits initial insertion of softer and often larger catheters (9-14 French feeding tubes), which are less likely to clog or require exchange; the intragastric balloon support method facilitates trocar insertion.
  • (18) Blood samples from nine healthy men were studied to determine the effect of ouabain and elevated serum calcium concentration on blood viscosity, measured by a rotational viscometer, and on red cell filterability by the St George's Filtrometer, giving values for clogging particles (CP) and red cell transit time (RCTT).
  • (19) When it is not clogged with weekend traffic, Container – the English word is used in Arabic – is a desolate spot: a lonely stretch of asphalt, four dingy tollbooth-like structures painted white and green, a few bored Israeli soldiers with automatic rifles.
  • (20) Filth and smoke hangs everywhere, clogging the very soul.