What's the difference between boutonniere and flower?
Boutonniere
Definition:
(n.) A bouquet worn in a buttonhole.
Example Sentences:
(1) The treatment is by dynamic splintage and the importance of distinguishing the deformity from the true boutonniere deformity is emphasised.
(2) Understanding the pathophysiology of the boutonniere deformity requires a complete understanding of the anatomy of the dorsal tendon apparatus.
(3) Step-cut lengthening of the central slip was associated with the development of a boutonniere deformity and an unsatisfactory result in three digits.
(4) The boutonniere deformity is the most common rheumatoid thumb deformity.
(5) This paper was presented at the 1986 Congress of the GEM, as a teaching conference on treatment of the boutonniere deformity, based on the experience of the Nancy Hand Unit.
(6) The pathology of the boutonniere begins with a synovitis of the joint, followed by elongation al the central slip, subluxation of the later bands, and contracture of the retinacular ligaments.
(7) The pseudo-boutonniere deformity is a boutonneire-like deformity resulting from a hyperextension injury to the proximal interphalangeal joint causing tearing of the volar soft tissues.
(8) The boutonniere thumb is the most common deformity.
(9) This paper discusses two of the most frequent digital deformities: the swan-neck and boutonniere.
(10) He is really trying: "pinned next to my boutonniere (a small white rose) was a finger bone I'd boiled the flesh off".
(11) The chronic boutonniere deformity reflects long-term derangement with secondary compensation of the extensor mechanism.
(12) Two cases of anteriorly dislocated interphalangeal joints, unrecognized as such early and allowed to progress to a chronic stage, presented to us as boutonniere deformities.
(13) The rheumatoid boutonniere deformity does not limit hand function significantly until it becomes severe.
(14) A boutonniere-like deformity may develop when no injury has been noted in the central slip of the extensor tendon.
(15) Splinting is the cornerstone of treatment for the boutonniere deformity.
(16) The most common preoperative deformity was a boutonniere deformity with a flexible interphalangeal joint.
(17) Without proper splinting, the patient with the boutonniere deformity could not be successfully treated.
(18) Other abnormalities, present in all age groups, included extrinsic and intrinsic digital muscle shortness, boutonniere and swan neck deformities, and hyperextension of the digital interphalangeal joints.
(19) boutonniere and swan-neck deformities, or tenosynovitis) can be seen in psoriatic arthropathy.
(20) Each had symmetric, boggy polysynovitis of the hands and wrists, resulting in nearly identical boutonniere deformities.
Flower
Definition:
(n.) In the popular sense, the bloom or blossom of a plant; the showy portion, usually of a different color, shape, and texture from the foliage.
(n.) That part of a plant destined to produce seed, and hence including one or both of the sexual organs; an organ or combination of the organs of reproduction, whether inclosed by a circle of foliar parts or not. A complete flower consists of two essential parts, the stamens and the pistil, and two floral envelopes, the corolla and callyx. In mosses the flowers consist of a few special leaves surrounding or subtending organs called archegonia. See Blossom, and Corolla.
(n.) The fairest, freshest, and choicest part of anything; as, the flower of an army, or of a family; the state or time of freshness and bloom; as, the flower of life, that is, youth.
(n.) Grain pulverized; meal; flour.
(n.) A substance in the form of a powder, especially when condensed from sublimation; as, the flowers of sulphur.
(n.) A figure of speech; an ornament of style.
(n.) Ornamental type used chiefly for borders around pages, cards, etc.
(n.) Menstrual discharges.
(v. i.) To blossom; to bloom; to expand the petals, as a plant; to produce flowers; as, this plant flowers in June.
(v. i.) To come into the finest or fairest condition.
(v. i.) To froth; to ferment gently, as new beer.
(v. i.) To come off as flowers by sublimation.
(v. t.) To embellish with flowers; to adorn with imitated flowers; as, flowered silk.
Example Sentences:
(1) Urban hives boom could be 'bad for bees' What happened: Two professors from a University of Sussex laboratory are urging wannabe-urban beekeepers to consider planting more flowers instead of taking up the increasingly popular hobby.
(2) A case is presented of deliberate chewing of the flowers of henbane (Hyoscyamus niger) in the hope of producing euphoria, and an account is given of the poisoning so produced.
(3) Malvidin chloride (MC) a colouring agent from flowers of Malvaviscus conzattii Greenum was studied for male anti-fertility effects in adult langur monkeys (Presbytis entellus entellus Dufresne).
(4) At Wembley England fielded: Springett; Armfield, McNeil; Robson, Swan, Flowers; Douglas, Greaves, Smith, Haynes, Charlton.
(5) I believe Flower when he promises he would not repeat his mistake.
(6) In these tissues, the viral DNA replicated at the site of inoculation and was transported first to the roots, then to the shoot apex and to the neighboring leaves and the flowers.
(7) I salute you.” So clear-fall logging and burning of the tallest flowering forests on the planet, with provision for the dynamiting of trees over 80 metres tall, is an ultimate good in Abbott’s book of ecological wisdom.
(8) "They were the real flowers in the show - boys who I picked up in the park because they looked right."
(9) Parietaria judaica (Pellitory-of-the-Wall) is native to the U.K., flowering from June to September, but is not usually considered to be of any clinical importance by U.K. allergists.
(10) New management at Lifeline changed the expenses policy to make it legally compliant and asked Flowers to pay the money back.
(11) These are collected in her pollen baskets which she takes back to the nest to feed the young after fertilising the flowers.
(12) Angela Merkel , who turns 60 on Thursday, thanked a German reporter who sang the traditional birthday song at a news conference in Brussels, and revealed that other leaders had given her flowers.
(13) Frahm witnessed how every morning Weiwei puts a flower into the basket of a bicycle just outside his studio, which he will continue until he is free again to ride it out through the gates.
(14) It is that rare flower, a positive environmental story.
(15) Jane Baxter's stuffed courgette flowers Stuffed courgette flowers Photograph: Rob White You can't get much more summery than courgette flowers – Jane Baxter's take on these light crispy fried delights (use a vegetarian parmesan-style cheese ).
(16) This study documents a previously unrecognized potential source of occupational pesticide exposure and suggests that safety standards should be set for residue levels on cut flowers.
(17) We suggest that both vertical transmission of Ty1-copia group retrotransposons within plant lineages and horizontal transmission between different species have played roles in the evolution of Ty1-copia group retrotransposons in flowering plants.
(18) I cracked a few jokes because I thought we had been through such a terrible event we need to laugh.” Facebook Twitter Pinterest A man lays flowers outside the synagogue in Copenhagen after two deadly shootings.
(19) The carcinogenic activity of petasitenine, a new pyrrolizidine alkaloid isolated from young flower stalk of Petasites japonicus, was studied in ACI rats.
(20) In both experiments, videotapes of model monkeys behaving fearfully were spliced so that it appeared that the models were reacting fearfully either to fear-relevant stimuli (toy snakes or a toy crocodile), or to fear-irrelevant stimuli (flowers or a toy rabbit).