What's the difference between brancher and raptor?
Brancher
Definition:
(n.) That which shoots forth branches; one who shows growth in various directions.
(n.) A young hawk when it begins to leave the nest and take to the branches.
Example Sentences:
(1) Most of the neurons can be categorized as small cells, branchers or veilers.
(2) The mild juvenile form of type IV glycogenosis, confirmed by a profound deficiency of the brancher enzyme in tissue specimens is reported from three Turkish male siblings who, foremost, suffered from chronic progressive myopathy.
(3) We describe a patient with ultrastructural characteristics consistent with glycogenosis type IV, but with normal brancher enzyme activity in dermal fibroblasts and cardiac muscle.
(4) These inclusions were ubiquitinated and reacted with antibody KM-279 which previously has been shown to bind to Lafora bodies, corpora amylacea and polyglucosan material in hepatic and cardiac cells of type IV glycogenosis as well as polyglucosan body myopathy without brancher enzyme deficiency.
(5) In cultures at 26 degrees C instead of 22 degrees C, veilers extend processes from the initial veil in a pattern similar to branchers, and the processes of adjacent veilers sometimes form appositions.
(6) This further implies that when polyglucosan inclusions are observed within myofibers it is mandatory to examine the muscle tissue for brancher enzyme activity since the brancher enzyme activities in circulating erythrocytes and leucocytes were normal in all three affected siblings and their parents.
(7) There are 10 well-defined biochemical defects of glycogen metabolism expressed in muscle and affecting the following enzymes: alpha 1,4 glucosidase (glycogenesis type II), debrancher enzyme (III), brancher enzyme (IV), phosphorylase (V), phosphofructokinase (VII), phosphorylase b kinase (VIII), phosphoglycerate kinase (IX), phosphoglycerate mutase (X), lactate dehydrogenase (XI).
Raptor
Definition:
(n.) A ravisher; a plunderer.
Example Sentences:
(1) M. raptor appeared to be more effective than U. rufipes in parasitizing pupae located at sites where natural fly-breeding occurred.
(2) The domestic chicken is precocial at hatching whereas most raptors are semi-altricial.
(3) Five incidences of bird mortality in Georgia and West Virginia (USA) involving migratory waterfowl, cranes, raptors, corvids and songbirds were investigated during the first 6 mo of 1988.
(4) M. raptor, which was released inside the barn, parasitized fly pupae both inside and outside, and it achieved highest rates of parasitism in indoor straw calf-bedding and in outdoor manure and silage.
(5) Variation observed at one o of the sex-linked fragments in peregrines has proven to be useful in distinguishing a subset of the tundrius subspecies of this endangered raptor.
(6) The Toronto Raptors, who definitely deserve an All-Star considering their out-of-nowhere success, might have been better off being represented by Kyle Lowry .
(7) The tightly encased raptor eye, with its anteriorly placed scleral ossicles, may have rendered the eye more susceptible to contrecoup damage.
(8) However the ipsilateral contingent was proportionally larger in the nocturnal raptor.
(9) A combination of ketamine HCl and diazepam given intravenously was successfully utilized to induce anesthesia for various surgical procedures in 40 raptors.
(10) Blood culture of 142 raptors of 11 species for Trypanosoma revealed a prevalence of 41.5%.
(11) Since 2000, 20 gamekeepers have been found guilty of “raptor persecution” or poisoning offences on grouse moorland, including one who killed a hen harrier in Scotland.
(12) Twenty-two raptors (red kites and buzzards) were found dead in Conon Bridge, Scotland, in March in what looked like a poisoning.
(13) Gram-negative bacteria, which were cultured from the feces of 45 of the 47 raptors, were the most common isolates.
(14) This will be a classic "are they rusty or rested" game, as Miami return from vacation to face a Nets team that just finished a grueling seven-game series against the Toronto Raptors on Sunday, winning 104-103 only after Pierce blocked Kyle Lowry's attempted game-winner.
(15) He talks of forging a relationship with his posse of raptors, rather than trying to control them.
(16) Not only is every team in the Atlantic Division currently under .500, they have gone winless against teams outside their division since the Toronto Raptors' Sunday night victory over the Los Angeles Lakers .
(17) The Decision , as the ESPN program was called, created a NBA superteam of sorts as James "took his talents to South Beach" to join hometown hero Dwyane Wade and the Toronto Raptors All-Star Chris Bosh.
(18) Ray plotting through traced foveal outlines suggests that sharp images will be formed beneath the centre and shoulders, with the centre image enlarged enough to account for the high acuity of raptors.
(19) "To do one DP (designated player) is a smart move, to do two DP's is not the smartest thing ever done and to do three is financial suicide," said Leiweke, whose sporting portfolio also includes the NHL's Toronto Maple Leafs and NBA's Raptors.
(20) Other things we've learned • While the headline coming into Sunday night's game between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Toronto Raptors was the return of Kobe Bryant, the highlight of the night was provided by the man known as Swaggy P : Facebook Twitter Pinterest Yes Nick Young, had the play of the game.