What's the difference between cal and caul?

Cal


Definition:

  • (n.) Wolfram, an ore of tungsten.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Myocardial changes in the patients with advanced CAL were relatively mild, and low EF and abnormal regional wall motion were not always related to severity of CAL.
  • (2) Two methods of data entry for computer-assisted learning (CAL) programs were assessed and the acceptability of two forms of CAL to 100 medical students determined.
  • (3) Cal Zastrow, also with the group, said that, although he has stood by Davis throughout the ordeal, he wouldn’t support the clerk’s policy to allow deputies to issue licenses without her authorization.
  • (4) van't Hoff plots of the thermal denaturation data gave enthalpies for the helix-coil transition of 21,600 cal (ca.
  • (5) Precursor Cal and lipid-modified precursor Cal were found in the inner membrane at early times of chase, and gave rise to mature Cal which accumulated in both the inner and outer membrane after further chase.
  • (6) A 400-cal (60% carbohydrate, 20% protein, 20% fat) homogenized meal labeled with 111In-DTPA was then infused into the stomach over 10 min.
  • (7) There was no immunological cross-reactivity between Cal-BP and rat or chicken sera, indicating that the Cal-BP in these three sera are immunologically completely distinct.
  • (8) CAL is seen as a means of empowering the patient, rather than the nurse to take control, and this is viewed as a positive move in the direction of self-care.
  • (9) From these data, the net expected savings to Medi-Cal were calculated.
  • (10) GHRH-(1-44) (50 micrograms, iv) was administered at 0900 h after an overnight fast or at 1300 h after a normal meal at 0800 h, and at the same times 45 min after a 800-Cal meal on different days.
  • (11) (4) Some data in the literature suggest that some subsets of patients with CAL may benefit from chronic intermittent NPV therapy.
  • (12) During the control (C) and refeeding (R) periods, all subjects received a 1500-cal diet.
  • (13) In leg skeletal muscle, CAL protein and mRNA increase approximately 10-fold from E-8 to E-18 with a time course that just precedes myoblast fusion.
  • (14) In contrast, Cal-IR was found mainly in nonpyramidal cells in two bands corresponding to layers 2-3 and 5-6.
  • (15) To examine the specificity of the antibody titration, IgG in sera prepared against C. pneumoniae TW-183, C. psittaci Cal 10 and C. trachomatis L2 strains were assayed by MFA using in situ inclusions of each strain and compared.
  • (16) The entropy of activation of kcat for the human enzyme was further decomposed into partially compensating electrostatic(es) (delta S*es = +15.1 cal mol-1 K-1) and nonelectrostatic(nes) (delta S*nes = -19.1 cal mol-1 K-1) terms.
  • (17) Similarly, Na-glucose cotransport was absent in [CAL+DCT] cells but present in Tamm-Horsfall negative renal cortical cells.
  • (18) Levels varied significantly among tissues [P less than 0.001, combined stages and sexes; MBH (0.80)-AMG (0.76) greater than CAL (0.4)-CNG-CB-CTX-LNG-HRT-MUS (0.07)].
  • (19) In 14 patients aged 15 to 35 yr of age with advanced CF, the effects of chronic airflow limitation (CAL), increased physiologic dead space (VD), and the timing components of ventilation (VE) on gas exchange during maximal exercise were assessed.
  • (20) Our results demonstrate that some patients with severe OSA and severe CAL can maintain normal awake arterial CO2 levels.

Caul


Definition:

  • (n.) A covering of network for the head, worn by women; also, a net.
  • (n.) The fold of membrane loaded with fat, which covers more or less of the intestines in mammals; the great omentum. See Omentum.
  • (n.) A part of the amnion, one of the membranes enveloping the fetus, which sometimes is round the head of a child at its birth.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Experiment 3 showed that the relationships among variables observed in nondeprived animals remain the same in animals restricted to 12 h of access to food each day and replicated the amphetamine-induced hyperphasia observed earlier by Jones and Caul (9).
  • (2) The treatment is always surgical, without excluding the possibility of a recurrence if the cyst caul has not been completely removed.
  • (3) An infant born in a complete caul survived 25 minutes of extrauterine life inside the intract sac of membranes.
  • (4) She recalls: "When Rex was born he was still in the caul, or membrane, and I remember thinking, what do I have to do about this?
  • (5) Although it is possible for an infant to be born in the caul, i.e.

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