What's the difference between callus and corn?

Callus


Definition:

  • (n.) Same as Callosity
  • (n.) The material of repair in fractures of bone; a substance exuded at the site of fracture, which is at first soft or cartilaginous in consistence, but is ultimately converted into true bone and unites the fragments into a single piece.
  • (n.) The new formation over the end of a cutting, before it puts out rootlets.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) In later phases, mast cells appeared in the newly formed marrow in the external callus.
  • (2) The mitotic activities of various cellular components of callus tissues in different periods after tibial fracture of rat were studied with 3H-thymidine labeling and electron radioautographic method.
  • (3) The fractures, which appeared on roentgenograms as transverse radiolucent zones with variable callus formation, healed slowly or not at all despite treatment with calcium and vitamin D. They resembled pseudofractures (Looser's transformation zones) radiologically, but the biochemical and histologic findings were those of idiopathic osteoporosis rather than osteomalacia.
  • (4) The normal process of fracture healing was described in which the dual role of external callus was stressed, firstly in providing immobilisation of the fragments and secondly in providing the first bony bridge between the fragments.
  • (5) Pinwheel inclusions (PWs) were found in cells of callus tissue derived from explants of secondary phloem parenchyma of carrot (Daucus carota) storage root and grown on a basal medium containing zeatin and indoleacetic acid or coconut milk, naphthalene acetic acid, or combinations of these.
  • (6) However, we failed to demonstrate any remarkable IL-1 inhibitory activity in each fraction after gel filtration high-performance liquid chromatography of the psoriatic scale extracts or in that of extracts from the plantar callus.
  • (7) The lack of periosteal callus appears to be the result of a small gap and rigid fixation, rather than related to strains induced in the bone.
  • (8) The ages of the callus were three, five, eight, and 11 days after the fracture, that is, from before the cartilage was demonstrable on Day 5 until the enchondral bone formation started on Day 11.
  • (9) Biochemical analysis of the callus is reminiscent of bone from early stages of human development and normal fracture healing (e.g.
  • (10) Origin of roots from calluses was not accompanied by formation of buds.
  • (11) While some gymnasts seem more ethereal than corporeal, Beth's blisters and calluses have always been obvious.
  • (12) Bet v I, the major birch pollen allergen, could be extracted easily from pollen, and in low amounts from callus and leaves.
  • (13) In the surrounding external callus Types I, II, and III were present, but Type III was not noted in the later stages of healing.
  • (14) Lipids from callus cultures and suspension cultures of higher plants constitute 5 to 8% of the dry tissue's weight.
  • (15) Histological investigation showed that the medullary cavity was closed after 2-3 weeks, chiefly by endosteal callus.
  • (16) The plate-fixed bones healed more rapidly, with less periosteal callus and less angulation of the fragments, than those treated with a cast.
  • (17) These findings indicate that the oxygen tension around the cathode was diminished in advance of the electrically stimulated callus formation.
  • (18) There is increased metabolism of glycosaminoglycan collagen synthesis, and transformation of fibrous and cartilaginous callus, combined with mineralization of the latter and intensified vascular invasion into bone.
  • (19) Bone union can be achieved under external fixation through different pathways, ranging from callus-free gap healing under a rigid neutralization configuration to direct-contact healing with periosteal new bone formation under axially dynamized stable fixation.
  • (20) We compare the gene activity in heterozygotes versus homozygotes, and show variation in activity between plants regenerated independently from the same transformed callus.

Corn


Definition:

  • (n.) A thickening of the epidermis at some point, esp. on the toes, by friction or pressure. It is usually painful and troublesome.
  • (n.) A single seed of certain plants, as wheat, rye, barley, and maize; a grain.
  • (n.) The various farinaceous grains of the cereal grasses used for food, as wheat, rye, barley, maize, oats.
  • (n.) The plants which produce corn, when growing in the field; the stalks and ears, or the stalks, ears, and seeds, after reaping and before thrashing.
  • (n.) A small, hard particle; a grain.
  • (v. t.) To preserve and season with salt in grains; to sprinkle with salt; to cure by salting; now, specifically, to salt slightly in brine or otherwise; as, to corn beef; to corn a tongue.
  • (v. t.) To form into small grains; to granulate; as, to corn gunpowder.
  • (v. t.) To feed with corn or (in Sctland) oats; as, to corn horses.
  • (v. t.) To render intoxicated; as, ale strong enough to corn one.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Previous attempts to purify this enzyme from the liquid endosperm of kernels of Zea mays (sweet corn) were not entirely successful owing to the lability of partially purified preparations during column chromatography.
  • (2) First, it has diverted grain away from food for fuel, with over a third of US corn now used to produce ethanol and about half of vegetable oils in the EU going towards the production of biodiesel.
  • (3) Dry matter and starch intakes were greater when corn was fed than when barley was fed.
  • (4) Development of folate deficiency was evaluated in young chicks fed diets containing corn and soybean meal as major constituents.
  • (5) Changes in haemolymph juvenile hormone (JH) concentrations of larvae of the southwestern corn borer, Diatraea grandiosella, were used to estimate the activity of the corpora allata.
  • (6) In Experiment 1, chicks 24 days old were fed mixtures of untreated and inoculated corn containing citrinin to provide 0, 50, 100, 150, 200, and 250 micrograms of the toxin per gram of blended corn.
  • (7) Mice administered chloroform in corn oil displayed a significant degree of diffuse parenchymal degeneration (5 of 10 males and 1 of 10 females) and mild to moderate early cirrhosis (5 of 10 males and 9 of 10 females); significant pathological lesions were not observed in the animals administered corn oil without chloroform nor in mice receiving chloroform in 2% Emulphor.
  • (8) Ammoniation of corn, peanuts, cottonseed, and meals to alter the toxic and carcinogenic effects of aflatoxin contamination has been the subject of intense research effort by scientists in various government agencies and universities, both in the United States and abroad.
  • (9) It was found that ammoniation inactivated the aflatoxins and reduced the carcinogenicity of the contaminated corn to a level that was not significantly different from that with the basal control diet.
  • (10) Ribosome-inactivating proteins were found in high amounts in one line of cells of Phytolacca americana (pokeweed) cultured in vitro and, in less quantity, in lines of Saponaria officinalis (soapwort) and of Zea mays (corn) cells.
  • (11) Two-day-old poults were fed diets containing no added fat [44.6% starch, 2.2% ether extract by weight (HC)], 10% tallow (T), or 10% corn oil [(CO) 29.0% starch, 10.9% ether extract].
  • (12) Free fatty acids from both coconut and corn oils reduced diet palatability and intake; those from tallow and coconut oil markedly interfered (in vitro) with rennet clotting of milk replacers.
  • (13) They dealt in dozens of different commodities – from major grains such as wheat and sorghum to specialised food aid products such as corn-soy blend.
  • (14) Rats fed tryptophan-poor corn diets have reduced levels of brain serotonin and show increased responsiveness to electric shock.
  • (15) Percent apparent digestibilities for DM, NDF, and N for corn and corn-sunflower were similar and greater than for sunflower: DM (69.6, 68.2, 57.4); NDF (68.1, 61.5, 51.6); and N (66.3, 66.5, 63.6).
  • (16) Compared to fiber-free, feeding corn bran increased binding in the duodenum 30% and ileum 50% but decreased binding in the jejunum 44%, and feeding guar gum increased binding in the colon 73% but decreased binding in the jejunum 40%.
  • (17) Corn oil feeding decreased the transcriptional rate.
  • (18) Rats whose diet was restricted in calories by 40% exhibited no mammary tumors (coconut oil as primary dietary fat) or 75% fewer tumors (corn oil as dietary fat) compared to ad libitum-fed controls; they also exhibited 47% fewer colonic tumors.
  • (19) Anthracene, chrysene, benzo(e)pyrene and perylene did not significantly suppress the antibody-forming cell response compared to the corn oil vehicle controls.
  • (20) Acarbose significantly reduced the satiety effect of corn starch in lean rats (p less than 0.001), and further attenuated satiety in obese rats (p less than 0.02).