What's the difference between carrion and necrophagan?

Carrion


Definition:

  • (n.) The dead and putrefying body or flesh of an animal; flesh so corrupted as to be unfit for food.
  • (n.) A contemptible or worthless person; -- a term of reproach.
  • (a.) Of or pertaining to dead and putrefying carcasses; feeding on carrion.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The number of methylation sites in alpha Bgt has been shown to decrease significantly upon binding of the toxin to the AcChR [Soler, G., Farach, M. C., Farach, H. A., Mattingly, J. R., & Martinez-Carrion, M. (1983) Arch.
  • (2) Poor operative technique, resulting in sepsis and extrusion, is threatening the reputation of the Small-Carrion penile prosthesis in some areas.
  • (3) The pK value for Lys-258 is as low as that for a group in the active site region which can perturb a 19F nuclear magnetic resonance probe inserted into that region (Martinez-Carrion, M., Slebe, J. C., Boettcher, B., and Relimpio, A. M. (1976) J. Biol.
  • (4) A., Richman, D., & Martinez-Carrion, M. (1984) Proc.
  • (5) The Small-Carrion prosthesis has been implanted successfully in 14 of 15 patients.
  • (6) Today erectile impotence is surgically best treated with the implantation of a Small-Carrion prosthesis through the infrapubic approach.
  • (7) The use of the Small-Carrion penile prosthesis in 160 patients is evaluated.
  • (8) Carrion-frequenting blow-flies (Chrysomyia albiceps and C. marginalis) were allowed 4 days of feeding on 32P-orthophosphate-labelled blood or an impala carcass (Aepyceros melampus) in the northern Kruger National Park, South Africa.
  • (9) Animals that rely upon the carrion of elk killed by wolves also suffered.
  • (10) The program requires, as input, the identity of arthropod taxa recovered from human remains in a death scene investigation and machine-readable data on carrion-associated arthropod taxa and their known successional patterns of activity for the same geographical area.
  • (11) Chemical modification of the Torpedo californica acetylcholine receptor (AcChR) by the fluorescent agent N-(1-pyrenyl)maleimide (PM) under nonreducing conditions resulted in the labeling of cysteine residues in all subunits and marked inhibition of the AcChR ion channel opening [Clarke, J. H., & Martinez-Carrion, M. (1986) J. Biol.
  • (12) Every day the news cycle throws up fresh carrion; some events suit one side better, which is a little galling for the other side, as this week's Conservative-gasm has demonstrated.
  • (13) In order to examine the impact of a penile prosthesis on the quality of life of the recipients, we mailed a questionnaire to all patients (N = 49) who received a semi-rigid (Small-Carrion) prosthesis at the Seattle VAMC from 1976 to 1981.
  • (14) Herein we report on our experience with the Small-Carrion penile prosthesis in 23 patients.
  • (15) Morphologically and developmentally this chromomycotic agent is closely related to Fonsecaea pedrosoi (Brumpt) Negroni and should be classified as Fonsecaes dermatitidis (Kano) Carrion.
  • (16) The insertion of two silicone rods into the penile corpora cavernosa (Small-Carrion penile prosthesis) is a considerable procedure for operative management of erectile impotence.
  • (17) However, of 849 carrion-associated insects and soil invertebrates collected from around decomposing rats, eggs of C. hepatica were found in only two species of beetles.
  • (18) We report 3 cases of fractured semirigid Small-Carrion and Finney penile prostheses.
  • (19) Seventy-six patients with impotence have undergone insertion of the Small-Carrion penile prosthesis at Duke University Medical Center.
  • (20) Bach polled 49 votes in the final round of voting, ahead of Carrion with 29, Ng with six, Oswald with five and Bubka with four.

Necrophagan


Definition:

  • (a.) Eating carrion.
  • (n.) Any species of a tribe (Necrophaga) of beetles which, in the larval state, feed on carrion; a burying beetle.

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