What's the difference between cent and centipede?

Cent


Definition:

  • (n.) A hundred; as, ten per cent, the proportion of ten parts in a hundred.
  • (n.) A United States coin, the hundredth part of a dollar, formerly made of copper, now of copper, tin, and zinc.
  • (n.) An old game at cards, supposed to be like piquet; -- so called because 100 points won the game.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Previous use of the drug is found in more than 50 per cent of the patients, and it was often followed by a neglected side-effect.
  • (2) Following central retinal artery ligation, infarction of the retinal ganglion cells was reflected by a 97 per cent reduction in the radioactively labeled protein within the optic nerve.
  • (3) In contrast to previous reports, these tumours were more malignant than osteosarcomas and showed a five-year survival rate of only 4-2 per cent.
  • (4) Children of smoking mothers had an 18.0 per cent cumulative incidence of post-infancy wheezing through 10 years of age, compared with 16.2 per cent among children of nonsmoking mothers (risk ratio 1.11, 95% CI: 1.02, 1.21).
  • (5) Eighty-two per cent of patients with falciparum malaria had recently returned from Africa whereas 82% with vivax malaria had visited Asia.
  • (6) In more than 70 per cent of these, brain injury is the decisive lethal factor.
  • (7) Socially acceptable urinary control was achieved in 90 per cent of the 139 patients with active devices in place.
  • (8) Of the 138 patients who were admitted to the study, only seventy-one (51 per cent) could be followed for an average of 3.5 years (a typical return rate of urban trauma centers).
  • (9) Of the sampled population, 6.3 per cent exhibited some degree of hypodontia (third molar agenesis excluded).
  • (10) Eighty-five per cent of the patients had been on beta-blocker treatment for more than 1 year.
  • (11) Ninety-five per cent were suffering from chiasmal compression pre-operatively.
  • (12) We studied the effect of a 2-hour exposure to 0.6 ppm of ozone on bronchial reactivity in 8 healthy, nonsmoking subjects by measuring the increase in airway resistance (Raw) produced by inhalation of histamine diphosphate aerosol (1.6 per cent, 10 breaths).
  • (13) Lambing rates approach 1.5 lambs per ewe per year, but a death rate of 23 per cent and an offtake of 27 per cent, means that flock numbers are probably slightly declining.
  • (14) The remaining 33 sera (13.3 per cent) were classified as low, moderate or strong positives.
  • (15) Couples applying to in vitro fertilization were admitted into this project when the sperm concentration was greater than 20 million per mL and motility greater than 30 per cent.
  • (16) Furthermore, the effect of immunization was examined in monkeys previously given fluoride in their diet and which had developed a low incidence of dental caries when offered a human type of diet containing about 15 per cent sucrose.
  • (17) The lambs of the second group were given 1200-1500 g of concentrate pellets and 300 g chopped wheat straw, and those of the third group were given 800 and 1050 g each of concentrate pellets, and 540 g and 720 g of pellets of whole maize plant containing 40 per cent.
  • (18) During anaesthesia with 60-70 per cent N2O in O2 and 0.2 per cent isoflurane, a maintenance dose (MD) of fentanyl was administered using a continuous variable-rate IV fentanyl infusion, supplemented by intermittent 50 micrograms IV boluses.
  • (19) It was found that the initial rate of [14C]oxalate absorption is rapid (6.5 per cent per min), and that after 5 min the rate of absorption decreases to about 0.6 per cent per min.
  • (20) The adjusted odds ratio of having one or more hospitalization for current drinkers relative to life-long abstainers in females was 0.67 (95 per cent confidence interval 0.57-0.79) and in males was 0.74 (0.57-0.96).

Centipede


Definition:

Example Sentences:

  • (1) We – and by "we" I mean my wife and child, because I'm one segment of a family unit these days (yeah, like the Human Centipede) – were visiting some friends whose kid is about 18 months older than ours, which means it can perform all sorts of tricks our one-year-old hasn't mastered yet – incredible feats like walking and issuing verbal demands.
  • (2) This article reports the case of a six-month-old infant who ingested a centipede of the Scutigera morpha species and had systemic side effects probably due to systemic absorption of its venom.
  • (3) With artwork featuring an astronaut being attacked by a giant alien centipede, song titles such as Vape And Pillage, and a mantra of “Fuck.
  • (4) 1) Sensilla basiconica which differ in form and size are found on the antennae of centipedes and millipedes.
  • (5) Maximum parsimony analyses and monophyly testing within arthropods indicate that myriapods (millipedes and centipedes) form a sister group to all other assemblages, whereas crustaceans (shrimps and lobsters) plus hexapods (insects and allied groups) form a well-supported monophyletic group.
  • (6) Non-target or residual pesticide toxicity would also disrupt the population of some of the valuable soil invertebrates like earthworms, predatory mites, centipedes and carabid beetles.
  • (7) It would be interesting to explore the rich variety of pathology produced in us by moray eels, lionfish, sea urchins, jellyfish, sting rays, fire ants, kissing bugs, flies, lice, mosquitoes, ticks, mites, fleas, puss caterpillars, centipedes, snakes, dogs and cats, camels, and myriad other creatures including homo sapiens (not a trivial biter)--but for this grand rounds, the topic will simply be spiders (Part 1), bees and vespid (Part 2).
  • (8) Centipede bites are never fatal and pain-relief is the cornerstone of treatment.
  • (9) It could be in fact a new member of the Barrouxiidae, a family of Coccidia parasitic in Insects and Centipedes which are characterized by the production of monozoic spores.
  • (10) A study has been made on the distribution, living environment and behavior characteristics of medicinal Mojiang centipedes in Yunnan Province.
  • (11) Made by the corporation's Bristol-based Natural History Unit, each 30-minute episode will see Backshall travel across the world exploring the habitats of animals including scorpions, hunting dogs, stingrays, tiger snakes, red back spiders, kookaburras, sloth bears and giant centipedes.
  • (12) World gasps, but quietly agrees • What she's got, we don't want: Drew Barrymore officially Hollywood's most overpaid actor • Monkey business: Andy Serkis scores big money to play a motion capture chimp in sequel to Rise of the Planet of the Apes On the blog Human Centipede 2 Photograph: AP • David Cox is moved to wonder why human excrement gets such a raw deal in the cinema , as the cuts demanded by the BBFC to Human Centipede 2 demonstrate.
  • (13) Centipede bite produces excruciating local pain and burning.
  • (14) 2) Temporal organs of centipedes are located between the insertion of the antenna and the ocelli.
  • (15) In many ways, the coalition is a human centipede – a group of united individuals, all pulling together in one direction – and let me tell you, from the inside, it's surprisingly cosy."
  • (16) Centipedes are a common household arthropod whose bite usually causes only local reactions.
  • (17) A paradise you may be thinking, but watch out for the copious scorpions and centipedes crawling through the undergrowth.
  • (18) Clinical aspects of centipede bite as seen in the Andamans are reported.
  • (19) This case illustrates that toxic effects may be noted after ingestion of arthropods and that in this type of centipede no active intervention may be necessary.
  • (20) Ingestion of centipedes has not been previously reported.