What's the difference between chalky and cretose?

Chalky


Definition:

  • (a.) Consisting of, or resembling, chalk; containing chalk; as, a chalky cliff; a chalky taste.

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  • (1) In the present work a prospective study on murine typhus was carried out in Chalkis General Hospital in 1985, is presented.
  • (2) Chalky white colonies, 0.5 to 1.0 mm in diameter, that were subsequently identified as N. asteroides grew well on the BCYE media.
  • (3) In the course of the disease they had become ulcerated, exuding a white, chalky material.
  • (4) These chalky deposits next to metacarpo-phalangeal articulations were always associated with chalky incrustation of the radio-carpal joint.
  • (5) "Carnol" insaponificable fraction from "chalky" carnauba wax, was tested for its emulsified system estabilizing abilities.
  • (6) But I want to talk about The Wire , which to my shame I came to somewhat late, despite the fact that Michael K Williams [who plays shakedown artist Omar in The Wire ] and I are both in Boardwalk together [Williams plays nightclub owner and gangster Chalky White].
  • (7) Chalky white synovial fluid from the knee joint contained many crystals that were characterized as apatite by X-ray diffraction.
  • (8) The abnormalities fell into two main classes: misshapen or bulging eggs and eggs coated with a superficial layer of amorphous calcium, variously termed dusted, white banded, chalky or pink eggs.
  • (9) The set cement matrix may become chalky and can erode rapidly.
  • (10) Hydroxyapatite and urate crystals were identified from the chalky material surrounding the patellar tendon observed at surgery.
  • (11) Driving 140 kilometres from Tianjin City to Beijing last week, she held her breath as the chalky-white horizon became a charcoal grey haze.
  • (12) Rheumatoid rice body like substances with chalky fluid were discharged from tumoral lesions.
  • (13) Gross lesions seen at necropsy included ventral subcutaneous edema, generalized skeletal muscular pallor and edema with scattered white longitudinal streaking, prominent brownish yellow discoloration of the intestinal musculature, and a layer of white chalky material at the renal corticomedullary junction.
  • (14) Clinically, at time of eruption all teeth appeared chalky white, but already prior to coming into occlusion discrete pits had formed.
  • (15) Seeding of a chalky fragment from a stenotic aortic valve is very rare.
  • (16) Gross changes included chalky-white appearance of entire endocardium of right ventricle and subendocardial plaques in the interventricular septum and left ventricular wall.
  • (17) But his recently-opened Tratto (in the Town and Country mall; pasta from $19, mains from $32) is a far more mature Bianco: no queues, no pizzas, just the most magnificent cooking in chic, chalky-palette surroundings: Italian accented, mostly south-western ingredients; so a lacy, chickpea pancake farinata might come stuffed with okra; casoncelli pasta could contain caramelly kabocha squash.
  • (18) Life time of Listeria monocytogenes (strain PS 10401, serovar 4b) was studied in three sorts of soil: a chalky soil, poor in organic matters (pH 8.3) a peaty soil rich in organic matters (pH 5.5) a mixture of a chalky and peaty soil (pH 7.9).
  • (19) A chalky incrustation of the semilunar pyramidal interspace was observed in 40 percent of cases.
  • (20) Personally, I have always found them infinitely disappointing; the way these pastel-coloured, chalky orbs plop and fizz in the water before dissipating, underwhelmingly, like strawberry-scented farts.

Cretose


Definition:

  • (a.) Chalky; cretaceous.

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