What's the difference between clarity and pellucidness?

Clarity


Definition:

  • (n.) Clearness; brightness; splendor.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Furthermore, the backing away from any specific yield targets is exactly the lack of clarity that the FX market will not like."
  • (2) Correction of structure mottle helps enhance the image clarity.
  • (3) The modified CIRS was operationalized with a manual of guidelines geared toward the geriatric patient and for clarity was designated the CIRS(G).
  • (4) O'Donnell said he had decided to publish his guidance now to ensure there was clarity before the election.
  • (5) Already much work has been done to re-establish enduring components for Labour's electoral success: clarity of strategy, effective rebuttal, and superior field organisation with our network of community organisers.
  • (6) This technique results in a marked improvement in corneal clarity and visualization of anterior chamber structures.
  • (7) Businesses need a framework – clarity and stability.
  • (8) Everything that was, is more: brutality, injustice, poverty, anger; but also clarity, knowledge, understanding and, possibly, determination.
  • (9) Analysis of the clinical performance of the media indicated that in 82% of the traces water was equal to or better than gel in clarity, and in 90% of traces water was equal to or better than gel in suitability for diagnosis.
  • (10) There is less clarity on the effects of stress on survival rates of cancer patients.
  • (11) The orbital contents are also displayed with clarity equivalent to that obtained in man.
  • (12) To lend clarity to this discrepancy, we collected 40 serum samples before and after blood transfusion therapy of first-time cadaveric renal allograft recipients and evaluated each for T cell and B cell cytotoxic antibodies using an Amos modified complement-dependent microlymphocytotoxicity assay.
  • (13) Governor Mark Carney and his colleagues on the monetary policy committee had already faced criticism after sidelining a "forward guidance" policy – designed to bring clarity over the path of interest rates – just six months after its introduction.
  • (14) The data demonstrate with clarity that neurons containing both the mRNA for OX and the peptide CRF are present in subpopulations of magnocellular and parvocellular neurons of the PVN.
  • (15) We call for a more structured policy for tall buildings, with transparency for the public and clarity for developers.
  • (16) The reliability of magnitude-estimation scaling as a measure of overall clarity of speech was investigated.
  • (17) When he speaks he does so with clarity and conviction, a quiet authority, and with rare understanding and analysis.
  • (18) This now requires clarity about standards and expectations, that these are monitored and where necessary practice is challenged, and that there is a substantial programme in place to audit and report on practice, and training and briefings to skill up workers to practise well.
  • (19) The purpose of this Perspective is to provide some clarity to this rapidly evolving area of selective phosphodiesterase inhibitors.
  • (20) These findings demonstrate that differentiating children by sibling network type does offer some clarity to our understanding of the complex association between gender and patterns of parent-care.

Pellucidness


Definition:

  • (n.) The quality or state of being pellucid; transparency; translucency; clearness; as, the pellucidity of the air.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Three patients had pellucid marginal corneal degeneration complicated by corneal edema.
  • (2) Our computer-based corneal topography analysis system was used to study the keratoscope photographs (keratograms) from two patients with classic pellucid marginal degeneration and a third patient with no inferior corneal thinning, whose keratoscope mire pattern was suggestive of the condition.
  • (3) We performed central pachymetry on two patients with pellucid and Terrien's corneal marginal degeneration with mean central corneal thicknesses of .487 mm and .466 mm, respectively.
  • (4) Pellucid marginal corneal degeneration is a bilateral disease characterized by a narrow band of corneal thinning localized 1-2 mm from the inferior limbus.
  • (5) Follicles were classified on the basis of the number of layers of follicle cells, the presence and degree of development of the zone pellucide, and the presence of an antrum.
  • (6) Pellucid marginal degeneration of the cornea is a bilateral, clear, inferior, peripheral corneal-thinning disorder.
  • (7) A successful corneal wedge resection was performed to correct the visual impairment in the left eye of a 30-year-old male who suffered from bilateral pellucid marginal degeneration.
  • (8) There were 53 patients with keratoconus, 5 with pellucid marginal corneal degeneration, 2 with keratoglobus, and 1 with superior corneal thinning.
  • (9) The morphologic changes with age concern the height of the 3rd ventricle, the extension of the pellucid septum and the stereotaxic topography.
  • (10) Five eyes in four patients with pellucid marginal corneal degeneration were treated by lamellar crescentic resection of the thinned area inferiorly.
  • (11) When idiopathic peripheral corneal thinning remains clear, it is regarded as pellucid degeneration; vascularization, scarring, and lipid keratopathy are regarded as Terrien's marginal degeneration.
  • (12) Crescent-shaped, deep corneal scars were observed in seven (39%) of 18 patients with pellucid marginal corneal degeneration.
  • (13) Quantitation of relative staining intensity found keratoconus and pellucid marginal degeneration corneas to be 49% and 40% as intensely stained, respectively, as normal corneas, a statistically significant decrease (P less than 0.01).
  • (14) Dissolution of the pellucid membrane by brief ATP treatment reveals a zygotic surface which changes from day to day.
  • (15) This article reports a case of bilateral corneal pellucid marginal degeneration.
  • (16) Monoclonal antibody against keratan sulfate (KS) was used for immunofluorescent staining of sections of human corneas from 8 normal eyes, 19 with keratoconus, 4 with pellucid marginal degeneration, 5 with primary macular corneal dystrophy, and 1 with recurrent macular corneal dystrophy.
  • (17) We believe that penetrating keratoplasty offers an excellent surgical result for patients with pellucid marginal corneal degeneration.
  • (18) The ocular lens somehow remains pellucid despite bombardment by ultraviolet radiation and endogenous hydrogen peroxide (present in the humoral fluids which bathe this tissue).
  • (19) The decreased KS staining was not localized in stromal scar tissue found in the keratoconus and pellucid marginal degeneration corneas.
  • (20) American ophthalmologists are generally not familiar with the condition because most of the literature concerning pellucid degeneration is European.

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