What's the difference between cloddy and cloudy?

Cloddy


Definition:

  • (a.) Consisting of clods; full of clods.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) All 5 patients with histories of more than 12 weeks duration belongs to the PAS-type of ALL (cloddy reaction).
  • (2) This MW-interlayer contains a sort of "cloddy" material in which clusters of embedded ring-like disks are hexagonally arranged in a crystal-like manner.
  • (3) During the first week almost the total amount of the stored lipids is transformed into an amorphous, highly electron-dense material which disintegrates into cloddy and globular fragments during the following time.
  • (4) During a microbiological examination of foodstuffs, frequent occurrence of salmonellas of S. agona serotype was found in milk products, namely in ewe's milk cloddy cheese, ewe's milk curd and hard cheeses.

Cloudy


Definition:

  • (n.) Overcast or obscured with clouds; clouded; as, a cloudy sky.
  • (n.) Consisting of a cloud or clouds.
  • (n.) Indicating gloom, anxiety, sullenness, or ill-nature; not open or cheerful.
  • (n.) Confused; indistinct; obscure; dark.
  • (n.) Lacking clearness, brightness, or luster.
  • (n.) Marked with veins or sports of dark or various hues, as marble.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Those without sperm, or with cloudy fluid, will require vasoepididymostomy under general or epidural anesthesia, which takes 4-6 hr.
  • (2) A trend toward a progressive increase in new collagen was noted over time in both the cloudy auto- and allografts.
  • (3) The news wasn’t a surprise, exactly: when a newspaper is available in more outlets than it sells copies, the future obviously looks a little cloudy.
  • (4) Her earlier scheduled execution was called off at the last minute when the drug, pentobarbitol, appeared “cloudy”.
  • (5) The changes in the fundus of a 57-year-old patient (perimacular turbid retinal oedema, cloudy peripapillary exsudates and peripheral retinal hemorrhages) could not be interpreted satisfactorly on a clinical basis.
  • (6) Corrections officials told reporters about 11pm that night that they were postponing the execution “out of an abundance of caution” because the lethal injection drug appeared “cloudy”.
  • (7) Each bubble was covered by an osmiophilic non-homogeneous coat of cloudy and flocculent material, native to its specific locality.
  • (8) Extreme dilatation of collecting ducts and convoluted tubules with epithelial degenerative changes of cloudy swelling, hydropic degeneration and separation from the basement membrane were principal changes in the kidney.
  • (9) There was 600 cc of slightly cloudy and bloody peritoneal fluid.
  • (10) These early atherosclerotic lesions included a localized cloudy thickening with pallor, slight elevation, a non-fibrotic lesion and gray-white or yellowish-white, firm, elevated fibrous plaques.
  • (11) The assays can be performed manually or, with much greater precision, on an 8-channel coagulation meter of new design in which end points are recorded automatically and depend on an abrupt clearing of agitated cloudy suspensions.
  • (12) Things didn't get better – cloudy skies for the first day, the car showed its worst temperament and the phone box I was due to call from to get my results (no mobiles then) didn't work.
  • (13) Cloudy, white urine may be due to urine infections, harmless phosphate crystals, or possibly sexually transmitted infections.
  • (14) In many episodes, there is a strong association with acute enterocolitis, which may precede the onset of cloudy dialysate by many days.
  • (15) North Star recommends visitors avoid October, November and December though, when it is usually cloudy.
  • (16) Follicles also were classified as clear or cloudy; cloudy was associated with flocculent material in the follicular fluid or with an indistinct follicular wall.
  • (17) Snakes in group 2 had cloudy swelling of the proximal tubules at 2 and 4 weeks after the gentamicin was administered.
  • (18) But while Christie’s career has survived that storm, Perry’s prospects look cloudy.
  • (19) In eyes with retinal detachment with cloudy media and severe vitreous traction, combined scleral buckling and vitrectomy may be necessary.
  • (20) Yet the Brazilians who were photographed unleashing their sorrow on a cloudy, darkening evening, in scenes of anguish from Estádio Mineirão to Copacabana beach, were not mourning a massacre, atrocity or anything else that might seem to justify such infinite sadness.

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