What's the difference between cloven and pig?

Cloven


Definition:

  • () of Cleave
  • (p. p. & a.) from Cleave, v. t.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Pilot trials are described in which BHS, a Czechoslovak fasciolicide, was employed for mass treatment of fasciolosis in cloven-hoofed animals in wild-animals' reserves at the rate of 30 mg body weight using BHS-medicated feed.
  • (2) The cloven hooves of this species are very mobile and the cranial tips of the hooves are the first parts to make contact with the ground.
  • (3) English bishops were intrigued by this wicked man, of whom they had previously never heard, and asked questions that implied they imagined him to have horns and cloven feet.
  • (4) Perhaps it's significant that one of the projects Brenton found himself beached on was an ill-starred attempt to adapt Calvino's 1952 novel Il Visconte Dimezzato ( The Cloven Viscount ): a whimsically fantastical story about a 17th-century aristocrat who is cut in half by a cannonball.
  • (5) Carrie's mother, in her religious fervour, frequently refers to – either directly, or through Carrie's prior indoctrination – "the black man … his cloven feet striking red sparks from the cement".
  • (6) The avant-garde Margiela brand (its signature pieces include cloven-toed boots) was purchased in 2002 by Diesel founder Renzo Rosso and is now part of his company OTB (Only The Brave).
  • (7) Seventy-six species belonging to 29 genera were collected from 320 samples of cloven-hooves and horns of goats and sheep.

Pig


Definition:

  • (n.) A piggin.
  • (n.) The young of swine, male or female; also, any swine; a hog.
  • (n.) Any wild species of the genus Sus and related genera.
  • (n.) An oblong mass of cast iron, lead, or other metal. See Mine pig, under Mine.
  • (n.) One who is hoggish; a greedy person.
  • (v. t. & i.) To bring forth (pigs); to bring forth in the manner of pigs; to farrow.
  • (v. t. & i.) To huddle or lie together like pigs, in one bed.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The combined immediate and delayed responses to fleas in the dog are as observed by other investigators in man and guinea pigs.
  • (2) The ability of azelastine to influence antigen-induced contractile responses (Schultz-Dale phenomenon) in isolated tracheal segments of the guinea-pig was investigated and compared with selected antiallergic drugs and inhibitors of arachidonic acid metabolism.
  • (3) The use of organophosphorus preparations in the treatment of ectoparasites and endoparasites of pigs is discussed.
  • (4) Using mini-pigs with an indwelling vascular catheter, the pharmacokinetics of chloramphenicol were investigated in healthy and liver-damaged animals.
  • (5) Concentrations of several gastrointestinal hormonal peptides were measured in lymph from the cisterna chyli and in arterial plasma; in healthy, conscious pigs during ingestion of a meal.
  • (6) These experiments indicated that there were significant differences between the early classical C system of mice and those of human and guinea pig.
  • (7) The role of O2 free radicals in the reduction of sarcolemmal Na+-K+-ATPase, which occurs during reperfusion of ischemic heart, was examined in isolated guinea pig heart using exogenous scavengers of O2 radicals and an inhibitor of xanthine oxidase.
  • (8) An argon laser beam was used to irradiate the round window in 17 guinea pigs.
  • (9) The sequential histopathologic alterations in femorotibial joints of partial meniscectomized male and female guinea pigs were evaluated at 1, 2, 3, 6, and 12 weeks post-surgery.
  • (10) The dog and the pig also have an endoperoxide-sensitive constrictor system activated by the 11,9-(epoxymethano) analogue of PGH2 and, of particular note, ICI 79939 and its 11-oxo analogue.
  • (11) The examination of the standard waves' amplitude and latency of the brain stem auditory evoked response (BAEP) was performed in 20 guinea pigs (males and females, weighing 250 to 300 g).
  • (12) We conclude that both exogenously applied PAF by inhalation and antigen exposure are capable of inducing LAR in sensitized guinea pigs, and thus the priming effect of immunization and PAF may contribute to the development of LAR observed in asthma.
  • (13) In guinea pig ventricular myocytes, the positive contractile staircase was associated with ascending staircases of both peak systolic and end diastolic [Ca2+]i because of a cumulative increase in diastolic [Ca2+]i.
  • (14) Male guinea pigs received either a single dose of As2O3 10 mg.kg-1 s.c. or repeated doses of 2.5 mg.kg-1 bis in die (b.i.d.)
  • (15) Ernst Reissner studied the formation of the inner ear initially using the embryos of fowls, then the embryos of mammals, mainly cows and pigs, and to a less extent the embryos of man.
  • (16) of about 330 000 for the elementary peptide chains of pig and sheep thyroglobulin.
  • (17) It is probably that tolazoline also releases acetylcholine from the guinea pig atria.
  • (18) Cell recovery data for the hamster, rat, guinea pig, and rabbit were related to body size with the hamster having the lowest count and the rabbit the highest count.
  • (19) Clonidine has previously been shown to potentiate HIB in guinea pigs.
  • (20) Monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) against the soluble form (S-COMT) of catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT, EC 2.1.1.6) were produced using a purified preparation of the enzyme from pig liver as antigen.

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