What's the difference between collie and coolie?

Collie


Definition:

  • (n.) The Scotch shepherd dog. There are two breeds, the rough-haired and smooth-haired. It is remarkable for its intelligence, displayed especially in caring for flocks.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) This report describes a case of macroglobulinemia in a six year old castrate male Collie cross dog with clinical signs of epistaxis, anemia, retinopathy and high serum viscosity.
  • (2) The combined Collis gastroplasty-Nissen fundoplication consists of a combination of an esophagus-lengthening Collis gastroplasty with 360 degrees complete Nissen fundoplication operation.
  • (3) Operations performed included the transthoracic Collis-Nissen procedure (59), Collis-Belsey repair (14), Nissen fundoplication (one), repair of acute postoperative paraesophageal hernia (one), division of obstructing crural suture (one), and esophageal resection (23).
  • (4) A technique to perform the Collis-Nissen operation through an abdominal approach has been described.
  • (5) Canine cyclic hematopoiesis (CH) is an autosomal recessive disease of gray collie dogs that is characterized by 14-day cycles of neutropenia, monocytosis, thrombocytosis, and reticulocytosis.
  • (6) The recent enthusiasm for the combined Collis-Belsey operation should be tempered by continued, cautious, objective assessment of its long-term results.
  • (7) Tritiated thymidine suicide of the marrow colony-forming cells failed to show cyclic changes to explain the marked swing in CFUc numbers in untreated grey collies.
  • (8) These results demonstrate that the standard Nissen repair is a good surgical technique for management of uncomplicated reflux esophagitis and that the Collis-Nissen procedure is the most effective method of surgical repair for almost all patients with complicated reflux esophagitis.
  • (9) Four patients are presented with acute tendinitis of the longus colli muscle and the classic radiographic findings of soft-tissue swelling and amorphous calcium deposits in the tendon.
  • (10) Eight patients with esophageal reflux strictures and brachioesophagus were treated by endoscopic dilatation and the Collis-Nissen procedure between 1986 and 1990 at the Institute of Digestive Diseases, Belgrade University Clinical Center.
  • (11) The results of infradiaphragmatic Collis' gastroplasty for the treatment of gastroesophageal reflux associated with acquired short brachyesophagus (Barrett's esophagus) were prospectively studied in 49 patients (50 operations).
  • (12) 10.31pm GMT Patriots 3-23 Broncos, 11:12, 4th quarter Well that's something there, Brady hits Collie for 20 yards to put them into the Broncos 42 yard line.
  • (13) A 4-year-old Scotch Collie bitch was presented for examination because of hyperthermia and anaemia.
  • (14) Some breeds, such as the German Shepherd dog, Bouvier des Flandres, Spaniel, Collie, Great Dane and Retriever appear to be more susceptible than other breeds for villous atrophy and enteritis.
  • (15) Cerebrospinal fluid pressures and neurotransmitter metabolite concentrations in cisterna magna CSF were analysed 49 to 50 hours after administration of ivermectin in 6 of the 10 treated dogs, and in the 2 untreated control Collies.
  • (16) Antireflux surgery was performed using Nissen fundoplication in 30, Belsey partial fundoplication in 3, and Collis-Belsey gastroplasty in 2.
  • (17) The presentation of the specific topographic relations of the A. and V. transversa colli revealed indications concerning the formation of the vascular pedicle and thus the possibilities to transpose the musculocutaneous flaps in order to cover skin defects of the head, neck and thorax after extensive surgical intervention.
  • (18) RCCQ and longus colli) than ventral nuclear cells supplying the same muscles, thus suggesting that they supply extrafusal muscle fibers, perhaps different muscle unit types in the three muscles.
  • (19) Based on these results, gray collie dogs were then treated with recombinant human (rh) GM-CSF, IL-3, or G-CSF subcutaneously to test the hypothesis that pharmacologic doses of one of these hematopoietic growth factors could alter cyclic production of cells.
  • (20) Bacteriologic examination revealed the presence of B. colli.

Coolie


Definition:

  • (n.) Same as Cooly.
  • (n.) An East Indian porter or carrier; a laborer transported from the East Indies, China, or Japan, for service in some other country.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Mathieu Flamini was too easily pulled away, and Diamé’s dinked finish was cooly executed.
  • (2) Ryan Giggs’ cooly slotted from 12 yards, before Gerrard was shown a straight red for a rash challenge on Carrick, ruining Kenny Dalglish’s return to management.
  • (3) In many ways, Comfort feels like a night-time counterpart to last year's dreamy Playin' Me by Cooly G, another debut album from a cutting-edge London producer overlooked by the Mercury panel: this year's shortlist may feature more dance albums than ever, but it's evident that those in charge simply don't know where to look beyond those whose commercial success makes them unignorable (Rudimental, Disclosure), or those that offer polite, 6music-friendly takes on dancefloor innovations of eight years ago (Jon Hopkins).
  • (4) Hillary was a New Zealand beekeeper and Norgay an illiterate "mountain coolie" (his own phrase) who was born in Tibet to a Nepali family and now lived in India – the Sherpa community, being high-altitude nomads, weren't easily caged by national boundaries.
  • (5) This formula allows 95 per cent of 3-4 month babies to produce controlled fall in body temperature at night, but most have to cooly by active thermoregulation, which relies heavily on the head as a route of heat loss.
  • (6) For six years, everything he recorded became a hit, and songs like Lost John, Bring A Little Water Sylvie, Cumberland Gap and Grand Coolie Dam followed each other into the charts as DIY skiffle bands across the country attempted to imitate his style.
  • (7) In his epoch-making collage of 1956, Just What Is It That Makes Today's Homes So Different, So Appealing?, the living space is crowded with up-to‑the-minute objects of desire: the TV set, the vacuum cleaner, the tinned ham, the tape recorder, the body builder's muscles, the cone-shape coolie hat perched on the sexy naked housewife on the sofa.
  • (8) But Ramires, instantly making up for his earlier indiscretion, out did his compatriot with a cooly-taken strike just two minutes later, sweetly dinking the ball over Iker Casillas following a burst through the Madrid defence.The equaliser had galvanised the Premier League side who began to cause Madrid problems all over the pitch.
  • (9) It was a convenient fiction to treat the brown-skinned partner as merely his coolie.
  • (10) While early use was primarily restricted to Chinese coolies and Indian immigrant laborers, the 1970s saw drug use become the domain of the youth of Malaysia and achieve the proportions of a national crisis.
  • (11) When the Dutch colonised Indonesia in the early 19th century, one of their first tasks was to carve out vast mines on the island where locals and Chinese coolies worked side by side digging for dark specks of cassiterite – the main mineral in tin ore – to be used in alloys, conductors and tin plating.

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