What's the difference between combustible and comestible?

Combustible


Definition:

  • (a.) Capable of taking fire and burning; apt to catch fire; inflammable.
  • (a.) Easily kindled or excited; quick; fiery; irascible.
  • (n.) A substance that may be set on fire, or which is liable to take fire and burn.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Solely infectious waste become removed hospital-intern and -extern on conditions of hygienic prevention, namely through secure packing during the transport, combustion or desinfection.
  • (2) Glucose, osmotic pressure, packed cell volume, PFC by combustion and volatilization were also measured in blood samples.
  • (3) N-heterocyclic aromatics are environmentally important carcinogenic pollutants produced by incomplete combustion of organic material.
  • (4) A removable, stainless-steel tube is present around the heated area, and this particular configuration makes it possible to begin every combustion procedure from room temperature, and consequently, to achieve a complete evacuation of air from the line even for heat-labile samples.
  • (5) Combustion-product toxicity of perfluorinated polymers in small-scale tests varied markedly under various exposure conditions.
  • (6) Although few relationships among combustion parameters and emissions were uncovered, patterns of emissions were evident, suggesting commonality and relationships among the waste stream constituents and emissions.
  • (7) Biological studies have demonstrated that concentrated extract of tars from combustion of shale oil are carcingenic to the skin of mice.
  • (8) Some compounds derived from tobacco combustion can be induce a response of secretory immune system, because antigen penetration is by respiratory tract epithelium, with IgA antibodies synthesis and immune complex (IC) generation.
  • (9) Waste products from coal combustion have the highest potential risk among the fossil fuel alternatives.
  • (10) Bicyclic phosphorus esters (BCP) originating from the combustion of fire-retardant polyurethane foam containing phosphorus are highly toxic compounds and potent antagonists of GABA-ergic receptors.
  • (11) Firefighters are routinely exposed to a wide variety of combustion products.
  • (12) Combustion gas drying had no effect for the larger PAHs such as benzo(a)pyrene but caused mean increases of between 41% and 126% for fluoranthene, pyrene and chrysene.
  • (13) A wet combustion method for the carbon determination was developed.
  • (14) The design-specified operating temperature was 800 degrees C in the primary combustion chamber and 1000 degrees C in the secondary chamber.
  • (15) Fullerenes C60 and C70, generated by combustion, have been shown previously to be produced in controlled laminar flames accompanied by other compounds having fullerene-like characteristics.
  • (16) There is growing concern over the detrimental health effects to firefighters produced by exposure to combustion byproducts of burning materials.
  • (17) Residential wood combustion accounted for 75% of the exposure to particle associated organics, but only 20% of the estimated cancer risk.
  • (18) Evidence for the atmospheric formation of nitro-PAH has come only recently, from observations that 2-nitropyrene (2-NP) and 2-nitrofluoranthene (2-NF) neither of which has been reported to be emitted from combustion sources, are among the major nitro-PAH present in ambient air.
  • (19) The combustion gases of cotton, polypropylene, acrylic, flame retardant (F.R.)
  • (20) Products of incomplete combustion are identified as a major source of carcinogenic risk in urban areas, especially those from small non-industrial sources.

Comestible


Definition:

  • (a.) Suitable to be eaten; eatable; esculent.
  • (n.) Something suitable to be eaten; -- commonly in the plural.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Cross the road and pick up some jam and biscuits in Le Comestible grocery and then waddle up to Kuzina fish restaurant for some oysters before settling down for a nightcap in Bar-Cave de la Monnaie on the next corner.
  • (2) Significant inhibition of both ComEst and MonEst was exerted by 1% sodium dodecyl sulphate (SDS) and 1.0 mM diethyl pyrocarbonate (DEPC), but the patterns of inhibition for the two esterase species with the remaining compounds studied differed considerably; for example, 0.2 mM phenylmethylsulphonyl fluoride (PMSF), 5.0 x 10(-3) M dichloroisocoumarin (DCIC) and 0.1 mM N-tosyl-L-phenylalanine chloromethyl ketone (TPCK) all inhibited MonEst but not ComEst.
  • (3) Analysis of inhibition kinetics further showed that (a) the reversible inhibition of both ComEst and MonEst by sodium fluoride (NaF) was noncompetitive (with Ki values of 1.28 and 0.01 mM, respectively, indicating a marked difference in sensitivity); (b) the inhibition of MonEst by PMSF was of 'mixed' noncompetitive-competitive type; and (c) that DEPC exerted noncompetitive inhibition with similar Ki values (0.05 mM) for both esterase species.
  • (4) These observations unequivocably demonstrate that ComEst and MonEst are unrelated enzyme species, with a common ability to hydrolyse alpha NA, and that these esterase show marked differences with respect to their active sites as adjudged by inhibitor sensitivities.
  • (5) Capillary gas chromatography-thermal energy analysis was used for the study of volatile N-nitrosamines in comestibles.
  • (6) Mechanisms of inhibition were also examined and these studies established that SDS, PMSF, DCIC and TPCK irreversibly inactivated MonEst whilst the inhibition of ComEst by SDS was reversible.
  • (7) Comestibles with low mineral and phytate contents reduced lead uptake by intermediate amounts, possibly by stimulation of digestive secretions.
  • (8) The first of these (MonEst) is specifically associated with haemopoietic cells of monocytic lineage, whereas the other species (ComEst) is common to all myeloid cells (granulocytes and monocytes) irrespective of lineage affiliation.