What's the difference between compatible and interchangeable?

Compatible


Definition:

  • (a.) Capable of existing in harmony; congruous; suitable; not repugnant; -- usually followed by with.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Her muscle weakness and hyperCKemia markedly improved by corticosteroid therapy, suggesting that the diagnosis was compatible with polymyositis (PM).
  • (2) The authors conclude that during the infusion of 5-FU, the rise in FpA activation and reduction in PCa as compared to PCag are compatible with activation of coagulation.
  • (3) Thus, introduction of arginine in position 5 with a hydrophobic amino acid in position 6 is compatible with high potency in several biological systems and results in compounds with lowered potency to release histamine compared to homologous peptides with tyrosine in position 5 and D-arginine in position 6.
  • (4) The method is implemented with a digital non-causal (zero-phase shift) filter, based on the convolution with a finite impulse response, to make the computation time compatible with the use of low-cost microcomputers.
  • (5) The compatibility with Gentamycin solution used for irrigation of the anterior chamber of the eye was studied in experiments performed on rabbits.
  • (6) All subjects underwent autopsy, and only six were found to have injuries compatible with survival.
  • (7) However, the compatibility ratio of the audiovisual stimulation penogram type 2B was markedly low (35%) and this group had complicated etiologies, including many more psychogenic than organic causes.
  • (8) Despite this, the adrenal glands retain normal responsiveness to ACTH, suggesting that moderate decreases in daily ACTH secretion are compatible with sustaining normal adrenal function.
  • (9) From these experiments, we conclude that the surface-modified polyurethane blend is superior to Biomer polyurethane in blood compatibility and in freedom from thromboembolic risk.
  • (10) The Psychiatric Diagnostic Interview, a DSM-III-compatible, criterion-referenced, structured interview, was administered to 565 patients admitted to the Alcoholism and Drug Treatment Units.
  • (11) Once frozen the specimen must be handled in such a way that it becomes vacuum compatible for subsequent analysis.
  • (12) Necropsy, histologic evaluation, and electron microscopic evaluation revealed organisms in the proventriculus (surface, ductal, and glandular epithelium) compatible in site of development, size, and morphology with Cryptosporidium spp.
  • (13) X-ray CT and MRI of the mediastinum showed images compatible with residual thymic tissue in 8 of 9 patients.
  • (14) On the basis of segregating phenotypes, the genetic potentials of these compatible nocardiae were ascertained as follows: the formation of a diploid with subsequent segregation of parental or haploid recombinant genomes or both; persistence of the diploid through many generations; continuing reassortment of genetic information by multiple matings between parental or recombinant organisms; and, very probably, second-round recombinations within the diploid.
  • (15) This vector, pFD666, utilizes the origin of replication (ori) of the broad-host-range plasmid, pJV1, from Streptomyces phaeochromogenes, for replication in actinomycetes and is compatible with vectors derived from pIJ101.
  • (16) We discuss evidence from other immunoglobulin systems that is compatible with this second model.
  • (17) SDS-PAGE profiles of this isolated IgM-like protein were compatible with that of normal human IgM, and were distinct from those of CA125 antigen.
  • (18) These data are compatible with the view that buprenorphine is a partial agonist at the mu-receptor.
  • (19) R1033 is a plasmid of compatibility group P (= P1) transferred from a wild strain of Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
  • (20) These results are compatible with the idea that tamoxifen does not block the action of estradiol in the brain of zebra finches, and suggest that the effects of early tamoxifen treatment on the morphology of the song system may reflect central actions of tamoxifen.

Interchangeable


Definition:

  • (a.) Admitting of exchange or mutual substitution.
  • (a.) Following each other in alternate succession; as, the four interchangeable seasons.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The results indicated that the higher-M(r) somatostatin-like species isolated from the hypothalamus did not result from hormone polymerization by means of disulfide interchange.
  • (2) In contrast, interchange of the histones and tightly bound non-histone protein DNA complexes from hormone-withdrawn and estrogen-stimulated chromatins during reconstitution did not affect the level of mRNAOV sequences produced.
  • (3) Because SP-A enhances the endocytosis of phospholipids by alveolar type II cells and alveolar macrophages, we examined whether these two molecules were functionally interchangeable.
  • (4) Single and isochromatid breaks including gaps, premature chromosome condensation, irregular staining, stretching of the centromere and interchange, i.e.
  • (5) Data analysis suggests a three-stage model for the kinetics of Alkaline Phosphatase inhibition by urea and related compounds, involving a consecutive binding process with several sites of the protein and the production of different and interchanging inhibitor-enzyme complexes, leading to irreversibly inactivated forms.
  • (6) Protein Mor has a C region sequence associated with Mcg-, Kern-, and Oz- proteins but differs from protein Sut by the presence of three amino acid interchanges at positions 168, 176, and 194.
  • (7) Apoproteins A and B (Apo A and Apo B) were measured using Mancini's method, Glycemia levels (Gly) by peroxidase's method, Glycosilated Serum Protein (GSP) by colormetric's method and Glycosilated haemoglobine (HbA1c) by chromatographic separation using cationic interchange microcolumns.
  • (8) TFIIDs from all three organisms are interchangeable among all three systems.
  • (9) Finally, the two rates interchanged spontaneously over several days without any significant interval changes in medical therapy.
  • (10) The first and third courses were interchanged and consisted of either a sweet (candy bar) or savory (cheese or crackers) food, both of similar palatabilities and energy densities.
  • (11) The variable residue Leu-28 of Escherichia coli dihydrofolate reductase (DHFR) and the corresponding residue Phe-31 in murine DHFR were interchanged, and the impact on catalysis was evaluated by steady-state and pre-steady-state analysis.
  • (12) This situation demands more scientific interchange between officials and scientists from the FDA and their counterparts from Europe.
  • (13) Interchange of media, after 24 h culture, did not enhance the ability of cultured 2-cell embryos to become blastocysts.
  • (14) We conclude that VO2max(ex) and VO2max(cold) cannot be used interchangeably as measures of aerobic capacity.
  • (15) 5-Bromo-2'-deoxyuridine triphosphate (Br-dUTP) and dTTP are used interchangeably for DNA synthesis in vitro by the Klenow fragment of Escherichia coli DNA polymerase I.
  • (16) The finding that the carbon analogue 11 (two methylenes for the disulfide bridge) was devoid of activity is consistent with the hypothesis that histamine H2-receptor inhibition is the result of a covalent bond formation by a way of a disulfide-thiol interchange reaction between the disulfide moiety of tetraamine disulfides and a receptor thiol group.
  • (17) But the term private investigator was used uncorrected in the questions and responses in parliament, suggesting the terms may be interchangeable.
  • (18) In contrast to the situation in XX males, we can exclude paternal X-Y interchange as the etiology in the cases described here.
  • (19) We found that the promoter is extremely G + C rich (72% GC content) and contains a "TAATA" and a "CAT" box, eight "GGGCGG", three "CCGCCC" and two "CACCC" motifs and a motif similar to the glucocorticoid responsive element (GRE) which included two interchanged nucleotides "TCTTGT".
  • (20) Heather Titley said she saw Cameron grab the collar of Noye's shirt and scuffle with him at the Swanley interchange of the M25.