What's the difference between complement and implement?

Complement


Definition:

  • (v. t.) That which fills up or completes; the quantity or number required to fill a thing or make it complete.
  • (v. t.) That which is required to supply a deficiency, or to complete a symmetrical whole.
  • (v. t.) Full quantity, number, or amount; a complete set; completeness.
  • (v. t.) A second quantity added to a given quantity to make it equal to a third given quantity.
  • (v. t.) Something added for ornamentation; an accessory.
  • (v. t.) The whole working force of a vessel.
  • (v. t.) The interval wanting to complete the octave; -- the fourth is the complement of the fifth, the sixth of the third.
  • (v. t.) A compliment.
  • (v. t.) To supply a lack; to supplement.
  • (v. t.) To compliment.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) We have cloned the phr gene that encodes DNA photolyase from Salmonella typhimurium by in vivo complementation of Escherichia coli phr gene defect.
  • (2) Patient plasma samples demonstrated evidence of marked complement activation, with 3-fold elevations of C3a desArg concentrations by the 8th day of therapy.
  • (3) Serum complement studies revealed decreased levels of C4, properdin, and C3.
  • (4) Release of 51Cr was apparently a function of immune thymus-derived lymphocytes (T cells) because it was abrogated by prior incubation of spleen cells with anti-thymus antiserum and complement but was undiminished by passage of spleen cells through nylon-wool columns.
  • (5) Many speak about how yoga and surfing complement each other, both involving deep concentration, flexibility and balance.
  • (6) This linkage information was used to design complementation tests to determine allelism with previously characterized complementation groups affecting sensitivity to radiation.
  • (7) Most of the antibodies had some degree of complement-independent neutralizing capacity, but in common was a large neutralization-resistant fraction of virus (range 13 to 78%).
  • (8) Intercistronic complementation of these mutants with pm1493 and dl121, two SV40 mutants that are defective in agnoprotein but encode wild-type T antigen, results in an increased synthesis of agnoprotein in the infected cells.
  • (9) These studies show that complement activation can frequently be detected in the plasma of IgA nephropathy patients.
  • (10) Usually they are characterized by an increased level of complement components involved in the classical pathway and therefore reflect activation by antigen antibody complexes.
  • (11) Allelic complementation was not observed, despite testing of a large number of allele pairs, and alleles suppressible by the ochre suppressor SUP11 were absent from a sample of 48 spontaneous mutants and occurred infrequently (7%) among a sample of ultraviolet-induced mutants.
  • (12) Besides various skin tests with the antigens candida, trichophyton, mumps, streptokinase-streptodornase, tuberculin, DNCB and KLH also in vitro experiments measuring the immunoglobulin- and complement concentrations, the antibody production to KLH, the lymphocyte transformation rate to PHA, Pokeweed, Con A, PPD were done nearly in all patients.
  • (13) Skin allografts survived longer on ALS-treated, complement-deficient (C5 negative) recipients than on ALS-treated, complement-competent (C5 positive) recipients.
  • (14) These antibodies are usually characterized by the conventional platelet complement fixation test.
  • (15) This syndrome is consistently correlated with abnormally elevated serum IgG levels, antinuclear antibodies, anti ds- and ssDNA antibodies, and circulating immune complexes, as well as depressed serum hemolytic complement.
  • (16) This study was conducted using a standard complement-dependent microcytotoxicity assay.
  • (17) A plasmid carrying this mutation, along with wild-type genes encoding the c and b subunits, was unusual in that it failed to complement a chromosomal c-subunit mutation on succinate minimal medium.
  • (18) Viruses isolated from ticks (Ixodes uriae) from a seabird colony on the Isle of May, Scotland, were shown by complement fixation tests to be related to the Uukuniemi and Kemerovo serogroups.
  • (19) In the present study, the role of antiperipheral nerve myelin antibody (anti-PNM Ab) in demyelination by generating the terminal attack complex (C5b-9) of complement was explored in patients with Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) and other demyelinating neuropathies.
  • (20) The same marker was found in all metaphases from 2 different metastases, but skin fibroblasts from the same patient had a normal chromosome complement.

Implement


Definition:

  • (n.) That which fulfills or supplies a want or use; esp., an instrument, toll, or utensil, as supplying a requisite to an end; as, the implements of trade, of husbandry, or of war.
  • (v. t.) To accomplish; to fulfill.
  • (v. t.) To provide with an implement or implements; to cause to be fulfilled, satisfied, or carried out, by means of an implement or implements.
  • (v. t.) To fulfill or perform, as a contract or an engagement.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Critics say he is unelectable as prime minister and will never be able to implement his plans, but he has nonetheless pulled attention back to an issue that many thought had gone away for good.
  • (2) This may result in the unnecessary implementation of antidotal therapy.
  • (3) The programs are written in Fortran and are implemented on a Rank Xerox Sigma 6 computer.
  • (4) This implementation reduced a formidable task to a relatively routine run.
  • (5) Methods to minimize bias in the design and implementation of consultation-liaison research are suggested.
  • (6) 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.
  • (7) Sixty-five conditional PSROs are implementing review in acute care hospitals in their geographic area, and 55 planning groups are developing plans to qualify for conditional PSRO designation.
  • (8) Governmental officials as well as medical scientists in Taiwan have worked hard in recent years to develop and to implement various measures, such as prenatal diagnosis and neonatal screening, to lower the incidence of hereditary diseases and mental retardation in the population.
  • (9) And all agencies must also now implement the wider recommendations made in the Inspectors' report.
  • (10) The development and implementation processes are described.
  • (11) In this article we analyze the nature of the correspondence computation and derive a cooperative algorithm that implements it.
  • (12) The presence of vital and sensitive organs such as the spinal cord, heart, and lungs makes curative radiotherapy of non-small cell lung cancer difficult to implement and necessitates use of oblique portals.
  • (13) As long as Israel refuses to cease settlement activities and to the release of the fourth group of Palestinian prisoners in accordance with our agreements, they leave us no choice but to insist that we will not remain the only ones committed to the implementation of these agreements, while Israel continuously violates them,” Abbas said.
  • (14) Issues which nurse administrators and researchers should consider when selecting and implementing organizational models are presented.
  • (15) By sharing insights and best practice expertise through [the Electrical and Electronic Equipment Sustainability Action Plan] esap and other platforms, Wrap believes business models such as trade-in services will be a reality in the next three to five years.” The actions of the 51 signatories to esap include: implementing new business models such as take-back and resale; extending product durability; and gaining greater value from reuse and recycling.
  • (16) At the masters level, efforts are generally directed at utilization and evaluation of research more than design and implementation.
  • (17) Because many individuals begin smoking soon after joining the Navy, effective prevention programs need to be implemented in recruit training and repeated in early training schools.
  • (18) An immunization program was implemented in August 1988 using a recombinant vaccine (GenHevac BTM).
  • (19) They include comprehensiveness of participation and of areas for review (the review committee should represent all disciplines and programs, and should be concerned with any aspect of center functioning), a problem-review approach in which subcommittees carry out documented studies of issues or problems, and specific provision for feedback and implementation of the results.
  • (20) Thus, HBsAG screening should be done along with the implementation of a blood policy that ensures the procurement of sufficient blood for hemotheraphy in Ethiopia.