What's the difference between complete and deplete?

Complete


Definition:

  • (a.) Filled up; with no part or element lacking; free from deficiency; entire; perfect; consummate.
  • (a.) Finished; ended; concluded; completed; as, the edifice is complete.
  • (a.) Having all the parts or organs which belong to it or to the typical form; having calyx, corolla, stamens, and pistil.
  • (v. t.) To bring to a state in which there is no deficiency; to perfect; to consummate; to accomplish; to fulfill; to finish; as, to complete a task, or a poem; to complete a course of education.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Tryptic digestion of the membranes caused complete disappearance of the binding activity, but heat-treatment for 5 min at 70 degrees C caused only 40% loss of activity.
  • (2) The nucleotide sequence of a 2.2-kb DNA fragment which contains the complete RAD7 gene was determined.
  • (3) Participants (n=165) entering a week-long outpatient education program completed a protocol measuring self-care patterns, glycosylated hemoglobin levels, and emotional well-being.
  • (4) All subjects completed the Coping Strategies Questionnaire, which measures the use and perceived effectiveness of a variety of cognitive and behavioral coping strategies in controlling and decreasing pain.
  • (5) At pH 7.0, reduction is complete after 6 to 10 h. These results together with an earlier study concerning the positions of the two most readily reduced bonds (Cornell J.S., and Pierce, J.G.
  • (6) The peak molecular weight never reached that of a complete 2:1 complex.
  • (7) Complete heart block was produced in 20 of 20 dogs.
  • (8) The complete nucleotide sequence of the gene for a cell surface protein antigen (SpaA) of Streptococcus sobrinus MT3791 (serotype g) was determined.
  • (9) In the clinical trials in which there was complete substitution of fat-modified ruminant foods for conventional ruminant products the fall in serum cholesterol was approximately 10%.
  • (10) Completeness of isolation of the coronary and systemic circulations was shown by the marked difference in appearance times between the reflex hypotensive responses from catecholamine injections into the isolated coronary circulation and the direct hypertensive response from a similar injection when the circulations were connected as well as by the marked difference between the pressure pulses recorded simultaneously on both sides of the aortic balloon separating the two circulations.4.
  • (11) Treatment of the bound F1-ATPase with 4-chloro-7-nitrobenzofurazan prevented complete release of the enzyme by ATP.
  • (12) To determine the accuracy of double-contrast arthrography in complete rotator cuff tears, we studied 805 patients thought to have a complete rotator cuff tear who had undergone double-contrast shoulder arthrography (DCSA) between 1978 and 1983.
  • (13) Veterans admitted to a 90-day alcoholism treatment program were administered the MMPI, and those who completed the program were retested before discharge.
  • (14) Cop rats, however, possess a single 'suppressor' gene which confers complete resistance to mammary cancer.
  • (15) Of the five committees asked to develop bills, four have completed their work, and the Senate Finance Committee announced today that it will move forward next week.
  • (16) The patient recovered completely following discontinuation of antibiotics, transfusion of red blood cells, and treatment with glucocorticoids.
  • (17) Attempts to eliminate congenital dislocation of the hip by detecting it early have not been completely successful.
  • (18) Subthreshold concentrations of the drug to induce complete blockade (5 x 10(-8)M) allowed to observe a greater depression of bioelectric cell characteristics in primary than in transitional fibres.
  • (19) The first group was reared in complete darkness while the second one was subjected to permanent noise.
  • (20) Several dimensions of the outcome of 86 schizophrenic patients were recorded 1 year after discharge from inpatient index-treatment to complete a prospective study concerning the course of illness (rehospitalization, symptoms, employment and social contacts).

Deplete


Definition:

  • (a.) To empty or unload, as the vessels of human system, by bloodletting or by medicine.
  • (a.) To reduce by destroying or consuming the vital powers of; to exhaust, as a country of its strength or resources, a treasury of money, etc.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Thus, saponin and ammonium chloride can be used to isolate whole infected erythrocytes, depleted of hemoglobin, by selective disruption of uninfected cells.
  • (2) Even with hepatic lipase, phospholipid hydrolysis could not deplete VLDL and IDL of sufficient phospholipid molecules to account for the loss of surface phospholipid that accompanies triacylglycerol hydrolysis and decreasing core volume as LDL is formed (or for conversion of HDL2 to HDL3).
  • (3) The present study was designed to test the hypothesis that the decreased Epi response following ET was due to 1) depletion of adrenal Epi content such that adrenomedullary stimulation would not release Epi, 2) decreased Epi release with direct stimulation, i.e., desensitization of release, or 3) decreased afferent signals generated by ET itself.
  • (4) Male weanling Sprague Dawley rats were depleted on a low AIN-76A formulated basal diet for 21 days.
  • (5) The reduction rates of peripheral leukocytes, lung Schiff bases and lung water content were not identical in rats depleted from leukocyte after inhalation injury.
  • (6) E-RFC enriched for T lymphocytes and depleted of macrophages synthesized considerable DNA in response to stimulation with PHA, but were unable to produce significant bone resorbing activity in tissue culture unless macrophages were re-added to the E-RFC.
  • (7) The response selectivity, such as orientation and direction selectivities, of cortical cells was not affected by the depletion of ACh.
  • (8) Upon depletion of ATP in contraction, the P2 intensity reverted to the original rigor level, accompanied by development of rigor tension.
  • (9) Photolysis of the photosystem I particles induces a progressive depletion of phylloquinone, however, photochemistry as assayed at room temperature by the photooxidation of P-700 is unaffected.
  • (10) It is suggested that the cause of this inhibition resides in depletion of the NADPH pool due to the high rate at which NADPH is oxidized by 2-ketogluconate reductase.
  • (11) They disappear after Leydig cell depletion induced by ethanedimethane sulphonate (EDS) and return after testosterone treatment.
  • (12) Accordingly, we repleted vitamin D-depleted rats with subcutaneous injections of 2600, 520, and 130 pmoles of cholecalciferol (D3), 25-hydroxycholecalciferol (25(OH)D3), and 1,25-dihydroxycholecalciferol (1,25(OH)2D3), respectively, for up to 3 weeks.
  • (13) The results suggest that in sodium-depleted rats denervation natriuresis can be ascribed neither to strain differences nor to the high sucrose content of the low-sodium diet.
  • (14) ACTH and dcAMP affect depletion of endogenously labeled ascorbic acid in IAC by a process that is both concentration- and time-dependent, but is independent of steroidogenic processes.
  • (15) Our results clearly indicate impaired carbohydrate metabolism in potassium-depleted rats.
  • (16) Extracellular Na+ depletion promptly decreased [Na+]i from 15.8 to 5.4 mM (P less than 0.01), which was closely related to the decrease in pHi (7.19 to 6.97; P less than 0.01).
  • (17) The latter phase of depletion was associated with a decrease in synaptosomal [3H]serotonin uptake due to a loss in the number of uptake sites with no change in the affinity of the carrier for serotonin.
  • (18) Depletion of extracellular Ca2+ by EGTA [ethylene glycol-bis(beta-aminoethyl ether)-N,N,N'N'-tetraacetic acid] attenuated both [Ca2+]i increase and superoxide production induced by particles.
  • (19) The resistance of N50-4 cells to CLB was almost completely abolished by combination pretreatment yielding both GSH depletion and GST inhibition.
  • (20) Cysteamine pretreatment of rats (depletion of somatostatin containing D-cells and decrease in somatostatin secretion) did not change the Met-enkephalin effect on insulin secretion.