What's the difference between corb and corm?

Corb


Definition:

  • (n.) A basket used in coal mines, etc. see Corf.
  • (n.) An ornament in a building; a corbel.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Ramblin' Jack, Corb has explained, did not acquire his nickname because of a penchant for long walks: in nearly an hour onstage, he gets around to three songs, including Dylan's Don't Think Twice, It's Alright.
  • (2) Corb especially recommends two of the Gathering's elder statesmen, Ramblin' Jack Elliott and Ian Tyson.
  • (3) The corA locus is contransducible with ilv at 75 min, corB is cotransducible with pyrB at 85 min, and mgt is cotransducible with malB and mel at 81 min on the genetic map.
  • (4) Excision of osteoid osteoma nidus utilizing a Kirschner wire for preoperative marking of the lesion and a CORB biopsy set for excision is described.
  • (5) Using transposon mutagenesis, three additional Co2+ resistance loci (corB, corC, and corD) were found and mapped to 55, 15, and 3min, respectively, on the S. typhimurium chromosome.
  • (6) System I, for which Co2+, Mn2+, and Mg2+ are substrates, is inactive in corA mutants corB mutants express system I after growth on high (10 mM) Mg2+ but not low (0.1 mM) Mg2+.
  • (7) Corb suggests that I arrive a couple of days early so he can teach me how to play cards.
  • (8) No mutations corresponding to the reported corB locus at 95 min in Escherichia coli were obtained.
  • (9) Corb and his band, the Hurtin' Albertans, have played Elko before, and seem to be regarded as part of the family.
  • (10) (We bonded over a shared nerdish interest in history – Corb's last album but one, Horse Soldier!
  • (11) However, while efflux of 28Mg2+ through the CorA system was decreased threefold in strains carrying one or two mutant alleles among corB, corC, or corD, efflux was completely abolished in either a corA or a corBCD strain.
  • (12) Both corA and corB mutants are resistant to Co2+ or Mn2+.
  • (13) I'm attending at the suggestion of one of the Gathering's artists, Canadian country star Corb Lund , whom I met a few years ago in London when my own modest country combination, The Blazing Zoos, opened for him.
  • (14) A second class designated corB mapped at 98 min near pyrB.
  • (15) And Corb enjoys playing to crowds which, while smaller than the ones he can draw in Canadian cities, know the life he's singing about.
  • (16) CT-directed CORB appears to be useful in localization and removal of the nidus of an osteoid osteoma.
  • (17) The corB, corC, and corD mutations confer levels of Co2+ resistance intermediate between those of the wild-type and corA mutations.
  • (18) At the end of this process, I will be forced to conclude that either Corb is a lousy teacher or I'm a terrible student.
  • (19) The data on role perceptions were compared with data previously reported by Fincher Corb et al that had been collected on these same subjects when they entered the physical therapy education program and when they completed the program.
  • (20) This study demonstrates that the nidus of an osteoid osteoma can be disrupted and removed by use of the CORB biopsy system guided by computed tomography (CT) scan.

Corm


Definition:

  • (n.) Same as Cormus, 2.
  • (n.) A solid bulb-shaped root, as of the crocus. See Bulb.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The stability of various concentrations of morphine sulfate solution stored in Cormed III (Kalex) i.v.
  • (2) The TC1 mRNA accumulates during corm development, is more prevalent in corm apical than basal regions, and is either absent, or present at low concentrations, in other vegetative organs such as the leaf and root.
  • (3) We investigated gene expression patterns that occur during taro corm development.
  • (4) The methods were shown to be sensitive and specific and can be used as an alternative to the pharmacopoeial methods having been applied to the determination of colchicine in corms of Merendera persica and in three pharmaceutical preparations.
  • (5) Our results show that corm development is associated with the differentiation of specialized cells and tissues, and that these differentiation events are coupled with the temporal and spatial expression of corm-specific genes.
  • (6) A curculin-encoding cDNA clone, designated as TC1, was identified that corresponds to a highly prevalent 1-kb corm mRNA.
  • (7) Two-dimensional gel electrophoresis identified several different prevalent proteins that accumulate during corm development.
  • (8) The finding, gathering, and preparing of sedge corms and of seeds of tamarind fruit were described in detail.
  • (9) To this end, two groups of women, hyperandrogenic anovulatory (n = 4) and early follicular phase (n = 4) normally-cycling controls, were subjected to continuous blood withdrawal over 24 hours with a portable Cormed pump (Cormed Inc., Middleport, NY) and to exogenous stimulation with human chorionic gonadotropin.
  • (10) There was one anesthetic complication, respiratory depression in a patient whose MediPort (Cormed, Inc, Medina, NY) was inserted using local anesthesia and sedation.
  • (11) 4 periods were established in the development of stem apices: (1) formation of apical meristem (November), (2) slow development coinciding with the intensive plant vegetation (December--February), (3) transition to generative development when the vegetative organs begin to dry off (March) and (4) differentiation of generative organs at the time when the corm is underground and vegetative organs almost fully absent (summer).
  • (12) In situ hybridization experiments showed that the TC1 mRNA is highly concentrated in corm storage parenchyma cells and is absent, or present in reduced concentrations, in other corm cells and tissues.
  • (13) The greatest adsorption occurred with walls from leaf blade, followed by petiole and corm walls, although the differences were not major.