What's the difference between critical and recension?

Critical


Definition:

  • (n.) Qualified to criticise, or pass judgment upon, literary or artistic productions.
  • (n.) Pertaining to criticism or the critic's art; of the nature of a criticism; accurate; as, critical knowledge; a critical dissertation.
  • (n.) Inclined to make nice distinctions, or to exercise careful judgment and selection; exact; nicely judicious.
  • (n.) Inclined to criticise or find fault; fastidious; captious; censorious; exacting.
  • (n.) Characterized by thoroughness and a reference to principles, as becomes a critic; as, a critical analysis of a subject.
  • (n.) Pertaining to, or indicating, a crisis, turning point, or specially important juncture; important as regards consequences; hence, of doubtful issue; attended with risk; dangerous; as, the critical stage of a fever; a critical situation.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The newborn with critical AS typically presents with severe cardiac failure and the infant with moderate failure, whereas children may be asymptomatic.
  • (2) The hypothesis that proteins are critical targets in free radical mediated cytolysis was tested using U937 mononuclear phagocytes as targets and iron together with hydrogen peroxide to generate radicals.
  • (3) The interaction of the antibody with both the bacterial and the tissue derived polysialic acids suggests that the conformational epitope critical for the interaction is formed by both classes of compounds.
  • (4) Ursodeoxycholate was the only dihydroxy bile salt which was able to solubilize phospholipid (although not cholesterol) below the critical micellar concentration.
  • (5) The pathology resulting from a missense mutation at residue 403 further suggests that a critical function of myosin is disrupted by this mutation.
  • (6) The criticism over the downgrading of the leader of the Lords was led by Lord Forsyth of Drumlean, a former Scotland secretary, who is a respected figure on the right.
  • (7) Anaerobes, in particular Bacteroides spp., are the predominant bacteria present in mixed intra-abdominal infections, yet their critical importance in the pathogenicity of these infections is not clearly defined.
  • (8) Even former Florida governor Jeb Bush, one of Trump’s chief critics, said ultimately, “anybody is better than Hillary Clinton”.
  • (9) Also critical to Mr Smith's victory was the decision over lunch of the MSF technical union's delegation to abstain on the rule changes.
  • (10) 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.
  • (11) The high incidence of infant astigmatism has implications for critical periods in human visual development and for infant acuity.
  • (12) It isn't share ownership but the way people are managed that's critical.
  • (13) GlaxoSmithKline was unusually critical of the decision by Nice, the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence, and also the Scottish Medicines Consortium, to reject its drug belimumab (brand name Benlysta) in final draft guidance.
  • (14) The present studies indicated that the critical level at which HbCO influenced VO2 max was approximately 4.3%.
  • (15) Brewdog backs down over Lone Wolf pub trademark dispute Read more The fast-growing Scottish brewer, which has burnished its underdog credentials with vocal criticism of how major brewers operate , recently launched a vodka brand called Lone Wolf.
  • (16) Last week the WHO said the outbreak had reached a critical point, and announced a $200m (£120m) emergency fund.
  • (17) Critical in this understanding are the subtle changes that occur in the individual patient, reflecting the natural history of the disease or response to its treatment.
  • (18) That’s a criticism echoed by Democrats in the Senate, who issued a report earlier this month criticising Republicans for passing sweeping legislation in July to combat addiction , the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act (Cara), but refusing to fund it.
  • (19) He's called out for his lack of imagination in a stinging review by a leading food critic (Oliver Platt) and - after being introduced to Twitter by his tech-savvy son (Emjay Anthony) - accidentally starts a flame war that will lead to him losing his job.
  • (20) Critics of wind power peddle the same old myths about investment in new energy sources adding to families' fuel bills , preferring to pick a fight with people concerned about the environment, than stand up to vested interests in the energy industry, for the hard-pressed families and pensioners being ripped off by the energy giants.

Recension


Definition:

  • (n.) The act of reviewing or revising; review; examination; enumeration.
  • (n.) Specifically, the review of a text (as of an ancient author) by an editor; critical revisal and establishment.
  • (n.) The result of such a work; a text established by critical revision; an edited version.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Seven patients with mobile right heart thrombi, 4 floating and 3 pediculated, were recensed between 1985 and 1990.
  • (2) This cooperative study recensed 89 cases of patients operated for aortic regurgitation in whom the dystrophic process was confirmed on anatomical (thin, translucent valves without symphysis, multilation or sclerosis) and histological criteria (mucinous infiltration).
  • (3) In order to assess its frequency and significance, a retrospective study of 8684 patients was undertaken: 24 cases (11 anterior and 13 posterior) were recensed.
  • (4) Eleven of 17 case histories recensed after an inquiry addressed to all the French university hospital cardiological departments were attributed to peripartum cardiomyopathy.
  • (5) Eighty-nine cases without aneurysm of the ascending thoracic aorta were recensed and analysed in a French Cooperative study.

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