What's the difference between dander and danger?

Dander


Definition:

  • (n.) Dandruff or scurf on the head.
  • (n.) Anger or vexation; rage.
  • (v. i.) To wander about; to saunter; to talk incoherently.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Inhalant allergens as mite house dust, animal danders, pollens, molds and food allergens are considered, now, to be the most sensitizing agents.
  • (2) 355 out-patients with signs of bronchial asthma were studied with special reference to animal dander sensitization.
  • (3) Our results show that the highest amount of allergenic material and all the essential allergens are present in cow dander extract.
  • (4) In the case of initially negative tests with positive second and third SPTs the incidence ranged between 3.2% (cat dander) and 4.3% (birch pollen) per year.
  • (5) In 30 asthmatic children selected because of a positive skin test to cat dander allergen, we measured the histamine threshold, the reaction after allergen inhalation, the allergen-specific IgE concentration in serum, the lowest allergen concentration to which the intracutaneous skin test was positive (skin titer), and the histamine release of leukocytes after challenge with allergen.
  • (6) Standard skin prick tests were performed using crude antigens from dander and urine, and 75 to 100% of atopic persons had positive skin reactions.
  • (7) In patients with extrinsic (allergic) asthma, in whom an immunologic mechanism of the IgE type can be demonstrated, specific sensitivity develops to a variety of common environmental substances, including pollen, fungus spores, house dust mites, and animal danders.
  • (8) Antigens and allergens of cat and dog dander and hen egg white were most prevalent in the dust samples investigated.
  • (9) A significant decrease in the SPT (p less than 0.001) and an increase in the allergen-specific IgE (p less than 0.001) and IgG4 (p less than 0.001) was also noted in patients (group B) treated with cat-dander extracts.
  • (10) There were strong correlations between the titres of RAST and the titres of QAS except cat dander and egg white (r = 0.701-0.924 for the seven allergens).
  • (11) One major component of the dust (Ag Rl) was also found in large amounts in saliva, slightly less in fur and in only minimal amounts in urine and dander.
  • (12) Furthermore, by RAST we were able to determine that cotton top tamarin urine and newborn cotton top tamarin dander had antigens that reacted with IgE in the serum of the affected patients.
  • (13) Thus, a reasonable basis exists for the concept that in the evolutionary scheme there emerged genetically endowed humans with the potential for mounting immediate hypersensitivity responses to multicellular and complex antigenic particulates and animal and plant products, e.g., pollens and danders; hence the atopic state, allergic reactivity and the eosinophil.
  • (14) Comparison of intracutaneous skin tests and RAST in 2 groups of patients, one consisting of 16 individuals having multiple allergies to pollen, mold and animal dander and the other of 10 patients allergic to mold only, revealed that skin tests were more sensitive than RAST.
  • (15) The results show a good immunologic response with a standardized dog dander and hair extract.
  • (16) The patient presented a polyvalent IgE sensitization in prick skin tests and RAST to several animals' dander and epithelia, but RAST inhibition experiments showed a cross-reactivity only between fallow deer and horse allergen extracts.
  • (17) And when Romney said that his proposed alternative retained several provisions of Obama's act, such as healthcare cover for pre-existing conditions and allowing young people to remain on their parents' policies, lawyer Jerry Schreiber's dander was up.
  • (18) Urine and dander extracts were found to contain only low levels of AgR1 and its presence in urine was as a contaminant due to mode of collection--it was not present in urine collected directly from the bladder.
  • (19) Following discontinuation of exposure to dog dander, he continued to have symptoms, considerably in excess of his findings prior to dog dander exposure.
  • (20) Patch tests reactions to human dander were positive in 120 of 181 (66%) patients with atopic dermatitis, in two of 28 (7%) patients with allergic contact dermatitis, and in one of 31 (3%) normal controls.

Danger


Definition:

  • (n.) Authority; jurisdiction; control.
  • (n.) Power to harm; subjection or liability to penalty.
  • (n.) Exposure to injury, loss, pain, or other evil; peril; risk; insecurity.
  • (n.) Difficulty; sparingness.
  • (n.) Coyness; disdainful behavior.
  • (v. t.) To endanger.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) "The Samaras government has proved to be dangerous; it cannot continue handling the country's fate."
  • (2) It arguably became too comfortable for Rodgers' team, with complacency and slack defending proving a dangerous brew.
  • (3) But it will be a subtle difference, because it's already abundantly clear there's no danger of the war being suddenly forgotten, or made to seem irrelevant to our sense of what Europe and the world has to avoid repeating.
  • (4) The dangers caused by PM10s was highlighted in the Rogers review of local authority regulatory services, published in 2007, which said poor air quality contributed to between 12,000 and 24,000 premature deaths each year.
  • (5) Women seldom occupy higher positions in a [criminal] organisation, and are rather used for menial, but often dangerous tasks ,” it notes.
  • (6) King Salman of Saudi Arabia urged the redoubling of efforts to “eradicate this dangerous scourge and rid the world of its evils”.
  • (7) They have actively intervened with governments, and particularly so in Africa.” José Luis Castro, president and chief executive officer of Vital Strategies, an organisation that promotes public health in developing countries, said: “The danger of tobacco is not an old story; it is the present.
  • (8) Meanwhile Bradley Beal has developed into a dangerous second option and complementary sidekick in exactly the same way that Dion Waiters hasn't for the Cleveland Cavaliers.
  • (9) Environment groups Environment groups that have strongly backed low-carbon power have barely wavered in their opposition to nuclear in the last decade, although their arguments now are now much about the cost than the danger it might pose.
  • (10) These lanes encourage cyclists to 'ride in the gutter' which in itself is a very dangerous riding position – especially on busy congested roads as it places the cyclist right in a motorist's blind spot.
  • (11) Existing mental health and criminal justice systems provide social control for some of these dangerous individuals, but may be inadequate to deal with those mentally disordered offenders who were not found not guilty by reason of insanity (NGI).
  • (12) When in addition the serum P is low (which was a feature of male patients), the danger exists for osteomalacia to develop.
  • (13) "It's a dangerous sign to send and it limits our ability to find a diplomatic solution to nuclear arms in Iran," he said.
  • (14) "If older people do not stay informed about the changes and take action, there is a danger that they will end up paying more unnecessarily."
  • (15) "Our black, Muslim and Jewish citizens will sleep much less easily now the BBC has legitimised the BNP by treating its racist poison as the views of just another mainstream political party when it is so uniquely evil and dangerous."
  • (16) The major difficulty encountered with the current technique is the danger of neurologic injury during the passage and handling of conventional wires, especially in extensive procedures.
  • (17) My son was born healthy, strong and very handsome, in spite of his dangerous start.
  • (18) Wright said that he was told the other two pages of documents were not provided because of freedom of information subsections concerning privacy, "sources and methods," and that can "put someone's life in danger."
  • (19) Sequential birth control pills are less common than monophasic pills, partly because the "first generation" sequential pills, which used estrogen only during the 1st part of the cycle, were more dangerous than the monophasic pills.
  • (20) Essaid Belkalem is live to the danger and saves his side's bacon.