What's the difference between dander and zander?

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.

Zander


Definition:

  • (n.) A European pike perch (Stizostedion lucioperca) allied to the wall-eye; -- called also sandari, sander, sannat, schill, and zant.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) "It looks solid," said Jean Pascal Zanders, a Belgian expert who runs a blog on chemical weapons called The Trench .
  • (2) These other methods were those of Van Slyke and Zander, which are direct methods, and a method using Kelman's equation to estimate the saturation from measured oxygen tension and hence content.
  • (3) A recently published method for measuring human haemoglobin based on alkaline haematin (Zander et al., Clin.
  • (4) In order to compare the accuracy of haemoglobin (Hb) determination methods, the commonly used cyanhaemiglobin (HiCN) method and the recently developed alkaline haematin D-575 (AHD) method (R. Zander, W. Lang & H. U. Wolf (1984) Clin.
  • (5) The partial sequences obtained have then been localized in the primary structure of the alpha subunit [Zander et al.
  • (6) "The big problem for the OPCW is to what extent are they going to risk the lives of their inspectors to monitor the process," Zanders said.
  • (7) Acta 136, 83-93; H. U. Wolf, W. Lang & R. Zander (1984) Clin.
  • (8) In the three cases previously reported by Zander and Campiche (1980), mechanical traction force exerted on the two metallic extremities of the Holter valve incrusted on the growing skull was incriminated as the causative mechanism.
  • (9) Jean Pascal Zanders, who runs The Trench, a research and consultancy initiative focusing on disarmament, said: "We really are in uncharted territory here, and there is going to be a need for creativity … but if countries work together it is doable.
  • (10) Then he pointed to the spot when Zander Diamond chopped down Bowditch and Reeves confidently lifted his 53rd minute spot kick into the middle of the goal.
  • (11) The direct measurement using the oxygen cuvette of Zander gave oxygen content values similar to those estimated from measured saturation.
  • (12) We have mapped the alpha subunit of phosphorylase kinase, recently cloned by Zander et al.
  • (13) Just as in the study published by Zander's group (Zander et al, 1980), we add radiation if microscopic disease beyond the cervix is found after a radical hysterectomy.
  • (14) These could include impure or degraded agent, short-term exposure, or exposure to a limited volume of agent,” said Jean-Pascal Zanders, a former analyst with the chemical and biological warfare project at the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute.
  • (15) We conclude that oxygen content may be satisfactorily estimated by the Zander method when it becomes generally available, but until then the measurement of oxygen saturation is a necessary prerequisite to the estimation of blood oxygen content.
  • (16) The "alkaline haematin D-575" method for determining haemoglobin, described by Zander et al.
  • (17) Algae, sponges and polychaetes (Sedentaria) are the main components of its food (HEYMER and ZANDER, in press).
  • (18) The data support the recently deduced primary structures of alpha (Zander et al., Proc.
  • (19) The findings of the qualitative psychoanalytic investigations and interpretations of the three groups were compared with the psychological topics of patients with chronic Rheumatoid Arthritis as well as with the findings of the psychoanalytic explorations by Zander.
  • (20) Updated at 12.12pm BST 11.43am BST Chemical weapons expert Jean Pascal Zanders writes on The Trench that he has been sceptical about previous claims of their use in Syria but in the latest case "it is clear that something terrible has happened": The footage from the current alleged attack(s) in the Ghouta district seems to offer more convincing evidence of poisoning through asphyxiation (witness the pinkish-bluish hue on the faces of some of the fatalities).