What's the difference between decompose and disintegrate?

Decompose


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To separate the constituent parts of; to resolve into original elements; to set free from previously existing forms of chemical combination; to bring to dissolution; to rot or decay.
  • (v. i.) To become resolved or returned from existing combinations; to undergo dissolution; to decay; to rot.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Following mass disasters and individual deaths, dentists with special training and experience in forensic odontology are frequently called upon to assist in the identification of badly mutilated or decomposed bodies.
  • (2) Hydroperoxides from arachidonic acid can decompose via this mechanism to form leukotrienes of potential biological significance and can catalyze the epoxidation of proximal carcinogens to ultimate carcinogenic metabolites.
  • (3) The ester group in the N-acyloxymethyl derivatives was readily hydrolyzed by plasma enzymes to yield the N-hydroxymethyl amide, which subsequently decomposed to the parent amide.
  • (4) Twenty out of the fifty strains decomposed technical oils.
  • (5) Hydrogen peroxide is decomposed also by catalase (b).
  • (6) Under weakly basic conditions (pH 8.5), ptaquiloside decomposed into a conjugated dienone (considered to be the ultimate form), which was mutagenic in both strains.
  • (7) The compounds, characterized by 31P NMR, were shown to decompose to phosphate with a half-life of ca.
  • (8) Little is known about the microorganisms decomposing the different test substances.
  • (9) Results showed that: catechols which are substrates of tyrosinase decompose fully after 24 hr in medium; they are equally toxic for melanoma and non-melanoma cell lines; their toxicity increases when they are preincubated in medium for 24 hr and 48 hr before addition of cells; their toxicity is significantly reduced by addition of scavenger enzymes; on the contrary, phenols not substrates of tyrosinase are stable in medium and their toxicity is not reduced by scavenger enzymes.
  • (10) It decomposes to Yttrium 90 which has a half life of 62 hours.
  • (11) The use of FA and its derivative, hexamethylenetetramine (HMT), which gradually decomposes to FA under acidic conditions as antimicrobial agents in food, raises questions about their potential chronic oral toxicity.
  • (12) Using a piecewise linear approach, individual saccadic eye movements have been Fourier decomposed in an attempt to determine the effect of saccadic amplitude on frequency characteristics.
  • (13) These results demonstrate that the folate of E. coli DNA photolyase is a bona fide cofactor and does not decompose or dissociate during multiple turnovers of the enzyme.
  • (14) The inhibitor decomposed by a mechanism involving H(+) ions and thiocyanate, the kinetics varying according to whether the inhibitor was in its acidic or basic form.
  • (15) At elevated pH and temperature, chloral hydrate readily decomposed and chloroform and formic acid were detected as products.
  • (16) With the Redy system, in which urea is decomposed by the enzyme urease, only 5.5 liters of dialysate is used.
  • (17) The reaction goes to completion and the pigment is not decomposed by 0.03 M hydroxylamine.
  • (18) If a battery heats up beyond 80C you hit what is called thermal runaway, where the components start to decompose, and that’s when it can explode.” The specific cause of Samsung’s issues with exploding batteries is unknown, the company just cites “ a battery cell issue ”.
  • (19) While pure methyl 5-(2-chloroethylamino)-5-deoxy-2,3-O-isopropylidene-beta-D-ribofuranoside hydrochloride has no L-1210 leukemia activity, a decomposed sample was found to be very active.
  • (20) The entropy of activation of kcat for the human enzyme was further decomposed into partially compensating electrostatic(es) (delta S*es = +15.1 cal mol-1 K-1) and nonelectrostatic(nes) (delta S*nes = -19.1 cal mol-1 K-1) terms.

Disintegrate


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To separate into integrant parts; to reduce to fragments or to powder; to break up, or cause to fall to pieces, as a rock, by blows of a hammer, frost, rain, and other mechanical or atmospheric influences.
  • (v. i.) To decompose into integrant parts; as, chalk rapidly disintegrates.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) After absorption of labeled glucose, two pools of trehalose are found in dormant spores, one of which is extractable without breaking the spores, and the other, only after the spores are disintegrated.
  • (2) The interaction between PE and E-IgG involved the extension of micropseudopods toward adherent E-IgG, the formation of a linear uniform cap of roughly 200 A between opposing cell membranes, the ingestion of E-IgG by PE into a membrane-lined compartment, and the disintegration of the ingested ligand into membranous debris.
  • (3) Their defect in DNA degradation was shown not only after treatment by toluene but also in crude extracts after cell disintegration by ultrasonic and in untreated starved cultures.
  • (4) In order to identify these anchorage structures, the non-DNA materials that remain firmly bound to chromosomal DNA under conditions that disintegrate the high salt-stable architecture of nuclei were investigated.
  • (5) Bone cement particles promote polyethylene wear, which in turn promotes granuloma formation, bone resorption, and subsequent bone cement disintegration.
  • (6) The platelet disintegration is associated with a loss in the metabolic activity, discharge of LDH, increased susceptibility to phospholipid hydrolysis by phospholipase C and is found to be initiated during the actual preparation of platelet concentrates.
  • (7) By electron microscopy, accumulations of polymorphonuclear leukocytes in various degrees of disintegration were associated with areas of the basement membrane that appeared to be losing their structural integrity, suggesting that the damage to the membrane was brought about by the action of lysosomal enzymes.
  • (8) Scanning electronmicroscopy examination showed that the morphology of NCH blastula cells, which were obtained from the combination of Tilapia nucleus and goldfish cytoplasm, manifested obviously abnormal features and the cells were arrested at different stages of cell disintegration.
  • (9) The disruption by means of the Hews press yielded a more active preparation as compared with ultrasonic disintegration.
  • (10) And even after the disintegration of stone with ESWL, hydronephrosis remained due to ureteral stricture with small stone fragments.
  • (11) Cases of disintegrating pulmonary metastases are presented.
  • (12) To ascertain whether azo dyes are associated with risk of development of bladder tumors in workers who handpaint Yuzen-type silk kimonos in Kyoto, we investigated the disintegration of dyes to benzidine.
  • (13) During more extended exposure (60 and 90 days) the changes in hair cells of the spiral organ, which included nuclear deformation and disintegration of chromatin, mitochondria and endoplasmic reticulum membranes, became irreversible and caused the decay of injured cells.
  • (14) Corbyn’s ‘new politics’ is neither hateful nor pure: it’s complicated | John Harris Read more Their dilemma is plain: if they make a stand against what is happening, they stand accused of disloyalty by Corbyn’s supporters; but if they go along with it, they are complicit in Labour’s probable disintegration when voters realise the party has been taken over by people they can never vote for.
  • (15) The dissolution t50 and various pharmacokinetic parameters showed directly compressible starch and carboxymethylstarch to be the most effective disintegrants in the concentrations employed while magnesium aluminum silicate and microcrystalline cellulose were about equal but less effective than the previous disintegrants.
  • (16) At this stage it appeared as if the basement membrane had also begun to disintegrate.
  • (17) The effect of 5 per cent starch as a disintegrating agent in the tablet formulation was also studied.
  • (18) Finally they disintegrate to fragments which are mixed with MPS-granules.
  • (19) Incorporating polyvinylpyrrolidone, gelatin and methylcellulose binding agents in a metronidazole formulation alters the tensile strength, disintegration and dissolution times of the tablets by reducing their wettability as measured by the adhesion tension of water.
  • (20) Studies by light and electron microscopy showed that these histiocytes disintegrated to liberate their lamellar inclusions into the alveolar spaces, producing a picture reminiscent of alveolar proteinosis.