What's the difference between derange and disarray?

Derange


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To put out of place, order, or rank; to disturb the proper arrangement or order of; to throw into disorder, confusion, or embarrassment; to disorder; to disarrange; as, to derange the plans of a commander, or the affairs of a nation.
  • (v. t.) To disturb in action or function, as a part or organ, or the whole of a machine or organism.
  • (v. t.) To disturb in the orderly or normal action of the intellect; to render insane.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) It is not known whether the deposits are primary or secondary events, but they may be of importance in initiating or maintaining derangement in heart function.
  • (2) All of them had fever, jaundice, abdominal pain, leucocytosis and deranged liver function while 26.6% were in shock, 13.3% in coma and 40% in azotaemia.
  • (3) In patients with Cushing's disease or Nelson's syndrome ACTH secretion is insensitive to naloxone, presumably because of an autonomous pituitary adenoma or hypothalamic derangement.
  • (4) The high ratio observed in BALF from patients with sarcoidosis and a chronic derangement of alveolar structure suggests either an increased C2 production or an alternative complement pathway (C2-independent) activation within their lungs.
  • (5) Progress is our understanding of the roles of vasogenic and cytotoxic brain edema in secondary brain damage can be expected from studies of the ability of biochemical factors to open the blood-brain barrier, derange the microcirculation, and cause cell swelling and necrosis.
  • (6) We assert that OCD and AVN are relatively common, clinically significant lesions of the mandibular condyle often associated with preexisting internal derangement of the temporomandibular joint.
  • (7) A hypothesis is presented as to how certain occlusal relationships and habitual patterns of jaw use may predispose an individual to TMJ internal derangements.
  • (8) These data suggest the feasibility of using calcium and EDTA infusions combined with an intact PTH assay to define the relationships between circulating levels of PTH-(1-84) and calcium in states of normal and deranged parathyroid physiology.
  • (9) Functionally, the first component reflected 55% of the reducibility property and an unimpaired oxidizability property, while the latter exhibited derangement of both aspects of cytochrome c activity.
  • (10) Laboratory investigations revealed hyperbilirubinemia, marked increase in serum transaminases, a variable alkaline phosphatase level and electrolytes derangement.
  • (11) Understanding how steroids work has led to improved comprehension of such derangements of hormonal regulation as testicular feminization.
  • (12) A case of a patient with a malignant schwannoma, who was originally diagnosed as having internal derangement of the temporomandibular joint (TMJ), is presented.
  • (13) The consequence of these derangements is often widespread plugging of small bronchi and bronchioles.
  • (14) The deranged adenosine metabolism and raised cAMP in the platelets of this child with severe combined immunodeficiency may explain the altered response to ADP.
  • (15) Surgery has been important in the treatment of internal derangement of the TMJ.
  • (16) Biopsies of lumbar multifidus muscles were obtained at operation on seventeen patients aged from fifteen to fifty-eight with lumbar spinal derangement, and further material was taken from the cadavers of three subjects aged from nineteen to fifty-one.
  • (17) Infection, compression and metabolic derangement were implicated as the most common etiologic factors.
  • (18) The rate of decline of creatinine clearance, the changes of the urinary protein loss, of total serum protein, of the daily insulin requirement, of the nutritional status and of some hormonal derangements were examined.
  • (19) Respiratory and circulatory derangements and brain damage ensue if the problem is not promptly recognized and corrected.
  • (20) It has been suggested that the occurrence of an intracellular Ca2+ overload may result in the development of diabetic cardiomyopathy, which is associated with depletion of high-energy phosphate stores and a derangement of ultrastructure and cardiac dysfunction.

Disarray


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To take off the dress of; to unrobe.
  • (v. t.) To throw into disorder; to break the array of.
  • (n.) Want of array or regular order; disorder; confusion.
  • (n.) Confused attire; undress.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Moderate interstitial fibrosis without hypertrophy or disarray of myocytes was observed in a left ventricular endomyocardial biopsy specimen.
  • (2) Agüero tried to retreive the situation – proof that City had more than enough finishers on hand to take advantage of momentary Burnley disarray – though, forced away from goal, he shot from a narrow angle and missed the target.
  • (3) Amid Republican disarray, Democrats on Wednesday marked the seventh anniversary of the Affordable Care Act on the East Steps of the Capitol.
  • (4) "The BBC was thrown into disarray by the errors in the blog and had no structure in place to deal with them.
  • (5) Dan Jarvis, MP for Barnsley Central, said: “Given that the Conservatives are in disarray and Labour has a reinvigorated membership … these elections are an excellent opportunity to significantly increase our political representation right across the country.
  • (6) Following Cisplatin, the bundles of stereocilia on the hair cells were found to be rough, disarrayed, fused, and finally absorbed.
  • (7) Christmas travel plans for thousands of families were in disarray last night as snow virtually shut Heathrow airport , with officials warning of further disruption "in the days that follow".
  • (8) Microscopic examination of the fibrous extrahepatic biliary tissue showed a disarray of small bile ductules.
  • (9) But the disarray within the Conservative party over immigration was highlighted again on Sunday when the environment secretary, Liz Truss, admitted that Britain needed EU migrants to fill unskilled jobs in the agricultural sector.
  • (10) In hypertrophic cardiomyopathy the major abnormalities of structure (massive ventricular hypertrophy, myofibrillar disarray, and narrow intramural coronary arteries) and of function (excessive ventricular contraction, systolic pressure gradients, increased ventricular stiffness with impaired relaxation and a tendency for sudden death) are used as the basis for selective and rational treatment with beta-blocking, calcium blocking, or antiarrhythmic agents, or a combination.
  • (11) There were no significant correlations among wall thickness of the left ventricle, the myocardial fibrosis ratio, the disarray area ratio, and the mean myocyte diameter of each segment.
  • (12) This review shows that the Government’s renewables strategy is in some disarray and struggling to catch up with developments.
  • (13) The government has also thrown housing associations’ financial plans into disarray by announcing that social landlords will be forced to reduce rents by 1% a year for four years from April 2016.
  • (14) In addition, in HCM patients, the ANP-present RVB specimens showed more severe fibrosis and myofiber disarray than did the ANP-absent specimens.
  • (15) These negotiations have been characterised by disarray on the part of the government, on a complete dislocation between different departments and the Treasury and it's been like boxing in the dark to try to negotiate with them."
  • (16) Every modern government returned with a majority looks to take advantage of its first few months when the opposition is in disarray by ditching some impractical pledges (“taking out the trash” in the parlance of special advisers), pushing through unpopular measures, maybe adding some nasty ones, while seeking to establish a narrative that will cause their electoral rivals difficulties once they have finished mourning the poll win that never came.
  • (17) Ultrastructurally, the cores contained disarrayed filament bundles attached to thickened Z-lines which were compatible with the rods of rod myopathies.
  • (18) Pulmonic atresia had similar right ventricular disarray and vessel changes, again most marked in the septum.
  • (19) However, the first two did nothing to resolve the problems they were designed to address, while the EU referendum, conducted in a racist and chauvinistic atmosphere, was a defeat for Cameron and threw the major political parties into disarray.
  • (20) The extent and distribution pattern of myocardial fibre disarray and fibrosis in the left ventricle were similar in hearts with hypertrophic myopathy whether or not asymmetrical septal hypertrophy was present.

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