What's the difference between detached and partisan?

Detached


Definition:

  • (imp. & p. p.) of Detach
  • (a.) Separate; unconnected, or imperfectly connected; as, detached parcels.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) In 1 of the 3, anterior capsular detachment was also demonstrated radiographically and confirmed surgically.
  • (2) In 22 cases (63%), retinal detachment was at least partially flattened in the area of the posterior pole of the eye.
  • (3) Because of the short detachment interval, and the absence of underlying pathology or trauma, the recovery process described here probably represents an example of optimum recovery after retinal reattachment.
  • (4) Surgical removal was avoided without complications by detaching it with a ring stripper.
  • (5) It was concluded that the detachment of the oxaloyl residue from oxaloacetate and its replacement by a proton proceed with inversion of configuration at the methylene group which becomes methyl during the hydrolysis.
  • (6) The yield of such studies may be high for an understanding of such diseases as myopia, retinal detachment, and keratoconus.
  • (7) A large exudative retinal detachment and hypopyon developed in one eye, and cultures from the anterior chamber aspirate grew CMV.
  • (8) The results are discussed in the light of the pathophysiological changes following retinal detachment including detachment of the macular area.
  • (9) The perfluoropropane gas was used as an adjunct to vitreoretinal microsurgery in 60 eyes of 60 patients with rhegmatogenous retinal detachment complicated by proliferative vitreoretinopathy.
  • (10) Analysed were the results of surgical treatment, causes of the failure and early recurrence in 108 patients with retinal detachment in whom was performed an indentation of the sclera by means of a balloon (1st group--50) or by an episcleral implant (2d group--58).
  • (11) Retinal Pigment epithelial tears have been well documented as a complication of pigment epithelial detachment in patients with age related macular degeneration.
  • (12) On examination by cholangiography at 1, 2, 3, and 4 weeks after the initial laparotomy, no significant cholangiectasis was found in dogs subjected to either cholecystectomy alone or to detachment of the surrounding tissue alone.
  • (13) At the acute stage, hypotonia and exudative retinal detachment were found.
  • (14) Cells were synchronized by selective detachment of cells blocked in metaphase using colcemid.
  • (15) The authors have treated seven patients by using percutaneous placement of a detachable balloon to occlude a pseudoaneurysm of an upper extremity graft.
  • (16) The clinical features and results of surgical management of 68 out of a series of 101 cases of traumatic retinal detachment in childhood are described and analysed.
  • (17) In 17 cases of recurrent retinal tears occurring after successful retinal detachment surgery, the new tears developed on or near the treated primary tear in seven cases and away from the treated tear in ten cases.
  • (18) To obtain the subcellular fractions, cell monolayers or cells previously detached from the culture dish were treated with non-ionic detergent N onidet P-40.
  • (19) It was also recorded that patients with edematous fibroplastic process in the central zone accompanied by vitreoretinal tractions often develop equatorial dystrophies, this being a risk factor of retinal detachment.
  • (20) Associated features were severe blunt or penetrating injury, total retinal detachment, surbretinal proteinaceous exudate, and concomitant presence of preretinal fibrocellular or fibrovascular proliferations.

Partisan


Definition:

  • (n.) An adherent to a party or faction; esp., one who is strongly and passionately devoted to a party or an interest.
  • (n.) The commander of a body of detached light troops engaged in making forays and harassing an enemy.
  • (n.) Any member of such a corps.
  • (a.) Adherent to a party or faction; especially, having the character of blind, passionate, or unreasonable adherence to a party; as, blinded by partisan zeal.
  • (a.) Serving as a partisan in a detached command; as, a partisan officer or corps.
  • (n.) A kind of halberd or pike; also, a truncheon; a staff.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The data indicate greater legitimacy and openness in discussing holocaust-related issues in the homes of ex-partisans than in the homes of ex-prisoners in concentration camps.
  • (2) The breakdown of answers to both questions revealed a significant partisan divide depending on people’s voting intention, with Labor supporters much more likely than Coalition backers to see the commission as a political attack and Heydon as conflicted.
  • (3) This proposal is a purely partisan move that will backfire on the government disastrously.” The Green party accused Osborne of making “efforts to limit the democratic scrutiny of his austerity agenda”.
  • (4) Obama expressed a hope that the decision by Republican House speaker John Boehner to allow moderates in his party to vote with Democrats to end the shutdown may herald a new era of bi-partisan co-operation in the House of Representatives .
  • (5) It would be much better for Israel to enjoy bi-partisan high level support."
  • (6) The RIBA is not only a deeply respected and non-partisan trade body it is also the voice of the architecture industry,” he said.
  • (7) "Governor let me in, I wanna be your friend, there'll be no partisan divisions," the Boss sang.
  • (8) The group insists it is "an independent, non-partisan Scottish think-tank, research organisation and educational charity".
  • (9) Republicans were under pressure not to dwell on Clinton’s use of a private email server as too zealous an attack could come off as partisan.
  • (10) The reaction has been no different from the theories floated in Peter Schweizer’s book, with campaign officials pointing to the author’s background at conservative thinktanks to frame him as highly partisan.
  • (11) This is no time for partisan politics | Simon Jenkins Read more Downing Street has also hinted that the 1% cap on public sector pay increases could be lifted in the autumn budget, after a growing number of Tory MPs aired their concerns about the policy continuing.
  • (12) He wrote: “The NHS in Wales will not be the victim of any Conservative party ploy to drag its reputation through the mud for entirely partisan political purposes.
  • (13) Most repulsively of all, while rehabilitating convicted Nazi war criminals, the state prosecutor in Lithuania – a member of the EU and Nato – last year opened a war crimes investigation into four Lithuanian Jewish resistance veterans who fought with Soviet partisans: a case only abandoned for lack of evidence.
  • (14) Another book, Unequal Democracy , by American political scientist Larry Bartels, goes a step further and shows how policy choices are shaped when the system is dominated by the partisan ideology of the wealthiest.
  • (15) He is neglecting his primary, non-partisan role as the guardian of the constitution.’’ The law also enforces delays of three to six months between the time a request for a ruling is made and a verdict, compared with two weeks at present.
  • (16) Triggs appeared before a Senate estimates committee hearing on Tuesday for the first time since the prime minister, Tony Abbott, argued the commission’s inquiry into children in detention was a “blatantly partisan, politicised exercise” or a “stitch-up” against the Coalition government.
  • (17) Issues like tax reform stir up too many powerful lobbies, so "the only way of doing it is to take it out of a partisan fight between right and left, construct a platform of shared national purpose and make our system competitive in the new global economy."
  • (18) Mussolini and his mistress hung upside down in Milan by Italian partisans.
  • (19) Nor can it be defined as partisan or political activity."
  • (20) The first is a national democratic decision with generational implications for all of us; the second a partisan psychodrama.