What's the difference between deviation and devitation?
Deviation
Definition:
(n.) The act of deviating; a wandering from the way; variation from the common way, from an established rule, etc.; departure, as from the right course or the path of duty.
(n.) The state or result of having deviated; a transgression; an act of sin; an error; an offense.
(n.) The voluntary and unnecessary departure of a ship from, or delay in, the regular and usual course of the specific voyage insured, thus releasing the underwriters from their responsibility.
Example Sentences:
(1) Only in 17 of the 97 examinees all the examined parameters were found normal, in the rest deviations from the normal echographic picture were revealed.
(2) Deviations in two planes simultaneously cause less error than deviation in one plane.
(3) The percent pause time, the standard deviation of the voice fundamental frequency distribution, the standard deviation of the rate of change of the voice fundamental frequency and the average speed of voice change were found to correlate to the clinical state of the patient.
(4) This study examined the frequency of occurrence of velar deviations in spontaneous single-word utterances over a 6-month period for 40 children who ranged in age from 1:11 (years:months) to 3:1 at the first observation.
(5) The average lung density, its standard deviation which was used as a measure of the density homogeneity throughout the lung, and the densities of smaller lung regions were measured before and up to 76 weeks after irradiation in rat lungs.
(6) The zeta potential as a function of ionic strength deviates significantly from the predictions of the double-layer theory in the 10(-3)-5.10(-2) M range.
(7) The most striking differences were observed on the factors: Psychopathic deviation, Mania, Schizophrenia greater than controls and social introversion lower than controls.
(8) A maximum deviation of approximately 10% was found.
(9) Deviations from isotropic motion observed for the non-aromatic moieties are discussed.
(10) The most substantial deviations between actual and theoretical osmolarity values occurred with the calcium chloride, sodium bicarbonate, potassium chloride and dextrose solutions.
(11) Deviations from Michealis-Menten kinetics in the pig-heart citrate synthase (citrate-oxaloacetate-lyase(pro-3S-CH2-COO-leads to acetyl-CoA), EC 4.1.3.7) system have been characterized and analyzed in view of the kinetic theory described in the preceding paper.
(12) Finally, the in vivo loss of cholesterol feedback control was found to occur in at least two minimal deviation hepatomas and in one highly malignant adenocarcinoma of hepatic origin.
(13) For data sampled at a high rate (approximately 200 Hz) pupil velocity deviations from zero can simply be used, giving a satisfactory inaccuracy of about 5 ms. For data sampled at a low rate (less than 50 Hz), e.g.
(14) Breakpoints and other deviations from a linear PPR over the whole ICP range are studied by the analysis of the transfer function.
(15) The three counties sampled showed surprisingly little deviation in the percentages of inventories suggesting alcohol production and in the preferences for specific types of drinks.
(16) The fraction of ligands that initially escaped into the solvent decreased when the temperature was lowered, and the Arrhenius plots for the rebinding rate coefficients were found to deviate significantly from linearity.
(17) The jaw deviated to the right when he opened his mouth fully.
(18) With the Cardiovascular Measurement System (CMS), 1 standard deviation for repeat measurements of minimum diameter increased from 0.087 mm (same frame to 0.240 mm (films one to 6 months apart).
(19) The standard deviations were greatest when the AI was near 50% and least when the AI was near 0% or 100%.
(20) Variability of basal blood flow in terms of standard deviations and in terms of coefficients of variation computed from duplicate determinations were significantly higher than for the other parameters and significantly more elevated in the forearm than in the calf.
Devitation
Definition:
(n.) An avoiding or escaping; also, a warning.
Example Sentences:
(1) Devitalized homologous costal cartilage is widely employed as an implant in the management of the saddle nose.
(2) Osteoclasts were isolated from the long bones of neonatal rabbits and cultured on devitalized bovine bone slices for 8, 24, 48 and 72 h with and without prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) (10(-6) M).
(3) Such an osteogenetic response was also obtained when the cartilage had been devitalized before transplantation.
(4) Devitalized bovine arteries which were enzymatically reduced to a collagen reticulum, and tubes made of autologous fascia lata were implanted into the arterial bloodstream of dogs.
(5) A mathematical model is presented to describe the combined time-dependent and cycle-dependent fracture characteristics of devitalized cortical bone.
(6) Osteoclasts disaggregated from neonatal rat long bones were settled onto devitalized cortical bone substrate, and resorption was quantified by morphometry.
(7) Briefly, devitalized bovine bone wafers, with cells in situ, are fixed, stained with toluidine blue, and then examined by reflected light microscopy.
(8) Ancillary evidence of a devitalized viscus in a baby who appears to have complete gastric outlet obstruction should suggest the diagnosis of gastric infarction.
(9) Different culture conditions, devitalizing treatments, and preservation procedures were tested for the production of protein A-bearing cells of Staphylococcus aureus ATCC 12598.
(10) The mechanisms by which devitalized soft tissue enhanced infection are several.
(11) The viability of large epithelial areas suggested that the previously reported focal distribution of proliferating and nonproliferating areas in the cervical epithelium is a genuine phenomenon and not the result of focal epithelial devitalization acquired during incubation.
(12) Consequently, although it is possible to induce regeneration by grafting myogenic cells into a devitalized mince, this procedure has no effect when applied to a viable mince.
(13) Emergency debridement of devitalized soft tissue and bone, external fracture stabilization, and serial debridements prepared the wound for closure with predominantly free-muscle transfers performed an average of 17 days (range 3 to 43 days) after injury.
(14) Although the studies employing this method have definitively demonstrated that isolated osteoclasts have an avid capacity to resorb devitalized bone, the resorption in this model appears to be different from that of living bone as observed in vivo and in organ culture studies.
(15) The effect of ultraviolet (UV) radiation on the devitalization of eight selected enteric viruses suspended in estuarine water was determined.
(16) There seems to be little doubt among trauma surgeons that primary repair of arterial injuries is the method of choice, as long as there is little devitalized arterial tissue and the procedure can be accomplished without tension on the suture lines or stenosis at the repair.
(17) Although meticulous surgical technique is critical in any operation, the suggestions that carelessness in dissection or tissue handling, or inadequate hemostasis or debridement of devitalized tissues or of bony debris can cause HO are unproved.
(18) This increase in burn injury survival rates is the result of multiple changes in treatment; probably the most important changes are, first, a more aggressive management of the wound with prompt excision of devitalized tissues and immediate closure of the wound, and, second, a better understanding and management of metabolic, immunologic, and nutritional aspects of the injured patient.
(19) Other endodontic drugs, including disinfectants for caries cavities, sedatives for pulp, root canal disinfectants, and pulp devitalizing agents containing phenol, camphor, tricresol, formalin, and paraformaldehyde were also positive by rec-assay and would seem to potentially of damage cellular DNA in Bacillus subtilis.
(20) Electron-microscopic studies of skeletal tissue from infected old osteopetrotic mice showed virus particles associated with and budding from osteocytes and accumulated in devitalized osteocyte lacunae.