What's the difference between dilater and diluter?

Dilater


Definition:

  • (n.) One who, or that which, dilates, expands, o r enlarges.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Intestinal dilatation seemed in all cases a response to elevated CO2 only.
  • (2) In the absence of atrial dilatation there was minimal stimulus for ANF secretion.
  • (3) Evaluation revealed tricuspid insufficiency, a massively dilated right internal jugular vein, and obstruction of the left internal jugular vein.
  • (4) Midtrimester abortion by the dilatation and evacuation (D&E) method has generated controversy among health care providers; many authorities insist that this procedure should be performed only by a small group of experts.
  • (5) DPI 201-106 (DPI) as a positive inotropic drug might be useful in treating dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM).
  • (6) In one of the cirrhotic patients, postmortem correlation of sonographic, angiographic, and pathological findings showed that the dilated vessels seen on sonography were cystic veins draining normally into the portal vein rather than portosystemic anastomoses.
  • (7) Combined SEM and TEM examination of the endothelium of compressed segments revealed "craters" and "balloons", blebs and vacuoles, swollen mitochondria, dilated granular endoplasmic reticulum, and subendothelial edema.
  • (8) Light microscopy of both apneics and snorers revealed mucous gland hypertrophy with ductal dilation and focal squamous metaplasia, disruption of muscle bundles by infiltrating mucous glands, focal atrophy of muscle fibers, and extensive edema of the lamina propria with vascular dilation.
  • (9) Myogenic constrictions and dilations was observed when IP was increased (greater than 60 cmH2O) and decreased (less than 60 cmH2O), respectively.
  • (10) Four hundred and twenty-five lesions were dilated in 370 patients.
  • (11) Most often, constrictor fibres follow the course of the pterygo-palatine nerve, when dilator fibres follow the infraorbital nerve.
  • (12) These early hyperplastic lesions revealed stellate-shaped dilated bile canaliculi lined by blebs and abnormally thick elongated microvilli, a decreased number of microvilli on the sinusoidal surface, a marked increase in smooth endoplasmic reticulum, large nucleoli, and bundles of pericanalicular microfilaments.
  • (13) Further management of the congenital cases was based on the experience that children outgrow this disorder; periodic dilatation may augment the natural process.
  • (14) The average size of stenosis after dilation was 32%.
  • (15) Computer-aided axial tomography revealed progressive development of atrophy of the left hemisphere and compensatory dilatation of the ventricles.
  • (16) The distinction between idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy and myocarditis is controversial, both clinically and pathologically.
  • (17) In the remaining 60 patients (35 with atherosclerotic stenosis and 25 with fibromuscular dysplasia), both mean systolic and diastolic pressure fell immediately after percutaneous transluminal dilatation and remained significantly lower for a period of up to five years.
  • (18) The time for cervical dilatation from 7 to 10 cm and duration of the second stage of labor did not influence maternal morbidity or fetal outcome, regardless of the method of anesthesia.
  • (19) Histamine elicited arteriolar dilation which was blocked by metiamide suggesting the presence of H2 receptors.
  • (20) In 1 patient there was concomitant aneurysmal dilatation of the brachiocephalic trunk.

Diluter


Definition:

  • (n.) One who, or that which, dilutes or makes thin, more liquid, or weaker.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) It includes preincubation of diluted plasma with ellagic acid and phospholipids and a starting reagent that contains calcium and a chromogenic peptide substrate for thrombin, Tos-Gly-Pro-Arg-pNA.
  • (2) Dilutional studies comparing the mechanism of inhibition of monoamine oxidase produced by Gerovital H3 and by ipronizid demonstrated that Gerovital H3 was a reversible inhibitor of monoamine oxidase.
  • (3) A one point dilution enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) procedure suitable for determining immunoglobulin G (IgG) antibody levels to Toxoplasma gondii (T. gondii) in community seroepidemiological surveys is described.
  • (4) Under standardized conditions, the relationship between antigen content and inhibition of chromium release was linear in a semilogarithmic plot, indicating that the antigen content can be determined from testing two dilutions of a given preparation.
  • (5) Rats were injected subcutaneously with 10 ml of air into the dorsal skin to make an air-pouch and with 2 ml of antiserum at an appropriate dilution for passive sensitization, and then 5 ml of air was removed.
  • (6) When the two most toxic isolates (diets) were diluted, survival time increased but severe growth suppression was evident.
  • (7) The immobilizing activity of human normal sera occurred in low titres only, rarely in dilutions of greater than 1:32.
  • (8) The binding follows the principle of isotope dilution in the physiologic range of vitamin B12 present in human serum.
  • (9) Additionally, lymph node cells were cultured under limiting dilution conditions, and the resultant clones here tested for cytotoxicity in the presence or absence of antibodies against Ly2 and LFA-1.
  • (10) A lesser inhibitory effect (a decrease in the rate of precipitation) was observed when gallbladder bile was diluted but was lost after 10-fold dilution.
  • (11) To determine if computed tomography (CT) can accurately measure lung volume, we compared lung gas volume measured by helium dilution with the equivalent volume calculated from CT total lung volume and density in 13 supine dogs.
  • (12) After dilution as above, lipid oxide (LP) significantly increased in III- and II-LDL media, as compared to I- and IV-LDL media.
  • (13) Changes of circulating blood volume during isoflurane or sevoflurane anesthesia were investigated by the dual indicator dilution method in eighteen mongrel dogs.
  • (14) The translocation of nascent PtdSer to the mitochondria was unaffected by 45-fold dilution of the standard reaction thus indicating that the translocation intermediate was unlikely to be a freely diffusible complex.
  • (15) In order to obtain baseline information about Lewis antigen expression in human urothelium in order that changes during malignant transformation can be evaluated, urothelium from eight individuals of known erythrocyte Lewis types were stained by a Tween-modified indirect immunoperoxidase staining technique using goat antibodies directed toward the Lewis a and Lewis b determinants and mouse monoclonal antibodies directed toward the Lewis a determinant in serial dilutions.
  • (16) The diet dilution technique overcomes the major disadvantage of the graded supplementation method for determining the requirements of amino acids, namely that of the amino acid balance changing systematically in successive dietary treatments.
  • (17) The present work describes two methods, the method of instantaneous dilution and that of gel filtration.
  • (18) The best yields occurred in a chemostat at the pH range of 3.5 to 4.5 and temperature of 30 C. A beneficial effect on Ys was observed when the dilution rate (D) was increased.
  • (19) These diets were: diet C consisting of commercial Rat Chow: diet CG, the same diet diluted with 70% glucose calories, diet A, a simulated "American" diet made up of 25 widely used foods, diet AS, the same diet supplemented with small amounts of 25 vitamins and minerals.
  • (20) Three patients reacted with a wheal size greater than or equal to a histamine control at a dilution of 1:1,000 and 3 patients at 1:100.

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