What's the difference between diluent and dilutant?
Diluent
Definition:
(a.) Diluting; making thinner or weaker by admixture, esp. of water.
(n.) That which dilutes.
(n.) An agent used for effecting dilution of the blood; a weak drink.
Example Sentences:
(1) Plaque size, appearance, and number were influenced by diluent, incubation temperature after nutrient overlay, centrifugation of inoculated tissue cultures, and number of host cells planted initially in each flask.
(2) bolus injection of 400 microCi MAb E48 IgG (number of mice (n = 6, number of tumours (t) = 9) or 800 microCi MAb E48 IgG (n) = 5,t = 7), whereas control groups received either diluent (n = 3,t = 5), unlabelled MAb E48 IgG (n = 4,t = 5) or 800 microCi 131I-labelled isotype-matched control MAb (n = 6,t = 9).
(3) Alteration in the temperature of the Isoton diluent in a Coulter model S counter over a range of possible laboratory working temperatures produced a change in the mean corpuscular volume using EDTA and dipotassium acid citrate dextrose blood and a commercial control, 4C.
(4) Moderate vasodilatory effects also were found with the diluent alone.
(5) Antibody titers also varied in different diluent systems.
(6) It is always purified on Sephadex G-100 immediately before addition to the RIA and in this manner it may be used for up to 2 month after labeling when kept at --20 degrees C. Curves obtained at different dilutions of the H-FSH Standard, carried out with phosphosaline buffer, pH 7.4-7.8 (PBS) containing 1 % human serum albumin, or with horse plasma, of with PBS containing 0,25 % serum from non-immune rabbits (RIA Buffer) have been compared iwth those abtained by serial dilutions of sera from post-menopausal with these diluents.
(7) Our data suggest, however, that each batch of albumin used for this purpose should be checked for the presence of inhibitor, and that treatment with kaolin might be considered as a routine step prior to its incorporation into the test diluent.
(8) For drugs with high osmolalities, 0.45% sodium chloride injection or sterile water for injection may be used as the diluent.
(9) In both studies, a control group received the diluent, artificial cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), icvt.
(10) Aggregated virus was not dispersed by one-step dilution (7,000-fold) in distilled or untreated lake water but was dispersed if phosphate-buffered saline or clarified secondary sewage plant effluent was used as diluent.
(11) Little difference in survival was observed when monosodium glutamate or the balance of the defined medium was used as the diluent.
(12) Particle-size fractions of lactose ranging from 53 to 177 micron in diameter were employed in different granulations to examine the effect of particle size of the major diluent on drug migration.
(13) The use of the other three diluents resulted in an overestimation of C3a levels.
(14) The diluent, Pluronic F-68, was not associated with any morphologic or clinico-pathologic changes.
(15) In groups of rats pretreated with either PB, gentamicin, or diluent, the LD100 of an oral dose of CCl4 was reduced by PB to an LD50, but the gentamicin pretreatment was without effect.
(16) Compared with the fertility results with semen that had been stored in the hypertonic diluent or was fresh, the fertility of the White Leghorns was not affected after storage in the isotonic diluent; a decrease (P less than 0-05) was observed, however, using Rhode Island Red semen and isotonic diluent.
(17) A standard semen diluent was deposited laparoscopically in each uterine horn of ewes in the treatment group.
(18) Human serum used as diluent of the patient's serum appears to be essential because of high protein binding of some antibiotics.
(19) The survival of six species of anaerobic bacteria was studied in simple or commercially available diluents.
(20) The HEPES-saline-albumin-gelatin (HSAG) diluent found optimal for agglutination of fowl erythrocytes by rubella virus antigen is also optimal for agglutination of trypsin-treated human group O cells.