What's the difference between dimidiate and divaricate?
Dimidiate
Definition:
(a.) Divided into two equal parts; reduced to half in shape or form.
(a.) Consisting of only one half of what the normal condition requires; having the appearance of lacking one half; as, a dimidiate leaf, which has only one side developed.
(a.) Having the organs of one side, or half, different in function from the corresponding organs on the other side; as, dimidiate hermaphroditism.
(v. t.) To divide into two equal parts.
(v. t.) To represent the half of; to halve.
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Divaricate
Definition:
(v. i.) To part into two branches; to become bifid; to fork.
(v. i.) To diverge; to be divaricate.
(v. t.) To divide into two branches; to cause to branch apart.
(a.) Forking and diverging; widely diverging; as the branches of a tree, or as lines of sculpture, or color markings on animals, etc.
Example Sentences:
(1) The comparison with the other hemagglutinin structures reveals the divarication of evolutionary pathway of the H1N1-influenza viruses.
(2) Neonatal infants with Ortolani-positive dislocated hips are easily managed by reduction and maintenance of the reduction using a divarication splint, cast, or Pavlik harness.
(3) The comparison with the other neuraminidases reveals the differences in localization of antigenic determinants between N1 and N2 subtypes and divarication of evolutionary pathways of the modern H1N1-influenza viruses.
(4) This applies particularly to malfusion of the manubrium and upper sternum, which results in a bony deficiency together with divarication of the sternomastoid muscles and the sternoclavicular joints.
(5) Both megachiropteran and microchiropteran flower-feeding bats show this divaricate scale structure which may aid in the collection of a heavy coating of pollen.
(6) A significant rise of both plasma and liquoral beta-ELI levels (p less than 0.00001 and p less than 0.08, respectively) when compared to basal ones occurred following the painful stimulation due to the divarication of the nasal mucosa by speculum.
(7) Despite this considerable divarication, the proposed extracellular domains of the G proteins contained a single region of highly conserved sequence and secondary structure that may represent a conserved structural or function domain, perhaps involved in attachment to cellular receptors.
(8) This was followed by use of an Ilfeld divarication splint for nine months.