What's the difference between disclose and intimate?

Disclose


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To remove a cover or envelope from;; to set free from inclosure; to uncover.
  • (v. t.) To unclose; to open; -- applied esp. to eggs in the sense of to hatch.
  • (v. t.) To lay open or expose to view; to cause to appear; to bring to light; to reveal.
  • (v. t.) To make known, as that which has been kept secret or hidden; to reveal; to expose; as, events have disclosed his designs.
  • (n.) Disclosure.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The preembedding method also disclosed diffuse cytosolic immunoreactivity.
  • (2) Further subfractionation disclosed that the acetyltransferase activity was most enriched in the Golgi fraction, in which its specific activity was some ninefold greater than in the total homogenate.
  • (3) Immense amounts of data about cancer-associated chromosome aberrations have been collected during the last 10 years, and the systematic evaluation of these data has disclosed a number of correlations between chromosome change and neoplastic disease.
  • (4) He told MPs that any steps taken to shore up the markets as a result of the referendum would be disclosed afterwards.
  • (5) However, cytophotometric DNA analysis disclosed that significant increases in proliferative activity of mucosa had occurred 4 weeks before the appearance of histopathological dysplasia, and 8 weeks prior to development of grossly visible tumors.
  • (6) A case of multilocular renal cyst (MRC) is reported in a hypertensive patient in whom the IVP had disclosed a left renal mass.
  • (7) Initial analysis of aspirated bone marrow disclosed ALL FAB-L1 morphology, common (Ia+, cALLa+) immunophenotype and a complex abnormal karyotype.
  • (8) By using our DNA probe, we could disclose, in addition to the StyI site at amino acid position 420, two further StyI site downstream: one was specific for the GC*1S allele and another for the GC*1F allele.
  • (9) All FSH isoforms obtained after chromatofocusing represented alpha and beta dimers as disclosed by size exclusion chromatography.
  • (10) Physical examination disclosed stigmata of chronic liver disease.
  • (11) Numerous polypeptide hormone and amine-producing endocrine cells were disclosed.
  • (12) After resuscitation a laparotomy disclosed an anterior paramedian laceration of the uterus.
  • (13) The results disclosed that most of the estradiol derivatives evaluated exhibited a long-acting estrogenic action.
  • (14) Chest and abdominal scintigraphy after intraperitoneal injection of 99mTc-human serum albumin disclosed early filling of the pleural space by the radiopharmaceutical and suggested a diaphragmatic defect as the cause for this rare association.
  • (15) Studies on the functional and morphological recovery of colons subjected to three hours' ischaemia have disclosed an extremely heterogeneous response among the 24 dogs used.
  • (16) The force said reports from its directorate of professional standards (DPS) were not routinely disclosed to complainants or outsiders.
  • (17) Political parties are required by law to disclose any donations received over a certain threshold, which in 2012-13 was $12,100.
  • (18) Fundus examination disclosed a subtle cherry red spot bilaterally.
  • (19) Careful microscopic examination of end-stage kidneys undergoing dialysis discloses cysts lined with hyperplastic cells.
  • (20) X-ray examination disclosed a spicule formation surrounding the osteolytic focus in the mandible.

Intimate


Definition:

  • (a.) Innermost; inward; internal; deep-seated; hearty.
  • (a.) Near; close; direct; thorough; complete.
  • (a.) Close in friendship or acquaintance; familiar; confidential; as, an intimate friend.
  • (n.) An intimate friend or associate; a confidant.
  • (a.) To announce; to declare; to publish; to communicate; to make known.
  • (a.) To suggest obscurely or indirectly; to refer to remotely; to give slight notice of; to hint; as, he intimated his intention of resigning his office.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) These immunocytochemical studies clearly demonstrated that cells encountered within the fibrous intimal thickening in the vein graft were inevitably smooth muscle cell in origin.
  • (2) The quantity of social ties, the quality of relationships as modified by type of intimate, and the baseline level of symptoms measured five years earlier were significant predictors of psychosomatic symptoms among this sample of women.
  • (3) Rifampin is recommended as a prophylactic treatment for intimate contacts of young children who develop invasive infections with Haemophilus influenzae type B (Hib).
  • (4) Autopsy revealed a primary intimal sarcoma with osteogenic elements arising in the posterior leaflet of the pulmonary valve and obstructing the main pulmonary artery and its right branch.
  • (5) For the 20 patients who received treatment in the latter period (1987-1990), we gave priority to conservative treatment for type T cases that were free from complications, and adopted a treatment method attaching greater importance to the resection of intimal tears.
  • (6) Intimal damage and proliferation were seen in 1st- and 2nd-order branches of the carotid body artery in hypertensive rats and point-counting showed that the volume proportion of Type 1 cell nuclei and vascular lumen was reduced and vascular wall increased.
  • (7) The results suggest that the conversion of the HRP-TMB reaction product to an electron-dense form during osmication is intimately associated with the pH of the phosphate buffer and the total time of osmication.
  • (8) Electron-microscopic examination of the co-culture of the two cell types reveals extensive region of intimate contact.
  • (9) In abnormal arteries such as small vessels present in inflammatory tissue, the IEL was frequently discontinuous and associated with intimal thickening.
  • (10) The calculations revealed that local hypoxia and lipoprotein accumulation may occur at the ridges, leading to subsequent intimal thickening and ridge growth.
  • (11) The development of intimal hyperplasia is not excluded, as well as of inflammatory reaction with the following thrombotic occlusion of the artery lumen.
  • (12) Fatty streaks were observed in 2nd decade involving only 7.5% of the total intimal surface and reaching to a maximum of 22.2% in the 3rd decade, followed by a gradual rise to 9.2% in 7th decade.
  • (13) It shows how some experimental procedures produce dramatic increases in smooth muscle cell proliferation and, in many cases, subsequent cell migration to the intimal layer.
  • (14) Ultrastructurally, transgenic domains were often intimately connected with constitutive heterochromatin and were highly condensed.
  • (15) Since lymphocytic cells in intimate contact with degenerating keratocytes have previously been identified in the cornea, these observations provide a basis for the view that cell-mediated immunopathogenesis is involved in the etiology of herpetic stromal keratitis.
  • (16) Intimal area, lumen area and maximal intimal thickness were measured.
  • (17) Although hormone replacement decreased indexes of LDL metabolism, there was no effect on intimal thickness or indexes of endothelial injury, such as leukocyte adhesion and endothelial cell turnover rate.
  • (18) An intimate account of her last hours was given on Monday by Lady (Carla) Powell, the Italian wife of Thatcher's former diplomatic adviser Lord Powell, who had visited her often in her declining years, and whose house outside Rome the former prime minister had visited on several occasions.
  • (19) Not intimately associated with a nonvital tooth or found to have any communication with the incisive canal.
  • (20) Administration of GM1 blocks completely the appearance of PKM, a result suggesting that PKC down-regulation and PKM activity elevation are intimately associated events and that both are regulated by GM1 ganglioside.