(a.) Discordant; at variance; disagreeing; contrary; different.
(n.) A dissident.
Example Sentences:
(1) Possible reasons for the previous discrepancies between direct and isotopic methods are discussed, as are the effects of protein binding, sample handling, and storage conditions on oxalate values in plasma.
(2) 39.5 per cent of children have had suitable foot for weight-bearing, with normal shoes, and 23, 25 per cent have had prosthesis for discrepancy.
(3) It is suggested that some of the discrepancies in investigations of the relation between water hardness and mortality-rates from cardiovascular disease may be attributed to genetic influences.
(4) The author points out a remarkable discrepancy between the concept of work in the practice of psychoanalysis, especially in the concept of the working alliance (Greenson), and the concept of work included in the dreamwork.
(5) Thus the anomalous behaviour of the ICA1 and the Nova 8 was due to a discrepancy between the standard built-in algorithm and the characteristics of our serum pools.
(6) These discrepancies may be explained, in part, by the demonstration that TTX augmentation requires relatively low TTX concentrations (10(-6)-10(-8) M) and is not demonstrable at higher concentrations, requires submaximal LHRH concentrations (10(-10)-10(-9) M), and requires exposure of cultured cells to 17 beta-estradiol.
(7) It has been argued that this discrepancy might be the consequence, at least in part, of differences in patient selection.
(8) The discrepancy between left versus right latencies increased significantly in the secondary task condition for two patients in the neglect group but not for the other two.
(9) An innovative approach to treatment planning is described in which a planned dose distribution is evaluated in terms of prescribed limits of acceptability, and any discrepancies (referred to as "regions of regret") are displayed in the form of a contour diagram in which colors are used to represent different types and degrees of regret.
(10) In the cat soleus muscle which is exclusively composed of slow motor units the discrepancy between the sum of individual tensions and the tension on combined stimulation of several motor units was found to be much less than previously reported for slow motor units of peroneus longus.
(11) Discrepancies were found in 55 cases (24%) (44 F- and 11 F+).
(12) This apparent discrepancy was resolved by performing parallel experiments using purified human serum albumin samples and serum.
(13) Minor discrepancies of classes III and IV were found in 63 (30%) and 101 (47%) cases, respectively.
(14) The discrepancy can be explained by a heterogeneity in liposomes prepared by sonication.
(15) In some cases the discrepancy was as much as 50 percent.
(16) Significant diagnostic discrepancies (errors unrecognized and directly related to or associated with the cause of death) were determined.
(17) These differences in the myelination of the proximal and distal nerve most probably account for the discrepancy between the results reported here and those provided by a previous study (Tiao and Blakemore, '76) concerned with the structure of the optic nerve in this species.
(18) Discrepancies found in uncorrected measurements could be correlated with morphology of the nuclei concerned.
(19) These results suggests that there is a discrepancy between reductions in hepatic bile acids and those in the hepatic microsomal mixed function oxidase system after biliary decompression.
(20) There was a relationship between the number of large discrepancies and reading achievement.
Dissimilar
Definition:
(a.) Not similar; unlike; heterogeneous; as, the tempers of men are as dissimilar as their features.
Example Sentences:
(1) A kinetic analysis of the 4 to 5 EBP transformation shows that it is a bimolecular reaction, the dimerization of the 4 S EBP with a second (similar or dissimilar) monomer or subunit.
(2) Renal autoregulation during decreases in renal arterial pressure (RAP) was examined in animals pretreated with a competitive antagonist of angiotensin ii, [1-sarcosine, 8-glycine] angiotensin II, or one of two chemically dissimilar inhibitors of prostaglandin synthetase, indomethacin and meclofenamate.
(3) Eighty-six adults serially recalled lists of visually presented consonant letters similar in auditory or visual features or dissimilar in both feature sets.
(4) (c) Are HbO2 distributions for tumor lines of dissimilar radiobiological hypoxic fraction affected similarly by flunarizine?
(5) The time courses of their release are dissimilar, and nordihydroguaiaretic acid fails to inhibit lysosomal enzyme release by a dose markedly inhibiting LTB release.
(6) The more dissimilar foods are, the greater the enhancement of intake by variety in a meal will be.
(7) Morphologically dissimilar colonies were isolated and identified using standard gram-positive and gram-negative identification strips (Analytab Products, Inc. [API]).
(8) Ten experiments were conducted on visually presented Serbo-Croatian words and pseudowords, comprising phonemically similar and dissimilar context-target sequences.
(9) No outstandingly high value for gametic association between the alleles of the 2 HL-A series was observed, but haplotypes formed by antigens with dissimilar frequencies in Caucasoids, Negroids and American Indian tribes have shown statistically significant D values.
(10) The presence of two dissimilar metals in the mouth acting as electrodes, with saliva serving as an electrolyte, can generate an intraoral electric current known as galvanic action.
(11) Comparisons of troponin T amino acid sequences among several species reveal striking dissimilarities, in contrast to the otherwise highly conserved contractile proteins.
(12) Immunoblocking and immunoprecipitation experiments suggested that epitopes recognised by these two antibodies are dissimilar and are expressed on different molecules.
(13) They also suggest this response may be dissimilar depending on the site and species from which the endothelial cells originate.
(14) This synchronization of dissimilar perceptions brings together disjunctive and conjunctive categories dominated by such coordinate conjunctions as "and... and", in the living diachronic discordance.
(15) Half of the subjects were led to believe that they were similar to the performer in personality and values, and half were led to believe that they were dissimilar.
(16) U.S.A. 83, 7588-7592) on the basis of lack of cross-reactivity with MI-8 and dissimilar peptide digest patterns.
(17) Moreover, the distinct dissimilarities of neural connections between rodents and primates indicate that the rodent's hippocampal formation might somehow have an undeveloped neural system of memory, or a different memory system from that of primates.
(18) These findings demonstrate differential effects of antidepressant treatments on fenfluramine-induced increases in plasma prolactin and corticosterone in rats and are consistent with several other clinical and animal studies demonstrating dissimilar actions of different antidepressant treatments on two different 5-HT-mediated neuroendocrine functions.
(19) Particularly in abnormal pregnancy, their shifting patterns were often dissimilar to one another, with implications that impaired placental function could possibly be confirmed qualitatively by reference to the predicted curve for the values of either of the marker substances.
(20) The program was subjected to a field trial among two demographically dissimilar populations of schoolchildren in the New York City area.