What's the difference between discussion and tractation?

Discussion


Definition:

  • (n.) The act or process of discussing by breaking up, or dispersing, as a tumor, or the like.
  • (n.) The act of discussing or exchanging reasons; examination by argument; debate; disputation; agitation.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The role of the family practitioner in antenatal care is discussed.
  • (2) This paper discusses the typical echocardiographic patterns of a variety of important conditions concerning the mitral valve, the left ventricle, the interatrial and interventricular septum as well as the influence of respiration on the performance of echocardiograms.
  • (3) The possibility that the ventral nerve photoreceptor cells serve a neurosecretory function in the adult Limulus is discussed.
  • (4) The testing of other models and their failure to describe the kinetic observations are discussed.
  • (5) The use of organophosphorus preparations in the treatment of ectoparasites and endoparasites of pigs is discussed.
  • (6) Single-case experimental designs are presented and discussed from several points of view: Historical antecedents, assessment of the dependent variable, internal and external validity and pre-experimental vs experimental single-case designs.
  • (7) The clinical and radiologic characteristics of this unusual tumor are discussed.
  • (8) Further development of drug formulary concept was discussed, primarily for the drugs paid by the Health Insurance, as well as the unsatisfactory ADR reporting in Yugoslavia.
  • (9) By drawing from the pathophysiology, this article discusses a multidimensional approach to the treatment of these difficult patients.
  • (10) These results are discussed in relation to the possible existence of enzyme-bound intermediates of nitrogen fixation.
  • (11) After a discussion of the therapeutic relationship, several coping strategies which have been used successfully by many women are described and therapeutic applications are offered.
  • (12) A possible role for mitochondria in myocardial adenosine production is discussed.
  • (13) The significance of the differences in these two patterns of actin is discussed in terms of differences in the accommodative ability and static lens shape in these two animals.
  • (14) The effects of glucagon-induced insulin secretion upon this lipid regulation are discussed that may resolve conflicting reports in the literature are resolved.
  • (15) Training in social skills specific to fostering intimacy is suggested as a therapeutic step, and modifications to the social support measure for future use discussed.
  • (16) The role of magnetic resonance imaging is also discussed, as is the pathophysiology, management, and prognosis in the elderly patient.
  • (17) In these liposomes, the amounts and molecular states of SL-MDP were determined from ESR spectra and are discussed in connection with its immunopotentiating property.
  • (18) The purpose of this paper is to discuss the potential for integrating surveillance techniques in reproductive epidemiology with geographic information system technology in order to identify populations at risk around hazardous waste sites.
  • (19) Therapeutic possibilities for hepatogenous anaemia of complex genesis are discussed.
  • (20) In addition to the phase diagrams reported here for these two binary mixtures, a brief theoretical discussion is given of other possible phase diagrams that may be appropriate to other lipid mixtures with particular consideration given to the problem of crystalline phases of different structures and the possible occurrence of second-order phase transitions in these mixtures.

Tractation


Definition:

  • (n.) Treatment or handling of a subject; discussion.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Mark Gatiss, who wrote the first episode of the new series of Sherlock, will continue the tradition of a BBC ghost story for Christmas with his adaptation of MR James's The Tractate Middoth, on BBC2 .
  • (2) "Harquebusses and other guns" tractate the French surgeon, Ambroise Paré (1510-1590) described the post-amputation syndrome-considered to be the first description of this syndrome--which, on hermaneutic analysis, proves surprisingly complete: Paré differentiated pre-amputation pain ("la douleur ès parties mortes") from post-operative symptoms; he differentiated stump pain from phantom-limb sensations ("faux sentiments"), and he succeeded in distinguishing pain-free exteroceptive sensations--the so-called phantom-limb sensation--from phantom-limb pain proper ("la douleur ès parties amputées").

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