What's the difference between dissociate and dissolve?

Dissociate


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To separate from fellowship or union; to disunite; to disjoin; as, to dissociate the particles of a concrete substance.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) These results show that the pathogenic phenotypes of MCF viruses are dissociable from the thymotropic phenotype and depend, at least in part, upon the enhancer sequences.
  • (2) Structure assignment of the isomeric immonium ions 5 and 6, generated via FAB from N-isobutyl glycine and N-methyl valine, can be achieved by their collision induced dissociation characteristics.
  • (3) It has recently been suggested that procaine penicillin existed in solution in vitro and in vivo as a "procaine - penicillin" complex rather than as dissociated ions.
  • (4) Elongation of existing RNA primers by the human polymerase-primase was semi-processive; following primer binding the DNA polymerase continuously incorporated 20 to 50 nucleotides, then it dissociated from the template DNA.
  • (5) Blood gas variables produced from a computed in vivo oxygen dissociation curve, PaeO2, P95 and C(a-x)O2, were introduced in the University Hospital of Wales in 1986.
  • (6) The data shows a dissociation between ferritin synthesis, cellular accumulation and secretion for which the mechanisms have still to be elucidated.
  • (7) Electromechanic dissociation, sinus bradycardia, nodal rhythm followed by idioventricular rhythm and asystole, were observed following myocardial rupture.
  • (8) Transcription studies in vitro on repression of the tryptophan operon of Escherichia coli show that partially purified trp repressor binds specifically to DNA containing the trp operator with a repressor-operator dissociation constant of about 0.2 nM in 0.12 M salt at 37 degrees , a value consistent with the extent of trp operon regulation in vivo.
  • (9) These differences in central connectivity mirror the reports on behavioral dissociation of the facial and vagal gustatory systems.
  • (10) In contrast, the enzymic domain of the colicin (T2) remained in the aqueous phase and was recovered in a highly active form as a consequence of its dissociation from the immunity protein.
  • (11) Predominantly observed defects included neural crest cells in ectopic locations, both within and external to the neural tube, and mildly deformed neural tubes containing some dissociating cells.
  • (12) Inhibition assays indicate an apparent dissociation constant (Kd) corresponding to 4 x 10(-9) M and an affinity constant (Ka) to 2.5 x 10(8)M-1 to K562 erythroleukemia cells.
  • (13) When CO was photolytically dissociated from the reduced protein two recombination processes were observed with rates almost identical with those observed in the stopped-flow experiments (k+1 = 3.3 X 10(3)M-1-S-1 and k+2 = 6.0 X 10(2)M-1-S-1).
  • (14) On the other hand, ultraviolet (320-nm) light, absorbed by 3-hydroxy-pyridinium cross-links which were rapidly photolyzed, partially dissociated polymeric collagen aggregates from bovine Achilles tendon after subsequent heating.
  • (15) The corresponding dissociation constants range from 2.8 nM for the native enzyme and 8.5 nM for the 96K fragment to approximately 15 nM for the 68K and 90K fragments [0.20 N KCl, 50 mM 3-(N-morpholino)propanesulfonic acid, and 1 mM CaCl2, pH 7.3, 25 degrees C].
  • (16) Addition of pyridoxal 5'-phosphate to slow dissociating, high affinity 5S R[3H]E2 dimers free in cytosol induced rapid [3H]E2 dissociation, although the receptor remained unaltered in the transformed dimerized state.
  • (17) If VF persisted or if countershock resulted in asystole or a nonperfusing rhythm (electrical-mechanical dissociation [EMD]), the alternate drug (naloxone or epinephrine) was then given.
  • (18) Addition of albumin or GTP to the incubation medium enhanced the specific binding of PGE2 by decreasing the dissociation constant of the low affinity-high capacity binding sites.
  • (19) Dissociated cerebral hemisphere cells from 4- to 7-day-old chick embryos were cultured either on a collagen or a polylysine substrate in a serum-containing medium.
  • (20) Incubation of the enzyme-inhibitor complex with the sulfhydryl reagent caused dissociation into active ribonuclease and inactive inhibitor.

Dissolve


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To separate into competent parts; to disorganize; to break up; hence, to bring to an end by separating the parts, sundering a relation, etc.; to terminate; to destroy; to deprive of force; as, to dissolve a partnership; to dissolve Parliament.
  • (v. t.) To break the continuity of; to disconnect; to disunite; to sunder; to loosen; to undo; to separate.
  • (v. t.) To convert into a liquid by means of heat, moisture, etc.,; to melt; to liquefy; to soften.
  • (v. t.) To solve; to clear up; to resolve.
  • (v. t.) To relax by pleasure; to make powerless.
  • (v. t.) To annul; to rescind; to discharge or release; as, to dissolve an injunction.
  • (v. i.) To waste away; to be dissipated; to be decomposed or broken up.
  • (v. i.) To become fluid; to be melted; to be liquefied.
  • (v. i.) To fade away; to fall to nothing; to lose power.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) We investigated this suppression quantitatively, using a chemical assay for cell-bound and dissolved capsular polysaccharide.
  • (2) Thus Sephadex chromatography of the solution obtained by dissolving the antigen-antibody precipitate in these media repeatedly gave two peaks corresponding to anti-ovalbumin and ovalbumin.
  • (3) Although the brain AP50 is prominently phosphorylated by an endogenous protein kinase in isolated coated vesicle preparations, the neuronal AP50 was not detectably phosphorylated in intact cells as assessed by two-dimensional non-equilibrium pH gradient gel electrophoresis of labeled cells dissolved directly in SDS-containing buffers.
  • (4) After Listeria, a bacterium, is phagocytosed by a macrophage, it dissolves the phagosomal membrane and enters the cytoplasm.
  • (5) In muscle cells the mitochondria were in the process of dissolving and the sarcoplasmic reticulum formed elongate cisternae.
  • (6) Homogenates of these cells in chloroform-methanol solution showed an identical absorption spectrum with pure bilirubin dissolved in the same solution.
  • (7) However, in some patients absorption of the drug is markedly sensitive to changes in dissolution rate and new pharmacopoeal standards should not be defined until very rapidly-dissolving formulations have been studied.
  • (8) In the first few days of immersion high concentrations of dissolved metal ions were observed.
  • (9) It expresses the ratio between the partial pressure of the dissolved gas and the reduction of hydrostatic pressure during ascent (given as pressure gradient).
  • (10) Egypt has been without a sitting lower house of parliament since summer 2012, when it was dissolved by the country's supreme court .
  • (11) Each hand washing is filtered, and the residue collected on a membrane filter is dissolved in hydrochloric acid.
  • (12) An epidemic of abuse with "T's and blues" began in the late 1970's in which pentazocine-Talwin tablets ("T")--and the antihistamine tripelennamine (known as blues) were crushed, dissolved together, filtered, and injected intravenously.
  • (13) Osteoclasts dissolve bone mineral by the vectorial secretion of hydrogen ion at their osseous attachment site.
  • (14) This collagenolytic activity, which dissolved the collagen substrate, was derived from B. gingivalis and human GCF.
  • (15) Dexon's tensile strength is high initially and it retains its strength through the critical period of muscle-scleral wound healing, then dissolves in a rapid uniform manner.
  • (16) These results show that Mg-containing apatites dissolve to a greater extent than Mg-free apatites with the subsequent reprecipitation of Mg-poor apatites.
  • (17) In recent years, the clinical application of aerosol inhalation therapy has increased rapidly, however, many problems are not yet fully dissolved.
  • (18) In 1952, Clarence Agress performed an experiment on dogs to demonstrate his idea that a thrombus in a coronary artery could be dissolved without harm to the myocardium.
  • (19) The results show that when Cs is dissolved in aqueous buffer, the terminal atoms of residue 1 side chain are not available for binding to antibodies recognizing the face of the molecule defined by residues 1, 2, 3, 10, 11, suggesting that the chain is probably folded back under the molecule, as observed in the crystal structure.
  • (20) To further characterize the role of superoxide anion-radical in the vanadium redox cycling, the increase of optical density of vanadate(V) dissolved in Tris buffer was measured at 328 nm during the addition of KO2.