What's the difference between dog and dropper?

Dog


Definition:

  • (n.) A quadruped of the genus Canis, esp. the domestic dog (C. familiaris).
  • (n.) A mean, worthless fellow; a wretch.
  • (n.) A fellow; -- used humorously or contemptuously; as, a sly dog; a lazy dog.
  • (n.) One of the two constellations, Canis Major and Canis Minor, or the Greater Dog and the Lesser Dog. Canis Major contains the Dog Star (Sirius).
  • (n.) An iron for holding wood in a fireplace; a firedog; an andiron.
  • (n.) A grappling iron, with a claw or claws, for fastening into wood or other heavy articles, for the purpose of raising or moving them.
  • (n.) An iron with fangs fastening a log in a saw pit, or on the carriage of a sawmill.
  • (n.) A piece in machinery acting as a catch or clutch; especially, the carrier of a lathe, also, an adjustable stop to change motion, as in a machine tool.
  • (v. t.) To hunt or track like a hound; to follow insidiously or indefatigably; to chase with a dog or dogs; to worry, as if by dogs; to hound with importunity.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) We conclude that chronic emphysema produced in dogs by aerosol administration of papain results in elevated pulmonary artery pressure, which is characterized pathologically by medial hypertrophy of small pulmonary arteries.
  • (2) The combined immediate and delayed responses to fleas in the dog are as observed by other investigators in man and guinea pigs.
  • (3) In dogs, cibenzoline given i.v., had no effects on the slow response systems, probably because of sympathetic nervous system intervention since the class 4 effects of cibenzoline appeared after beta-adrenoceptor blockade.
  • (4) It was shown in experiments on four dogs by the conditioned method that the period of recovery of conditioned activity after one hour ether anaesthesia tested 7 to 7.5 days.
  • (5) Dialysis of dog plasma against an artificial c.s.f.
  • (6) For similar inotropic responses, normo- and hyperkalaemic dogs had similar levels of (Na+, K+)-ATPase inhibition and microsomal-bound digoxin.
  • (7) Complete heart block was produced in 20 of 20 dogs.
  • (8) The dog and the pig also have an endoperoxide-sensitive constrictor system activated by the 11,9-(epoxymethano) analogue of PGH2 and, of particular note, ICI 79939 and its 11-oxo analogue.
  • (9) All of this in the same tones of weary nonchalance you might use to stop the dog nosing around in the bin.
  • (10) One hundred and twelve dogs, including twenty C3-deficient dogs, were studied over a period of 6 years.
  • (11) From the present results it is concluded that secretion of extrapancreatic glucagon increased in response to arginine infusion in the diabetic state, both alloxan diabetic dogs and one-week post-pancreatectomized dogs.
  • (12) The effect of pO(2) was studied in a further nine dogs.
  • (13) The effects of tachycardia caused by ectopic right or left ventricular stimulation on ventricular recovery potentials were studied in 30 dogs.
  • (14) Stimulation with these electrodes were effective for inducing voiding with little residual volume after the recovery of bladder reflexes, 3 weeks after experimental spinal cord injury in the dog.
  • (15) A neodymium YAG (Nd:YAG) laser was evaluated in a dog ulcer model used in the same manner as is recommended for bleeding patients (power 55 W, divergence angle 4 degrees, with CO2 gas-jet assistance).
  • (16) Hollywood legend has it that, at the first Academy awards in 1929, Rin Tin Tin the dog won most votes for best actor.
  • (17) Liver bloodflow remained unchanged in AS dogs, but hepatic alanine uptake nearly tripled (p less than 0.01) and hepatic glucose production increased by 60% (p less than 0.05).
  • (18) Affected dogs were from ten breeds and their average age was eight years.
  • (19) Though three of these presumable metabolites could slightly inhibit the binding of [3H]-KW-3049, they were not detected in rat and dog plasma at 0.5 h after oral administration of KW-3049.
  • (20) Temelastine produces these species-specific changes by enhancing thyroxine clearance from the circulation in the rat, but not in the dog or mouse.

Dropper


Definition:

  • (n.) One who, or that which, drops. Specif.: (Fishing) A fly that drops from the leaden above the bob or end fly.
  • (n.) A dropping tube.
  • (n.) A branch vein which drops off from, or leaves, the main lode.
  • (n.) A dog which suddenly drops upon the ground when it sights game, -- formerly a common, and still an occasional, habit of the setter.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) A simple dropper that would withdraw only one drop and deliver the same would resolve this problem.
  • (2) By modifying the dimensions of the dropper tip we reduced the volume of the drops administered, and therefore the total dose of phenylephrine, without altering the concentration.
  • (3) The main errors were in the use of the dropper and timing.
  • (4) Two sets of ruggedness tests were carried out to evaluate the type of balance used to weigh the sample, amount of stain, staining time, sieve design, technique used to transfer stained material from beaker to sieve, washing technique used to accumulate stained material at edge of sieve, diameter of eye dropper used to transfer sample from sieve to graduated tube, number of 0.5 mL portions examined, and magnification used to examine prepared slides.
  • (5) These include sinks, trial lenses, solutions, lens cases, multidose dropper bottles, and storage trays.
  • (6) Disposable dropper pipettes proved to be economical, accurate, and precise.
  • (7) Local anesthetic cartridges should not be stored in a confined space with dropper bottles containing either methyl methacrylate or ethyl methacrylate monomers.
  • (8) No organisms could be cultured from Fluress one minute after inoculation of the solution or five minutes after inoculation of the dropper tip.
  • (9) The use of a sterile medicine dropper to apply slight suction to the epithelial side of the button allows for easy and secure removal of the trapped button without the risk of distortion or direct trauma to the endothelium as could occur with other methods.
  • (10) The evidence presented shows that both methyl methacrylate and ethyl methacrylate monomers can diffuse through the rubber bulb of a dropper dispenser-style bottle.
  • (11) If a dropper bottle of these agents is stored in a confined space such as a storage tub along with certain local anesthetic cartridges, the monomer vapor can enter the cartridge and contaminate its contents.
  • (12) Uniform drops of the 12 standard bacteriocins were added simultaneously with a bacteriocin-bacteriophage dropper to each strain to be typed.
  • (13) With active drainage, the bladder and paracystic fat were continuously irrigated with drug solutions siphoned off from a jar into a dropper obtained from a disposable hemotransfusion system.
  • (14) Asked immediately after the match in a courtside interview to explain his remarks, Kyrgios justified his jaw-dropper with smug indifference: “He was getting a bit lippy with me, kind of in the heat of the moment.
  • (15) To determine the ability of fluorescein-anesthetic combination solutions and their applicators to regain sterility, we contaminated four commercially available fluorescein-anesthetic solutions and their dropper tips with inocula of either Pseudomonas species or Staphylococcus species.
  • (16) In contrast, organisms were cultured from the other fluorescein-anesthetic preparations for at least one hour after bacterial inoculation into the solution or onto the dropper tip.
  • (17) However, it was multistep and required use of droppers.
  • (18) Methyl methacrylate is substantially more efficient in this regard than is ethyl methacrylate, which leads to the loss of these products into the environment immediately around the dropper bottle.
  • (19) When stored in small tube-droppers for not less than 12 months (observation time) the repository fluorenal eye drops retain their therapeutic activity.
  • (20) Millions of us reach for the brown dropper bottle as soon as the first signs of a cold appear, hoping to nip it in the bud.