What's the difference between egress and retreat?

Egress


Definition:

  • (n.) The act of going out or leaving, or the power to leave; departure.
  • (n.) The passing off from the sun's disk of an inferior planet, in a transit.
  • (v. i.) To go out; to depart; to leave.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Spermine clearly activated 45Ca uptake by coupled mitochondria, but had no effect on Ca2+ egress from mitochondria previously loaded with 45Ca.
  • (2) C-particles were present in t-tubules, which were possible intracellular viaducts of infection or dissemination and perhaps were the loci of receptors of viral invasion of the cytoplasm and sites of egress.
  • (3) Adherence of PMNs to the endothelium and their subsequent diapedesis and egress to areas of infection are considered early vital events in the inflammatory process.
  • (4) These findings indicate that BFA-induced retrograde movement of molecules from the Golgi complex to the endoplasmic reticulum early in infection arrests the ability of host cells to support maturation and egress of enveloped viral particles.
  • (5) In addition, IL-1ra and 35F5 significantly blocked the ability of IL-1 to stimulate egress of PMN from bone marrow, to induce a transient neutrophilia, and to elevate serum levels of hepatic acute phase proteins, IL-6, and corticosterone.
  • (6) During the 2nd hr, there is an influx of neutrophils into the region, and these form a thick layer around the staphylococcal clumps and, apparently, prevent further egress of toxin.
  • (7) It was expressed by a positive sloping sigmoidal function that defines the egress potential fo the cells that increases with cell maturation.
  • (8) The growth is associated with the intensified egress of circulating fibrinogen into the extravascular space (thrombus, tissue, etc.).
  • (9) The prior existence of HEVs in uninvolved psoriatic skin could account for the rapid egress of T8 lymphocytes from the vasculature to the epidermis in response to trauma.
  • (10) The rate of egress of albumin from blood vessels has been estimated from the initial slope of the ratio of extravascular radioactivity in the tissue to plasma radioactivity plotted against time after injection of 125I-albumin.
  • (11) Vasculitis, a common but frequently unappreciated event, may produce nonspecific tissue damage via hemorrhage and ischemia in addition to providing a mechanism for egress of inflammatory factors into the areas of virus-induced cellular damage.
  • (12) In this report, we show that gro29 cells harbor a lesion that inhibits the egress of HSV-1 virions during infection.
  • (13) External chloride and sulphate were able to trans-accelerate the egress of labelled sulphate from tissue fragments via a DIDS-inhibitable route.
  • (14) These results support the hypothesis that erythrocyte egress may be driven by a hydrostatic pressure difference across the pore.
  • (15) Inhibitors of lysosomal acidification (4,4'-di-isothiocyanostilbene-2,2'-disulphonate, NN'-dicyclohexylcarbodi-imide, carbonyl cyanide m-chlorophenylhydrazone, NH4Cl and methylamine hydrochloride) did not alter cystine egress or countertransport in polymorphonuclear-leucocyte lysosome-rich granular fractions at pH 7.0.
  • (16) Bone marrow examination revealed that the neutrophilia was secondary to egress and mild depletion of the neutrophil storage pool but that the neutrophil storage pool later returned to normal.
  • (17) The kinetic patterns of uptake and egress of radioactivity in striatum and cerebellum as well as the magnitude of the uptake was very similar with the two tracers.
  • (18) We propose that T cells can modify the vascular endothelium in certain areas to allow egress of DC from the bloodstream.
  • (19) Sixteen patients with complex cyanotic congenital heart disease underwent an operation involving the use of the aorta and the main pulmonary artery as the egress for systemic arterial blood flow (the Damus-Kaye-Stansell operation, modified as discussed).
  • (20) The drug enhanced vasoactive intestinal polypeptide (VIP)-stimulated PRL-secretion, while thyroliberin (TRH)- and 12-0-tetradecanoyl phorbol-13-acetate (TPA)-elicited PRL egress were slightly reduced indicating a cAMP-mediated reduction of protein kinase C (PK-C) mediated PRL release.

Retreat


Definition:

  • (n.) The act of retiring or withdrawing one's self, especially from what is dangerous or disagreeable.
  • (n.) The place to which anyone retires; a place or privacy or safety; a refuge; an asylum.
  • (n.) The retiring of an army or body of men from the face of an enemy, or from any ground occupied to a greater distance from the enemy, or from an advanced position.
  • (n.) The withdrawing of a ship or fleet from an enemy for the purpose of avoiding an engagement or escaping after defeat.
  • (n.) A signal given in the army or navy, by the beat of a drum or the sounding of trumpet or bugle, at sunset (when the roll is called), or for retiring from action.
  • (n.) A special season of solitude and silence to engage in religious exercises.
  • (n.) A period of several days of withdrawal from society to a religious house for exclusive occupation in the duties of devotion; as, to appoint or observe a retreat.
  • (v. i.) To make a retreat; to retire from any position or place; to withdraw; as, the defeated army retreated from the field.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) They are saying they have paid with their blood and they do not want to retreat," said Saad el-Hosseini, a senior Brotherhood politician.
  • (2) 133 Hatfield Street, +27 21 462 1430, nineflowers.com The Fritz Hotel Facebook Twitter Pinterest The Fritz is a charming, slightly-faded retreat in a quiet residential street – an oasis of calm yet still in the heart of the city, with the bars and restaurants of Kloof Street five minutes’ walk away.
  • (3) The retreating rate constants deduced from the dissolution results were well coincident with the values directly determined by the needle penetration method, suggesting good applicability of the proposed equation.
  • (4) Flank marks, attacks, bites, and retreats were scored over a 15 min test period during which steroid-injected animals were paired in a neutral arena with vehicle-injected conspecifics.
  • (5) Although she was tempted to retreat from life, she realised she would have to force herself to live in as an imaginative way as possible.
  • (6) It’s about state sovereignty.” The BLM’s retreat vindicated his stance, he said, tapping a copy of the US constitution which he keeps in a breast pocket.
  • (7) The retreat of government forces had left tens of thousands exposed to the savagery of Isis, especially those from the country's minorities, including Christians and members of the Yazidi sect.
  • (8) Rebels moved unchallenged along a road littered with evidence of the air campaign and the speed of their enemies' retreat.
  • (9) The Fellowship combines the academic rigour of an MBA with the reflective and ideological framework of a wellness retreat in Bali; without the sun and spa treatments, but with the added element of the formidable Dame Mary Marsh, a great example of a woman leading as a former headteacher, charity chief executive, NED and leadership development campaigner.
  • (10) A thin (20-gauge) cryoprobe can be used to retreat retinal breaks without disturbing a previous scleral buckle.
  • (11) Photograph: Eamonn Mccabe I is for Italy He lived for many years in a mountain-top retreat in Ravello on the Amalfi coast until he became too infirm to cope with the hills.
  • (12) Liberal Democrats in government will not follow the last Labour government by sounding the retreat on the protection of civil liberties in the United Kingdom.
  • (13) Kiev's forces entered the city on Saturday after pro-Russia rebels retreated overnight.
  • (14) He told the conference: "As you succeed in getting more and more business, the incumbent's tactic is to retreat slowly.
  • (15) "This financial mercantilism - which is foreign banks retreating to their home base - will, if we do nothing, lead to a new form of protectionism," he said.
  • (16) In a controlled clinical trial in Hong Kong, 575 Chinese adults with smear-positive isoniazid-resistant pulmonary tuberculosis, who had previously been treated with first-line chemotherapy, were allocated at random to regimens of rifampicin plus ethambutol daily (ER7), twice-weekly (ER2), once-weekly (ER1), or daily for 2 months and then once-weekly (ER7ER1), or to a standard retreatment regimen of daily ethionamide plus pyrazinamide plus cycloserine (EtZC).
  • (17) The maintenance of the antiemetic efficacy of ondansetron was further studied in 28 patients (13 A, 15 B) in respectively 36 and 48 retreatment courses.
  • (18) They advised people living near the beach to retreat upstairs and hunker down in rooms away from the sea.
  • (19) But he has since retreated from that view and told his confirmation hearing that the Senate's report on the CIA's detention and interrogation programme had disturbed him.
  • (20) Retreatment with pamidronate again resulted in normocalcaemia.