What's the difference between elbow and gauntlet?

Elbow


Definition:

  • (n.) The joint or bend of the arm; the outer curve in the middle of the arm when bent.
  • (n.) Any turn or bend like that of the elbow, in a wall, building, and the like; a sudden turn in a line of coast or course of a river; also, an angular or jointed part of any structure, as the raised arm of a chair or sofa, or a short pipe fitting, turning at an angle or bent.
  • (n.) A sharp angle in any surface of wainscoting or other woodwork; the upright sides which flank any paneled work, as the sides of windows, where the jamb makes an elbow with the window back.
  • (v. t.) To push or hit with the elbow, as when one pushes by another.
  • (v. i.) To jut into an angle; to project or to bend after the manner of an elbow.
  • (v. i.) To push rudely along; to elbow one's way.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Compared with conservative management, better long-term success (determined by return of athletic soundness and less evidence of degenerative joint disease) was achieved with surgical curettage of elbow subchondral cystic lesions.
  • (2) The authors describe a new technique for evaluating traumatic conditions to the elbow: the radial head-capitellum view.
  • (3) Furthermore, it involved mixed clinical and histological changes of epidermal nevus from fingers to elbow.
  • (4) But there was a clear penalty on Diego Costa – it is a waste of time and money to have officials by the side of the goal because normally they do nothing – and David Luiz’s elbow I didn’t see, I confess.
  • (5) Five cases of bilateral abduction contracture of the shoulder in adults including the first case of bilateral abduction contractures of shoulder and hip plus bilateral flexion contracture of elbow and extension contracture of a knee are reported.
  • (6) After 3-5 days of side-arm traction, swelling had usually diminished sufficiently to allow the elbow to be safely hyperflexed to stabilize the fracture after elective closed reduction.
  • (7) There were no significant effects of training on the time-related contractile properties (time to peak torque, half-relaxation time), CSA, or %MUA of the elbow flexors or knee extensors.
  • (8) Brachial artery rupture is the usual vascular injury associated with a compound elbow dislocation.
  • (9) In severely impaired limbs, there was a marked shift in both the peak EMG angle and the angular domain of EMG activity for both biceps and triceps muscle groups, away from the normal elbow flexion-extension axis towards external humeral rotation and shoulder girdle elevation.
  • (10) The EMG activity in flexors of both shoulder and elbow showed reflex responses at short latency (approximately 25 ms).
  • (11) The study involved measurement of mechanical resistance of a passive limb periodical movements at the elbow joint.
  • (12) Whilst developing an elbow endoprosthesis, the joint forces were estimated for patients with rheumatoid arthritis.
  • (13) Electrical and mechanical responses were evoked in the elbow flexors (EFs) of normal subjects and myopathy patients by maximal stimulation of the musculocutaneous nerve by a wire electrode in the axilla.
  • (14) Distal (5th finger - wrist) and proximal (wrist - elbow) sensory nerve conduction showed an insignificant increase as hyperglycemia was induced.
  • (15) In our view, the surgical procedure of choice for a salvage elbow is an elbow arthrodesis.
  • (16) Degenerative arthritis of the elbow is a poorly recognised condition, usually seen in a middle-aged man with an occupation or activity which involves the repetitive use of his dominant arm.
  • (17) Rheumatoid arthritis of the elbow is a common condition.
  • (18) The authors favor conservative treatment of tennis elbow, starting with cessation of the offending activity and prescription of a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) and followed by isometric and isotonic exercises when pain and inflammation have subsided.
  • (19) Radiographic examination revealed ankylotic changes in both wrist and elbow joints.
  • (20) Thirty-six per cent had axillary occlusion, 52% had a brachial lesion, and the lesion was distal to the elbow in 11%.

Gauntlet


Definition:

  • (n.) See Gantlet.
  • (n.) A glove of such material that it defends the hand from wounds.
  • (n.) A long glove, covering the wrist.
  • (n.) A rope on which hammocks or clothes are hung for drying.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Britain threw down the gauntlet to donors on Monday by announcing that it would commit £1bn to replenish the Global Fund to Fight Aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria on condition that other countries agreed to follow suit.
  • (2) Draghi threw down the gauntlet to fiscal policymakers, arguing for infrastructure spending while lowering the ECB’s own growth forecasts,” said Cavalla.
  • (3) It was a gauntlet that had nearly broken them by February but had them battle-hardened for the challenges ahead.
  • (4) "The rich countries of this world have thrown down the gauntlet to the poorest.
  • (5) Juncker voiced resentment that his entire team of 28 commissioners was being put on the spot by the censure motion, throwing down the gauntlet to the far right.
  • (6) Convoys that try to get out of here must run the gauntlet of taunting Christian mobs.
  • (7) He throws down the gauntlet to directors and actors alike to make it anything other than that.
  • (8) In 10 subjects, a comparison has been made between a below-elbow plaster, a moulded plaster gauntlet and an above-elbow plaster.
  • (9) Imagine showing up to work just to run the gauntlet of hundreds of people telling you how worthless you are.
  • (10) We are taken ashore and forced to run the gauntlet of rows of soldiers while military TV films us.
  • (11) Gauntlet thrown there, Mr Android and Mr Windows 8.
  • (12) Its chair Maria Millerpromised she would "throw down the gauntlet to companies such as Google, Facebook, Microsoft and Twitter".
  • (13) The Coalition is banking on Labor’s support to get its national security legislation passed rather than having to run the gauntlet of the senate crossbench.
  • (14) Emboldened by the ratings, Tsipras threw down the gauntlet, taunting his opponents to go ahead with the formation of a government.
  • (15) The prime minister threw down the gauntlet to the Senate crossbench declaring “the time for games is over”, saying three weeks was ample time for senators to consider and pass the bills reconstituting the Australian Building and Construction Commission (ABCC) and regulating registered organisations.
  • (16) It is a poor country, but here we have a government that is throwing down the gauntlet to the rich, highly polluting countries."
  • (17) "I've often thought that the gauntlet of American politics is more individualistic, more expensive, more unpredictable than in many other democracies.
  • (18) The apparent high Km values in slices were probably due to depletion of the GABA concentration in the extracellular fluid as the exogenous GABA ran the gauntlet of competing uptake sites on its way to sites deep within the slice, thereby bringing about a requirement for higher GABA concentrations in the incubation medium in order to maintain the internal GABA levels at the "Km level."
  • (19) "I think Andrew Lansley has really thrown down the gauntlet to us.
  • (20) Liberal backbencher Russell Broadbent has thrown down the gauntlet to his own side of politics by labelling the indefinite detention of asylum seeker children “unacceptable”.