What's the difference between embalming and thymol?

Embalming


Definition:

  • (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Embalm

Example Sentences:

  • (1) One square centimetre samples were taken from equivalent areas in each case of the rumen, reticulum, omasum and abomasum of 38 embalmed Karakul lambs.
  • (2) The same team that looks after Lenin has reportedly been embalming North Korea's Kim Jong-il, continuing a fine communist tradition that has included Stalin (briefly), Mao and Ho Chi Minh.
  • (3) He could be the jackal-headed Anubis, Egyptian god of embalming, down on his luck.
  • (4) One square centimetre samples were taken from analogous areas of the rumen, reticulum, omasum and abomasum of 38 embalmed Karakul lambs.
  • (5) This is of particular relevance to those forensic pathologists who only uncommonly see injuries which are due to embalming.
  • (6) Although the cause of death was not a problem to diagnose, this case highlights artefacts that embalming may cause and the difficulties it may create with interpretation of injury.
  • (7) Routine embalming and burial should not eliminate these diagnostic procedures from consideration in specific situations where potentially useful information may be realized.
  • (8) Ten rats were embalmed, the veins of the head latex-injected, and the heads were dissected.
  • (9) Five different porous-coated acetabular prosthetic configurations underwent in vitro testing to assess mechanical stability in embalmed cadaver hemipelves: Harris Galante II cup with three cancellous screws, Biomet Universal cup, Whiteside cup with peripheral pegs, Whiteside cup with two cancellous screws, and plain Whiteside cup.
  • (10) Images inchoate and nonsensical, my arms and legs seemingly elongated and embalmed in grease, the sense of utter isolation while being gnawed by rats.
  • (11) Daniel Antoine, who is responsible for the museum's human remains collection, said embalmers had "great skill and knowledge of human anatomy", managing to extract a brain through a hole no bigger than 2cm by 2cm.
  • (12) Mechanical modelling of the musculoskeletal system is dependent upon information regarding the bony attachments of the relevant muscles; in order to study the biomechanics of the shoulder girdle the authors have identified the muscle attachments in three embalmed cadavers.
  • (13) In an effort to rid the dissection room of irritating and potentially health-threatening toxic chemicals, we have modified the phenoxyethanol technique for long-term preservation of embalmed cadavers.
  • (14) Examination for common biochemical substances in the vitreous humor of embalmed bodies indicates that individuals with significant nitrogen retention or diabetics with marked elevation in vitreous glucose will be recognized by standard laboratory procedures on postembalming specimens.
  • (15) In a series of 120 elbow regions (66 male, 54 female) from embalmed human cadavers, the authors observed the course of the deep radial nerve and then related it to structures such as a) the deep surface of the initial part of the extensor carpi radialis brevis, which was found to be tendinous in 90% of the cases, b) the superior hiatus of the supinator muscle, which formed a fibrous arcade of Frohse in 61% of the cases, and the distance of its peak from the lateral condyle, which ranged from 4 to 6 cm, and c) the angle between the superficial oblique muscle fibres of the supinator and the long axis of the radius, which varies from 18 degrees to 38 degrees and crossed the nerve almost transversely.
  • (16) Sister-chromatid exchanges measured in the peripheral lymphocytes of 8 non-smoking persons after exposure to formaldehyde-embalming solution during a 10-week anatomy class showed a small (P = 0.02) average increase when compared with samples obtained from the same individuals immediately before exposure began.
  • (17) He looks as if he could do with a spot of embalming himself.
  • (18) Another version says the embalmed head was stuck on a spike outside Westminster Hall where the king was tried.
  • (19) People told QSA of funeral directors asking whether their deceased relative “deserved better”, with staff pressing relatives to pay more for embalming as it was “dignified for the deceased”.
  • (20) This study examines the changes in elongation of falx cerebri during the application of some of the craniosacral therapy techniques to the skull of an embalmed cadaver.

Thymol


Definition:

  • (n.) A phenol derivative of cymene, C10H13.OH, isomeric with carvacrol, found in oil of thyme, and extracted as a white crystalline substance of a pleasant aromatic odor and strong antiseptic properties; -- called also hydroxy cymene.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) There were found out one-sided relations for instance concerning the proportion of transaminases, thymol turbidity test as well as creatinine to the erythrocyte sedimentation rate.
  • (2) We found, in a study of the effects of thymol accumulation, that only occasional draining of a Fluotec vaporizer is required to keep thymol concentration below the level at which its output is reduced.
  • (3) A total of 33 strains of staphylococci, isolated from Black Pied cows with subclinical mastitis (conformed by the brom-thymol test), were studied to establish their biochemical properties and resistance to antibiotics as well as the occasional correlation between enzyme activity and resistance.
  • (4) The relationship between zinc sulfate turbidity test (ZTT and thymol turbidity test (TTT), and IgG subclasses, especially IgG1 and IgG2, was studied.
  • (5) After pre-treatment with thymol (0.5 mM), isotonic K Krebs solution depolarized the membrane and reduced the membrane resistance as observed in the absence of thymol.
  • (6) The activity of gamma-glutamyl-transpeptidase (GGTP) and aminotransferases, the level of bilirubin and thymol turbidity test were determined.
  • (7) The other phenols (hexylresorcinol, thymol, phenylphenol and zinc phenolsulfonate) did not inhibit in vitro growth or plaque formation.
  • (8) It was found that of all these parameters, the thymol test and cholesterol measurement had the lowest discriminatory powers.
  • (9) For the assessment of liver functions designations AlAT, AspAT, FA, prothrombin index, bilirubin and iron content in serum, proteinogram and thymol turbility test were prepared and carried out.
  • (10) No significant differences were found in results of thymol test, concentration of total protein, bilirubin, and activity of basic phosphatase in blood serum, compared with the control group.
  • (11) A reduction of 5% in output required an increase in thymol concentration of a factor of 650 compared to the concentration in fresh halothane, while a reduction of 10% required a 1100-fold increase in thymol concentration.
  • (12) Several antioxidants, principally tocopherol analogues and nitroxides, and, as well, a nonenzymatic component of "thymol-free" catalase, potently blocked lipid peroxidation, or, equivalently, dioxygen depletion from suspensions of peroxidizing microsomes.
  • (13) Everest): (1) DIPA takes place independently of PO2; (2) ex vivo DIPA can be inhibited by menthol, thymol, piracetam and pentoxifylline.
  • (14) The test is specific for albumin failing to cross react with other plasma proteins present in urine, as well as with glibenclamide, chlorpropamide, phenformin, hemoglobin, glucose, urea and thymol.
  • (15) The equilibration of the thymol from the wicks throughout the vaporizing chamber was very slow after the vaporizer was drained and filled with fresh halothane; the half-time was 2.7 days.
  • (16) The clinical laboratory findings (SGPT, thymol turbidity) were more in harmony with our laboratory results than with the clinical diagnoses.
  • (17) Effects of pretreatment with caffeine on Ca2+ release induced by caffeine, thymol, quercetin, or p-chloromercuriphenylsulfonic acid (pCMPS) from the heavy fraction of sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) were studied and compared with those effects on caffeine contracture and tetanus tension in single fibers of frog skeletal muscle.
  • (18) A simple method for the preparation of sweet potato beta-amylase by thymol amylose adsorption is described.
  • (19) The water soluble dye, thymol blue, only weakly interacts with LDL to cause slight increases in particle size and the interaction can be reversed on column chromatography and dialysis.
  • (20) The properties and mechanisms of Ca release induced by thymol from the intracellular Ca-store in the guinea-pig taenia caecum were investigated and compared with those by carbachol, using an intact muscle and a microsomal fraction.

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