What's the difference between enumerate and specify?

Enumerate


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To count; to tell by numbers; to count over, or tell off one after another; to number; to reckon up; to mention one by one; to name over; to make a special and separate account of; to recount; as, to enumerate the stars in a constellation.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) We therefore enumerated the percentage of Leu2a+ cells as well as the occurrence of HLA-DR activation markers within this population.
  • (2) It could be evaluated both by a plaquing technique and by cell enumeration with an electronic particle counter.
  • (3) were brought about with the aim of performing a "statistical" study of enumeration of the various possibilities, using three "standard" programmes.
  • (4) A novel staining procedure for enumerating osteoclasts on neonatal mouse calvaria with the vital fluorescent dye acridine orange is described.
  • (5) DNA-based detection strategies offer advantages of rapid analysis and enumeration of target cell frequencies with detection sensitivities approximating 10(-4).
  • (6) After reviewing the immunological anomalies provoked by the human immuno-deficiency virus (HIV) as well as their implications in pulmonary pathology, the authors enumerate the diagnostic and therapeutic methods currently available in the treatment of patients suffering from AIDS and pulmonary diseases.
  • (7) Cord blood mononuclear cell subsets were enumerated in 31 neonates delivered after maternal labor, in 25 neonates delivered by cesarean section without preceding labor, and in 60 healthy adults.
  • (8) Stationary-phase cells of Escherichia coli were enumerated by the pour plate method on Trypticase soy agar containing 0.3% yeast extract (TSYA), violet red-bile agar, and desoxycholate-lactose agar, and by the most-probable-number method in Brilliant Green-bile broth and lauryl sulfate broth.
  • (9) We have investigated alternative ways of showing variations in child health by using different aggregations of Enumeration Districts (ED) in a small, sparsely populated rural area.
  • (10) We conclude that these monoclonal antibodies should be useful for the enumeration and analysis of TdT-positive cells in normal and neoplastic hematopoietic tissues from several mammalian sources, including man.
  • (11) Salivary S. mutans and lactobacilli were also enumerated.
  • (12) After the enumeration of every single problem encountered in the geriatric gynecology, it has been proved, that the malignant tumors of such cases are of a special significance.
  • (13) If the enumerated criteria for cyst selection are followed, the technique described safely permits aspiration and provides data for a therapeutic plan.
  • (14) Complementary diagnostical methods are also enumerated.
  • (15) An improved membrane filtration procedure for use on board ship to enumerate Escherichia coli and Group D faecal streptococci in marine sediments is described.
  • (16) Offending substances and clinical manifestations are enumerated.
  • (17) It is therefore concluded that functional cytotoxicity assay is more informative in evaluating the status of cell-mediated immunity against tumors than the enumeration of lymphocyte subsets.
  • (18) The advantages are enumerated and are related to allograft pliability.
  • (19) It has not yet been possible to enumerate these tapered rods by culture methods, but as judged by visual appearances in the histological sections, they seemed to outnumber all other bacteria in the cecum and the colon by a factor of as much as 1000.
  • (20) The goal is to use information from the lists to estimate the total number of affected persons in the population, but with some accounting for the different but unknown probabilities of enumeration on each list.

Specify


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To mention or name, as a particular thing; to designate in words so as to distinguish from other things; as, to specify the uses of a plant; to specify articles purchased.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The present study was therefore carried out to specify further which type of adrenoceptor is involved in lithium-induced hyperglycaemia and inhibition of insulin secretion.
  • (2) The mboIIR gene specifies a protein of 416 amino acids (MW: 48,617) while the mboIIM gene codes for a putative 260-residue polypeptide (MW: 30,077).
  • (3) The specified region of the inner E2 core domain was highly homologous to the region of the E2 subunit of pyruvate dehydrogenase and alpha-ketoglutarate dehydrogenase.
  • (4) After a review of the technical development and application of staplers from their introduction to the present day, the indications to the use of this instrument in all gastroenterological areas from the oesophagus to the rectum as well as in chest, gynaecological and urological surgery specified.
  • (5) The gacA gene specifies a trans-active 24-kDa protein.
  • (6) The flow of a specified concentration of test gas exits from the mixing board, enters a distributing tube, and is then distributed equally to 12 chamber tubes housing one mouse each.
  • (7) FBI assistant director David Bowdich said that Syed Farook, 28, and his wife Tashfeen Malik, 27, were radicalized long before they went on a rampage at a community center in southern California last Wednesday, but would not specify whether he meant months or years.
  • (8) One abutment was used to evaluate each of nine oral hygiene instrumentation methods used for specified lengths of time or instrument strokes.
  • (9) The ordering may also serve as a simple format for specifying corticostriatal connections in development.
  • (10) Cessation of coital activity was associated with specified types of stress between 65 and 70 years of age in the subgroup of men who had stopped due to inability; six out of eight reported stress against five out of 20 in the C group, P less than 0.05.
  • (11) Eight bibliographic control elements are defined, and the criteria for evaluating the occurrence of these elements in sixty-four sample catalogs are specified.
  • (12) A total of 5319 cases of primary cancer in childhood were followed until patient death or the end of 1980, and the number of secondary tumors were observed, specifying on diagnosis, age, sex, and time since first tumor diagnosis.
  • (13) These design methods are suited for constructing the most efficient gradient coil that meets a specified homogeneity requirement.
  • (14) We found a 258-nucleotide 5' leader sequence containing three short open reading frames followed by a sequence specifying a protein of 437 amino acids.
  • (15) Responses in the presence of each terminal-link stimulus produced equal frequencies of food reinforcement, but in the presence of one of the stimuli, food depended upon the emission of a response rate either higher or lower than a specified value (differential reinforcement of rates).
  • (16) A formal notion of relatability is defined, specifying which physically given edges leading into discontinuities can be connected to others by interpolated edges.
  • (17) These bounds require an investigator to specify a range of possible concordances for the times to occurrences of the competing risks.
  • (18) Consistent with the convergence hypothesis, only those sites that specify amino acids in the mature lysozyme are shared uniquely with ruminant lysozyme genes.
  • (19) The level of competency in the diagnosis and treatment of common and emergency disorders needed by nonophthalmologists is assessed and then translated into explicit objectives that specify the levels of mastery to be learned.
  • (20) Specified cytotoxicity and mutagenicity of coal dust extract (mixture of solvent extractions of bituminous coal nitrosated by NaNO2) were investigated because of the association of an excess risk of gastric cancer in coal miners.