What's the difference between erosion and flatiron?

Erosion


Definition:

  • (n.) The act or operation of eroding or eating away.
  • (n.) The state of being eaten away; corrosion; canker.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The counts of EAC-receptor carrying neutrophils were two times lower in the patients with erosive ulcerative lichen planus as against those with the typical form of the disease.
  • (2) Endoscopy showed an irregular erosion of 4 by 2 cm, from which biopsies were taken.
  • (3) The dispute is rooted in the recent erosion of many of the freedoms Egyptians won when they rose up against Mubarak in a stunning, 18-day uprising.
  • (4) Poly(ortho ester) bioerodible polymers are suitable materials for the topical administration of a wide variety of therapeutic agents; varying the nature and amounts of excipients physically incorporated into the polymer will vary the erosion rates from a few hours to many months.
  • (5) In support of this argument, a case of erosive arthritis is reported in a skeleton from Kulubnarti, Republic of the Sudan (c. 700-1450 A.D.).
  • (6) As many as 72 patients with erosive and ulcerous injuries to the stomach and duodenum were examined for the clinical efficacy of antepsin (sucralfate).
  • (7) Important problems currently under study or requiring investigation for better understanding of the pathophysiology and management are reviewed under three major categories: acute peptic erosions and ulcers, gastric ulcer, and duodenal ulcer.
  • (8) We have summed up four types of essential X-ray features of cortical erosion and their pathological bases, clarified the limited ability of X-ray to reveal early cortical invasion and the range of infiltration.
  • (9) This is a report of the short- and long-term complications in a premature infant with tracheoesophageal fistula, including those related to central venous alimentation, seizures, chylothorax, bronchopulmonary dysplasia, dental erosions, gastroesophageal reflux, pulmonary problems, and gall stones.
  • (10) Erosion was observed on all teeth, but was commonest on the upper incisors, canines and premolars, and severest on palatal surfaces.
  • (11) Postoperatively, visual acuity was improved and symptoms of erosion decreased in both patients.
  • (12) Adrenaline produced severe sub-mucosal haemorrhage, but no erosions or ulceration, while prednisolone and fasting gave no gross pathology.
  • (13) A follow-up study of erosive prepyloric changes (EPC) was undertaken in 60 patients who originally presented with non-ulcer dyspepsia and EPC grade 2 or 3.
  • (14) The presence of granularity and erosion did not much affect the estimated risks.
  • (15) These mice also have circulating rheumatoid factor (RF) and develop histological changes in their joints characterized by pannus formation, cartilage and bone erosions.
  • (16) We consider that the rarity of stricture rules out the necessity of any change in management, whether or not erosive oesophagitis is observed at endoscopy.
  • (17) It was hypothesized that an autoaggressive attack of lymphoid cells against the epithelium of the oral mucosa played a role in the pathogenesis of this erosive stomatitis and it was suggested that there might be a correlation between the occurrence of stomatitis and the presence of Castleman's tumor.
  • (18) Fatale haemoptysis occurred as a result of circumferential caustic erosion to the right intermediate bronchus caused by a tablet of ferrous sulphate which remained in contact for 4 days.
  • (19) Prophylactic treatment by intra-articular injections twice weekly for 4 weeks caused amelioration of canine cartilage erosions.
  • (20) In 17 out of 18 such patients, the two-week therapy with sucralfat (venter) resulted in the disappearance of esophagitis with multiple erosions.

Flatiron


Definition:

  • (n.) An iron with a flat, smooth surface for ironing clothes.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Photograph: Alamy Skyscrapers were very new when Edward J Steichen took this photograph of Manhattan's Flatiron building.
  • (2) Edward J Steichen – The Flatiron (1904) Romance in the mist ...
  • (3) Updated at 3.40pm BST 3.28pm BST President Obama is expected to leave the White House today at 3.30pm for an 8pm fundraiser at a hotel in NYC's Flatiron district and be back in the WH by 11pm.
  • (4) The Flatiron building, New York City, on a rainy night (1904) by Edward Steichen.
  • (5) Open Mon-Sat noon-1am, Sun noon-midnight Bittles Bar Facebook Twitter Pinterest Photograph: Alamy This flatiron-shaped bar, decorated with portraits of Northern Ireland’s most famous sons – from Seamus Heaney to George Best – carries several Irish craft beers in bottle and on keg.