What's the difference between existence and polymorphy?

Existence


Definition:

  • (n.) The state of existing or being; actual possession of being; continuance in being; as, the existence of body and of soul in union; the separate existence of the soul; immortal existence.
  • (n.) Continued or repeated manifestation; occurrence, as of events of any kind; as, the existence of a calamity or of a state of war.
  • (n.) That which exists; a being; a creature; an entity; as, living existences.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) One hundred and twenty-seven states have said with common voice that their security is directly threatened by the 15,000 nuclear weapons that exist in the arsenals of nine countries, and they are demanding that these weapons be prohibited and abolished.
  • (2) The only other evidence of Kopachi's existence is the primary school near the memorial.
  • (3) Subsequently, the study of bundle branch block and A-V block cases revealed that no explicit correlation existed between histopathological changes and functional disturbances nor between disturbances in conduction (i.e.
  • (4) It has recently been suggested that procaine penicillin existed in solution in vitro and in vivo as a "procaine - penicillin" complex rather than as dissociated ions.
  • (5) The data suggest that major differences may exist between ruminants and non-ruminants in the response of liver metabolism both to lactation per se and to the effects of growth hormone and insulin.
  • (6) The obvious need for highly effective contraception in women with existing disorders of glucose metabolism has led to a search for oral contraceptive (OC) regimens for such women that are efficient but without unacceptable metabolic side effects.
  • (7) These results are discussed in relation to the possible existence of enzyme-bound intermediates of nitrogen fixation.
  • (8) Psychiatry unlike philosophy (with its problem of solipsism) recognizes the existence of other minds from the nonverbal communication between doctor and patient.
  • (9) Over the past decade the use of monoclonal antibodies has greatly advanced our knowledge of the biological properties and heterogeneity that exist within human tumours, and in particular in lung cancer.
  • (10) This suggests that a physiological mechanism exists which can increase the barrier pressure to gastrooesophageal reflux during periods of active secretion of the stomach, as occurs in digestion.
  • (11) After four years of existence, many evaluations were able to show the qualities of this system regarding root canal penetration, cleaning and shaping.
  • (12) The authors conclude that H. pylori alone causes little or no effect on an intact gastric mucosa in the rat, that either intact organisms or bacteria-free filtrates cause similar prolongation and delayed healing of pre-existing ulcers with active chronic inflammation, and that the presence of predisposing factors leading to disruption of gastric mucosal integrity may be required for the H. pylori enhancement of inflammation and tissue damage in the stomach.
  • (13) Elongation of existing RNA primers by the human polymerase-primase was semi-processive; following primer binding the DNA polymerase continuously incorporated 20 to 50 nucleotides, then it dissociated from the template DNA.
  • (14) Richard Hill, deputy chief executive at the Homes & Communities Agency , said: "As social businesses, housing associations already have a good record of re-investing their surpluses to build new homes and improve those of their existing tenants.
  • (15) The relative strength of the progressions varies with excitation wavelength and this, together with the absence of a common origin, indicates the existence of two independent emitting states with 0-0' levels separated by either 300 or 1000 cm-1.
  • (16) Participants were selected from existing classes forming a weight training, aerobic exercise and activity control group.
  • (17) Neurotensin (NT) is an endogenous brain tridecapeptide for which high affinity binding sites exist in the central nervous system.
  • (18) These results are interpreted in terms of the accessory binding site theory of AriĆ«ns, and suggest the existence of different accessory binding sites on the Ascaris GABA receptor.
  • (19) Achilles tendon overuse injuries exist as a spectrum of diseases ranging from inflammation of the paratendinous tissue (paratenonitis), to structural degeneration of the tendon (tendinosis), and finally tendon rupture.
  • (20) Little difference exists between the proportion of programs that offer training in first-trimester techniques and the proportion that train in second-trimester techniques.

Polymorphy


Definition:

  • (n.) Existence in many forms; polymorphism.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The changes observed were alterations of the nucleus (fingerlike or fingerformed nuclei, nuclear invaginations, and intranuclear vesicular membrane bodies), changes of the mitochondries (number, polymorphy, and osmiophil bodies), as well as changes of lysosomes (myelin-shaped residual bodies).
  • (2) There were many interrelated histological concomitants, such as polymorphy and chromatin density, and as nuclei and macronuclei.
  • (3) Tissue slides of 230 epithelial ovarian cancers were examined by two different pathologic teams to determine the following details: histological pattern, grade of polymorphy, mitotic index, density of chromatin, presence of nuclei and macronuclei, lymphocytic infiltration, psammoma bodies, and necrosis.
  • (4) Polymorphy was the best histological prognostic indicator and, together with necrosis, produced the best prognostic grading system.
  • (5) From our results we conclude that polymorphy, as well as a lack of PR are strong indicators for short-term recurrence.
  • (6) The development of cell polymorphy in human corneal endothelium was investigated by vital staining.
  • (7) Endothelial cell coalescence, cell loss and amitotic nucleus division are possible causes of endothelial cell polymorphy.
  • (8) Significant effects on prognosis could be demonstrated for polymorphy, chromatin density, mitotic index, histologic pattern, (macro)nuclei.
  • (9) Also the size, polymorphy, and quantity of the detected antigens were in very good accordance with previously published data.
  • (10) The extreme polymorphy of the histological structure of the malignant melanoblastoma of the choroid, and the diverse forms of the tumor echogram stimulated the comparative investigation of such tumors in 22 cases.
  • (11) We saw alterations of the nucleus (finger-like or finger-formed nuclei, nuclear invaginations and intranuclear vesicular membranbodies), changes of the mitochondries (number, polymorphy and osmiophil bodies) as well as changes of lysosomes (myelinshaped residualbodies).
  • (12) Several investigated bank vole populations are polymorphis for the number of salivary amylase loci, and individual chromosomes may carry one, two or three linked amylase structural genes.
  • (13) The clinical course of the malignant melanoma could best be correlated to the histogenetic type of tumour, depth of invasion, nucleus polymorphy and the quantity and arrangement of the microfilament complexes.
  • (14) Using infiltrative-destructive tumor growth, polymorphy, and chromatin density of tumor cell nuclei, extension of renal vein invasion, age and sex, as the only 6 required out of 25 distinguished tumor parameters, this statistical multivariate method comprised 7 distinctive groups of different mean geometrical postoperative survival time, obviously corresponding to 7 tumor types of increasing degree of malignancy.
  • (15) The new formation of tumor bone tissue remains in the near normal range of volume density when nuclear polymorphy is limited.
  • (16) The capacity for mineralization of bone tissue is lost with marked polymorphy.
  • (17) The triad polymorphy, dense colonization, triangle principle has proved to be of useful for the differential diagnosis.
  • (18) An ovarian tumor existing at the same time, turned out to be histologically a mere hilus cell-tumor with a strong nucleus polymorphy.
  • (19) After 48 h, we found fewer damaged cells and no denuded Descemet's membranes, but larger polymorphy of the cells and a numerical increase in the microvilli of the cells surrounding the damaged cells.

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