What's the difference between exposed and patulous?
Exposed
Definition:
(imp. & p. p.) of Expose
Example Sentences:
(1) In contrast, arteries which were exposed to CO showed a higher uptake of cholesterol as compared to their corresponding control.
(2) These surveys show that campers exposed to mountain stream water are at risk of acquiring giardiasis.
(3) Both the vitellogenesis and the GtH cell activity are restored in the fish exposed to short photoperiod if it is followed by a long photoperiod.
(4) However, four of ten young adult outer arm (relatively sun-exposed) and one of ten young adult inner arm (relatively sun-protected) fibroblasts lines increased their saturation density in response to retinoic acid.
(5) The effects of phenoxyacetic acid herbicides were investigated on the induction of chromosome aberrations in human peripheral lymphocyte cultures in vitro and in lymphocytes of exposed workers in vivo.
(6) Peak Expiratory Flow and Forced Expiratory Mean Flows in the ranges 0-25%, 25-50% and 50-75% of Forced Vital Capacity were significantly reduced in animals exposed to gasoline exhaust fumes, whereas the group exposed to ethanol exhaust fumes did not differ from the control group.
(7) Lung sections of rats exposed to quartz particles were significantly different.
(8) The amino-terminal region of a 70 kDa mitochondrial outer membrane protein of yeast and the presequence of cytochrome c1, an inner membrane protein exposed to the intermembrane space, are thought to be responsible for localizing the proteins in their final destinations after synthesis in the cytosol.
(9) When irradiated circular DNA, previously nicked by T4 endonuclease V, is briefly exposed to elevated temperature, the DAN becomes susceptible to the action of exonuclease V, and pyrimidine dimers are selectively released.
(10) Shelter’s analysis of MoJ figures highlights high-risk hotspots across the country where families are particularly at risk of losing their homes, with households in Newham, east London, most exposed to the possibility of eviction or repossession, with one in every 36 homes threatened.
(11) Naloxone injection into those rats exposed to constant illumination significantly increased hypothalamic levels of beta-endorphin compared to saline injected controls.
(12) In neither case has a significant elevation in inherited genetic effects or cancer been detected in the offspring of exposed individuals.
(13) Total body dose of 2,4-D was determined in 10 volunteers following exposure to sprayed turf 1 hour following application and in 10 volunteers exposed 24 hours following application.
(14) Three subcohorts were defined: 3212 men whose only exposure to asbestos was to amosite; 3430 exposed to crocidolite; and 675 to both amphiboles.
(15) A failure to reach a solution would potentially leave 200,000 homes without affordable cover, leaving owners unable to sell their properties and potentially exposing them to financial hardship.
(16) These O2-exposed cells were resistant to 4HNE, requiring 2.6 times as long in 80 microM 4HNE to reach 30% survival as compared to density-matched normoxia control.
(17) Since alkaline phosphatase, a glycoprotein, is not affected, the destruction is selective and presumably involves only the most exposed membrane components.
(18) At first it looked as though the winger might have shown too much of the ball to the defence, yet he managed to gain a crucial last touch to nudge it past Phil Jones and into the path of Jerome, who slipped Chris Smalling’s attempt at a covering tackle and held off Michael Carrick’s challenge to place a shot past an exposed De Gea.
(19) II, the visual and auditory stimuli were exposed conversely over the habituation- (either stimulus) and the test-periods (both stimuli).
(20) Further work is required to determine whether such a risk exists but caution should be exercised by those exposed to aerosols generated during procedures on HIV-1 infected patients.
Patulous
Definition:
(a.) Open; expanded; slightly spreading; having the parts loose or dispersed; as, a patulous calyx; a patulous cluster of flowers.
Example Sentences:
(1) The relationship between sudden hearing loss and an ipsilateral patulous tube was tested in our Eustachian tube laboratory.
(2) Depending on the degree of patency, the patulous tube showed either a synchronous change of the tympanal pressure with that of the pharyngeal cavity or an early and sudden drop of the tympanal pressure without deglutition.
(3) Nineteen of the patients were found to have patulous Eustachian tubes in 1 or both ears as evidenced by impedance variations synchronous with the respiration.
(4) Complications of tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy include hemorrhage, anesthetic death, infection, nasopharyngeal stenosis, patulous eustachian tube, and hypernasality.
(5) There was no indication of a facilitated passive tubal opening nor a tendency to a patulous tube among our patients.
(6) Patulous Eustachian tube (tuba aperta) is a distressing condition for the patient with such symptoms as autophony and a sensation of fullness in the ear.
(7) It is postulated that thrombosis in the arteriovenous fistula group was induced by conversion (due to embolization) of a patulous high flow venous outlet into a slow flow system; in the vein-of-Galen group, the occlusion was thought to be due to high-flow venopathy.
(8) Of importance is the concept that the so-called patulous cardia, or effaced abdominal esophagus or widened or absent "submerged segment," is a variety of sliding hiatal hernia that is often neglected radiologically but may be of considerable clinical significance.
(9) The cases reported illustrate three surgical criteria necessary to manage these unusual cases successfully: removal of sufficient diseased bone to create a patulous canal; resurfacing denuded bony areas with thin split-thickness skin grafts to prevent soft tissue contractions; an adequate meatoplasty.
(10) Therefore, in this experiment, we attempted to design a method by which we could examine tubal function and make both diagnoses and therapeutic evaluations of patulous tube.
(11) An equally high cure rate was obtained by the endoscopic operation even in patients who had a high grade VUR, patulous ureteral orifices, an underlying neurogenic bladder, or episodes of urinary tract infection.
(12) Sonographic findings suggestive of an ODL include low position of the conus, nontapered bulbous appearance of the conus, dorsal location of the cord within the bony canal, solid or cystic masses in the distal canal or soft tissue of the back extending toward the canal, patulous distal thecal sac, and thick filum.
(13) Repair usually consisted of incision of the web and construction of a patulous gastric outlet.
(14) The diagnosis of a patulous Eustachian tube relies mainly upon the history, examination and a clinical awareness of the condition.
(15) Reports on the effectiveness of myringotomy and tube for treatment of symptoms of the patulous eustachian tube are discouraging, even though there are no large series substantiating its ineffectiveness.
(16) We could not observe more patulous tubes in patients with sudden hearing loss compared to a control group with healthy ears.
(17) The anatomic defects which have been described with prolapse include a defect in the pelvic floor with diastasis of the levatores ani, loss of the normal horizontal position of the rectum, an abnormally deep cul-de-sac of Douglas, a redundant rectosigmoid, and a patulous anal sphincter.
(18) Of the 22 tests, one indicated a patulous eustachian tube (ET) and 20 suggested a semipatulous ET.
(19) Two-hundred and seventy pregnant women (540 ears) were examined for patulous Eustachian tubes.
(20) The concept of somatosounds (tinnitus arising from outside the auditory pathway) is presented, and the management of some conditions, including patulous Eustachian tube and palatal myoclonus, is discussed.