What's the difference between eyeball and humour?

Eyeball


Definition:

  • (n.) The ball or globe of the eye.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The weight and size of the eyeballs were almost the same as those in normal NC pups.
  • (2) You can also blast individual eyeballs from their sockets, or – if you're particularly skilful – make their testicles explode like a pair of microwaved eggs.
  • (3) I think the heart of good comedy really lives in truth and reacting to the absurdities, hypocrisies, abuses of power in the world.” Late night television is a no longer a glass of warm milk before bed, it’s a lunch buffet And as TV viewership declines and internet virality becomes as important as real-time eyeballs, cable networks might find that topical comedy is a smart, cost-effective way to grab cross-platform attention.
  • (4) It is emphasized that eyeball deformation can be used as an independent tool in transmitter studies of the retina.
  • (5) The optic nerve of 2 adult male Macaca fuscata was exposed and lysophosphatidylcholine dissolved in saline at 2% was slowly injected into the nerve at about 5 mm posteriorly from the eyeball.
  • (6) This larger operation appears justified in selected cases by the reduced risks to an already compromised eyeball or optic nerve.
  • (7) Absorbable polydioxanone (PDS; Ethicon) threads were used for cerclage of the eyeball.
  • (8) Bovine eyeballs were immersed in fluids including sea water for variable intervals of time, and magnesium concentrations and those of other electrolytes were determined in the aqueous and vitreous humor.
  • (9) Authors have presented treatment results of severe eye injuries with double perforation of the anterior and posterior wall of the eyeball.
  • (10) The Wildervanck syndrome consists of the Klippel-Feil deformity of the spine, eyeball retraction, lateral gaze weakness, and hearing loss.
  • (11) In this strain of rat, the eyeball is reduced to about one-third in diameter, and there is no optic nerve.
  • (12) I lifted my patient's eyelid to check she was dead – and her eyeball came out Read more After some deft manoeuvring with the forceps and a prophylactic course of antibiotics, the offending item was deposited in the medical waste bin.
  • (13) A 6-year old girl, the 3rd case, developed episodes of opisthotonous, upward rolling of the eyeballs, protrusions of the tongue, intermittent writhing movements of the upper limbs, and drowsiness following the ingestion of 6 tablets of chloroquine sulfate for suspected diagnosis of malaria.
  • (14) Squeaky-clean Leona Lewis has covered Trent Reznor's hara-kiri-themed treatise Hurt, Beyoncé pre-empted Ke$ha on last year's Rather Die Young, and the Lynchian pretend-we're-dead poise of Lana "Born To Die" Del Rey couldn't be more cadaver chic if she started shaking with rigor mortis, maggots spilling from her eyeballs.
  • (15) Chronic trophic uveitis was encountered in some patients after the operation, which led to subatrophy of the eyeball.
  • (16) Specific antigens were detected in the lens of the eyeball by immunofluorescence test with sera from mice in which ophthalmitis had been induced and the antigens were lenticular proteins with molecular weights (MW) of 15,000 (15K) to 25K, and 45K.
  • (17) The effect of eyeball pressure on the heart rate was measured in 65 babies and was found to cause a brisk drop in heart rate in 32 babies.
  • (18) In nine cases of severe injury in the anterior segment with little light perception, reconstructive keratoplasty was performed to keep the eyeballs successfully in seven cases, among whom five cases obtained transparent grafts.
  • (19) For comparison, the responses of retinal ganglion cells to eyeball deformation in a hydrostatically open system and to a sudden increase in the intraocular pressure (closed system) are described.
  • (20) The degree of redox processes and oxygen tension in the tissues was studied by the polarographic technique, the character of microcirculatory processes with the aid of biomicroscopy of the eyeball conjunctiva, the intensity of immunologic shifts by means of precipitation with polyethylene glycol at different dilutions.

Humour


Definition:

Example Sentences:

  • (1) I can see you use humour as a defence mechanism, so in return I could just tell you that if he's massively rich or famous and you've decided you'll put up with it to please him, you'll eventually discover it's not worth it.
  • (2) He captivated me, but not just because of his intellect; it was for his wisdom, his psychological insights and his sense of humour that I will always remember our dinners together.
  • (3) It’s useless if we try and fight with them through force, so we try and fight with them through humour.” “There is a saying that laughing is the best form of medicine.
  • (4) This study shows that aqueous humour examination for toxoplasma antibodies is a valuable diagnostic tool in a selected group of posterior uveitis patients.
  • (5) The concentrations of several post mortem aqueous humour chemical constituents were compared with ante mortem serum chemical values in the horse.
  • (6) The cAMP level in aqueous humour also decreased, with an increase in cGMP level increased.
  • (7) How she would have enjoyed meeting up with people she hadn’t seen for years, and looking back with humour and affection.
  • (8) The prose rhythm and colloquial diction here work against exaggeration, but allow for humour.
  • (9) "In terms of targeting there are similarities [with Dave], it has continued to deliver outstanding numbers but it relies on a lot of UK specific humour.
  • (10) When we had a morning practice session, and some players were a bit sluggish, he would call them out to the middle of the pitch and shout: ‘Dilly-ding, dilly-dong!’ When I read this story about Leicester, I just started laughing because all those funny moments with him came rushing back into my head.” That Ranieri has a sense of humour is hardly new information.
  • (11) The popularity of "whom" humour tells us two things about the distinction between "who" and "whom".
  • (12) It was hypothesized that the body-symptoms are correlated to humour.
  • (13) They’re peculiarly British but the appeal of the humour and the ever-present message that good people always win is absolutely global.” “These films are a part of British culture and to be carrying on the legacy of [original Carry On writers] Norman Hudis and Talbot Rothwell is a thrill and a responsibility,” said Dawson.
  • (14) These findings, together with the morphological similarities between the rat and primate aqueous humour outflow pathways, particularly the presence of a single canal of Schlemm, suggest that the rat may be a valuable model for future studies of the normal and abnormal mechanisms of aqueous drainage.
  • (15) "It is not a likeable work," ran one unfavourable review, "containing little humour or tenderness or modesty.
  • (16) The only time I see him in even vague bad humour is when a wardrobe assistant tries to neaten a dancer's hair.
  • (17) Sometimes people think that I ... am surprising in that I laugh and use my sense of humour within my work.
  • (18) Yet, ultimately, the film honours Dengler's good humour, his resilience, his overwhelming desire to live; after describing the many horrendous tortures the Viet Cong inflicted on him, he shrugs and says: "They were always thinking up new things to do to me!"
  • (19) Whole-body autoradiography in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) after oral and intravenous administration of 3H-labelled aflatoxin B1 showed labelling of several extrahepatic tissues, such as the uveal melanin and the vitreous humour of the eyes, the trunk and head kidney, the olfactory rosettes and the pyloric caecae.
  • (20) And while Altmejd presents sexual scenes of cartoonish horror and disgust, Lucas's art has embraced lavatorial humour, abjection, self-denigration, the pithy sculptural one-liner and the obscene gesture.