What's the difference between fauces and faucet?

Fauces


Definition:

  • (n.pl.) The narrow passage from the mouth to the pharynx, situated between the soft palate and the base of the tongue; -- called also the isthmus of the fauces. On either side of the passage two membranous folds, called the pillars of the fauces, inclose the tonsils.
  • (n.pl.) The throat of a calyx, corolla, etc.
  • (n.pl.) That portion of the interior of a spiral shell which can be seen by looking into the aperture.
  • (pl. ) of Faux

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The lesions of acute feline calicivirus infection are of a transient vesiculo-ulcerative nature and involve, to varying degrees, the palate, tongue, gingiva, lips, nasal philtrum, and oral fauces.
  • (2) Frequently occurring colonization of hemolytic streptococcus in the fauces and the rise of the ASL-O titer in the blood serum seen in patients with the hematuric form of glomerulonephritis, its dependence on the disease activity suggest the streptococcal etiology in patients with that form in contrast to those with the nephrotic form.
  • (3) The carriage of opportunistic microorganisms in the fauces and nose of the neonates had decreased substantially by the time of the discharge from the maternity home, while the incidence of pyo-inflammatory diseases had also reduced among them.
  • (4) Simple algorithms and a computer program are provided for estimating Fcomp, FAUC, td, Fmax, and other parameters relevant to DDA for drugs that exhibit a linear polyexponential bolus response.
  • (5) Material obtained from the mucous membranes of the upper respiratory tract (the anterior section of the nasal cavity, the fauces) in young children, both healthy and suffering with different forms of acute pneumonia, has been analyzed with due regard to the structure of the microflora, its specific composition and the size of populations formed by different species constituting the microflora.
  • (6) The existence of naturally infected Akodon azarae, both within and outside the endemic area, as well as the finding that other species, ecologically and phylogenetically related to the main reservoirs, such as Akodon molinae and Calomys callidus, can experimentally develop persistent infections with virus shedding through fauces, suggest a potential role for these cricetids as alternative reservoirs.
  • (7) In 16 persons, Yersinia might be cultivated from the different biological media: blood, feces, urine, fauces, and synovial fluid.
  • (8) Estimates of Ecomp, FAUC, td, and Fmax are presented for several drugs.
  • (9) The carriership of Staphylococcus aureus in the fauces occurring in the presence of the decreased characteristics of local defence and phagocytic system of the newborn favours an increase of the disease incidence in the babies as well as the formation of the chronic foci of infection in the future.
  • (10) Changes in microflora of the urine, feces, blood, fauces, vagina, and resected tissues in the course of antituberculous therapy were studied.
  • (11) associated with neurovegetal symptomatology ascribable to the active principles contained in the preparation used: mydriasis, disturbances in visual accomodation, dryness of the fauces.
  • (12) The compounded peripheral bioavailability, F comp, is the ratio between the total compounded amount of drug transferred to the peripheral system and the injected dose, D. The AUC peripheral bioavailability, FAUC, is the ratio between the area under the amount vs. time curves for the peripheral system and the sampling compartment.
  • (13) Clinical, microbiological and immunological examinations were made of ailing children with localized (fauces) and spread (fauces, skin, intestine) staphylococcal lesions.
  • (14) Toxic patterns of diphtheria of the fauces in adults are characterized by laryngeal lesions which considerably deteriorate the disease prognosis.
  • (15) Pseudosarcoma is a malignant, polypoid tumour which has been described in the oesophagus, mouth, fauces and larynx.
  • (16) Over 60 percent of the neonates were discharged from the maternity home with a normally formed intestinal microflora, 60 percent had normal microflora in the fauces, 80 percent in the nose, and 70 percent of the neonates demonstrated normal skin microflora.
  • (17) Group B streptococci were found to colonize different loci in newborns (the fauces, the nose, the umbilical cord, the ears, feces) and their mothers (the fauces, the vagina, the perianal fold, milk, the skin around the nipples, amniotic fluid, the umbilical cord).
  • (18) In 1902, Polya and von Navratil published a paper in German describing lymphatic drainage of buccal mucosa, alveolus, fauces, and lips.
  • (19) The pigs used a second pump mechanism at the base of the tongue to transport liquid through the pillars of the fauces into the valleculae.
  • (20) The normal organs appear as a pair of small oval protrusions at the upper lateral sites of the fauces, and consist of a single lymph nodule with a germinal center and a crypt-like epithelium with prominent lymphoid cell infiltration.

Faucet


Definition:

  • (n.) A fixture for drawing a liquid, as water, molasses, oil, etc., from a pipe, cask, or other vessel, in such quantities as may be desired; -- called also tap, and cock. It consists of a tubular spout, stopped with a movable plug, spigot, valve, or slide.
  • (n.) The enlarged end of a section of pipe which receives the spigot end of the next section.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Standing Rock protests: this is only the beginning Read more “When the Dakota Access Pipeline breaks (and we know that too many pipelines do), millions of people will have crude-oil-contaminated water … don’t let the automatic sink faucets in your homes fool you – that water comes from somewhere, and the second its source is contaminated, so is your bathtub, and your sink, and your drinking liquid.
  • (2) When wide spread of infection caused by Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus and Pseudomonas aeruginosa was recognized in 1981 our strategies were set up of water faucets with footpedal, frequent to wash of hands and use of disposable paper towels.
  • (3) The specific resistivity of water was at the level of 17 to 18 megohms-cm at the recirculation loop and greater than 10 megohms-cm at the individual faucets.
  • (4) Customers are losing about a quarter of water to leaks between the reservoir and the faucet – double that of the industry standard.
  • (5) Water is decanted by opening a faucet connected to the inferior part of the recipient.
  • (6) To assess risk factors associated with the contamination of the domestic environment by legionellae, 211 houses in the Quebec City area were randomly selected and water samples were collected from the hot water tank, the shower heads, and the most frequently used faucet.
  • (7) Problem solved, no further solving of the hot water faucet problem is required.
  • (8) The same monoclonal type was also isolated from make-up water for the two cooling towers, a hot water tank, water separators in four main air compressor systems for respiratory therapy, and cold and hot water faucets.
  • (9) Although present at low levels in free-flowing domestic water supplies (less than 1 per ml), they can be easily isolated by swabbing sink faucets, drinking fountain heads, surgical scrub sink heads and aerators, dental chair spray units, and from the air water interface in humidifiers, nebulizers, water baths, and reservoirs where the water may remain static for weeks.
  • (10) The apparatus connected the following types of point-of-use water conditioning systems: a faucet water filter, a cellulose fiber filter, an activated carbon filter, a reverse osmosis system, and a distillation unit.
  • (11) In 1992, when Bill Clinton ran for president and his extramarital affairs began dripping out like a leaky faucet, Hillary and Bill did a joint interview with 60 Minutes .
  • (12) There’s a reason the water faucet hasn’t changed radically over the years.
  • (13) Hot water tanks, faucets, and showerheads were sampled.
  • (14) The laundry is a small room with three faucets pouring weak streams of cold water.
  • (15) Microbiologic studies of the potential environmental sources revealed growth of X. maltophilia in two water faucets and in one water sample from the medical intensive care unit.
  • (16) Hot water samples were obtained from the water heater, the shower heads, and the most frequently used faucet of 211 private houses.
  • (17) But it became clear that wells weren't enough -- so Damon and co-founder Gary White decided to launch a campaign to give loans to get a faucet into people's homes.
  • (18) Opening up the faucet and letting people hear it, stream it and all that stuff is definitely very healthy."
  • (19) An analysis of furniture and equipment, water faucets and drains showed that Pseudomonas strains found in the water did not coincide with those found in wounds.
  • (20) In this context, ultrasonic inhalators, irrigators, dialysis equipment and faucet aerators are discussed.

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