What's the difference between flapping and hovering?

Flapping


Definition:

  • (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Flap

Example Sentences:

  • (1) 14 patients with painful neuroma, skin hyperesthesia or neuralgic rest pain were followed up (mean 20 months) after excision of skin and scar, neurolysis and coverage with pedicled or free flaps.
  • (2) A distally based posterior tibial artery adipofascial flap with skin graft was used for the reconstruction of soft tissue defects over the Achilles tendon in three cases and over the heel in three cases.
  • (3) Our results show that stenosis of about one-third of the original external diameter of the artery and vein of the pedicle in our model did not have any significant influence on the survival of the flap and ligation of the femoral artery distal to the branch to the flap did not produce any statistical difference in the viability of the flap.
  • (4) The haemodynamics and affecting factors of the acute random skin flap and the methods for monitoring its viability were studied.
  • (5) The general tendency of gradual CBF reduction from the pedicle to the distal end of all the flaps was observed.
  • (6) This report adds another modification of the standard gastrocnemius muscle flap: transtibial transposition of the muscle through the posterior cortex.
  • (7) The immediate reconstruction either by local flaps or by free grafts.
  • (8) Linton flap operation was performed in 202 patients with postphlebitic syndrome complicated by evident ulceration 64% of patients were followed up for 1-14 years.
  • (9) It was treated by the method of free autogenous gingival graft on the labial side and gingivectomy by flap on the palatal side.
  • (10) Osteocutaneous flaps from the foot are being utilized more for thumb and digit reconstruction.
  • (11) The difference from the Hughes flap is that the blood supply is maintained through two tubed pedicles of conjunctiva and Muller's muscle, rather than an apron of conjunctiva.
  • (12) These observations lead to the hypothesis that acidosis quenches fluorescence in distal skin flaps.
  • (13) The most common complications in breast augmentation surgery with homologous fat grafts obtained from fresh cadavers are presented, showing subsequent surgical procedures to reconstruct the breasts of such patients through use of silicone prostheses and muscle flaps from the latissimus dorsi.
  • (14) Both acquired defects were covered by two different cross-finger flap techniques, despite extensive scarring of the adjacent finger.
  • (15) Based on a limited experience we have found that triangular flap ureteroplasty is a worthwhile means of repeat reimplantation of the obstructed ureter and perhaps provides a better alternative than transureteroureterostomy.
  • (16) Is there not enough material available, can neck-, breast-or forehead flaps cover the defect, although they do not fulfill the demands for a satisfactory restoration of specific function.
  • (17) We present our initial experience with a new method of increasing the survival of acute skin flaps through stress conditioning using heat shock and recovery.
  • (18) We conclude that although the tissue expansion technique yields acceptable results, the TRAM flap yields superior aesthetic results in terms of both appearance and consistency.
  • (19) The usual approach to the inferior orbit has been through a subciliary skin incision and dissection of a skin flap to the orbital rim.
  • (20) Exteriorization is accomplished by mobilizing 2 lateral skin flaps from the perineum and joining them with the inverted U flap to reach the vagina.

Hovering


Definition:

  • (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Hover

Example Sentences:

  • (1) As May delivered her statement in the chamber, police helicopters hovered overhead and a police cordon remained in place around Westminster, but MPs from across the political spectrum were determined to show that they were continuing with business as usual.
  • (2) Greece's desperate plight hovers over the meeting, although formally there is no mention of Greece on the agenda or in the statements drafted for the meeting.
  • (3) So it was that Mané broke along the right and turned over a dangerous ball that needed Matteo Darmian’s intervention as Shane Long hovered.
  • (4) I was sitting in the room, reading all the negativity and death threats, and by now the helium balloons were half-full, hovering like jellyfish.
  • (5) Even if everyone in the world limited their fish consumption to once a week (I don’t eat other kinds of meat), the oceans would still be hovering on depletion.
  • (6) Military helicopters hovered overhead as supporters and opponents of the Muslim Brotherhood clashed in the streets below.
  • (7) Horses grazing singly or in groups were aggressively defended by hovering males.
  • (8) From the vantage point of my 10-centimetre porthole, I glimpsed life forms with outlines like blown glass occasionally drifting past our lights, while small crustaceans hovered around like flies, keeping pace with our descent.
  • (9) In his dreamlike view of the world, bits of buildings are liberated to take on their own lives and attempt unexpected feats: floors can shift and windows can hover – and now, it seems, planes can spurt out shimmering aluminium vapour trails.
  • (10) They all hover around a standard Australian size 8-10, and all have a similar svelte, leggy look.
  • (11) Bill Clinton hovering just off screen in latest batch of Hillary Clinton emails Read more Platte River took over the device in June 2013, about four months after Clinton left the State Department, and turned it over to the FBI last month, the newspaper reported.
  • (12) Its growth has slowed in recent days and its size now hovers around 241,000 hectares.
  • (13) · In the early 1990s, television news programmes featured clips of advanced TM practitioners, known as yogic flyers, apparently hovering off the ground while sitting in the lotus position.
  • (14) Simmons was struck by the cravat, but also by a third man hovering in the doorway during viewings.
  • (15) The remark evoked a defensive response from those wedded to the ephemeral virtues of the "confidence fairy" – and who are concerned to keep her benevolent figure hovering above Britain's severely weakened economy.
  • (16) The potential for a trade war is hovering in the background as Congress and the Republicans agitate over what they regard as underhand tactics by Beijing.
  • (17) With it would come “the Mother of Planes, which would hover over space for up to a year and then swoop down to rescue righteous black Muslims from the great white wasteland”.
  • (18) A much bigger role for the market is not a recipe for a bigger or stronger society, because in practice businesses – especially the big US corporations that are hovering over the NHS – are accountable to no one but their shareholders and much more interested in their financial bottom line than social justice or equality.
  • (19) This turn may be hampered by drag on the abdomen during fast forward flight and would be most useful at low speeds or during hovering.
  • (20) Sarkozy, who is hovering in the wings threatening a political comeback, said as much last week.

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