What's the difference between fusil and pusil?

Fusil


Definition:

  • (v. t.) Capable of being melted or rendered fluid by heat; fusible.
  • (v. t.) Running or flowing, as a liquid.
  • (v. t.) Formed by melting and pouring into a mold; cast; founded.
  • (n.) A light kind of flintlock musket, formerly in use.
  • (n.) A bearing of a rhomboidal figure; -- named from its shape, which resembles that of a spindle.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Side effects, mainly burning and smarting were noted by the investigators in 8 and 11 patients treated by fusilic acid and rifamycin respectively.

Pusil


Definition:

  • (a.) Very small; little; petty.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Special features of PUSIL include: (1) protein loss into the gastrointestinal tract leading to hypoalbuminemia and edema; (2) an antibiotic-responsive diarrhea and steatorrhea; and (3) an associated abnormal heavy-chain protein.
  • (2) Primary upper small-intestinal lymphoma (PUSIL) has now been recognized as a distinct clinical entity with a distinct geographic distribution.
  • (3) Herewith are presented 40 cases of PUSIL seen at Pahlavi University Hospitals in Southern Iran.
  • (4) Critic is made on the denominations "mediterranean lymphoma" and "primary upper small intestinal lymphoma" ("PUSIL") that have been inappropriately assigned to the condition.

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