What's the difference between gaiter and instep?

Gaiter


Definition:

  • (n.) A covering of cloth or leather for the ankle and instep, or for the whole leg from the knee to the instep, fitting down upon the shoe.
  • (n.) A kind of shoe, consisting of cloth, and covering the ankle.
  • (v. t.) To dress with gaiters.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Measurements were made over the gaiter skin, the healed ulcer and the upper arm.
  • (2) Abnormalities in venous anatomy and function have been shown, in conjunction with evidence of reduced oxygen diffusion, through the gaiter skin before overt skin changes develop.
  • (3) Calf pump function was assessed by foot volumetry and the 'gaiter' skin nutritive circulation by measuring the transcutaneous oxygen tension (PtcO2).
  • (4) Transcutaneous oxygen measurements of the gaiter skin were performed continuously throughout the experiment.
  • (5) All three groups had an increase in visible capillary loops and a reduction in blood flux in the gaiter region when the leg was placed in the dependent position.
  • (6) These findings show that significant skin hypoxia occurs on the gaiter area of limbs with severe venous disease and support the concept of an oxygen diffusion block.
  • (7) Eleven patients with lipodermatosclerosis (LDS) and 14 patients without venous or arterial disease underwent measurement of xenon-133 (133Xe) half-clearance times from the gaiter region of the leg.
  • (8) Fifty subjects (14 normal controls, 21 with superficial venous insufficiency (SVI), and 15 with deep venous insufficiency (DVI] have been studied in the supine and dependent positions in a constant environment using video capillary microscopy, laser Doppler flowmetry and transcutaneous oxygen measurements to the gaiter skin.
  • (9) We examined the levels of oxygen on the skin of the gaiter areas of limbs with venous disease using a Roche Transcutaneous pO2 Monitor to determine whether hypoxia contributes to the skin changes and ulceration associated with severe venous disease.
  • (10) His credit appeared on episodes of the ecclesiastical sitcom All Gas and Gaiters, the legal satire Misleading Cases, Spike Milligan's The World of Beachcomber and As Good Cooks Go, an ill-fated vehicle for the comedian Tessie O'Shea.

Instep


Definition:

  • (n.) The arched middle portion of the human foot next in front of the ankle joint.
  • (n.) That part of the hind leg of the horse and allied animals, between the hock, or ham, and the pastern joint.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) There was the same two-step approach, but this time he delayed a fraction and, with the instep of his right boot, produced a gentle chip that looped on to the underside of the bar and came down a foot or so inside the goal line before spinning back out.
  • (2) In one case pretibial myxoedema was localized on the external surface of the legs down to insteps.
  • (3) The instep of the foot is an excellent donor site for split-thickness skin grafts to cover soft tissue defects of the palm and digits.
  • (4) The instep neurovascular flap, based on the medial plantar artery and innervated by the medial plantar nerve, is in our opinion the treatment of choice for resurfacing heel skin defects.
  • (5) Heel defects in seven of them were corrected by the instep island flap.
  • (6) The pedicled flaps most commonly used are the instep island flap, the lateral supra-malleolar flap and the cross-leg flap.
  • (7) The participation of small-diameter afferent fibres in the microcirculatory haemodynamics of cutaneous tissue was examined by studies on the effects of antidromic stimulation of primary afferent neurones on cutaneous blood flow (CBF) and tachykinin release into the subcutaneous space in the instep of the hind paw of rats.
  • (8) No effect was found for the control group or the group who viewed the soccer-instep videotape.
  • (9) A case of a 38-year-old smoker male who had vasoconstriction and instep claudication of the right hand, is presented.
  • (10) He sat me on the instep of his foot, and I used to hold his hands and he would rock me up and down.
  • (11) Müller’s touch to redirect the path of the ball with his instep was sublime, gangling perfection and Lewandowski headed past Fabiano.
  • (12) Marked tightly by William Gallas, the Ivorian received on his chest with his back to goal, delicately flicked the ball out of his feet with the instep, the turned and crunched a volley that flew high beyond Cudicini at his near post.
  • (13) A clinical study of thick, split-thickness grafts from the instep is described from which it is concluded that a good aesthetic result can be achieved without compromising hand function--but only in children and adolescents among whom there was no donor site morbidity.
  • (14) Traditional boots show high pressure values over the instep at foreward leans of 35 degrees and a rise of pressure underneath the forefoot while fixing the buckles, whereas minimal pressure over the instep, no compression of the forefoot and a pressure maximum near the upper end of the shaft are observed in rear entry boots.
  • (15) He stumbled last night and has a nasty bruise along his instep.
  • (16) Well-suited ski boots should cause low pressure over the instep and show a relatively low maximum in the upper part of the shaft, in order to allow a good transmission of torque, which is necessary for a safe binding release and easy skiing without fatigue.
  • (17) The authors attempted to increase the cytotoxicity of the renal hilar lymph nodes in ten patients with renal cell carcinoma by administration of recombinant interleukin-2 (IL-2) into the subcutaneous tissue of the instep.
  • (18) On the basis of two cases, both being failures after the use of other methods, we commend the use of a cross-instep flap.
  • (19) 10.11pm BST ET 12 min: Mascherano slides in on Schweinsteiger, catching the German's instep and causing a wee bit of pain.
  • (20) A patient developed discrete, macular, erythematous lesions on the instep of his foot, noted at the time of his admission to the hospital for treatment of Goodpasture's syndrome.

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