What's the difference between heterogeneity and variety?

Heterogeneity


Definition:

  • (n.) The state of being heterogeneous; contrariety.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Size analysis of the solubilized IgA IP employing sucrose density gradient ultracentrifugation, indicated that these were heterogeneous, with a size generally larger than 19 S.
  • (2) Over the past decade the use of monoclonal antibodies has greatly advanced our knowledge of the biological properties and heterogeneity that exist within human tumours, and in particular in lung cancer.
  • (3) The 0.1 M phosphate buffer eluant was electrophoretically heterogeneous and did not elicit the production of bactericidal antibodies in rabbits.
  • (4) HCECs display an unusual combination of cytokeratin IFs and neurofilaments, together with vimentin, and are heterogeneous with respect to their IF makeup.
  • (5) mycoides cluster' at a similarity level (S) of 66% and which remained undivided at up to 78% S. At higher similarity levels, these strains fell heterogeneously into mixed sub-phenons containing strains of both subspecies.
  • (6) Much information has accumulated on the isolation and characterization of a heterogeneous group of molecules that inhibit one or more of the bioactivities of interleukin 1.
  • (7) The combined results suggest that any possible heterogeneity in the L-CAM genes is not reflected in the size of either the mRNA or protein.
  • (8) The diagnosis of "autism" has been used to encompass a heterogeneous group of children who may differ in etiology, clinical manifestations, prognosis, and needed treatment.
  • (9) Osteogenesis imperfecta is the common term for a heterogeneous group of heritable disorders of connective tissue with lethal and nonlethal forms.
  • (10) High pressure liquid chromatography combined with radioimmunoassay showed marked heterogeneity of SPLI and SLI.
  • (11) The heterogeneity of obesity may be demonstrated by the shape of fat distribution and the prolactin response to insulin hypoglycaemia.
  • (12) The antibody-hapten profiles revealed that the DNCB-fed animalss contained predominatly IgG2 in their serum by the time of their initial bleedings, whereas sensitized animals still contained a considerable proportion of more acidic antibodies having marked charge heterogeneity.
  • (13) We detected no evidence for heterogeneity in this sample, but when we combined results with previously published lod scores, heterogeneity was statistically significant.
  • (14) The operational meaning of all the resulting theorems is that when any of them appear to be refuted experimentally, the presence of more than one parallel transport pathway (that is, of membrane heterogeneity transverse to the direction of transport) can be inferred and analyzed.
  • (15) Possible interpretations of this manifestation of biological heterogeneity are discussed.
  • (16) The heterogeneity of the muscarinic receptors was examined both in vivo and in radioligand binding experiments.
  • (17) This work shows that during 3MeDAB hepatocarcinogenesis, AFP gene activation occurs in heterogenous cell populations and according to different cellular patterns.
  • (18) The resistance to cephalosporins of 48 heterogeneous methicillin-resistant strains ("RH" mutants) of Staphylococcus pyogenes var.
  • (19) Results indicate that nystatin is distributed heterogeneously in the gastrointestinal tract.
  • (20) The major scrapie prion protein, designated PrP 27-30, exhibited both charge and size heterogeneity after purification from infected hamster brains.

Variety


Definition:

  • (n.) The quality or state of being various; intermixture or succession of different things; diversity; multifariousness.
  • (n.) That which is various.
  • (n.) A number or collection of different things; a varied assortment; as, a variety of cottons and silks.
  • (n.) Something varying or differing from others of the same general kind; one of a number of things that are akin; a sort; as, varieties of wood, land, rocks, etc.
  • (n.) An individual, or group of individuals, of a species differing from the rest in some one or more of the characteristics typical of the species, and capable either of perpetuating itself for a period, or of being perpetuated by artificial means; hence, a subdivision, or peculiar form, of a species.
  • (n.) In inorganic nature, one of those forms in which a species may occur, which differ in minor characteristics of structure, color, purity of composition, etc.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) This paper discusses the typical echocardiographic patterns of a variety of important conditions concerning the mitral valve, the left ventricle, the interatrial and interventricular septum as well as the influence of respiration on the performance of echocardiograms.
  • (2) All subjects completed the Coping Strategies Questionnaire, which measures the use and perceived effectiveness of a variety of cognitive and behavioral coping strategies in controlling and decreasing pain.
  • (3) The 14C-aminopyrine breath test was used to measure liver function in 14 normal subjects, 16 patients with alcoholic cirrhosis, 14 alcoholics without cirrhosis, and 29 patients taking a variety of drugs.
  • (4) In addition, the fact that microheterogeneity may occur without limit in the mannans of the strains suggests that antibodies with unlimited diverse specificities are produced directed against these antigenic varieties as well.
  • (5) The E. coli used did not possess collagenolytic activity nor did a variety of common aerobic clinical isolates.
  • (6) The effects of H1 and H2 antihistamines on a variety of physiological vasodilator responses were examined.
  • (7) Even if it were not the case that police use a variety of tricks to keep recorded crime figures low, this data would still represent an almost meaningless measure of the extent of crime in society, for the simple reason that a huge proportion of crimes (of almost all sorts) have always gone unreported.
  • (8) We have examined the in vitro membrane assembly characteristics of a variety of leader peptidase mutants and found that domains required for insertion in vivo are also necessary for insertion in vitro.
  • (9) A variety of nonspecific inhibitors produce approximately the same inhibition of both activities.
  • (10) A variety of homobifunctional crosslinking agents have been used to gain insight into the nature of the murine interleukin 3 (mIL-3) receptor.
  • (11) It was possible to classify the bacteriophages broadly, according to the variety of mutants that were resistant to them.
  • (12) Although a variety of new teaching strategies and materials are available in education today, medical education has been slow to move away from the traditional lecture format.
  • (13) A variety of weak acids at and below their pK(a) are potent inhibitors of transport in Penicillium chrysogenum.
  • (14) Bob Farnsworth, president of Nashville, Tennessee-based Hummingbird Productions, told trade publication Variety that the film was set for release in 2015 and would star Karolyn Grimes, who played George Bailey's daughter in the original film.
  • (15) Production of glucose was a linear function of time for up to 120 min of incubation at 37 degrees C under a variety of conditions.
  • (16) Cytochrome P-450 is known to catalyze the following oxygen transfer reaction: RH + PhIO----ROH + PhI where RH represents a variety of hydroxylatable substrates and PhIO a variety of iodosobenzene derivatives that serve as oxygen donors, and neither molecular oxygen nor an external electron donor is required.
  • (17) Using this technique, genes were transferred into a variety of developing mouse tissues with high efficiency.
  • (18) Prior exposure and subsequent reactions can, however, take a wide variety of forms, and blanket avoidance may prevent many deserving patients from being transplanted.
  • (19) Utilizing the bilateral comparison technique in 30 hospitalized patients with chronic stable plaque-type psoriasis vulgaris, we closely monitored the clinical responses to ultraviolet radiation (Westinghouse fluorescent FS40 bulbs, 290--400 nm) and a variety of tar preparations and lubricant vehicles in combination and separately.
  • (20) A prospective, double-blind study was undertaken to assess the effectiveness of oral dexamethasone premedication in reducing a variety of side effects associated with metrizamide myelography.

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