What's the difference between hogwash and rheum?

Hogwash


Definition:

  • (n.) Swill.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Former UBS chief economist George Magnus called the comments from Navarro about the euro “hogwash” because it was not “Germany’s currency to influence or manage”.
  • (2) Those accusations are absolute rubbish – hogwash."
  • (3) Critchlow puts in a valiant effort during a visit to a community initiative with Chris Grayling, the justice secretary, who dismisses as "hogwash" the idea that the Tories have given up.
  • (4) The idea that the leadership doesn’t understand how bad the problems are and that foreign experts have a much better idea of what is going on in the Chinese system I think are hogwash.
  • (5) Because this is what happens in a hermetic system defined – more narrowly by the day, and especially by night – on the catchphrasing of hogwash and the homiletics of hokum ethics.
  • (6) On the day of the Newtown school shootings in the US the host angrily confronted members of the pro-gun movement on his nightly show, denouncing as "total hogwash" their argument that more guns mean less crime.
  • (7) Harald Heubaum from the University of London said the idea that shale gas prices could be as low as the US was "fanciful thinking" and that Cameron's suggestion fracking could play a role in the current stand-off with Russia was "hogwash".
  • (8) It’s a bunch of hogwash to think that his medical condition is going to cause him any more pain than anybody else,” he claimed.
  • (9) 4.06pm BST In a time of rigid partisanship, no issue is so purely polar as "Benghazi," with one side framing it as an historically significant crisis and the other side calling it hogwash.
  • (10) That is hogwash.” He insists Poland can achieve western-level economic development while maintaining age-old traditional Polish values and remaining a homogenous white Catholic country.
  • (11) The argument that London or any other city should protect its antiquated cabs from competition is simply hogwash.
  • (12) The statement runs counter to the view of the prime minister, Tony Abbott, who insists any link between climate change and bushfires is “complete hogwash” .

Rheum


Definition:

  • (n.) A genus of plants. See Rhubarb.
  • (n.) A serous or mucous discharge, especially one from the eves or nose.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) (uncorrected values), plum (Prunus domestica), rhubarb (Rheum rhaponticum), banana (Musa cavendishii), mango (Mangifera indica), pear (Pyrus communis), cantaloup (Cucumis melo) and pineapple (Ananas comosus) (uncorrected values).
  • (2) Albumin rose during the follow-up period (P less than 0.05) in the treated patients, being more marked in both Rheum E and Rheum E + Captopril groups.
  • (3) (Arthritis Rheum 33:1449-1461, 1990) and the controlled trials of methotrexate reported by Weinblatt et al.
  • (4) Semiquantitative scoring methods for cartilage loss and osseous erosions developed by Sharp (Arthritis Rheum 1971; 14: 706-720) and Larsen (Scand J Rheum 1973; 2: 136-138) have established standards for sensitivity and interobserver reliability.
  • (5) Panax notogenseng and Magnolia officinalis were discovered to be sensitive, Prunus mume and Corydalis yanhusuo were moderate sensitive, and Coptis chinensis and Rheum palmatum highly sensitive to HP.
  • (6) It is concluded that long-term low-dose Rheum E taken orally is beneficial to CRF.
  • (7) They were divided into three groups, namely, Rheum officinale Baill, Rheum palmatum L, and Rheum tanguticum Maxim ex Balf.
  • (8) To determine the extent of antiviral activity present in a number of plant extracts, hot glycerin extracts were prepared from Rheum officinale, Aloe barbadensis, Rhamnus frangula, Rhamnus purshianus, and Cassia angustifolia and their virucidal effects were tested against herpes simplex virus type 1.
  • (9) Direct addition of hot water extracts of Rheum officinale rhizome, Scutellaria baicalensis root, Paeonia moutan bark and Zingiber officinale rhizome also inhibited AA biotransformation, while the extracts of Coptis japonica rhizome and Paeonia lactiflora root showed no effects.
  • (10) The regime of Rheum E and Captopril is a preferable choice in the long-term treatment for preventing progression of CRF.
  • (11) Rheum, a well known herb unique in its cathartic effect is now introduced to prevent progression of uremia.
  • (12) (Arthritis Rheum 33:330-338, 1990), suggesting that observational studies provide valid measurements of treatment effect.
  • (13) A clinical trial, to evaluate the effects of a Chinese herbal drug, Rheum E and angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor, Captopril on chronic renal failure (CRF), was conducted.
  • (14) The herbs Rheum palmatum B and Polygonum cuspidatum S are frequently used as laxatives and anticancer drugs in Chinese medicine.
  • (15) To explore the mechanism of therapeutic effects of Rheum on CRF, a series of experimental studies were performed.
  • (16) The results indicate that electrical activity of colon is obviously excited by rhubarb (Rheum tanguticum).
  • (17) Recently, McDaniel, et al (Arthritis Rheum 1987;30:894) reported a statistically significant association between ankylosing spondylitis (AS) and the presence in Pvu II digested genomic DNA of a 9.2 kb restriction fragment hybridizing with an HLA-B7 cDNA probe.
  • (18) Only rhubarb root (Rheum officinale) was found to have significant activity and the purified active substance was identified as rhein.
  • (19) Note that eye, ‘tis rheum o’erflows; Pity’s flood there never rose, See those hands, ne’er stretched to save, Hands that took, but never gave: Keeper of Mammon’s iron chest, Lo, there she goes, unpitied and unblest, She goes, but not to realms of everlasting rest!
  • (20) 1) Cell-free extracts prepared via acetone powder from rhizome of Rheum rhaponticum were found to be capable of converting p-coumaroyl-CoA and [2-14C]malonyl-CoA into a 3,5,4'-trihydroxystilbene, resveratrol.