What's the difference between hominy and lye?

Hominy


Definition:

  • (n.) Maize hulled and broken, and prepared for food by being boiled in water.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) When rabbit and horse sera were used instead of human serum for cultivation, in both groups the share of positive cultures increased and more large forms of B. hominis cells were observed.
  • (2) It was found that the highly conserved tuf gene was linked to the highly variable mhlmp1 gene in 26 different M. hominis strains.
  • (3) Improved methods for studying the growth of Mycoplasma hominis (ATCC 14027) have been developed, involving modified growth conditions and preparation of the organisms under minimally distorting conditions.
  • (4) Trospectomycin sulphate, a novel analogue of spectinomycin, was compared to spectinomycin, tetracycline, lincosamide, macrolide, quinolone and naphthalenic ansamycin-class antibiotics for in-vitro activity against Mycoplasma pneumoniae, M. hominis and Ureaplasma urealyticum.
  • (5) Cyclophosphamide has been shown to potentiate the growth of Herpesvirus hominis in the skin of Webster Schneider mice.
  • (6) The nonglycolytic species, M. hominis and M. arginini, accumulated radiolabeled putrescine and spermidine in both media, whereas the glycolytic species, M. capricolum and A. laidlawii, accumulated only radiolabeled spermidine.
  • (7) A case of disseminated Herpesvirus hominis (type I) in a 23-year-old White man with widespread eczema is reported.
  • (8) When three strains of Mycoplasma arginini, and one strain each of Mycoplasma arthritidis, Mycoplasma fermentans, Mycoplasma gallinarum, Mycoplasma gallisepticum and Mycoplasma hominis were grown in the medium with high arginine concentration (34 mM) compared with low arginine (4 mM), both the protein content of the organisms and the specific activity of arginine deiminase increased.
  • (9) C hominis only causes endocarditis, affects middle-aged individuals with structurally abnormal, left-sided cardiac valves, and follows a subacute course associated with the frequent occurrence of mycotic aneurysms and embolic phenomena.
  • (10) The phospholipids of Mycoplasma hominis type 2 strain 07 are composed almost entirely of phosphatidyl glycerol.
  • (11) Staphylococcus epidermidis accounted for 48% of isolates, S. hemolyticus for 33%, and other species (including S. capitis, S. hominis, S. warneri, S. cohnii, S. simulans, S. xylosus and S. saprophyticus) for the remaining 19%.
  • (12) Indirect hemagglutinating and immunofluorescent antibody responses to Herpesvirus hominis types 1 and 2 were compared to neutralizing antibody responses in infected humans from whom H. hominis type 1 or 2 was isolated.
  • (13) In several experiments calves were infected with sporocysts of Isospora hominis thus producing "thick-walled" cysts of Sarcocystis fusiformis in muscles.
  • (14) Mycoplasma hominis was isolated in 8.8% of the material from the pregnant women and in 1.2% of that from the neonates.
  • (15) Among 52 age comparable healthy women, 44 and 13% were positive for M. hominis by ELISA and MIF respectively.
  • (16) Both M. hominis and T mycoplasmas were isolated from the blood of one woman.
  • (17) In 478 (98.6%) the disease was caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis hominis and in seven (1.4%) M. bovis.
  • (18) Three serologic techniques were developed to detect antibodies to M. hominis: ELISA (IgG, IgM), microimmunofluorescence (MIF) and Western blot.
  • (19) A model of herpetic keratitis with type 1 Herpesvirus hominis was established in the guinea pig.
  • (20) of the men, ureaplasmas from 58 per cent., and Mycoplasma hominis from 7-5 per cent.

Lye


Definition:

  • (n.) A strong caustic alkaline solution of potassium salts, obtained by leaching wood ashes. It is much used in making soap, etc.
  • (n.) A short side line, connected with the main line; a turn-out; a siding.
  • (n.) A falsehood.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The success of conservative treatment has been higher in patients younger than 8 years of age, and in strictures due to caustics other than lye involving upper third portion and less than five cm of an esophageal segment.
  • (2) They may be used to irrigate oropharyngeal burns, but are contraindicated in the face of respiratory compromise, shock, liquid lye ingestion, and perforation of the esophagus or stomach.
  • (3) In the small number of patients with a nodular lye than in the other two histiocytic type, associated with diffuse areas, the prognosis is less favorable than in the other two histologic groups.
  • (4) In view of these findings, it can be postulated that LSD may be diagnosed and prognosed through LYE changes in the serum.
  • (5) Hypopharyngeal strictures, either isolated or in conjunction with laryngeal and esophageal strictures, can occur following lye ingestion.
  • (6) Mechanical homogenization of sputa before making the smear, carried out by shaking the sputum with glass beads, had a significant effect on the number of detected mycobacteria while homogenization using soda lye did not influence the positivity in any direction.
  • (7) It is well known, that in the group of high- supralevator deformities, the lower rectum, anal canal and internal sphincter are absent, and the terminal pouch lyes above the puborectalis sling.
  • (8) In a 16-year-old female, complete stenosis of the larynx and hypopharynx developed as a consequence of the ingestion of lye cristals.
  • (9) Clinical findings and lysosomal enzymes (LYE) in eight lumpy skin diseases (LSD) cows and same number of healthy ones were reported in Tal-El Baker village and Tal Alkabir centre, Ismailia province, Egypt.
  • (10) Forty-eight had gastroesophageal reflux disease and 2 had chronic lye strictures.
  • (11) Upon ingestion of lye and its compounds severe corrosive lesions may develop not only in the oesophagus but also of the stomach.
  • (12) The 5-year survival rate was 34% for the patients with a local tumour at operation and 44% for those in whom the carcinoma developed at the site of a previous lye stricture.
  • (13) Paediatric microstomia may occur congenitally in the whistling face syndrome but is more often acquired after accidental thermal injuries such as biting an electrical extension cord or ingesting household lye.
  • (14) Ten patients had ingested lye and one had an esophageal atresia.
  • (15) The inferiorly based platysma myocutaneous flap was used in two of our patients with lye burns, and bilateral superiorly based flaps were used in one.
  • (16) Treatment of lye ingestions by antidotes recommended on product labels includes the use of acid neutralizers.
  • (17) The most common indications for operation were esophageal strictures that developed after lye ingestion and reflux strictures not responding to other treatment.
  • (18) Herein, we report our experience with sucralfate in the treatment of a case of lye-induced esophagitis.
  • (19) Among 77 dogs surviving standardized transmural esophageal lye injury for at least 2 weeks and as long as 12 weeks, 24 were untreated, 26 received corticosteroids and bougienage (S&B), and 27 received only the lathyrogen beta-aminoproprionitrile (BAPN).
  • (20) Lyes claimed that 10 minutes after she returned to her seat a steward told her to surrender the flag and that, when she refused, she was told to leave the stadium.

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