What's the difference between implication and intimation?

Implication


Definition:

  • (n.) The act of implicating, or the state of being implicated.
  • (n.) An implying, or that which is implied, but not expressed; an inference, or something which may fairly be understood, though not expressed in words.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Strains isolated from the environment and staff were not implicated.
  • (2) The possibility that both IL 2 production and IL 2R expression are autonomously activated early in T cell development, before acquisition of the CD3-TcR complex, led us to study the implication of alternative pathways of activation at this ontogenic stage.
  • (3) Tumour necrosis factor (TNF), a polypeptide produced by mononuclear phagocytes, has been implicated as an important mediator of inflammatory processes and of clinical manifestations in acute infectious diseases.
  • (4) We have not yet been honest about the implications, and some damaging myths have arisen.
  • (5) Implications of the theory for hypothesis testing, theory construction, and scales of measurement are considered.
  • (6) A review is made from literature and an inventory of psychological and organic factors implicated in this pathology.
  • (7) The high incidence of infant astigmatism has implications for critical periods in human visual development and for infant acuity.
  • (8) Implications for practice and research include need for support groups with nurses as facilitators, the importance of fostering hope, and need for education of health care professionals.
  • (9) The literature on depression and immunity is reviewed and the clinical implications of our findings are discussed.
  • (10) The implications of the findings in terms of strategic tick control are discussed.
  • (11) In light of these findings, the implications of the need to address appraisals and coping efforts in research and therapy with incest victims was emphasized.
  • (12) These calculated values are compared with observed values and implications of the agreement are discussed.
  • (13) The implications of inhibition of protein kinase C by adriamycin-iron(III) are discussed.
  • (14) These findings indicate the cytogenetic correlation with clinical and morphological picture, which consequently implicates the diagnostic and prognostic significance of chromosomal aspects.
  • (15) The aim was to clarify the nature of their constituent cells, specifically the giant ganglion-like cells and spindle cells, and to discuss the implications for histogenesis.
  • (16) Implications for vibrotactile training are discussed.
  • (17) Implications for assessment intervention and prevention were discussed and further research suggested.
  • (18) Our findings suggest that the affinity of aldose reductase for glucose in patients with diabetic complications may be increased and that the polyol pathway is implicated in the pathogenesis of diabetic complications.
  • (19) The onset of the symptoms usually occurs within a few minutes after ingestion of the implicated food, and the duration of symptoms ranges from a few hours to 24 h. Antihistamines can be used effectively to treat this intoxication.
  • (20) The implications of this interaction for research in MMTP effectiveness are discussed.

Intimation


Definition:

  • (n.) The act of intimating; also, the thing intimated.
  • (n.) Announcement; declaration.
  • (n.) A hint; an obscure or indirect suggestion or notice; a remote or ambiguous reference; as, he had given only intimations of his design.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) These immunocytochemical studies clearly demonstrated that cells encountered within the fibrous intimal thickening in the vein graft were inevitably smooth muscle cell in origin.
  • (2) The quantity of social ties, the quality of relationships as modified by type of intimate, and the baseline level of symptoms measured five years earlier were significant predictors of psychosomatic symptoms among this sample of women.
  • (3) Rifampin is recommended as a prophylactic treatment for intimate contacts of young children who develop invasive infections with Haemophilus influenzae type B (Hib).
  • (4) Autopsy revealed a primary intimal sarcoma with osteogenic elements arising in the posterior leaflet of the pulmonary valve and obstructing the main pulmonary artery and its right branch.
  • (5) For the 20 patients who received treatment in the latter period (1987-1990), we gave priority to conservative treatment for type T cases that were free from complications, and adopted a treatment method attaching greater importance to the resection of intimal tears.
  • (6) Intimal damage and proliferation were seen in 1st- and 2nd-order branches of the carotid body artery in hypertensive rats and point-counting showed that the volume proportion of Type 1 cell nuclei and vascular lumen was reduced and vascular wall increased.
  • (7) The results suggest that the conversion of the HRP-TMB reaction product to an electron-dense form during osmication is intimately associated with the pH of the phosphate buffer and the total time of osmication.
  • (8) Electron-microscopic examination of the co-culture of the two cell types reveals extensive region of intimate contact.
  • (9) In abnormal arteries such as small vessels present in inflammatory tissue, the IEL was frequently discontinuous and associated with intimal thickening.
  • (10) The calculations revealed that local hypoxia and lipoprotein accumulation may occur at the ridges, leading to subsequent intimal thickening and ridge growth.
  • (11) The development of intimal hyperplasia is not excluded, as well as of inflammatory reaction with the following thrombotic occlusion of the artery lumen.
  • (12) Fatty streaks were observed in 2nd decade involving only 7.5% of the total intimal surface and reaching to a maximum of 22.2% in the 3rd decade, followed by a gradual rise to 9.2% in 7th decade.
  • (13) It shows how some experimental procedures produce dramatic increases in smooth muscle cell proliferation and, in many cases, subsequent cell migration to the intimal layer.
  • (14) Ultrastructurally, transgenic domains were often intimately connected with constitutive heterochromatin and were highly condensed.
  • (15) Since lymphocytic cells in intimate contact with degenerating keratocytes have previously been identified in the cornea, these observations provide a basis for the view that cell-mediated immunopathogenesis is involved in the etiology of herpetic stromal keratitis.
  • (16) Intimal area, lumen area and maximal intimal thickness were measured.
  • (17) Although hormone replacement decreased indexes of LDL metabolism, there was no effect on intimal thickness or indexes of endothelial injury, such as leukocyte adhesion and endothelial cell turnover rate.
  • (18) An intimate account of her last hours was given on Monday by Lady (Carla) Powell, the Italian wife of Thatcher's former diplomatic adviser Lord Powell, who had visited her often in her declining years, and whose house outside Rome the former prime minister had visited on several occasions.
  • (19) Not intimately associated with a nonvital tooth or found to have any communication with the incisive canal.
  • (20) Administration of GM1 blocks completely the appearance of PKM, a result suggesting that PKC down-regulation and PKM activity elevation are intimately associated events and that both are regulated by GM1 ganglioside.