What's the difference between infix and inset?

Infix


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To set; to fasten or fix by piercing or thrusting in; as, to infix a sting, spear, or dart.
  • (v. t.) To implant or fix; to instill; to inculcate, as principles, thoughts, or instructions; as, to infix good principles in the mind, or ideas in the memory.
  • (n.) Something infixed.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Either surface electrodes were attached to the scalp, or needle electrodes were infixed in the subcutaneous tissue.
  • (2) Swearing in Russian is a linguistically productive exercise; by applying prefixes, infixes, suffixes and different combinations of the four words, khuy, pizda, blyad and yebat can be used to express pretty much anything, and in a surprisingly eloquent manner .

Inset


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To infix.
  • (n.) That which is inserted or set in; an insertion.
  • (n.) One or more separate leaves inserted in a volume before binding; as: (a) A portion of the printed sheet in certain sizes of books which is cut off before folding, and set into the middle of the folded sheet to complete the succession of paging; -- also called offcut. (b) A page or pages of advertisements inserted.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Third, excess skin and subcutaneous tissue is excised inferomedially and laterally and the nipple is inset into proper locations.
  • (2) Immediately post elevation and inset, the expanded flaps were still significantly larger than the control flaps by a mean 29.8% (p less than 0.01) but had lost 56% of the original area gained.
  • (3) The design of the flap allows primary closure of the donor site and tension-free flap inset with a robust flap blood supply.
  • (4) The author concludes that patellar resurfacing improves the quality of the result and that there are few drawbacks to the use of an inset patellar button.
  • (5) Adequate flap-to-base area ratio and length-to-width ratio, tension-free insetting of the flap, and noncompression dressing are essential for the flap's survival.
  • (6) Pedicle flaps can be transected 9 to 12 days after inset, thus shortening the immobilization period.
  • (7) Their chevron shapes are inset with cowls and scoops, giving them the air of a certain kind of painted, post-industrial abstract relief I haven't seen in years.
  • (8) We propose an initial excision with flap inset and a second procedure for debulking and contouring the alar groove to complete reconstruction of the aesthetic unit.
  • (9) Facebook Twitter Pinterest An area US officials say was an Isis vehicle staging center near Abu Kamal, Syria, is seen before (inset) and after it was struck by air strikes.
  • (10) Our use of an aluminum suspension basket to prevent flap tension and motion has facilitated inset of the flap resulting in healing per primum in 31 consecutive patients.
  • (11) A method for preoperatively estimating the flap volume, operative details, and a technique for insetting the flap are reviewed.
  • (12) The length of exposed radial artery pedicle was calculated to permit full range of motion of the involved digits before flap division and inset.
  • (13) A modification of the Abbe flap procedure is presented in which muscle-to-muscle union of the orbicularis muscle is obtained prior to inset of the flap.
  • (14) Two representative cases and a detailed description of flap harvesting, insetting, and donor-site closure are presented.
  • (15) To alleviate this risk, a new technique of balloon catheter insetion is suggested whereby a 10 inch length of prosthetic material is sewn into the artery.
  • (16) When choosing vascular anastomotic sites, free-flap transfer permits a greater latitude in flap orientation, tailoring, and inset than is possible when using fixed pedicled rotation flaps.
  • (17) After 10 days, the pedicles were ligated, so that flap survival depended totally on the new vascular supply from the inset area of the flap.
  • (18) Although there is a 63 per cent increase through expansion of a given flap with a particular expander, this results in only a 30 per cent increase after elevation and inset.
  • (19) An experiment with an animal model was designed to investigate whether an arterialized and innervated muscle flap has an optimal tension when being inset.
  • (20) I’m loathe to say the best, for fear of sounding like one of those people who are paid vast amounts of money to come in and fill up half an inset day with disarmingly facile platitudes.

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