What's the difference between ish and pish?

Ish


Definition:

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The feasibility of using fluorescent ISH for sexing biopsied embryos in couples at risk of X-linked disease and for the preimplantation diagnosis of chromosome abnormalities is discussed.
  • (2) The two patients without ISH evidence of EBV infection showed no distinctive clinical, morphologic, or serologic features.
  • (3) 5-bromo-2'-deoxyuridine (BrdU) to oligonucleotide probes guaranteed the production of labelled probes of 100% specific activity that gave consistent, reproducible results, within hours, in a rapid in situ hybridization (ISH) technique.
  • (4) The cases found positive by IHC showed brownish nuclei of the epithelium and those positive in ISH showed purple to purplish-black nuclei.
  • (5) Specimens from cervical dysplasias or carcinomas and genital condylomata acuminata were retrospectively analysed by in situ hybridization (ISH) with biotinylated DNA probes for human papillomavirus (HPV) types 6, 11, 16 and 18.
  • (6) Quantification of the fluorescence ISH signals was performed using an epi-fluorescence microscope with a multi-wavelength illuminator, equipped with a cooled charge couple device (CCD) camera.
  • (7) By radioactive in situ hybridization (ISH) using a fragment from the murine Pax-1 paired box that is almost identical to the respective sequences from the cognate human gene HuP48 and fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) using a complete mouse Pax-1 cDNA, we have assigned the human homologue of murine Pax-1, the PAX1 locus, to chromosome 20p.
  • (8) These results suggest that the BP of ISH patients is susceptible to fluctuations in autonomic nerve activity.
  • (9) Plasma immunoreactive atrial natriuretic factor (ANF) and urinary sodium excretion were measured in elderly patients with isolated systolic hypertension (ISH) (n = 11), age-matched essential hypertensive patients (EHT; n = 16) and normotensive subjects (NT; n = 9) before and during a 60 min infusion of hypertonic saline (120 mEq of Na+).
  • (10) Among pro-independence people there are widespread concerns that if the SNP moves too quickly on a referendum it will cast the choice in the often bland New Labour-ish terms it uses for everyday politics – and thus deprive Scotland of a crucial opportunity to discuss its future, as well as threatening their chances of winning.
  • (11) The Gogglebox people are all nice(ish) and funny(ish), qualities vital to keep at bay total self-loathing that we are gathered as a family, watching on telly other people watching telly.
  • (12) Also, all other tumours investigated, including thymomas, thymic carcinomas, tonsillar carcinomas and medullary breast carcinomas were negative upon ISH to EBV-specific probes.
  • (13) Work on The Maze Runner came about, he says, because his director watched Son of Rambow “and knew I had some bully-ish qualities in my acting locker”.
  • (14) If the WHO-ISH criteria are accepted as the standard for deciding to treat patients with mild hypertension the predictive value of one ambulatory blood pressure recording over 12 hours is too low to detect with confidence those patients who need treatment when managed according to these criteria.
  • (15) Indeed, such parochialism would be downright frowned upon by today's World Cup mentality, considering that both the official anthem and slogan this time round is the typically Fifa-ishly nonsensical, and distinctly Benetton-esque, "We Are One".
  • (16) To take a Marx-ish view of all this, its roots are clearly economic: the demise of the large-scale industrial economy that reached its peak just after the second world war, and the consequent weakening of the idea of politics as a battle between two huge ideological blocs.
  • (17) There were significant associations between the detection of rhinoviruses by ISH and virus isolation on the third day (P less than 0.025) after virus challenge in the group as a whole and in the symptomatic group.
  • (18) Jan Jan is actually not a bad tune, with distinctive Anastacia-ish vocals being the highlight (alongside a fat bloke formation dancing in the video).
  • (19) Sorrell warns ad industry against 'Don Draper-ish' optimism as Brexit vote looms Read more The company confirmed this week it would announce that from 2011 to 2015 WPP had outperformed its peers and the FTSE 100.
  • (20) ISH technique has been applied and is one of the most powerful strategies in the biological research field of psychiatry.

Pish


Definition:

  • (interj.) An exclamation of contempt.
  • (v. i.) To express contempt.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Still, it’s probably a better tagline than “fizzy pish for catfishers”.
  • (2) More than 600 have signed up to the Glaswegians Against Roosh V Facebook event, which says: “Pro-rape women-haters are not welcome in Glasgow, as they will find out when they gather in George Square … and have the pish ripped right out of them by decent Glaswegians.” The event insists that any resistance to the meetup must be be peaceful, adding: “These men deserve derision and pity.

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