What's the difference between lappet and muslin?

Lappet


Definition:

  • (n.) A small decorative fold or flap, esp, of lace or muslin, in a garment or headdress.
  • (v. t.) To decorate with, or as with, a lappet.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The distal fibular physis also begins as a transverse structure that becomes undulated and has extensive peripheral lappet formation.
  • (2) However, as the tibia enlarges diametrically and the epiphyseal ossification center matures, the physis becomes increasingly undulated, with peripheral lappet formation.
  • (3) In D. dendriticum, however, no secreted layer exists between the inner bothrium surface and the host intestinal villi and the inner bothrium surface of this species appears to be lobed or lappet formed.
  • (4) C. eberhardi is a small species with primitive characters (cephalic papillae arranged in square, body not flattened dorso-ventrally and without internal lateral cuticular thickenings, tail with well developed median point and two tiny lateral lappets, one pair of distinctly precloacal papillae).
  • (5) The development of O. petersi, O. belemensis and O. spinosa is similar to that of O. bacillaris: the larvae are in the adipose tissue of various mosquitoes; the infective stages are characterized by the longitudinal salient ridges of the cuticule, the long tail ended by two lappets, the well-developed glandular oesophagus; the female genital anlage lies in the anterior half part of the body, but is not very far from the median line.
  • (6) The animal cargo, worth $113,715, reportedly included: two lappet-faced vultures, two serval cats, two impalas, two black verreaux’s eagles, three elands, four giraffes, four ground hornbill, five spring hares, six oryx, seven kori bustard, 10 dik-dik, 20 Grant’s gazelle, 68 Thomson’s gazelle, and a secretary bird.
  • (7) sp., fourth species of the genus, is frequent and associated with the morphologically similar species, D. gracile (Rud., 1809); D. robini differs from D. gracile by structure of caudal lappets of female, vagina, microfilaria and area rugosa.
  • (8) n. The new genus is differentiated from Mathevotaenia, Markewitchitaenia and Atriotaenia by being craspedote, possessing a large seminal receptacle, the presence of a hermaphroditic canal leading into the genital atrium, and by having two opposable, muscular lappets on the anterior margin of each sucker.
  • (9) Parasitic third-stage larvae had the 6 internal labial papillae on small elevations without lappets around a small mouth; large, oval amphidial pits; ribbonlike lateral alae for most of their length, but with the anterior 30-40 microns of the alae cordlike; and phasmidial apertures on the body cuticle ventral to the lateral alae.
  • (10) Infective larvae (cuticle of the second stage) had the 6 internal labial papillae on prominent bluntly rectangular lappets in a star-shaped arrangement around a large triradiate mouth, small triangular or round amphidial pits, flattened ribbonlike lateral alae, and phasmidial apertures opening on the ventral surface of the lateral alae.

Muslin


Definition:

  • (n.) A thin cotton, white, dyed, or printed. The name is also applied to coarser and heavier cotton goods; as, shirting and sheeting muslins.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) These findings suggest that single-point cortisol values can be misleading in many Muslin countries during or shortly after Ramadan.
  • (2) Young healthy albino male mice were subjected to repeated exposure to kerosene by wrapping each of their hind feet with a muslin cloth (1 x 10 cm) wetted with kerosene (0.1 ml).
  • (3) The arachnoiditis is considered to be due to an inflammatory response to muslin gauze placed close to the optic nerves and chiasm.
  • (4) I've started rounding up muslins and moses baskets, and my hospital bag is already packed.
  • (5) It has been suggested that the accompanying loss of vision is due to a muslin-induced optic neuropathy.
  • (6) All that was needed was a scrap of sticky muslin stretched on the roof and a spectrometer - admittedly a highly sophisticated piece of scientific equipment - to analyse the gamma rays given off by the minute particles of dust it collected.
  • (7) It has been famous for its muslin and jute production.
  • (8) I’d be rediscovering the old me, the real one that was somewhere buried beneath the piles of muslin wipes and my failing fortysomething body.
  • (9) And second, muslin gauze wrapping induced a foreign-body granuloma at the site (parasellar region), and resulted in development of oculomotor palsy.
  • (10) Wrap the spices with the herbs and garlic in muslin cloth and tie securely.
  • (11) The specimens were then wrapped with muslin soaked in the conditioner and covered with polythene sheeting for 1 week.
  • (12) They conclude that reinforcement with muscle is of little value, but that muslin gauze and plastic produced satisfactory results.
  • (13) Experimental venous pouch aneurysms in rats were wrapped with muscle, bovine collagen, muslin, cotton, or polyvinyl alcohol.
  • (14) On an informal level, too, members of the Muslin Brotherhood began taking it upon themselves to break up public dance performances – including, last month, this rather bland ballet-styled cabaret show in Cairo .
  • (15) Microorganisms penetrated single-wrap muslin as early as 3 days and double-wrap muslin and single-wrap two-way crepe paper in 21 to 28 days stored in open shelves.
  • (16) Empirical evaluations closely simulating actual use conditions were employed to compare critical property levels of commonly used muslin (140-thread) and nonwoven sterile-wraps.
  • (17) That is not a line from a novel but from one of Austen's 1811 letters to her sister Cassandra, in which she discloses she went shopping for fabric but was "tempted" by a pretty-coloured muslin.
  • (18) Familial occurrence of fistula auris congenita (ear pits) is described in a Muslin kindred of Indian origin.
  • (19) Microbial penetration of sterile packs was studied by using double-wrap (two layers each) muslin, single-wrap (two layers) muslin inner covering with single-wrap (one layer) two-way crepe paper outer covering, and single-wrap (two layers) muslin inner covering with single-layer BAR-BAC wrappers to wrap 20 gauze sponges (2 by 2 in.).
  • (20) He was intubated with a red rubber tube wrapped with aluminum tape and outermost with muslin strips.

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