What's the difference between lew and slew?

Lew


Definition:

  • (a.) Lukewarm; tepid.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Treatment of LEW hosts with ART-18 prolongs survival of LBN cardiac allografts up to a month; in contrast, OX-39 never affects acute (8-day) rejection.
  • (2) Unlike Baker, a courtly Texan, Lew is a low-key figure, an observant Orthodox Jew and native New Yorker, of whom the New York Times once revealed: "He brings his own lunch (a cheese sandwich and an apple) and eats at his desk."
  • (3) LEW rats immunized with each of the three DA MHC chains produced alloantibodies to these chains, suggesting that indirect allorecognition did occur, because of the requirement for cognate recognition of B cells by T helper cells.
  • (4) However, LEW host rats with allografted DA veins rejected subsequent DA fetal hearts in 7.18 days, which was significantly sooner than in controls (8.45 days).
  • (5) In the strong DA-to-LEW combination, class I induction on hepatocytes seemed to appear earlier, beginning at day 3, and was more uniform and intense than in the DA-to-PVG model from day 5.
  • (6) After allogeneic grafting (CAP leads to LEW; RtH-1-incompatible) the non-specific-healing reaction progressed into a second phase, namely the specific reaction: increasing infiltration of the host cornea and the graft with small lymphocytes, blast cells and macrophages, directly followed by severe vascularization, reaching its climax about the 14th day.
  • (7) Blood-glucose estimations were performed on this sample by an automated glucose-oxidase method and by a reflectance meter system (Reflocheck, BCL (London) Ltd., Lewes, East Sussex, UK).
  • (8) The interindividual correlation of the primary and secondary lesions showed an inverse relationship between the gravity of the primary and secondary lesions in the LEW and LE strains.
  • (9) "If the chains had taken over Lewes, it would be difficult, but we're very lucky here."
  • (10) Donor lymphocytes were prepared from BN or third party DA(RT-1a) rat spleens and lymph nodes and injected via PV or IV to LEW rats on the day of transplantation (day 0).
  • (11) LEW rats carrying a DA kidney for 100 days also rejected a subsequent donor-specific pancreas transplant within 30 days.
  • (12) Four groups of inbred male LEW rats were examined: A, germfree athymic; B, specified pathogen free (SPF) athymic; C, germfree euthymic; D, SPF euthymic.
  • (13) In 27 rats, after 30 days, the composite grafts were excised, and immediately transplanted by means of vascular anastomosis into normal LEW recipients (syngeneic to the kidney portion of the graft and allogeneic to the skin).
  • (14) Infected LEW rats produced greater or equal levels of the major classes of serum antibody to M. pulmonis than did infected F344 rats, suggesting that development of serum antibody responses alone does not resolve lesions and is not responsible for the difference in disease severity found in LEW and F344 rats.
  • (15) The influence of artificial unilateral occlusal disturbances on the structure of the temporomandibular joint (TMJ) condyle cartilage was investigated by an experimental study using the miniature pig "MINI-LEWE".
  • (16) Unilaterally nephrectomized, sublethally irradiated (780 rads) LEW recipients of renal allografts from irradiated WF donors, were selectively reconstituted with spleen cells from sensitized syngeneic donors and subjected to delayed nephrectomy of the residual native kidney 3 days posttransplantation.
  • (17) In their 125th year, the Rooks fended off bankruptcy to become Lewes Community Football Club, thus joining AFC Wimbledon, FC United of Manchester and Exeter City, among others, as collective entities.
  • (18) To elucidate the immune mechanisms of susceptibility and resistance to EAE, we first examined the T cell repertoire for MBP using thymectomized chimeras that possessed thymuses from EAE-susceptible (LEW) or EAE-resistant (BM) strains.
  • (19) Moreover, transfer of 2.0 x 10(8) splenic lymphocytes or 2 ml serum from DSG-treated LEW rat with surviving ACI heart allograft, to sublethally irradiated grafted host, did not prolong survival both in ACI heart grafts and third party Wistar grafts.
  • (20) This bulletin marks the beginning of a cycle dealing with the structure, function, innervation and quantitative analysis of jaw muscles as well as postnatal cranial growth and dentition in the miniature pig MINI-LEWE.

Slew


Definition:

  • (imp.) of Slay
  • () imp. of Slay.
  • (v. t.) See Slue.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) FC Terek Grozny, the newly energised team based in the troubled Caucasus republic of Chechnya , is hoping a slew of high-profile international acquisitions will help it make waves in the Russian premier league, which kicked off last weekend.
  • (2) The two polls underline the extent to which the coalition parties have been hit by a budget that has led to a slew of bad headlines over the granny tax, pasty tax and charities tax.
  • (3) A slew of figures from showbusiness, royalty and sport have also been linked with offshore companies in the documents.
  • (4) The developments include a DC SQUID with FM read-out, resulting in the most compact SQUID electronics so far, a planar microwave biased RF SQUID with very high slew rate, and efforts to create reliable SQUIDs with sufficient sensitivity for biomagnetic applications that are cooled by liquid nitrogen.
  • (5) Last year saw a slew of shootings involving members of the Yamaguchi-gumi - Japan's biggest underworld organisation - and a rival gang as they battled for control of lucrative districts in Tokyo.
  • (6) Individual cities have introduced a slew of initiatives, such as San Diego’s recycling of wastewater for drinking .
  • (7) "Our asset purchases depend on economic and financial developments, but they are by no means on a preset course," Bernanke will testify, according to Reuters : Bernanke set off a brief but fierce global market sell-off last month when he outlined plans to reduce the quantitative easing program, and he has joined a slew of Fed officials since then who have spelled out their intention to keep interest rates near zero well after the asset purchases.
  • (8) It works thus: you pick out what you want from a slew of local shops, and for £3.50 a man in a van delivers it to your house after work, a sort of posh meals-on-wheels meets Ocado.
  • (9) He conceded his speech was wide-ranging, which is one reason it prompted a slew of different headlines in the weekend press .
  • (10) Between the election and inauguration, Trump spent much of his time hosting meetings with representatives on a slew of topics and interest groups.
  • (11) It is the third suit filed by the Center for Reproductive Rights against a slew of North Dakota laws aimed at making the state abortion free.
  • (12) However, Black produces a slew of evidence that questions the analysis of the Office of National Statistics used to work out the productivity of the health service.
  • (13) The average chronic slew rate was half the average acute value.
  • (14) A slew of former and current New York politicians are joining demonstrators, who are bringing in 100 wheelchairs.
  • (15) CT scatter was observed to increase as scan field size and slice thickness increased, whilst there was little change in scatter with changes in gantry tilt and table slew.
  • (16) Similar changes were noted for the rate of voltage change (slew rate).
  • (17) Following a slew of downbeat economic indicators, market expectations are growing that there will be more quantitative easing from the Fed before the end of the year.
  • (18) The contentious Carmichael project has been delayed amid a thermal coal market slump and a slew of legal challenges from conservationists and traditional owners.
  • (19) The only real difference between Adam and Eve's kids and Marion and Ralph's over-achieving sons is that while the first murderer (Cain) slew Abel because, according to Genesis, the latter was favoured by God, David might have to slay Ed for being favoured by Labour party members.
  • (20) Some had been expecting an even weaker reading after a slew of downbeat economic indicators from the US in recent weeks.

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