What's the difference between ley and lye?

Ley


Definition:

  • (v. t. & i.) To lay; to wager.
  • (n.) Law.
  • (n.) See Lye.
  • (n.) Grass or meadow land; a lea.
  • (a.) Fallow; unseeded.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) However, lesions with epithelial dysplasia showed H antigen on all spinous cells, and often also on basal cells, with expression of Lex and Ley restricted to the most superficial part of the epithelium above the H-positive cell layers.
  • (2) A negative correlation was found between S Ley and tubules with highly progressed spermatogenesis, and a positive correlation between S Ley and tubules with arrested spermatogenesis.
  • (3) The 23 items announced by Ley include seven in diagnostic imaging, nine in ear, nose and throat surgery, five in gastroenterology and one each in obstetrics and thoracic medicine.
  • (4) These results suggest that GOM-2 recognizes a new carbohydrate antigen on KATO-III cells that is distinct from Le(a), Leb, Lec, Le(x), Ley, T and Tn structures.
  • (5) In contrast, CC-1 and CC-2 monoclonal antibodies, which recognize extended LeY structures, and KH-1, which is specific to trifucosyl LeY, preferentially stained malignant colonic tissues and rarely stained normal colonic mucosae.
  • (6) It’s definitely not about winners and losers,” Ley told reporters on Sunday.
  • (7) Health minister Sussan Ley said the government was finalising the immediate future funding for the organisations.
  • (8) Asked on Tuesday about means testing, Ley said: “I just don't want to rule anything in or out.
  • (9) In a sign that the government had learned some of the political lessons of the ill-fated co-payment, Ley appointed GPs and clinicians at the centre of those reviews.
  • (10) Immunohistochemical expression of blood group-related antigens (BGRAs), A, B, H, Leb, Lex and Ley was observed both in the cells in the culture, and in tumor transplanted into the pancreas.
  • (11) We examined the distribution of blood group-related antigens using an indirect immunoperoxidase method with monoclonal antibodies (MAb) directed to A, B, H, Lewis a (Lea), Lewis b (Leb), Lewis x (Lex), and Lewis y (Ley) antigens and Type 1 precursor chain in human pancreas.
  • (12) Among the 4 antigens, the sialylated Lex-i antigen had the highest positive incidence, 58%, in the sera of patients with adenocarcinoma of the lung, compared to 33% for Ley, 29% for poly Lex, and 8% for Lex antigen.
  • (13) The reactivity of Leb and Ley was similar with regard to cellular localization and specificity.
  • (14) The health minister, Sussan Ley , released the first stage of a medical benefits schedule (MBS) taskforce review, led by Sydney medical school’s dean, Bruce Robertson, which identified items which were considered obsolete and no longer representing clinical best-practice.
  • (15) Anti-synaptotagmin (p65) antibodies also immunoprecipitate omega-CgTX receptor (Leveque, C., Hoshino, T., David, P., Shoji-Kasai, Y., Leys, K., Omori, A., Lang, B., El Far, O., Sato, K., Martin-Moutot, N., Newsom-Davis, J., Takahashi, M., and Seagar, M.J. (1992) Proc.
  • (16) Ley determinant (Fuc alpha 1----2Gal beta 1----4[Fuc alpha 1----3]GlcNAc beta 1----R) defined by mAb BM-1 is highly expressed in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected T cell lines and in CD3+ peripheral mature T cells of patients with acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) or with AIDS-related complex (ARC).
  • (17) Ley said she would now consult doctors and others “to come up with sensible options to deliver appropriate Medicare reform”.
  • (18) The assistant minister for education, Sussan Ley, welcomed the draft report, saying the inquiry was a “once in a generation opportunity for reform”.
  • (19) As well as the only place he could be.” The diaries chronicle the years of Nick’s depression at Far Leys, often uncommunicative, often disappearing without saying a word.
  • (20) Ley said paid parental leave and childcare were “separate” policies and indicated the government would not consider changes to the signature scheme.

Lye


Definition:

  • (n.) A strong caustic alkaline solution of potassium salts, obtained by leaching wood ashes. It is much used in making soap, etc.
  • (n.) A short side line, connected with the main line; a turn-out; a siding.
  • (n.) A falsehood.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The success of conservative treatment has been higher in patients younger than 8 years of age, and in strictures due to caustics other than lye involving upper third portion and less than five cm of an esophageal segment.
  • (2) They may be used to irrigate oropharyngeal burns, but are contraindicated in the face of respiratory compromise, shock, liquid lye ingestion, and perforation of the esophagus or stomach.
  • (3) In the small number of patients with a nodular lye than in the other two histiocytic type, associated with diffuse areas, the prognosis is less favorable than in the other two histologic groups.
  • (4) In view of these findings, it can be postulated that LSD may be diagnosed and prognosed through LYE changes in the serum.
  • (5) Hypopharyngeal strictures, either isolated or in conjunction with laryngeal and esophageal strictures, can occur following lye ingestion.
  • (6) Mechanical homogenization of sputa before making the smear, carried out by shaking the sputum with glass beads, had a significant effect on the number of detected mycobacteria while homogenization using soda lye did not influence the positivity in any direction.
  • (7) It is well known, that in the group of high- supralevator deformities, the lower rectum, anal canal and internal sphincter are absent, and the terminal pouch lyes above the puborectalis sling.
  • (8) In a 16-year-old female, complete stenosis of the larynx and hypopharynx developed as a consequence of the ingestion of lye cristals.
  • (9) Clinical findings and lysosomal enzymes (LYE) in eight lumpy skin diseases (LSD) cows and same number of healthy ones were reported in Tal-El Baker village and Tal Alkabir centre, Ismailia province, Egypt.
  • (10) Forty-eight had gastroesophageal reflux disease and 2 had chronic lye strictures.
  • (11) Upon ingestion of lye and its compounds severe corrosive lesions may develop not only in the oesophagus but also of the stomach.
  • (12) The 5-year survival rate was 34% for the patients with a local tumour at operation and 44% for those in whom the carcinoma developed at the site of a previous lye stricture.
  • (13) Paediatric microstomia may occur congenitally in the whistling face syndrome but is more often acquired after accidental thermal injuries such as biting an electrical extension cord or ingesting household lye.
  • (14) Ten patients had ingested lye and one had an esophageal atresia.
  • (15) The inferiorly based platysma myocutaneous flap was used in two of our patients with lye burns, and bilateral superiorly based flaps were used in one.
  • (16) Treatment of lye ingestions by antidotes recommended on product labels includes the use of acid neutralizers.
  • (17) The most common indications for operation were esophageal strictures that developed after lye ingestion and reflux strictures not responding to other treatment.
  • (18) Herein, we report our experience with sucralfate in the treatment of a case of lye-induced esophagitis.
  • (19) Among 77 dogs surviving standardized transmural esophageal lye injury for at least 2 weeks and as long as 12 weeks, 24 were untreated, 26 received corticosteroids and bougienage (S&B), and 27 received only the lathyrogen beta-aminoproprionitrile (BAPN).
  • (20) Lyes claimed that 10 minutes after she returned to her seat a steward told her to surrender the flag and that, when she refused, she was told to leave the stadium.

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