What's the difference between limb and wing?

Limb


Definition:

  • (n.) A part of a tree which extends from the trunk and separates into branches and twigs; a large branch.
  • (n.) An arm or a leg of a human being; a leg, arm, or wing of an animal.
  • (n.) A thing or person regarded as a part or member of, or attachment to, something else.
  • (n.) An elementary piece of the mechanism of a lock.
  • (v. t.) To supply with limbs.
  • (v. t.) To dismember; to tear off the limbs of.
  • (n.) A border or edge, in certain special uses.
  • (n.) The border or upper spreading part of a monopetalous corolla, or of a petal, or sepal; blade.
  • (n.) The border or edge of the disk of a heavenly body, especially of the sun and moon.
  • (n.) The graduated margin of an arc or circle, in an instrument for measuring angles.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Anesthetized sheep (n = 6) previously prepared with a lung lymph fistula underwent 2 hr of tourniquet ischemia of both lower limbs.
  • (2) In the upper limb and facial forms of familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy first recorded in Swiss and Finns respectively, the differences in their patterns of neurological disease and ocular lesions could be the result of their amyloids deriving from proteins other than prealbumin.
  • (3) Although each of palate and limb is concurrently susceptible to epigenetic regulation, their differential intrinsic genomic capabilities appear to have been uncoupled.
  • (4) Comparisons of ICR locations were made between flexion and extension, between left and right limbs, and between living and dead dogs, using analysis of variance.
  • (5) The most frequent source of the pulmonary circulation thromboembolism was the lower limb veins.
  • (6) No case of oromandibular-limb abnormality was seen in the CVS groups, but 1 child in the AC group had aplasia of the right hand.
  • (7) The NAD-dependent enzymes (except alpha-GPDH) showed a stronger reactivity in the proximal tubules, while the NADP-dependent ones were more reactive in the thick limb of Henle's loop and distal convoluted tubules.
  • (8) Of these, 12 had radiation-induced neurologic complications which, in 5 instances, consisted of persisting, wholly or partially disabling paresis in the lower limbs.
  • (9) The rate of removal of exogenous PGE2 in the hind limb circulation was not influenced by HC, suggesting that the diminution of PG release by HC results from the suppression of PG generation rather than from the enhancement of degradation.
  • (10) Full length or multifocal uptake was seen in six patients, all of whom eventually required graft excision with two limbs surviving, and one death.
  • (11) Cooling of the necrotic limb with the application of a tourniquet and general nonoperative treatment were conducted in preparation for amputation.
  • (12) Limb abnormalities included lumbar scoliosis, short malformed tibias and fibulas, and polydactyly.
  • (13) Seventy-one patients with 80 lower limbs clinically suspected of deep venous thrombosis (DVT) were investigated by both Doppler ultrasound and venography.
  • (14) Piretanide blocks the Na+ 2Cl- K+ cotransporter protein in the thick ascending limb (TAL) of the loop of Henle reversibly.
  • (15) Bidrin treatment of quail embryos results in axial anomalies as well as malformations of the beak and the limbs.
  • (16) The myogenic potential of chick limb mesenchyme from stages 18-25 was assessed by micromass culture under conditions conductive to myogenesis, and was measured as the proportion of differentiated (muscle myosin-positive) mononucleated cells detected.
  • (17) Facial twitch was followed by the generalized convulsion, further progressing to trembling of the limbs and then kicking of the hindlimb (full seizure) after 55 days of age.
  • (18) High levels of both enzymes were reached noticeably earlier during development in PCT and PST than in medullary thick ascending limb, which emphasizes metabolic heterogeneity of developing rat kidney nephron.
  • (19) Forty-eight reinterventions in 34 limbs were required to restore or maintain graft patency in thrombosed or failing grafts.
  • (20) Stimulation of nerves in the limbs evoked EPSPs and JPSPs in 201 of 204 tested LRN neurones.

Wing


Definition:

  • (n.) One of the two anterior limbs of a bird, pterodactyl, or bat. They correspond to the arms of man, and are usually modified for flight, but in the case of a few species of birds, as the ostrich, auk, etc., the wings are used only as an assistance in running or swimming.
  • (n.) Any similar member or instrument used for the purpose of flying.
  • (n.) One of the two pairs of upper thoracic appendages of most hexapod insects. They are broad, fanlike organs formed of a double membrane and strengthened by chitinous veins or nervures.
  • (n.) One of the large pectoral fins of the flying fishes.
  • (n.) Passage by flying; flight; as, to take wing.
  • (n.) Motive or instrument of flight; means of flight or of rapid motion.
  • (n.) Anything which agitates the air as a wing does, or which is put in winglike motion by the action of the air, as a fan or vane for winnowing grain, the vane or sail of a windmill, etc.
  • (n.) An ornament worn on the shoulder; a small epaulet or shoulder knot.
  • (n.) Any appendage resembling the wing of a bird or insect in shape or appearance.
  • (n.) One of the broad, thin, anterior lobes of the foot of a pteropod, used as an organ in swimming.
  • (n.) Any membranaceous expansion, as that along the sides of certain stems, or of a fruit of the kind called samara.
  • (n.) Either of the two side petals of a papilionaceous flower.
  • (n.) One of two corresponding appendages attached; a sidepiece.
  • (n.) A side building, less than the main edifice; as, one of the wings of a palace.
  • (n.) The longer side of crownworks, etc., connecting them with the main work.
  • (n.) A side shoot of a tree or plant; a branch growing up by the side of another.
  • (n.) The right or left division of an army, regiment, etc.
  • (n.) That part of the hold or orlop of a vessel which is nearest the sides. In a fleet, one of the extremities when the ships are drawn up in line, or when forming the two sides of a triangle.
  • (n.) One of the sides of the stags in a theater.
  • (v. t.) To furnish with wings; to enable to fly, or to move with celerity.
  • (v. t.) To supply with wings or sidepieces.
  • (v. t.) To transport by flight; to cause to fly.
  • (v. t.) To move through in flight; to fly through.
  • (v. t.) To cut off the wings of; to wound in the wing; to disable a wing of; as, to wing a bird.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) In dorsoventral (DV) reversed wings at both shoulder or flank level, the motor axons do not alter their course as they enter the graft.
  • (2) Small pieces of anterior and posterior quail wing-bud mesoderm (HH stages 21-23) were placed in in vitro culture for up to 3 days.
  • (3) But the Franco-British spat sparked by Dave's rejection of Angela and Nicolas's cunning plan to save the euro has been given wings by news the US credit agencies may soon strip France of its triple-A rating and is coming along very nicely, thank you. "
  • (4) However in a repeat of the current standoff over the federal budget, the conservative wing of the Republican party is threatening to exploit its leverage over raising the debt ceiling to unpick Obama's healthcare reforms.
  • (5) Aircraft pilots Facebook Twitter Pinterest ‘Getting paid to have your head in the clouds.’ Photograph: CTC Wings Includes: Flight engineers and flying instructors Average pay before tax: £90,146 Pay range: £66,178 (25th percentile) to £97,598 (60th percentile).
  • (6) Changes of mineral content in the approximal enamel of the teeth were determined in situ with quantitative bite-wing radiography.
  • (7) 'The right-wing bloc will now be able to unify around one leader,' said Robert Misik, a senior Austrian journalist and commentator.
  • (8) "The influence of private companies is getting ever bigger, and the right-wing government has been in favour of more privatisation."
  • (9) Jamat-ud Dawa, the social welfare wing of LeT, has been blacklisted in the wake of the Mumbai attacks although it continues to function.
  • (10) In terms of physiology and favourable maternal and foetal outcomes, the best age for childbearing is 20-35, but in my 20s I ran from any man who might clip my wings.
  • (11) The resection included the skin, globe, sphenoid wings, and orbitofrontal bone.
  • (12) Wing muscles were removed and examined histologically at various times after stretch.
  • (13) Dali Tambo [son of exiled ANC president Oliver] approached me to form a British wing of Artists Against Apartheid, and we did loads of concerts, leading up to a huge event on Clapham Common in 1986 that attracted a quarter of a million people.
  • (14) The prime minister told the Radio Times he was a fan of the "brilliant" US musical drama Glee, preferred Friends to The West Wing, and chose Lady Gaga over Madonna, and Cheryl Cole over Simon Cowell.
  • (15) Matteo Renzi, the Italian leader who has argued it would be a disaster if Britain left the EU, suggested defensiveness about freedom of movement led to nowhere apart from opening the door to “right-wing xenophobia and nationalism” in Europe .
  • (16) Exact comparisons of recovery of ocular tone (Maddox Wing test) between the anaesthetics were not possible as both Althesin and methohexitone rendered some patients incapable of taking the tests in the early post-operative period.
  • (17) So again, they did what they had to and should do.” Aakjaer’s Facebook account also contained other derogatory references to eastern Europeans, a message of support for the right-wing Dansk Folkeparti’s views about border control and a photograph of six pigs with a caption: “It’s time to deploy our secret weapons against Islamists.” When Aakjaer was contacted by the Guardian in January, he said that he was not “a racist at all”.
  • (18) Increased slippage torques of approximately 100 per cent were noted in all interfaces at low values of tightening torque (6 and 8 N m) of the wing-nut clamp and improvements of not less than 50 per cent were obtained at higher tightening torques (10 and 12 N m) on the wing-nut clamp.
  • (19) Years ahead of its time, it saw each song presented theatrically, the musicians concealed in the wings (although Bowie said that they kept creeping on to the stage, literally unable to resist the spotlight) and with Bowie performing on a cherry-picker and on a giant hand, both of which kept breaking down.
  • (20) In Drosophila melanogaster new tester strains for the somatic mutation and recombination test (SMART) in the wing were constructed with the aim of increasing the metabolic capacity to activate promutagens.