What's the difference between linctus and syrupy?

Linctus


Definition:

  • (n.) Medicine taken by licking with the tongue.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Validation studies, to show that the method is precise, accurate and rectilinear, have been carried out on four linctus formulations and two pastille formulations.
  • (2) A selective high-performance liquid chromatographic procedure has been developed for the determination of the major Ipecacuanha alkaloids, emetine and cephaeline, in a number of linctus and pastille preparations.
  • (3) Where another writer might have dished out such experiences with a moralising linctus or a fake spirit of adventure, Lewis gave them to us page after page, year after year, as the most delicious of unaging wines.
  • (4) A rapid and simple method for the assay of pholcodine in various syrup and linctus formulations, based on color reaction with p-dimethylaminobenzaldehyde, is suggested.
  • (5) Bronchodilator treatment was being taken by 12% of the patients with symptoms, regular cough linctus by 10%, and regular antibiotics by 5%.
  • (6) Sample preparation is simple, involving either straight dilution for linctus formulations or simple dissolutions for pastilles.
  • (7) In a double-blind randomized study 60 patients with either irritative cough due to seasonal respiratory disorders or chronic cough of any etiology were treated with either butamirate citrate linctus (Sinecod, Zyma) or with clobutinol syrup (Silomat, Boehringer, Ingelheim) for a period of 5 days at a dose regimen of 3 tablespoons daily.
  • (8) Lotussin and linctus diphenhydramine were compared for efficacy and patient preference in fifty patients suffering from post-infective cough.
  • (9) In all three subjects 100 mg. of phenylpropanolamine taken orally caused a more pronounced rise of systolic pressure and a rise of diastolic pressure.In contrast, 50 mg. of phenylpropanolamine orally caused a rapid and potentially dangerous rise of blood pressure in a subject taking the monamine oxidase inhibitor tranylcypromine, and a similar acute rise of blood pressure occurred in this subject when given a proprietary cough linctus containing the same dose of phenylpropanolamine.
  • (10) We describe a case of accidental ingestion of podophyllin, mistaken for cough linctus, and its resultant toxicity.
  • (11) The proprietary formulations chosen for study were Phensedyl linctus, Avil tablets and Ponderax tablets.

Syrupy


Definition:

  • (a.) Like sirup, or partaking of its qualities.
  • (a.) Same as Sirup, Sirupy.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) "A syrupy drizzle of prettiness covers this cloying movie," wrote the Guardian's Peter Bradshaw .
  • (2) The result is a decadent pancake that has the syrupy sweetness associated with gulab jamun , jangiri and other Indian sweets.
  • (3) Let it bubble for a few minutes, or until it looks a bit more … well, syrupy.
  • (4) Continue until the liquid turns slightly syrupy, about 5 or 6 minutes.
  • (5) Increase the heat under the pan and simmer the sauce until thickened and slightly syrupy.
  • (6) The acid production of 10 syrupy medicines sweetened with sucrose, fructose, sorbitol, xylitol and saccharin or with a combination of these was tested.
  • (7) Eight weeks after BP's well ruptured, the full impact on marine life became increasingly visible with images of dead and dying hermit crab and brown pelicans trapped and weighed down in dark syrupy oil while spawning of Atlantic bluefin tuna is threatened in the Gulf of Mexico – only one of two places in the world where this happens.
  • (8) Details: thedoctorsorders.com Enter the sublime chambers: Five groundbreaking J Dilla productions Common: Heat (Geffen, 2000) The aptly named Heat vibrates with a brilliantly thick, syrupy Afrobeat feel that is the perfect midpoint between the shimmering burnt-sugar funk of Fela Kuti and the hammer-fall, chicken-scratch soul power of James Brown.
  • (9) Two sweeteners with a syrupy component, maltose and sorbitol, fell further away.
  • (10) On the tongue, well, it's an acquired taste: slightly metallic, syrupy sweet, a faint hint of orange and cream.
  • (11) Add the vinegar, cider, thyme and sugar and reduce over a medium heat until the liquid becomes syrupy.
  • (12) 'Syrupy' solutions of liquid linear polyacrylamide (> or = 10%T, 0%C) appear to be excellent for fractionation of oligonucleotides and, potentially, for DNA sequencing.
  • (13) 1D-1,3,4,5-Tetra-O-allyl-myo-inositol and the above described, relevant diaste reoisomers were converted into 1D-2,6-di-O-benzyl-myo-inositol which gave the syrupy octabenzyl ester of 1D-2,6-di-O-benzyl-myo-inositol 1,3,4,5-tetrakisphosphate.
  • (14) When the mixture is syrupy, add the apple and cook until the apple is soft and then add the mustard.
  • (15) His early 60s white R&B band the Fairlanes included guitarist Billy Sherrill, the producer who later pioneered the 1970s "countrypolitan" sound by laying syrupy strings and a whole lot of rhinestones on George'n'Tammy and Charlie Rich, while lead singer Dan Penn , along with fellow FAMEr Spooner Oldham and others, later wrote some of the greatest soul songs of the 60s, including The Dark End Of The Street.
  • (16) Churning out that syrupy gloop is all very well Ant, but it won't put £378 in my wallet.
  • (17) He didn't require a translation, but responded by asking, in a syrupy Viennese accent, " Was ist die Frage? "
  • (18) For comparison, rabbit antisera were also produced against glucagon polymer (GA-10) and syrupy glucagon fibrils (PGA-2).
  • (19) Racemic 1,2,4-tri-O-benzyl-5,6-O-isopropylidene-myo-inositol was prepared by a new route involving crotyl (but-2-enyl) ethers and converted into the (-)-omega-camphanates to give the pure crystalline 1L-diastereoisomer and the chirally impure, syrupy 1D-diastereoisomer.
  • (20) Parents gave daily doses of syrupy medications and elixirs 3-4 times a day and at least two of these doses were given just before or during a designated nap or bedtime.

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