What's the difference between lunula and lunulate?

Lunula


Definition:

  • (n.) Same as Lunule.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The lateral meniscus in some Prosimii contains one or two intramensical ossicles (lunulae).
  • (2) Cutaneous and systemic disorders in which red lunulae have been observed are reviewed.
  • (3) With the exception of children, amputations at the level of the lunula survive poorly by direct reattachment.
  • (4) Nail thickness increased from 43% of the final thickness over the mid-point of the lunula to 81% at its distal margin, the remaining increase in thickness being formed by the nail bed.
  • (5) Altogether 157 patients with onychomycosis affecting not more than 80% of the surface area of nail with intact lunula and matrix were treated once weekly for up to 6 months with amorolfine nail lacquer (2 or 5%) in a double-blind randomized design.
  • (6) We report our findings in these patients, which suggest that red lunulae result from increased arteriolar blood flow, a vasodilatory capacitance phenomenon, or changes in the optical properties of the overlying nail so that normal blood vessels become more apparent.
  • (7) In finger nail "anlagen", T cytokeratins were detected first in week 12 and 13 fetuses, specifically in cells of the lunula region.
  • (8) The case is reported of a man with uniformly silver-blue discolouration of all fingernails, with deeper colouring over the lunulae.
  • (9) All these tumors were subungual, located around the lunula area and were treated by surgical excision with complete relief of symptoms.
  • (10) The development of red nail lunulae has been extremely rarely described in alopecia areata.
  • (11) The nail plate is generally thinned, the surface ridged and lusterless, and the lunula decreased in size.
  • (12) Histopathologic examination of the red lunula in one of the four cases did not show signs of neovascularization.
  • (13) Argyria is pronounced in areas of sun exposure and in the lunulae of the fingernails.
  • (14) Curved Baseball Hat, the guy who grows corn and beans and who had delicate traces of soil in the lunulae of his fingernails, asked about an old gambling hall that used to be in town, and the reminiscences of the way Burlington used to be flowed – buildings that had been knocked down, women that were once beautiful and were now dead, fortunes made and vanished.
  • (15) The active single chains of luciferases from the Gonyaulax species have a MW of 130,000 while those from P. noctiluca and D. lunula have a MW of 60,000.
  • (16) Red lunulae are associated with rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus, alopecia areata, cardiac failure, hepatic cirrhosis, lymphogranuloma venereum, psoriasis, carbon monoxide poisoning, twenty-nail dystrophy, and reticulosarcoma.
  • (17) Lamellar excrescences are located along the lower boundary of the lunulas and occurred more often in those younger than 30 years.
  • (18) Although the biochemistry of bioluminescence in these dinoflagellates is generally similar, the observations that D. lunula and P. noctiluca apparently lack LBP and have luciferases with low MW single chains require further clarification.
  • (19) The nail disorders are mostly the absence of lunula (30%), related to the anaemia, and the half and half nail (36%) that seems specific of the severe azotaemia.
  • (20) We suggest the subungual tumor be treated by surgical excision, and to avoid later nail deformity, the tumor located around the lunula be approached by proximal half nail removal, a "U" or "+" incision on the nail bed and repair of the nail bed with 7 "0" or 8 "0" suture material.

Lunulate


Definition:

  • (a.) Alt. of Lunulated

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Villous and lamellar tissue excrescences were observed at the node of Arantius and at the limit between the lunules and the load-bearing portion of the leaflets.
  • (2) Subcutaneous "pocketing" is proposed as a simple and convenient method to nourish a denuded, replanted end of a finger, when the amputation is between the lunule and the DIP joint.
  • (3) Fenestrations were present in the lunules of 14 specimens, with a higher incidence in specimens from subjects who were middle-aged or older.
  • (4) Both types of cells display a constant mode of arrangement on the different segments of the leaflets (lunules, node of Arantius and load-bearing portion of the leaflet).

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