What's the difference between mallet and mullet?

Mallet


Definition:

  • (n.) A small maul with a short handle, -- used esp. for driving a tool, as a chisel or the like; also, a light beetle with a long handle, -- used in playing croquet.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) We describe a new technique to treat the mallet finger deformity.
  • (2) Of 35 patients with mallet thumb, 25 received conservative coil-splint immobilization treatment.
  • (3) Report on 35 cases of mallet finger treated conservatively: a circular plaster cast was modeled in hyperextension of the distal interphalangeal joint.
  • (4) The wizened fish is hammered with a mallet to soften it so you can pull it off in strips to eat.
  • (5) The use of Fowler's central slip release is reported in five patients considered to be failures of closed management in a personal series of 100 consecutive "mallet fingers" seen over a period of 3 years.
  • (6) The functional status of the upper extremity was recorded 1 to 14 years after the operation using a modified Mallet's classification: 6 were good, 17 fair and 3 poor.
  • (7) When a mallet finger deformity results from an intra-articular fracture of the distal phalanx comprising more than one third of the articular surface, an accurate reduction of this fracture is necessary to prevent secondary degenerative arthritis.
  • (8) A discussion of hammertoe, mallet toe, and clawtoe has been presented.
  • (9) Twelve months ago, Chris Hemsworth, the actor who plays Kevin, was in every multiplex as Thor , he of the unreconstructed chivalry and massive mallet.
  • (10) This study revealed that the mallet fingers with chip fractures and those without fractures showed satisfactory results in 85% of cases in the long term (32 months) with conservative treatment.
  • (11) Mallet finger injuries are commonly seen in the emergency room and the treatment is usually simple, consisting of extension splinting of the DIP joint.
  • (12) In mallet finger with avulsion fracture conservative treatment appears to be the treatment of choice.
  • (13) The indications for conservative and operative treatment in the five different types of mallet finger are discussed.
  • (14) One-hundred and thirty-five patients with mallet finger were treated and followed up at least 1 year after injury.
  • (15) Tenotomy of the central slip of the extensor retinaculum over the proximal interphalangeal region was performed in 8 cases longstanding, flexible mallet fingers.
  • (16) An experimental study was undertaken to investigate the rate of decay of heat from standard orthopaedic mallets post-autoclaving.
  • (17) This article presents 21 cases of mallet finger deformities with fracture of the distal phalanx, of which 17 received surgical treatment.
  • (18) Treatment of tendon ruptures includes tenorrhaphy, tendon grafting and arthrodesis in the case of mallet finger deformity.
  • (19) Because the truth about cancer treatment in our time is that it’s often extraordinarily heavy-handed: a bit like killing a flea with a mallet.
  • (20) The hyperextension mallet finger is a rare variant.

Mullet


Definition:

  • (n.) Any one of numerous fishes of the genus Mugil; -- called also gray mullets. They are found on the coasts of both continents, and are highly esteemed as food. Among the most valuable species are Mugil capito of Europe, and M. cephalus which occurs both on the European and American coasts.
  • (n.) Any species of the genus Mullus, or family Mullidae; called also red mullet, and surmullet, esp. the plain surmullet (Mullus barbatus), and the striped surmullet (M. surmulletus) of Southern Europe. The former is the mullet of the Romans. It is noted for the brilliancy of its colors. See Surmullet.
  • (n.) A star, usually five pointed and pierced; -- when used as a difference it indicates the third son.
  • (n.) Small pinchers for curling the hair.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Protein synthesis in mullet was measured by use of pulse injections of 14Cleucine into the hepatic portal circulation and by 4-hr continuous infusion of 14Ctyrosine into the dorsal aorta.
  • (2) Three female mullets received a priming injection of carp pituitary homogenate followed by a resolving injection of an LHRH analogue 24 hr later.
  • (3) Mullets and rabbitfish caught at the same site caused no harm.
  • (4) The Km of 20 alpha-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase of mullet ovarian tissue was similar to the value reported for mammalian gonadal tissue, but the constant for 17 beta-hydroxy-steroid dehydrogenase in the carp ovary was different.
  • (5) The people of Great Britain, with the co-ordination of a shoal of mullet, didn’t just put the Lewisham and Greenwich choir in with a bullet, they made sure to buy enough of Bieber’s own work that his generous spirit would be rewarded with chart spots two, three and five.
  • (6) You could toss a mullet net over any park bench between Key West and Pensacola and drag in two people who’d be more inspiring.
  • (7) Minced fish (mullet) sausage mixes containing added sugar, salt, nitrate, nitrite and spices were fermented (48 h, 30 degrees C) by indigenous flora or by a starter culture (Pediococcus acidilactici) and the microbial ecology and behaviour of various bacteria was monitored.
  • (8) These results are in concordance with results of a cluster analysis based on the mixture compositions, which indicates that shrimp and crab mixtures are compositionally similar, while mullet and oyster mixtures are compositionally distinct from the shrimp mixture.
  • (9) After watching Kinnock slide to defeat in the 1987 general election, he recalls standing at the Welshman’s shoulder the morning after “ a half-blubbing, mullet-haired 20-year old ”.
  • (10) The first type was most evident in the grey mullet Mugil sp., being characterized by the decrease of the level of the activity at night time.
  • (11) It’s a small, unassuming restaurant where even the queue to get in is exciting – order a cold beer and watch one of the owners grill fresh sardines and red mullet by the door as you wait.
  • (12) According to the aversion index, animals conditioned to shrimp mixture perceived crab mixture as being more similar to shrimp mixture than were mullet and oyster mixtures, but all three nonconditioned mixtures were perceived as being significantly different from the shrimp mixture.
  • (13) More limited metabolism was observed in mullet when n-alkanes were taken up via the gills.
  • (14) Glycogen phosphorylase purified from muscle of mullet (Liza ramada) has been kinetically characterized.
  • (15) White mullet fingerlings (Mugil curema) occur together with freshwater species, of the Poeciliidae and Characidae, in a pond neighboring the beach at Pontal do Sul (Parana, Brasil).
  • (16) were diagnosed in the municipality of Registro (São Paulo State, Brazil) by stool examinations, in patients who ate raw mullet (Mugil sp.).
  • (17) The striped mullet (Mugil cephalus) exhibits a restricted spawning season and matures only once per spawning cycle.
  • (18) The endocrine cells in the gut of Mugil saliens Risso, 1810 (leaping grey mullet) were investigated by immunocytochemical and electron microscopic techniques.
  • (19) If you were of drinking age in the early 00s then you may well have had a mullet in this genre's heyday, and, complete with ironic sweatband, gotten sweaty to Fischerspooner, Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Felix Da Housecat.
  • (20) 11) If you're Kanye West, you can rock a mullet and no one will say anything Of course, it's not like your crew will have much room to criticise, but if anyone was going to try to stop the party around the back of Kanye's bonce, it clearly didn't do any good, as it was there, bouncy, fresh, and mullety.