What's the difference between manifest and mimic?

Manifest


Definition:

  • (a.) Evident to the senses, esp. to the sight; apparent; distinctly perceived; hence, obvious to the understanding; apparent to the mind; easily apprehensible; plain; not obscure or hidden.
  • (a.) Detected; convicted; -- with of.
  • (a.) A public declaration; an open statement; a manifesto. See Manifesto.
  • (a.) A list or invoice of a ship's cargo, containing a description by marks, numbers, etc., of each package of goods, to be exhibited at the customhouse.
  • (v. t.) To show plainly; to make to appear distinctly, -- usually to the mind; to put beyond question or doubt; to display; to exhibit.
  • (v. t.) To exhibit the manifests or prepared invoices of; to declare at the customhouse.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) This particular variant of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is characterized by the presence of subcutaneous rheumatoid nodules, scanty or absent systemic manifestations and a clinically benign course.
  • (2) It has been generally believed that the ligand-binding of steroid hormone receptors triggers an allosteric change in receptor structure, manifested by an increased affinity of the receptor for DNA in vitro and nuclear target elements in vivo, as monitored by nuclear translocation.
  • (3) Sixteen patients (27%) manifested anomalies of the urinary tract: 12 had markedly altered kidneys, 8 of which were unilateral and ipsilateral to the diaphragmatic defect.
  • (4) A 24-h test trial employing a dry target demonstrated a robust memory for the training manifested in passive avoidance behavior.
  • (5) Tumour necrosis factor (TNF), a polypeptide produced by mononuclear phagocytes, has been implicated as an important mediator of inflammatory processes and of clinical manifestations in acute infectious diseases.
  • (6) The acute effect of alcohol manifested itself by decreasing mitochondrial respiration, compensated by increased glycolytic activity of the myocardium so that myocardial energy phosphate concentration remained unchanged.
  • (7) The males had characteristic manifestations of the Martin-Bell syndrome.
  • (8) A clinically manifest disease could be found in 13 patients, meningosis was additionally detected by autopsy in 32 patients.
  • (9) Such a need has occurred in New York City, where schistosomiasis, with its protean manifestations has been seen with increasing frequency.
  • (10) One hundred and ninety-nine children aged 7-14 and 177 adolescents in remission and minimal manifestations of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) were examined before and after fangotherapy with allowance for activity of the process, age-related reactivity.
  • (11) Channel activation persists through the process of platelet isolation and washing and is manifested in higher measured values of [Ca2+]cyt and [Ca2+]dt in the "resting state."
  • (12) In spite of important differences in size, chemical composition, polymer density, and configuration, biological macromolecules indeed manifest some of the essential physical-chemical properties of gels.
  • (13) Two patients presented in addition to intestinal manifestations massive extraintestinal symptoms, both with septicemia and meningitis.
  • (14) It is therefore necessary, to look at typical clinical manifestations, i.e.
  • (15) The diagnosis of "autism" has been used to encompass a heterogeneous group of children who may differ in etiology, clinical manifestations, prognosis, and needed treatment.
  • (16) We present a 40-year-old woman with manifestations of all three disorders.
  • (17) For the second propositus, a woman presenting with abdominal and psychiatric manifestations, the age of onset was 38 years; the acute attack had no recognizable cause; she had mild skin lesions and initially was incorrectly diagnosed as intermittent acute porphyria; the diagnosis of variegate porphyria was only established at the age of 50 years.
  • (18) The authors recently observed 2 elderly female patients with ischemic pain of the upper extremity as the first manifestation of giant cell arteritis.
  • (19) Health information dissemination is severely complicated by the widespread stigma associated with digestive topics, manifested in the American public's general discomfort in communicating with others about digestive health.
  • (20) In a Caucasian woman with a history of ocular and pulmonary sarcoidosis, the occurrence of sclerosing peritonitis with exudative ascites but without any of the well-known causes of this syndrome prompts us to consider that sclerosing peritonitis is a manifestation of sarcoidosis.

Mimic


Definition:

  • (a.) Alt. of Mimical
  • (n.) One who imitates or mimics, especially one who does so for sport; a copyist; a buffoon.
  • (v. t.) To imitate or ape for sport; to ridicule by imitation.
  • (v. t.) To assume a resemblance to (some other organism of a totally different nature, or some surrounding object), as a means of protection or advantage.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The mechanism by which gp55 causes increased erythroblastosis and ultimately leukaemia is unknown, but a reasonable suggestion is that gp55 can mimic the action of erythropoietin by binding to its receptor (Epo-R), thereby triggering prolonged proliferation of erythroid cells.
  • (2) The present study explored the possibility that SOD-mimics such as desferrioxamine-Mn(III) chelate [DF-Mn] or cyclic nitroxide stable free radicals could protect from O2-.-independent damage.
  • (3) In physiological studies CDS mimics clonidine's action as an inhibitor of the electrically induced twitch response and as a partial agonist of the epinephrine-induced platelet aggregation.
  • (4) It may be assumed that this trait in the evaluation of mimics is due to a constitutional and morbid process.
  • (5) Mimics are stars and the country’s finest impersonators have their own television shows.
  • (6) The diagnosis of porphyria was overlooked in some as the symptoms may mimic those of other acute illnesses, so that incomplete or incorrect death certificates have been issued.
  • (7) The neurotransmitter alterations which accompany aluminum neurofibrillary degeneration were examined in order to assess how closely they mimic those of Alzheimer's disease.
  • (8) of cAMP-dependent protein kinase (cAMP-PK) mimics this effect.
  • (9) Loads up to 2.5 kN were applied, without simulated muscle forces, to mimic the line-of-action of the resultant joint-force in a single-legged stance.
  • (10) Veryan has developed a stent – a metal mesh tube inserted in an artery – that mimics the natural swirl of the blood flow, which researchers have found improves outcomes for patients with circulation problems.
  • (11) To mimic physiological conditions, synaptosomes, which are pinched off presynaptic nerve termini, were used.
  • (12) Again, the ability of lead to mimic or mobilize calcium and activate protein kinases may alter the behavior of endothelial cells in immature brain and disrupt the barrier.
  • (13) ADP and ATP gamma S were able to mimic the ATP response, whereas AMP and adenosine were unable to elicit a Cl- current.
  • (14) This peptide appeared to be a strong agonist of FSH action, as measured by the ability to stimulate cAMP production, at concentrations as low as 10(-7) M. The observation that a synthetic peptide, in which (parts of) three earlier described receptor interaction sites are combined according to the three-dimensional model, can mimic the action of FSH, at 10(-7) M, shows that this model is useful to predict a conformational receptor-binding site in FSH and that combination of only a few amino acid residues from the alpha and beta chains of FSH in a small synthetic peptide is sufficient to transduce a signal upon binding to the receptor.
  • (15) These uncommon ulcers, which mimic carcinoma radiographically and were previously thought to be uniformly fatal, may occasionally heal spontaneously.
  • (16) Aminophylline and caffeine can mimic this effect; however, papaverine and 1-methyl-3-isobutylxanthine, at concentrations inhibitory to phosphodiesterase, are without effect on glucocorticoid receptor binding to DNA.
  • (17) There is thus need for models that could mimic such situations.
  • (18) The present findings demonstrate that exogenously administered cholinomimetics only partly mimic the action of endogenous acetylcholine in the hippocampus.
  • (19) Histopathologically, the lesions display caseating and noncaseating dermal granulomas that mimic those seen in tuberculosis, tuberculoid leprosy, sarcoidosis, and other diseases.
  • (20) Cardiac myxomas typically present as a triad of obstructive, embolic, and constitutional symptoms and thus mimic many more common systemic illnesses.