What's the difference between manlike and maplike?

Manlike


Definition:

  • (a.) Like man, or like a man, in form or nature; having the qualities of a man, esp. the nobler qualities; manly.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) No thrombotic lesion was observed in other tissues such as lung, liver, or intestine, but a generalized Shwartz-manlike phenomenon was observed with the preparatory injection of 0.5 ml nephrotoxic antiserum.

Maplike


Definition:

  • (a.) Having or consisting of lines resembling a map; as, the maplike figures in which certain lichens grow.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Angiographically, it is demonstrated to be an irregular band-like configuration (3 cases), scattered spots (2 cases), round shadow (2 cases), semicircular contour (2 cases) or irregular maplike shadow (2 cases), all of which changed in shape and density through the arterial phase to the end of the venous phase.
  • (2) The clinical description of corneal microcysts, maplike changes, and fingerprints has led investigators to the conclusion that these changes may represent a corneal dystrophy.
  • (3) Half the subjects viewed maplike diagrams of the joint spatial configuration.
  • (4) In addition, the corneal opacity pattern (maplike appearance) and the sheetlike arrangement of the deposits in a histological section are different, but the two types of dystrophy are similar with regard to histochemistry and electron microscopy.
  • (5) Research in the older literature and studies of the author's own patients have established the following original features of Reis-Bücklers' dystrophy: (1) dominant inheritance, (2) early manifestation and rapid progression, (3) painful attacks during childhood, (4) subepithelial corneal opacities extending almost to the limbus, (5) maplike opacity pattern, (6) sheetlike deposits replacing Bowman's membrane in histologic sections, (7) electron-dense rod-shaped bodies observed by electron microscopy.
  • (6) Moreover, the synonym "annular dystrophy" is based on a misunderstanding and ought to be replaced by the term "maplike dystrophy".
  • (7) This result shows that the hippocampus is concerned with learning about spatially directed movement, rather than with the acquisition of maplike knowledge about the spatial relationships of stimuli in the environment.

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