What's the difference between mega and omega?

Mega


Definition:

  • () Alt. of Megalo-

Example Sentences:

  • (1) These results are discussed in the light of previous evidence suggesting the presence of several oxidases and a branched electron transport system in T. mega.
  • (2) In April last year, thousands of Christians in Wenzhou – a nearby city known as “China’s Jerusalem” – tried to save their mega-church from demolition by forming a human shield around the building.
  • (3) The latest title in the mega-selling military shooter series is set in a distopian near-future where a private military contractor has turned against the US and started a war against its old employer.
  • (4) That's what CDC has to do if it is going to justify its investments in houses and shops for the mega-wealthy, and it won't be easy.
  • (5) But critics see that happy, hippyish public image as a potential trojan horse for a mega-powerful industry hellbent on pursuing its self-interest.
  • (6) The authors compare their results with those taken from international literature: microcolon with reflux into mega-ileum (2 out of 6 cases) appears to be the most suggestive X-ray finding for total colonic aganglionosis.
  • (7) I-A k purified from cell membranes using MEGA 8 and MEGA 9 detergent mixtures and acid elution from 10.3.6.2 Sepharose was efficiently labeled by IASA-46-61.
  • (8) As with Mega, Dotcom is not actually running Baboom himself: its chief executive is media and entertainment lawyer Grant Edmundson.
  • (9) We residents are paying a very high price for these mega-events,” he says.
  • (10) Australia is already the globe’s biggest coal exporter and “mega-mine” plans in Queensland for more extraction are identified as the world’s second biggest “ carbon bomb ” threatening runaway global warming.
  • (11) The failure rate was reduced to 5.8% when a single injection of 2.4 mega units of procaine penicillin was given.
  • (12) The Labour MP Frank Field , chair of the work and pensions committee, whose role in the MPs’ inquiry into the collapse of BHS has put him into the role of Green’s nemesis, said the businessman appeared willing to lose his reputation rather than “surrender a modest part of his mega-fortune” to aid BHS pensioners.
  • (13) Although we argue a deal is on the cards, we do not believe it will be a mega-merger.
  • (14) MEGA-9 is clearly different from octyl glucoside, despite its chemical similarity, in terms of its temperature sensitivity and vesicle forming characteristics.
  • (15) The Indian mining giant Adani has rejected a report that found its proposed Carmichael mega-mine in Queensland was financially unviable.
  • (16) Unfortunately for Ban, however, his leadership at the UN is indelibly associated with precisely the kind of diplomatic dysfunction put on display at such mega-conferences.
  • (17) So what they do: the apps connect with Mega in the back-end, for storage," he said.
  • (18) Imran Khan, cricket star turned politician, hoping to pull off the unlikely coup of going from zero seats in parliament to enough to lead the next government, is banking heavily on young people who flock to his mega rallies .
  • (19) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Hick's team first identified the existence of the Bili chimps in 2007 but their new survey, published this week in the journal Biological Conservation , reveals a vast, thriving mega-culture.
  • (20) To watch more videos in this series please click here From there, we head south into the countryside where the mega-highways give way first to single-lane roads through rolling hills and then, steeper slopes of eucalyptus plantations.

Omega


Definition:

  • (n.) The last letter of the Greek alphabet. See Alpha.
  • (n.) The last; the end; hence, death.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Core enzyme, lacking omega subunit, catalyzed this reaction at a rate less than 1% that of holoenzyme.
  • (2) Pretreatment of cells with maitotoxin did not modify 125I-omega-conotoxin and [3H]PN 200-110 binding to PC12 membranes.
  • (3) omega-Conotoxin GVIA is a peptide purified from the venom of the marine snail, Conus geographus, that specifically blocks voltage-sensitive calcium channels in neurons.
  • (4) The percentage of omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids, i.e., eicosapentaenoic acid (20:5) and docosahexaenoic acid (22:6) was significantly low in United States inlanders with a high coronary heart disease morbidity compared with both populations in Japan with low morbidity.
  • (5) With various high-fat diets, a high correlation was found (r = 0.81) between peroxisomal beta-oxidation of palmitoyl-CoA and microsomal omega-oxidation of lauric acid.
  • (6) Interest in the antithrombotic potential of diets enriched with fish oil-derived polyunsaturated fatty acids (omega-3 PUFAs) prompted us to examine how these fatty acids, when taken preoperatively, affect hemostasis, plasma lipid levels, and production of prostacyclin (PGI2) by vascular tissues in atherosclerotic patients undergoing coronary artery bypass graft surgery.
  • (7) Cytochrome P-450 IVA1 (or a very closely related isoenzyme in the same gene family) was a major constitutive haemoprotein in rat kidney microsomes and actively supported the omega-hydroxylation of lauric acid.
  • (8) omega-Conotoxin (0.1 microM), a potent blocker of N-type voltage-sensitive calcium channels, reduced by 50-70% the evoked release of both peptides.
  • (9) The distribution and lateral mobility of VDCCs on CA1 hippocampal neurons have been determined with biologically active fluorescent and biotinylated derivatives of the selective probe omega-conotoxin in conjunction with circular dityndallism, digital fluorescence imaging, and photobleach recovery microscopy.
  • (10) The results suggest that one or more soluble components play a role in the microsomal omega-hydroxylation of fatty acids.
  • (11) We also calculated the percentage of total TG, TG-esterified 18:1 and TG-esterified 22:6 omega 3 that were secreted relative to the total accumulation (intra + extracellular TG).
  • (12) Both metabolites results from omega (omega1, omega2) oxidation of VPA, 5-OH-VPA only occurring in serum of mice, and 4-OH-VPA in serum of mice and humans.
  • (13) The linear, nonbranched segments of the omega-cyclohexyl chains in 13cyPC are closely packed with the all-trans methylene zig-zag planes oriented parallel to each other.
  • (14) The differential in omega-associated translational enhancement between the in vitro translation system derived from wheat germ (WG) and that from rabbit reticulocytes (MDL) was exploited to identify that lysate component which was responsible for a lysate's characteristic response to omega.
  • (15) N omega-Nitro-L-arginine methyl ester (NAME) (10(-5) to 5 x 10(-4) M) abolished ijps in both tissues, an effect overcome by 10(-3) M L-arginine but not D-arginine.
  • (16) No uniform influence of omega-3 fatty acids could be observed that showed their influence on synthesis of thromboxane to be of importance for the promotion of platelet aggregation.
  • (17) The results show that fetal and neonatal as well as adult rat livers are capable of metabolizing MEHP by (omega-1)-hydroxylation.
  • (18) Clofibrate, an antilipidemic drug that acts by a still obscure mechanism, is known to specifically increase up to 30-fold the activity of the hepatic cytochrome P-450 isozyme that omega-hydroxlates lauric acid.
  • (19) Omega-conotoxin caused even a little increase of the responses elicited by depolarisation with KCL.
  • (20) Nitrendipine, verapamil, LaCl3 and omega-conotoxin were tested and these blockers inhibited chemotactic behaviour in the bacterium toward L-alanine.

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