What's the difference between meth and tic?

Meth


Definition:

  • (n.) See Meathe.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The degree of increase in Meth responsiveness elicited by the initial provocation is a major factor in determining the airway response to a subsequent HS challenge.
  • (2) Enhanced H2O2 generation was observed in PMP activated by long-term stimulation followed by triggering with PMA, but not observed by triggering with Meth A cells.
  • (3) Known as crank, crystal, ice, crystal meth, and speed, MAP can be produced easily from ephedrine, and it is widely available.
  • (4) You are hunting for signs of the assembly of injuries - a broken nose, knocked-out teeth, fractured eye socket - incurred by falling face-first down a fire escape in Michigan while high on crystal meth, crack cocaine and cheap wine.
  • (5) The interaction between the MetR activator protein and the S. typhimurium metH control region was investigated.
  • (6) The Dyn system associated with the nucleus accumbens responded in a similar manner in that MK801 totally blocked the METH-induced increases; moreover, NMDA elevated the Dyn content in this structure.
  • (7) The vitamin B12 (B12)-mediated repression of the metE gene in Escherichia coli and Salmonella typhimurium requires the B12-dependent transmethylase, the metH gene product.
  • (8) OK-432 at a dose of 0.1, 1 or 10 KE was administered orally every 3 days or every other day for 30 days to subcutaneously Meth A tumor-inoculated mice.
  • (9) Like METH, single or multiple doses of either drug caused marked reductions in both tryptophan hydroxylase (TPH) activity and concentrations of 5-hydroxytryptamine (5HT) and 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid (5HIAA) in several brain regions.
  • (10) As soon as I called them and was like, 'Hey guys, it's OK, I'm not smoking meth or anything,' it was OK." He adds, frowning: "I don't really know why it happened… My girlfriend told me everyone had been saying, [he puts on a sulky voice] 'Man, Mac's shows aren't crazy any more.'
  • (11) Tolerance in some endocrine systems appears to be quite long-lasting, as CS, TSH and PRL responses to METH challenge were still decreased 3 weeks after withdrawal from the ID regimen.
  • (12) The chief executive is pinning early hopes on Breaking Bad, a gritty US drama in which a chemistry teacher with terminal cancer sets up a crystal meth lab, which was barely noticed when it aired on 5USA, although for all its merits it might not exactly be classified as family entertainment.
  • (13) Furthermore, F-drugs could be utilized to probe the microenvironmental pH in Meth-A cells, in which the drug was located by the ratio of fluorescent intensities at 450 and 490 nm.
  • (14) The induction of IFN-gamma production by in vivo tumor-sensitized T cells is tumor specific, in that spleen cells from mice immunized against Meth A fibrosarcoma can produce IFN in response to irradiated Meth A cells but not in response to another syngeneic tumor M109 lung carcinoma.
  • (15) Splenic cells obtained from Meth-A inoculated mice which received combination therapy were not only NK-sensitive YAC-1 and LAK-sensitive EL-4 cells, but also NK-resistant Meth-A cells, as shown in a 4-h 51Cr-release assay.
  • (16) In this investigation, primary myocardial cell cultures were established from 3-5-day-old Sprague-Dawley rats to describe the adverse effects of Coc and Meth on the myocardium.
  • (17) During a raid in 2013 on a village in Guangdong province nicknamed “China’s number one drug village”, police closed dozens of secret drug labs producing meth and ketamine and confiscated at least three tonnes of drugs worth about £142m.
  • (18) Pharmaceutical dosage was set at approximately 30% of the increased life span (ILS) for Meth-A.
  • (19) No excellent antitumor effects of three platinum complexes were observed against Lewis lung carcinoma and B16 melanoma implanted s.c. even at triple injection every other day, and no effect was obtained against Meth-A fibrosarcoma under similar conditions.
  • (20) Eight metH mutants in Salmonella typhimurium with closely linked sites of mutation which could grow only on methionine were isolated from a metE mutant deficient in N(5)-methyltetrahydropteroyltriglutamate-homocysteine transmethylase; their deficiency in cobalamin-dependent N(5)-methyltetrahydrofolate-homocysteine transmethylase was supported by the results of enzyme studies of one of them.

Tic


Definition:

  • (n.) A local and habitual convulsive motion of certain muscles; especially, such a motion of some of the muscles of the face; twitching; velication; -- called also spasmodic tic.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) A case of epidermoid tumor presenting with a painful tic convulsif was reported.
  • (2) This treatment was given to 11 patients with Huntington's chorea (ChH), 4 with faciolingual dyskinesis (DFL), 3 with torticollis spasmodicus (TS), 3 with maladie des tics (MT) and 8 with dyskinesia following treatment with L-dopa (MP).
  • (3) The highest predictive values for the exclusion of TiC are shown by inconspicuous concentration capacity accompanied by normal ammonia excretion, total acid excretion, water diuresis, free water clearance or urine dilution capacity.
  • (4) In an effort to test this hypothesis, the relationships between organism concentrations and water chemistry parameters that have the potential to alter Cd availability including pH, calcium (Ca), total organic carbon (TOC) and total inorganic carbon (TIC) were examined.
  • (5) Tics are modified by multiple psychological contents (aggressive or sexual impulses, imitation of others) which tend to become independent of their origin.
  • (6) On the basis of the achieved results the author comes to the conclusion that in the pathogenesis of a pseudoneurotic tic an important role is being played by a premorbid insufficiency of the motor analyzer.
  • (7) The authors hypothesize that neurotransmitter abnormalities existing in Down's syndrome may predispose such individuals to basal ganglia dysfunction and the subsequent development of tics.
  • (8) All tics subsided before the age of 20 years, only to recur after the age of 60 years, once again including both motor and vocal tics that changed in location and severity slowly over time.
  • (9) The observation of a young north african afflicted with a tic disorder suggests an underlying meaning in the apparently confused motoric discharges, thanks to psychodrama and to ethnopsychoanalytic consultations with the family.
  • (10) Only PIP or TIC + SUL or TAZ were able to inhibit at least 90% of tested strains.
  • (11) Five of our 7 patients had a positive family history of tics, and 2 a confirmed family history of gout.
  • (12) When diagnostic criteria were broadened to include any tics in co-twins, concordance rates were 77% and 23% for MZ and DZ pairs, respectively.
  • (13) Associated psychopathology was common: 38% received an anxiety disorder diagnosis; 29% received a mood disorder diagnosis; tics were observed in 24%.
  • (14) Pharmacological intervention, using clonidine, also did not reduce tic frequency.
  • (15) Further there are associations between a family history of tics and obsessive compulsive disorder in the subsequent generation.
  • (16) The narrative drivers are pretty slack – improbable dialogue ("I'm a very wealthy man, Miss Steele, and I have expensive and absorbing hobbies"); lame characterisation; irritating tics (a constant war between Steele's "subconscious", which is always fainting or putting on half-moon glasses, and her "inner goddess", who is forever pouting and stamping); and an internal monologue that goes like this … "Holy hell, he's hot!
  • (17) The activity of TIC against Bacteroides fragilis was improved up to 64-fold by clavulanic acid, with a definite but less pronounced effect on the non-fragilis Bacteroides species.
  • (18) The tic occurred 40 to 50 times per minute on its peak at age 16.
  • (19) In a direct interview study, the perinatal experiences of 31 TS patients were compiled in an effort to identify risk factors associated with tic severity.
  • (20) The majority of patients with tic douloureux are successfully treated by pharmacotherapy with phenytoin or carbamazepine.

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