What's the difference between nape and noddle?

Nape


Definition:

  • (n.) The back part of the neck.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Total length, nape-rump length and tail length were recorded for each embryo and hatchling.
  • (2) Cooling the nape of the neck is said to induce reflex constriction of the mucosal vessels of the nose, but there is no general agreement in the literature on the benefit of an ice pack as an adjuvant treatment of epistaxis.
  • (3) Down's syndrome diagnosis is presently evaluated by some more specific ultrasonographic signs such as fetal nape or femur length measurements and by new biological parameters such as hCG assay.
  • (4) A pinch to the nape of the neck of mice, by application of a noxious clip, produces analgesia and immobility.
  • (5) Thus, low analgesic doses of local anesthetics injected into the nape of the neck prevented noxious clip from inducing analgesia but immobility was still evident.
  • (6) There are typical arsenic melanisms on the forehad-temple-rim where the hair begins to grow, on the nape of the neck, on the shoulders, chest, arms, and on the back of the hands which pass into precanceroses and carcinomas.
  • (7) The following electrode arrays were evaluated (1) vertex-neck, (2) forehead-ear canal (Enhancer I), and (3) vertex-nape.
  • (8) A case is reported of a man with a deep nape stabwound completely severing the medulla of the spine.
  • (9) A heat-stable factor (HSF) purified from the spleen of a patient with Gaucher's disease significantly increased the sensitivity of the rat liver beta-glucosidase to all of the NAPE derivatives.
  • (10) Passing subcutaneously, the catheters then emerged at the nape of the neck and were sealed by heating.
  • (11) The binding of chlorophenoxyisobutyric (CPIB), tibric (TA) and nicotinic (NA) acids and CPIB ethyl ester (Clofibrate), TA and NA isopropyl esters (TAPE and NAPE) to human lipoproteins of low density of different classes (LDL2, LDL1 and VLDL) and high density (HDL) were studied by equilibrium dialysis and Sephadex gel filtration.
  • (12) Intraoperative unilateral occipital artery ligation, with extensive undermining to the nape of the neck on only one side, can minimize the risk of postoperative scalp necrosis or telogen effluvium.
  • (13) On CT scan a round low dense lesion with clear margin was found in the nape.
  • (14) However, the vertex-neck and vertex-nape combinations are best for estimating auditory sensitivity because they gave the largest wave V amplitudes and 10-dB lower electrophysiologic thresholds.
  • (15) An exaggerated unilateral foot-nape posture is held responsible for a complete obstacle to parturition.
  • (16) The second patient suffered avulsion of the entire scalp as well as the forehead skin and nape of the neck.
  • (17) Since his second year, the papulonodular lesions have gradually merged into large confluent plaques, particularly on the face, nape, and axillae.
  • (18) A morphologic abnormality was seen of the nape which could not be interpreted.
  • (19) The toxoid was injected subcutaneously at the nape of the neck at dose levels of 1.0, 1.5, and 2.0 ml in Groups II, III, and IV, respectively.
  • (20) This study tested the generalizations that cutaneous pressure will elicit immobility, that there is a relationship between the intensity of cutaneous pressure and the duration of immobility, and that the localization or body surfaces, particularly the upper dorsal area or the nape of the neck, is more susceptible to immobility.

Noddle


Definition:

  • (n.) The head; -- used jocosely or contemptuously.
  • (n.) The back part of the head or neck.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) You’re practically handing your personal information over to a fraudster,” says John Cannon, fraud and ID director at credit report provider Noddle.
  • (2) The company said it was working with credit reporting service Noddle to offer customers free credit monitoring alerts for 12 months.

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