What's the difference between oblong and oval?

Oblong


Definition:

  • (a.) Having greater length than breadth, esp. when rectangular.
  • (n.) A rectangular figure longer than it is broad; hence, any figure longer than it is broad.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) These neurons were generally oblong and measured 60-80 microns.
  • (2) The combination of 150 mcg clonidine and 2.5 mg cyclothiazide (Dimapres) in the form of a scored oblong sugar-coated tablet seems to satisfy these demands best and to be an optimal combination of clonidine and cyclothiazide.
  • (3) Four types of trophoblast cells are seen in mouse ectoplacental cone on day 8 of the pregnancy: (1) trophoblast-1 at the base of the cone are polyhedral, compactly arranged and contain large nucleoli, (2) trophoblast-2 in the middle of the cone enclose several heterolysosomes, erythro-and leucophagosomes, (3) trophoblast-3, also in the middle, have several membrane-bound osmiophilic granules, (4) trophoblast-4 at the periphery of the cone are oblong and enclose many pleomorphic bodies.
  • (4) Morphologic analysis of thalamically projecting LCN cells showed that they were smaller in size, and more oblong in shape in caudal regions of the nucleus.
  • (5) The presynaptic active zones at the SVB C synapse are discrete, and macular or oblong.
  • (6) Some morphological characteristics could apparently be related to specific modes of locomotion, namely the shape, more or less oblong, pear-like or round, according to genera or digits, and the possible fusion of the 2 sesamoid bones of the same digit to form a unique ossified structure.
  • (7) The mouth, an oblong slit like a tiny letterbox, conveys alarm.
  • (8) Eight healthy male volunteers took part in this study to determine the relative bioavailability of Treuphadol oblong tablets (500 mg paracetamol), Treuphadol Plus oblong tablets (500 mg paracetamol, 30 mg codeine phosphate) and Treuphadol suppositories (750 mg paracetamol) against commercial tablets (500 mg paracetamol).
  • (9) We show that the cytoplasmic surface of outer nuclear membrane is covered by numerous large, oblong "kernel-like" globular particles (30-35 nm length, 25-30 nm width), often aligned into curved chains or grouped into clusters.
  • (10) The mitochondria, small and round on days 12, 13 and 14, become oblong from day 18 of gestation.
  • (11) One protomer has an oblong shape, whereas the other with higher density has a head and a hook region.
  • (12) A description is given of the rare occurrence of peculiar oblong structures having a maximal length of about 4.5 micron and a width of 0.5 micron, in the visceral epithelial cells of human glomeruli.
  • (13) Treatment with Al led to the development, in the cytoplasm of certain root tip cells, of two oblong hyaline structures formed by material extruded from the nucleus.
  • (14) Gametocytes are round to oblong, measuring 6 by 5 mu, and the pigment in microgametocytes occurs in a single peripheral vacuole.
  • (15) The fields are rounded, oblong, or elongated, but gradations between categories are common.
  • (16) Necropsy of both groups of calves revealed a circular to oblong lesion that was congested, edematous, and firm, and which occupied 20% to 100% of the right caudal lung lobe and involved the remaining lung lobes to a more minor degree.
  • (17) Following intravitreal injections, retrograde transport of the enzyme was observed bilaterally, but predominantly contralaterally, in a large oblong field of cells at the isthmic level of the midbrain, bounded medially by the trochlear nucleus and laterally by the nucleus isthmi.
  • (18) In profile these granules appear oblong or circular with average dimensions of 170 x 50 nm.
  • (19) Of 57 aspergillomas 47 were round or oval, 7 oblong, 2 polypoidal and 1 lobulated.
  • (20) Sporozoites each possess an oblong refractile body at 1 end and appear packed together randomly and enclosed in a membrane along with a spheroid residuum composed of fine, uniform granules.

Oval


Definition:

  • (a.) Of or pertaining to eggs; done in the egg, or inception; as, oval conceptions.
  • (a.) Having the figure of an egg; oblong and curvilinear, with one end broader than the other, or with both ends of about the same breadth; in popular usage, elliptical.
  • (a.) Broadly elliptical.
  • (n.) A body or figure in the shape of an egg, or popularly, of an ellipse.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) It happens to anyone and everyone and this has been an 11-year battle.” Emergency services were called to the oval about 6.30pm to treat Luke for head injuries, but were unable to revive him.
  • (2) At autopsy, this DOCA-hypertensive rat was found to have a form of hepatitis associated with proliferative activity, i.e., cellular unrest, mitotic figures and oval cell hyperplasia.
  • (3) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Ronald Reagan meeting with Rupert Murdoch in the Oval Office on 18 January 1983.
  • (4) A radical rearrangement of the organism occurred gradually: initially oval in shape, the parasite became round, then elongated, flattened, and underwent cytokinesis.
  • (5) Numerous slender sarcotubules, originating from the A-band side terminal cisternae, extend obliquely or longitudinally and form oval or irregular shaped networks of various sizes in front of the A-band, then become continuous with the tiny mesh (fenestrated collar) in front of the H-band.
  • (6) The nuclei in these typical onocytes appeared oval or spheroid.
  • (7) Afghanistan will be the main item on the agenda at a meeting on Wednesdaybetween Cameron and Barack Obama in the Oval Office on the main day of the visit.
  • (8) They are rounded or oval bodies visible to the naked eye, and situated ventrolaterally in the posterior mesonephros.
  • (9) Small oval cysts (less than or equal to 1 cm) with strong echo were all diagnosed colloid goiter.
  • (10) This model opened possibilities to study the filamentous form of P. ovale in vitro.
  • (11) Electron microscopically, the tumor cell nuclei were oval or polygonal and sometimes slightly invaginated, with a few prominent nucleoli.
  • (12) The proliferation zone is only a few cell rows thick and contains single cells with an oval shape and longitudinal fibrocyte-like nucleus.
  • (13) Furthermore, the long axis of the right and left atria was measured from the center of the apposed atrioventricular valve leaflets to the posterior atrial wall, and the sizes of the atrial chambers were defined using their widths at the prospective broadest points through the area of foramen ovale.
  • (14) The septum primum, as the valve of the foramen ovale, has been previously described as a mobile, echogenic line or dot in the left atrium.
  • (15) The authors described a fluoroscopic method of guiding percutaneous needle penetration of the foramen ovale.
  • (16) "I'm led to believe that Notts County used to play their home games at Trent Bridge, The Oval hosted an FA Cup final and Bramall Lane used to be a cricket ground, but are there any other cricket grounds that have hosted either league or international football matches?"
  • (17) The earliest perfect ring-shaped formation of the foramen ovale is observed in the 7th fetal month and the latest in 3 years after birth.
  • (18) Magnetic resonance revealed oval corresponding hypointense foci both on T1-and T2-weighted images.
  • (19) Arterial oxygen tension was lower in patients with a patent foramen ovale (mean 55 [SD 14] vs 62 [16] mm Hg, p = 0.038).
  • (20) Peripheral blood specimen showed abnormal lymphoid cells with an oval to cleaved nucleus, rather condensed chromatin, occasional prominent nucleolus, and basophilic cytoplasms with vacuoles which seems to be a T-cell counterpart of B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia with mixed cell types.