What's the difference between octogenarian and septuagenarian?

Octogenarian


Definition:

  • (n.) A person eighty years, or more, of age.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Abdominal aneurysm repair in octogenarians is controversial.
  • (2) Modi had to isolate and sideline the BJP's octogenarian elder statesman, LK Advani , before he could become its frontrunner.
  • (3) Thus, resection of a nonruptured AAA in 63 octogenarians was carried out with an overall mortality of 4.7%.
  • (4) She rented a flat to be near his grave at Vienne, near Lyons, and was befriended by a neighbour, the octogenarian Baron Philippe de Rothschild, who had run a theatre in his youth.
  • (5) The octogenarian head of state was due to meet the leaders of smaller parties, including the neo-fascist Chrysi Avgi, later on Sunday night.
  • (6) The increasing safety of cardiac surgery has led to the frequent referral of octogenarians for operation.
  • (7) Octogenarians underwent revascularization procedures with relatively low morbidity and mortality.
  • (8) "How do you convince the world that you are open for business while brandishing nuclear weapons at the world's largest economy and kidnapping an octogenarian?"
  • (9) And then there's her heroically blunt songs, such as You're Gonna Die Soon , performed to a group of octogenarians.
  • (10) Thus, short- and long-term outcomes after aortic valve replacement for aortic stenosis in otherwise healthy octogenarians is generally favorable, even in the presence of preoperative left ventricular systolic dysfunction.
  • (11) The relative infrequency of coronary surgery over the age of 80 years suggests that there is already strong selection against surgery in octogenarians.
  • (12) One elderly man, an octogenarian who had nowhere else to go, is being put up in the local Home Depot store.
  • (13) Riva is not being curmudgeonly (well, not much), but it is easy to forget that she is not playing at being an octogenarian.
  • (14) The mnestic and naming performance of the octogenarians did not differ between the high- and low-content-areas.
  • (15) Elective and emergency aortic aneurysm surgery can be performed with reasonable survival and a good quality of life, and therefore cannot be denied to octogenarians on the basis of age alone.
  • (16) Melbourne Victory have been stable for several years now, while Sydney FC (or Sydney City as my octogenarian father inadvertently calls them, albeit without any ironic intent), have been in a similar position for the past couple of seasons.
  • (17) The octogenarian communist revolutionary fell for the young new president and became "obsessed", according to confidential US diplomatic cables released by WikiLeaks.
  • (18) It showed that upper GIE in octogenarians is a safe and easy as in other age groups, and provides more useful information.
  • (19) In women, the level of HDL-C and apo A-I was similar in premenopausal and octogenarian subjects but higher in postmenopausal women than in octogenarians, while HDL2-C and apo A-II were similar in the three groups.
  • (20) We present three patients with successful surgical repair of abdominal aortic aneurysms with signs of imminent rupture in octogenarians.

Septuagenarian


Definition:

  • (n.) A person who is seventy years of age; a septuagenary.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Earlier on Friday a number of them had attempted to gain entry to the high security venue where the major events are held and Klaus Schwab, the septuagenarian who founded the WEF, has offered to meet them on Saturday.
  • (2) Between Jan. 1, 1979, and Jan. 1, 1986, 72 septuagenarians had open heart operations for disease of the mitral valve.
  • (3) The investigation comprised those septuagenarians who were still alive and had not moved abroad.
  • (4) We conclude that healthy septuagenarian women can increase aerobic capacity, leg strength, and Type IIb muscle fiber area with a long-duration, combined aerobic-resistance exercise program.
  • (5) Of 92 survivors, 78% of the septuagenarians and 87% of the octogenarians improved by one or more NYHA class postoperatively.
  • (6) His hilarious admissions on Friday Night With Jonathan Ross , when he confessed he failed to bed septuagenarian Dame Eileen Atkins and offered the truth about his internet 2008 sex tape, are a case in point.
  • (7) To analyze morbidity and mortality in septuagenarians undergoing isolated coronary artery bypass surgery, we compared the results in 685 septuagenarians with those in 3,142 patients under the age of 70 years, all of whom underwent this procedure from January 1981 to December 1986.
  • (8) The 30-day mortality among septuagenarians was reduced to 3% in 1988-1989 by routine revascularization in significant coronary artery disease.
  • (9) Coronary artery bypass grafting or uncomplicated valve replacement can be safely performed in the septuagenarian.
  • (10) But while Sanders continues to gain momentum and money, political observers remain wary of whether the unkempt septuagenarian socialist can actually defeat Clinton in the era of almost unlimited campaign spending, or whether Democratic voters are just enjoying what one political operative in New Hampshire this week called “a summer fling”.
  • (11) Of course, it was my time, so I remember it fondly,” says Maya Borisovna, a septuagenarian guide, as she explains the artefacts on display.
  • (12) Hannah Blake, 21, a professional dancer, led women ranging from teens to septuagenarians in energetic moves.
  • (13) Early death was reported in 41 (6.5%) septuagenarians and in 2 (3.1%) octogenarians.
  • (14) The low-budget show has been an immediate hit and its septuagenarian stars will tour Italy until March.
  • (15) A consecutive series of 96 septuagenarians (mean age, 74) and 24 octogenarians (mean age, 83) underwent coronary artery bypass (CAB) and valve operations using hypothermia and hyperkalemic cardioplegia in a 45-month period; there was a mean of 2.6 grafts per patient.
  • (16) Open heart surgery has been extended to the septuagenarian.
  • (17) Inevitably, Keshi was sacked, replaced by the septuagenarian German Otto Pfister.
  • (18) Most patients were in New York Heart Association (NYHA) class IV (57% of the septuagenarians and 88% of the octogenarians) preoperatively.
  • (19) It is a personal test for the chancellor since the the bright young things at Treasury hate their authority being challenged, especially by a bunch of septuagenarians.
  • (20) When she was old, that wasn't unusual any more, and the joke became instead how startling it was to see a septuagenarian this filthy, fierce and unflinching – not least about decorum, decay and impending death.

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