What's the difference between omit and thorough?

Omit


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To let go; to leave unmentioned; not to insert or name; to drop.
  • (v. t.) To pass by; to forbear or fail to perform or to make use of; to leave undone; to neglect.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) If ascorbic acid was omitted from the culture medium, the extensive new connective tissue matrix was not produced.
  • (2) After restrained least-squares refinement of the enzyme-substrate complex with the riboflavin omitted from the model, additional electron density appeared near the pyrophosphate, which indicated the presence of an ADPR molecule in the FAD binding site of PHBH.
  • (3) KCl thus appears to induce an intermediate which is either nonexistent when omitted or in such low concentration as not to be readily detected.
  • (4) Sixty-one percent of all discharge summaries omitted the diagnosis of diabetes.
  • (5) Collier usually attends in his place, but Guardian Australia has been told he was not invited to next month’s meeting, in the hope that omitting him might encourage Barnett to board a plane.
  • (6) This "activation" process does not take place if any of the three factors is omitted from preincubation (and added subsequently) or when ATP is replaced by a nonhydrolyzable analog.
  • (7) Insulin (bovine) decreased protein degradation in the EDC and UL muscles by 11.3 and 10.5%, respectively, when glucose was present in the incubation medium and by 11.0 and 10.3% when glucose was omitted.
  • (8) The effect on dopamine was readily diminished if MPP+, after a 15 min incubation, was then omitted from the medium.
  • (9) Hybridoma cell lines, producing supernatants which reacted not only with amyloid substances but also with normal human tissues, were omitted from the subjects of recloning, and one hybridoma cell line (Am-1) producing a specific monoclonal antibody (MAb) against the immunized amyloid substance was finally obtained.
  • (10) From normal human leukocytes, acid RNase was purified about 400-fold by the same procedure described previously except that rechromatography on Sephadex G-75 was omitted.
  • (11) Using solutions with tubocurarine from which calcium was omitted and an electrode filled with CaCl2 a late slow negative response component was recorded.
  • (12) The current was not blocked by external 4-aminopyridine or tetraethylammonium, and it was still present if external potassium was omitted and internal potassium was replaced by cesium.
  • (13) The author draws attention to the advantages of the omitted diagnostic method which can be used by all ophthalmological departments.
  • (14) Modulation of cellular senescence by growth factors, hormones, and genetic manipulation is contrasted, but newer studies in oncogene involvement are omitted.
  • (15) Perhaps he modified his language for the NY Times reporter, but the more likely explanation is that his swearing added nothing and was therefore omitted by the writer or edited out; in America, even in liberal New York, profanities still need to be argued into print.
  • (16) The Huddersfield half-back, who is on a shortlist of three to be crowned Man of Steel as the outstanding player of the Super League season on Monday night, has never been a favourite of the England coach, Steve McNamara, who omitted Brough from the 30-man training squad announced in March .
  • (17) In conclusion, induction chemotherapy followed by radiation therapy may omit radical surgery, without compromising survival, in some patients with locally advanced cancer of the oral cavity, oropharynx and hypopharynx.
  • (18) Scale items that differed from the raters' intuition tended to be omitted more than others.
  • (19) When either the DEAE-dextran or the sonicate was omitted, no significant transformation was found.
  • (20) Omitting methanol during transfer, the equilibration step is avoided and the same buffer is used in electrophoresis and transfer.

Thorough


Definition:

  • (prep.) Through.
  • (a.) Passing through; as, thorough lights in a house.
  • (a.) Passing through or to the end; hence, complete; perfect; as, a thorough reformation; thorough work; a thorough translator; a thorough poet.
  • (adv.) Thoroughly.
  • (adv.) Through.
  • (n.) A furrow between two ridges, to drain off the surface water.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) 2.39pm BST The European Union called for a "thorough and immediate" investigation of the alleged chemical attack.
  • (2) Before carrier vaccines are applied, these risks must be thoroughly evaluated case-by-case.
  • (3) To study these changes more thoroughly, specific monoclonal antibodies of the A and B subunits of calcineurin (protein phosphatase 2B) were raised, and regional alterations in the immunoreactivity of calcineurin in the rat hippocampus were investigated after a transient forebrain ischemic insult causing selective and delayed hippocampal CA1 pyramidal cell damage.
  • (4) A careful history, a thorough physical examination, and an appropriate selection of tests will identify these patients.
  • (5) Thorough clinical investigation of the patient revealed sarcoid involvement of the skin, lungs, liver and lymph nodes and an extensive retroperitoneal surgically-verified lymph tumour.
  • (6) Sift the cocoa powder over the top and lightly but thoroughly fold it in with the metal spoon.
  • (7) A thorough nursing assessment is essential to detect and correct drug misuse and to diagnose drug abuse.
  • (8) Fetal activity throughout pregnancy has been thoroughly studied.
  • (9) A high index of suspicion of bilateral tumors and a thorough work-up resulted in the early diagnosis of small tumors.
  • (10) Results indicate that laryngeal paralysis following severe trauma can be a very early sign of aortic injury and requires prompt and thorough investigation.
  • (11) A thorough dental prophylaxis before acid-etching of enamel is often recommended.
  • (12) A thorough family history and an extensive investigation of bleedings in the neonatal period should make early diagnosis possible.
  • (13) The diagnosis in all patients was made on the base of a thorough clinical examination, the results from the electrocardiography and the selective coronarography.
  • (14) Xu, the ABP chairman, disputed any claims of impropriety, and said his company went through a “robust and thorough” tender process.
  • (15) Thorough knowledge of the modes of ventilatory support and criteria for weaning are essential for the critical care nurse to anticipate patient needs.
  • (16) Similarities and differences in the sensitization induced by cocaine and amphetamine (which are though to have different mechanisms of actions although common behavioral outcomes) have not been thoroughly studied.
  • (17) It is advisable to examine horses thoroughly during training and to use the results of training for the evaluation of their condition before difficult races.
  • (18) The requirement for technical reliability of the implantable device for patient safety requires a thorough understanding of all technical and medical details of the therapeutic device.
  • (19) If LTP is to be effective, thorough coagulation with tender blanching effects is mandatory.
  • (20) A thorough review of the literature concerning the Frey syndrome is reported.