What's the difference between opaline and oxaline?

Opaline


Definition:

  • (a.) Of, pertaining to, or like, opal in appearance; having changeable colors like those of the opal.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Ink and opaline are ejected by a series of coordinated pumping movements of the mantle, gill, and parapodia that closely resemble triggered 'respiratory pumping' or 'Interneuron II' episodes (Kupfermann and Kandel 1969; Byrne and Koester 1978; Hening 1982).
  • (2) Opaline silica deposits are formed by many vascular (higher) plants.
  • (3) Pastel mink were intermediate to the opalines, and dark mink indicative of strain differences in the genetic control of gonadal histamine synthesis and inactivation.
  • (4) Ink and opaline ejections are directed to the front or back of the animal by characteristic responses of the siphon, mantle, and parapodia.
  • (5) During the years 1970, 1971 and 1972, the irregular antibodies were systematically screened in Toulouse on all blood donors with a manual technique on opaline plate using enzyme treated red cell tests (papain).
  • (6) Testicular histamine content was higher in December (the time of sexual quiescence) that in March (breeding time) in opaline mink.
  • (7) The defensive secretions, ink and opaline, are directed along the anterior-posterior axis at the source of noxious stimulation.

Oxaline


Definition:

  • (n.) See Glyoxaline.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) It was shown that the frequency of the one-stage mutants resistant to oxalinic acid, pefloxacin and ciprofloxacin amounted to 10(-9)-10(-11) and was 2 to 3 orders of magnitude lower than that of the mutants resistant to nalidixic acid.

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