What's the difference between optic and otic?

Optic


Definition:

  • (a.) The organ of sight; an eye.
  • (a.) An eyeglass.
  • (a.) Alt. of Optical

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Following central retinal artery ligation, infarction of the retinal ganglion cells was reflected by a 97 per cent reduction in the radioactively labeled protein within the optic nerve.
  • (2) This study examined both the effect of variations in optical fiber tip and in light wavelength on laser-induced hyperthermia in rat brain.
  • (3) The number of axons displaying peptide-like immunoreactivity within the optic nerve, retinal or cerebral to the crush, and within the optic chiasm gradually decreased after 2-3 months.
  • (4) Once the normal variations are mastered, appreciation of retinal, choroidal, optic nerve, and vitreal abnormalities is possible.
  • (5) Chromatolysis and swelling of the cell bodies of cut axons are more prolonged than after optic nerve section and resolve in more central regions of retina first.
  • (6) CW Nd:YAG light transmitted by fiber optic cable and sapphire crystal was applied transsclerally to the ciliary body of pigmented and albino rabbits.
  • (7) Unlike results seen in the goldfish optic nerve, injury to the rat optic nerve induced no observable increase in laminin content or change in its distribution.
  • (8) This is the first report of anterior ischemic optic neuropathy as a result of hemodialysis-associated hypotension.
  • (9) It is shown that, by comparison of a reacting mixture at chemical equilibrium with a non-reacting but equally composed one, the sum of the mean concentrations of the reaction products can immediately be taken from optical absorption or from interferometric measurements.
  • (10) A television camera scans the spread through microscope optics; computer and special purpose electronics process the video signals to generate run length histograms.
  • (11) The purity and configuration of each isomer of the free acid and N-chloroacetylated derivative were ascertained by: (a) paper chromatography in five solvent systems, (b) elemental analysis, (c) Van Slyke nitrous acid determination of alpha-carbonyl carbon, and (d) Van Slyke ninhydrin determination of alpha-carbonyl carbon, and (e) optical rotation.
  • (12) The optical and oxygen binding properties of the reconstituted myoglobins containing two isomeric monoformyl-monovinylhemins were found to be different.
  • (13) These images were previously determined by using a recently developed hybrid optical-digital method.
  • (14) The development of optical fibers capable of transmitting laser energy has encouraged the experimental use of laser irradiation for the treatment of acquired cardiovascular disorders.
  • (15) This technique is sensitive to the optical anisotropy within the muscle, including that due to intrinsic properties of the protein molecules as well as that due to the regular arrangement of proteins in the surrounding medium.
  • (16) Patients should be evaluated by perimetry using an appropriate strategy and contrast sensitivity testing, along with careful examination of the optic discs.
  • (17) Thus, during treatment with ethambutol visually (pattern) evoked potentials may reveal a surprisingly high percentage of subclinical optic neuritis.
  • (18) The optical efficiencies are similar and depend on the match of the excitation characteristics of the stain with the emission spectra of the light source.
  • (19) Morphological results demonstrated that 30 Gy irradiated animals showed extensive necrosis primarily in the fimbria, which extended into the internal capsule, optic nerve, hippocampus, and thalamus.
  • (20) A compact attachment for microscope-type instruments is described enabling to introduce, rapidly and qualitatively, minute biological speciments into melted embedding medium and ensuring the safety of optics.

Otic


Definition:

  • (a.) Of, pertaining to, or in the region of, the ear; auricular; auditory.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Previously-reported post antibiotic effect of OFLX was thought to be another property of OFLX otic solution.
  • (2) In osteogenesis imperfecta, the poor formation of collagen leads to abnormally thin bony trabeculae with a poorly formed otic capsule.
  • (3) Three days later selected areas of the brain, the trigeminal, superior cervical and otic ganglia were examined for retrogradely labelled fluorescent cells.
  • (4) The parietal, squamosal, and exoccipital bones, and the quadrate cartilage were displaced when otic capsule material was absent or oversized.
  • (5) The presence of otic fibers in the inferior alveolar, mylohyoid, buccal and motor branches of the trigeminal nerve has not hitherto been reported.
  • (6) If the anemia is severe, palpitations, otic pulsations, and cardiac decompensation are common.
  • (7) The fibers from the internal carotid and otic ganglia probably bridge to the internal carotid artery in the carotid canal, those from the otic ganglion after an initial course in the lesser superficial petrosal nerve.
  • (8) Primordia of the inner ear, the otic vesicle (OV) and cochleovestibular ganglion (CVG), were isolated from 72-hr (stage 19-20) quail embryos and examined for the presence of NGF receptors.
  • (9) The electrophysiological properties of the epithelium of the otic vesicle were studied in the chick embryo using conventional microelectrode techniques.
  • (10) With glutaraldehyde-tannic acid fixation, the basal lamina of the otic pit cells shows differences from that of the normal otic pit.
  • (11) Low concentrations of RA (1-50 nM) inhibited vesicular growth in stage 18 otic vesicles that were made quiescent and then reactivated by either serum or bombesin.
  • (12) Although the effects of propylene glycol in the human middle ear are yet to be investigated, we recommend the avoidance of otic preparations containing high concentrations of propylene glycol in patients with tympanic membrane perforations.
  • (13) Invagination of the otic placode was apparent as early as stage 12.
  • (14) POS, like insulin, potentiated the mitogenic effect of bombesin on the otic vesicle epithelium.
  • (15) The otic vesicle consists of a pseudostratified epithelium with some features of transporting epithelia.
  • (16) When the otic bulla was closed, the pressure was transmitted not only via the ossicular chain but also via the round window (RW) through the middle ear cavity.
  • (17) Cells which project to the middle cerebral artery and were also pBNPir were found in the trigeminal, pterygopalatine and superior cervical ganglia bilaterally but not in the geniculate or otic ganglia.
  • (18) In the seven contralateral ears treated with the otic suspension, middle ear adhesions were found in six, cholesteatoma was present in four, serous effusions were found in three, and one had a large tympanic membrane perforation.
  • (19) Preliminary results from a heterochronic series of SAG implants to common age otocysts suggest that these SAG neurones are capable of responding to the attractant fields which are produced by presumptive labyrinthine sensory epithelium over an extended period of otic development.
  • (20) The expression of the nuclear proto-oncogene c-fos in the developing otic vesicle was transient and stage-dependent.