What's the difference between pad and ped?

Pad


Definition:

  • (n.) A footpath; a road.
  • (n.) An easy-paced horse; a padnag.
  • (n.) A robber that infests the road on foot; a highwayman; -- usually called a footpad.
  • (n.) The act of robbing on the highway.
  • (v. t.) To travel upon foot; to tread.
  • (v. i.) To travel heavily or slowly.
  • (v. i.) To rob on foot.
  • (v. i.) To wear a path by walking.
  • (n.) A soft, or small, cushion; a mass of anything soft; stuffing.
  • (n.) A kind of cushion for writing upon, or for blotting; esp., one formed of many flat sheets of writing paper, or layers of blotting paper; a block of paper.
  • (n.) A cushion used as a saddle without a tree or frame.
  • (n.) A stuffed guard or protection; esp., one worn on the legs of horses to prevent bruising.
  • (n.) A cushionlike thickening of the skin one the under side of the toes of animals.
  • (n.) A floating leaf of a water lily or similar plant.
  • (n.) A soft bag or cushion to relieve pressure, support a part, etc.
  • (n.) A piece of timber fixed on a beam to fit the curve of the deck.
  • (n.) A measure for fish; as, sixty mackerel go to a pad; a basket of soles.
  • (v. t.) To stuff; to furnish with a pad or padding.
  • (v. t.) To imbue uniformly with a mordant; as, to pad cloth.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) We describe an enzymatic fluorometric method for determining glucose concentrations in blood samples by analysis on a semi-solid surface (silicone-rubber pads).
  • (2) Specific antisera prepared in rabbits or in foot-pad-inoculated chickens were adequate for culture typing.
  • (3) The remaining fat pad was used for calculations of cell numbers in the fat cell and connective tissue cell compartment.
  • (4) A peculiar emphasis is given to the microarchitecture and functional significance of longitudinal muscle columns as a prevalent structural component of branch pads.
  • (5) The superficial bacterial flora were sampled by velvet pad imprints, and the deep flora were determined from whole skin biopsies.
  • (6) Lymphocytes obtained from lymph nodes draining foot pads infected with R. conorii or R. akari demonstrated cross-reactivity similar to that found with immune spleen cells.
  • (7) It is suggested that this is due to the fact that the small animals have discrete, elevated volar pads.
  • (8) We present our results with 8 free transfers of the toe pulp and demonstrate the successful restoration of a well-padded and sensitive fingertip.
  • (9) Some foot-pad dermatitis was still observed in poults fed levels of methionine more than adequate to meet the requirements for optimum growth and feed efficiency.
  • (10) Minor amounts were deposited in liver, kidneys and epididymal fat pads.
  • (11) Moontain Hostel is a new pad for skiers on a budget, with dorm beds from just €20 and private rooms from €60.
  • (12) Human chorionic somatomammotropin extracted and purified from placenta at term was proved to have a lipolytic action in the epididymal fat pad of rats.
  • (13) Many pharmacy departments in Michigan hospitals can substantially improve their adherence to ASHP and OSHA recommendations related to PADs.
  • (14) A foot-pad oedema model was used to investigate the presence of free radicals using a chemiluminescence method.
  • (15) Therefore, the plantar forces acting under the metatarsal heads of the 1st, 2nd and 5th rays and under the pads of the 1st and 2nd toes were measured during walking, so that with the aid of anthropometric information pertaining to the forefoot, reaction forces in the flexor tendons and in the joints could be estimated.
  • (16) Infections of mice with Mycobacterium leprae in one rear foot pad immunized them against a second infection in the other rear foot pad.
  • (17) Incorporation of glucose into fat pad glycogen and CO2 was decreased.
  • (18) In vitro attempts to demonstrate local activated macrophages in the foot pads of M. leprae infected mice failed, but, because of the technical problems encountered, do not preclude their presence.
  • (19) We performed comprehensive electrophysiologic studies and skeletal muscle histologic analysis in six patients with unilateral PAD and five control subjects matched for age and activity level.
  • (20) The fat pads were stimulated with continuous-pulse trains for 15 seconds via a hand-held bipolar electrode using constant current (10-15 mA), constant pulse width (0.02-0.05 msec), and at 6.6, 10, 20, 25, and 30 Hz.

Ped


Definition:

  • (n.) A basket; a hammer; a pannier.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Qa-2 antigen expression was used as a marker for the Q subregion and fast or slow development was used to assess Ped gene phenotype in backcross embryos generated from the mating of (B6.K1 x B6.K2)F1 and B6.K1 mice.
  • (2) We recently studied the effects of 4-OHA and other aromatase inhibitors, 10-propargylestr-4-ene-3,17-dione (PED) and imidazo[1,5-alpha]3,4,5,6-tetrahydropyrin-6-yl-(4-benzonitrile) (CGS 16949A) as well as 5 alpha-reductase inhibitors, N,N-diethyl-4-methyl-3-oxo-4-aza-5 alpha-androstane-17 beta-carboxyamide (4-MA) and 17 beta-hydroxy-4-aza-4-methyl-19norandrost-5-en-3-one (L651190) in prostatic tissue from 11 patients with prostatic cancer and six patients with benign prostatic hypertrophy (BPH), and from normal men at autopsy.
  • (3) A simple, accurate, and practical device was designed for detecting the woman at risk for postpartum emotional disorder (PED).
  • (4) Hedo Turkoglu was busted for PED use Despite the fact that the use of performance enhancing drugs is one of the biggest stories in sports today, alongside other notable topics such as imaginary girlfriends and ill-timed power failures, the NBA world seems strangely immune to the controversy.
  • (5) PEDS Plus broth aids diagnosis of pediatric bacteremia by increasing recovery of etiologic agents and decreasing the time required for detection.
  • (6) The results of these studies show that the difference in the rate of cleavage division between slow-developing strains (Ped slow) and fast-developing strains (Ped fast) is maintained in vitro.
  • (7) Initial detection occurred earlier with Bactec Peds Plus, while growth on solid media occurred earlier with Roche Septi-Chek.
  • (8) Of 7,798 adult patients admitted to a level I trauma center from July 1986 through June 1990, 16.0% (1,246) had greater than or equal to 1 PED.
  • (9) It appeared on the border of the PED (16 cases) usually temporally, or on the immediate border of the laser scar (4 cases).
  • (10) The findings, corrobated with other closely comparable observations, suggest that the emergence of PED as an intercurrent mortality problem during rabbit passage of pathogenic Treponema pallidum is the result of a specific selective pressure on a benign passenger virus.
  • (11) However, the results also demonstrate that several of the PDE inhibitors have effects on central DA mechanisms that are difficult to explain solely on the basis of PED inhibition.
  • (12) 9.56pm BST More Guardian coverage My colleague Michael Solomon weighs in with a piece that explains the Biogenesis PEDs scandal.
  • (13) Medium levels of progesterone, a major product of these cells, were found to decrease in a dose- and time-dependent manner upon addition of PED.
  • (14) PED was elicited either mechanically by employing single or double pressure steps, or electrically by antidromic stimulation of the aortic nerve.
  • (15) One hundred eighty-one isolates were recovered in both bottles, 75 in PEDS Plus only, and 33 in 6A only (P less than 0.001).
  • (16) Obvious subretinal new vessels developed in 16 (34%) of the serous PEDs over an average follow-up period of 25 months.
  • (17) Similarly, neither the position nor curvature of the Ped-Aed relation was changed by ULFS-49.
  • (18) This is a sign that although MLB and MLBPA are now working together to rid PED's from the game, the union is still prepared to fight for due process which makes a lot of sense from their perspective.
  • (19) The slow potassium current (Er = -85 mV) evoked in Ped-8 and Ped-9 neurones by glutamate, quisqualate and kainate could be blocked by tetraethylammonium (50 microM).
  • (20) Meanwhile Bud Selig, who made his pursuit and punishment of those using PEDs a top priority during a controversial, costly and aggressive investigation, is reaching the end of his time as MLB commissioner.

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