What's the difference between pallid and wan?

Pallid


Definition:

  • (a.) Deficient in color; pale; wan; as, a pallid countenance; pallid blue.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) In order to examine the role of the basal ganglia (BG) in the regulation of basic movement parameters, we recorded extracellularly from pallidal neurons in conscious monkeys during the performance of a sequential wrist movement task which was composed of a series of holds and ballistic jumps.
  • (2) The tasks were designed to dissociate several modes and parameters of movement to see whether pallidal neurons would discharge in relation to one and not the others.
  • (3) A related growth factor, epidermal growth factor (EGF), has also been reported to be present in pallidal regions of rat brain.
  • (4) It is concluded that, of the compounds identified, solstitialin A 13-acetate and cynaropicrin have toxic potential in cell cultures, containing cells from the substantia nigra of the rat, the specificity of action to cells of the substantia nigra remains to be shown, and that a toxic action in the midbrain may contribute to the nigro-pallidal encephalomalacia, caused by the ingestion of the yellow star thistle by horses.
  • (5) This response pattern was present in 39% of the pallidal records, and appeared to be elicited by the auditory components of the CS and US.
  • (6) SITS was chosen for the pallidal injections because it is not taken up by fibers-of-passage.
  • (7) The proposed changes in nomenclature are based on the analysis of topographical relationships between nigral, pallidal, and cerebellar projections to the thalamus studied in 13 rhesus monkeys with the use of autoradiography technique.
  • (8) However, these two pallidal afferents arborize according to a different pattern in GPe and GPi.
  • (9) The first excitation was assumed to be monosynaptically driven since it was not affected by pallidal lesion or transsection of the internal capsule.
  • (10) He came within 10 minutes of passing much of that burden on to José Mourinho, whose Chelsea side once again looked pallid and likely to slump to a fourth league defeat, before a remarkable late recovery left the home side hanging on just to earn a point.
  • (11) In the human ventral nuclear complex there is a very clear histochemical distinction between nuclei which, on the basis of comparison with the monkey, probably form the pallidal, cerebellar and lemniscal relays to premotor, motor and somatic sensory cortex, respectively.
  • (12) A very high proportion of pallidal and entopeduncular neurons showed changes in firing rate during fluid injection.
  • (13) Statistical analysis reveals a marked difference between reconstructive surgery and simple thrombectomy, whereas fibrinolysis was found to be a useful but limited method used only in patients with pallid ischemia and in circulatory compensation.
  • (14) The contradiction which exists between akinesia with an abnormal activity of the medial pallidum and akinesia with bilateral pallidal lesions could only be apparent if akinesia was linked to the ineffective emission or to the interruption of messages to the thalamus.
  • (15) Neuroleptic administration augmented the responses to cortical stimulation in 12 of 34 pallidal neurons.
  • (16) A recent neuropathological study has reported decreased levels of dynorphin A immunoreactivity in striato-pallidal fibers in the brain of a patient with severe Gilles de la Tourette's syndrome (TS).
  • (17) This population was separate from the more numerous population of medium size globus pallidus cells projecting to the subthalamic nucleus and was also separate from the pallidal and especially peripallidal population of large cholinergic cells projecting to the cortex.
  • (18) We have tested the hypothesis that the basal ganglia initiate some one or several modes of movement by recording the change in discharge frequency of pallidal neurons during visually triggered step and visually paced ramp moves in relation to the visual stimulus onset, the change in the electromyograph (EMG), and the movement onset of trained rhesus monkeys.
  • (19) The bilateral modulatory effects of striatal stimulation may cancel out the circling behavior seen during pallidal stimulation, and cause only head turning.
  • (20) Oxidative phosphorylation was studied in isolated liver mitochondria from manganese-deficient mice and in those from a mutant strain, pallid.

Wan


Definition:

  • (imp.) Won.
  • (a.) Having a pale or sickly hue; languid of look; pale; pallid.
  • (n.) The quality of being wan; wanness.
  • (v. i.) To grow wan; to become pale or sickly in looks.
  • () of Win

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Human leukocyte antigens (HLA) were investigated in 200 healthy Taiwan inhabitants of Taiwanese (46 persons), Hakka (36), Tai-Ya Tribe (28) Pu-Long Tribe (30) Pai-Wan Tribe (30) and Lu-kai (30) descent.
  • (2) The results showed that the GI and PDI of the gu chi wan group decreased significantly than the control group (P less than 0.001).
  • (3) Experimental and clinical researches were done for the purpose of that to treat the hyperlipemia with Dahuang Zhechong Wan (DHZCW).
  • (4) We would love to continue to work with Gordon but it would be on a project-by-project basis.” Ramsay, said to be lining up a project for ITV , was among the C4 talent shoehorned into 2012’s reality flop Hotel GB, along with Gok Wan, Phil Spencer, Mary Portas (unlike Ramsay she remains on an exclusive C4 deal) and others.
  • (5) But Wan's decision means that those with HIV have lost another champion.
  • (6) The organisations signing the letter are: • The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press • American Society of News Editors • The Associated Press • The EW Scripps Company • The McClatchy Company • The New York Times Company • The New Yorker • Newspaper Association of America • ProPublica • The Seattle Times Company • Society of Professional Journalists • The Washington Post • World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) Updated at 2.28pm GMT 11.07am GMT You can watch the committee session here from 3pm GMT, and we'll also have a live stream at the top of this blog.
  • (7) Activists say the mine, a joint venture between China's Wan Bao mining company and a Burmese military conglomerate, causes environmental, social and health problems and should be shut down.
  • (8) A Chinese traditional patent medicine Xiaoyao Wan was analysed by three dimensional HPLC.
  • (9) and Xiaohuoluo Wan showed average recoveries of 98.5, 98.3 and 96.8% and relative standard deviations of 1.8, 2.4 and 3.5%, respectively.
  • (10) Nearly 90% of all eligible women are using some form of birth control; in Wan-Tou more than 60% are using IUDs and less than 10% have been sterilized while in Chang-Ching the proportions are reversed.
  • (11) He could also promote dialogue on family planning and the rights of people with disabilities," said Wan.
  • (12) A few weeks after our interview in Los Angeles, Idle was eating lunch in a midtown Manhattan sushi restaurant, and he looked a bit wan.
  • (13) Besides, the Good Friday agreement wan’t all it was cracked up to be.
  • (14) Was booked for game 6 in 2004 & 2007 but wan't needed!
  • (15) Wan said the priority at Copenhagen would be to establish a framework for transferring funds and money, rather than getting hung up on figures.
  • (16) Wan, a non-Communist member of the state council, said China has proved its ability to meet and often exceed its targets in the current five-year plan to improve energy efficiency by about 20%.
  • (17) Meanwhile, on Sunday, the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) condemned the way the British government had threatened legal action against the Guardian newspaper unless it destroyed the copy of the Snowden files it had in London.
  • (18) This study was of a series of the evaluation of Hachimi-Jio-Gan (Rehmannia Eight Formula, pa-wei-ti-huang-wan or Bawei dihuang wan) to the various cataracts.
  • (19) The contents of the total flavones and volatile oils in huaijiao wan have been determined.
  • (20) "One rumour that keeps popping up on the fan forums is that the main character will be the long lost son or daughter of Obi Wan, though I really hope that isn't true as I don't see why everyone in the Star Wars universe has to be related."

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