What's the difference between paraffin and petrol?

Paraffin


Definition:

  • (n.) Alt. of Paraffine

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Flow cytometric DNA analysis was performed on both fresh and on paraffin embedded samples obtained by gastroscopic biopsies in 5 patients with histologically normal gastric mucosa (20 specimens) and by radical gastrectomies in 9 cases of human gastric cancer (36 specimens).
  • (2) Biotin-avidin immunoperoxidase analysis for hCG was performed on all paraffin blocks containing carcinoma-in-situ, grade I, grade II, and grade III transitional cell carcinoma.
  • (3) Using an antibody to the nerve growth factor receptor (NGFR), we examined dendritic reticulum cells (DRCs) immunohistochemically in 62 formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded lymph nodes from patients with reactive follicular hyperplasia or with various types of lymphoma.
  • (4) In contrast, in paraffin as well as in frozen sections of chick oviduct, fixed by immersion or in vapor, PR was exclusively nuclear, including in the absence of progesterone, and the intensity of immunostaining was not modified by progesterone treatment.
  • (5) Using a silver staining technique (AgNOR technique), we have investigated the nucleolar organizer-associated proteins (NORs) in formalin-fixed paraffin embedded conjunctival specimens of 15 intraepithelial squamous carcinomas, 10 hyperplastic-dysplastic samples and 10 control epithelial fragments; the mean number of intranuclear black dots was determined for each case.
  • (6) This study shows that the sensitivity and specificity of in situ hybridisation for the detection of EBV genomes in AIDS related lymphomas approaches that of Southern blotting, even when using routinely processed archival, paraffin wax embedded material.
  • (7) Formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded tissue was processed by the avidin-biotin complex method.
  • (8) This is the first report of anti-CD34 staining of acute leukemia in paraffin-embedded sections.
  • (9) The routine study of bone marrow trephine biopsies involves fixation, decalcification, paraffin-embedment, sectioning and staining.
  • (10) Paraffin sections (8 microns) containing the medial habenular nucleus were stained with cresyl violet and both left and right medial habenular nuclei were measured by planimetry.
  • (11) Formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded tissue samples of canine amelanotic melanomas and normal canine tissues were studied immunohistochemically for the presence of S100 protein.
  • (12) Histological sections of formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded tissue comprising 60 surgical specimens of human lung carcinoma were Feulgen stained.
  • (13) Urothelial cells were pepsin-extracted from paraffin-embedded specimens taken from human nontumorous bladder mucosa, dysplasia, and carcinoma in situ.
  • (14) Pieces of spleen of both groups were fixed in formalin and embedded in paraffin.
  • (15) Both methods, which are applicable to paraffin sections, were developed and validated in breast carcinomas with known ER content.
  • (16) We conclude that there appears to be no benefit from exceeding a concentration of 5% crude coal tar in yellow soft paraffin in the treatment of patients with psoriasis and that the plateau in the dose-response curve for the action of crude coal tar in psoriasis begins at a point between 1 and 5%.
  • (17) Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare (MAI) can utilize paraffin wax as the sole carbon source in basal media.
  • (18) Following biotinylation, it was used to detect mannose-specific binding sites in fixed cells of seven human leukemia or lymphoma lines and in fixed, paraffin-embedded sections of human breast cancer.
  • (19) The parotid saliva of the caries-rampant group showed a significantly higher level of anodemigrating proteins, predominantly isoamylases, and a significantly lower level of cathode-migrating proteins than that of the caries-resistant group in both paraffin-stimulated and sour lemon-stimulated salivary flows.
  • (20) Ten tissue sections from 10 examples of Bowen's disease were excised from paraffin blocks, rehydrated, and incubated in 90% formic acid at 45 degrees C for 18 h. The epidermis was gently removed with the aid of a dissecting microscope, and the remaining dermis with attached basal lamina was processed for scanning electron microscopy.

Petrol


Definition:

  • (n.) Petroleum.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) He gets Lyme disease , he dates indie girls and strippers; he lives in disused warehouses and crappy flats with weirded-out flatmates who want to set him on fire and buy the petrol to do so.
  • (2) Here petrol is practically a free gift,” Arias said.
  • (3) Tipping petrol on a fire isn’t going to get the heat out of it,” he told ABC radio.
  • (4) The closest town of any size is Burns, population 2,806, where you should stock up on petrol, food and water before heading south into the wilderness on the 66-mile Steens Mountain Backcountry Byway.
  • (5) Tesco, the UK’s biggest petrol retailer with 499 outlets and more than 16% market share, cut petrol and diesel by 1p a litre at all of its petrol stations from lunchtime on Thursday.
  • (6) While demand in the US remains sluggish, Toyota has benefited at home from a revival in demand for its Prius petrol-electric hybrid, Japan's best-selling passenger car for the past five months.
  • (7) He reduced the standard rate to 8%, but introduced a higher rate of 12.5% for petrol and some luxury goods, doubling the upper rate later that year to 25% before lowering it in 1976.
  • (8) Shell, along with other oil companies, has been cleared by the Office of Fair Trading of profiteering on the UK petrol forecourt, but the $27bn annual earnings figure underlines the enormous global profits being made "upstream" – bringing oil and gas out of the ground.
  • (9) That is 3.1% over the year and today's figures show that Britain is coming back ... For the first time in a decade all three main sectors of the economy have grown by at least 3% in the past year," he said in answer to a question about the price of petrol.
  • (10) The Unite union, which represents petrol tanker drivers, said there was no threat of a strike over the Easter period and it was focused on talks through the conciliation service Acas.
  • (11) Petrol car registrations rose by 3.4%, while diesel vehicles saw a slight 0.6% decline in registrations.
  • (12) Supporters of all parties want more action to cut the cost of petrol.
  • (13) He not only wouldn’t increase tax on petrol, he gave extra help to those extracting fossil fuel.
  • (14) This tends to push buyers behind the wheel of a diesel, which usually produces less CO2 than an equivalent petrol.
  • (15) But anyone who dreams that Germany’s warmth provides more than a sticking plaster to Europe’s migration crisis should have seen the scene half a mile south of the petrol station on Sunday.
  • (16) Customers posting on Twitter reported having their cards refused in shops, petrol stations and restaurants, as well as not being able to see their balances or withdraw cash at the bank's ATMs.
  • (17) It was the highest level in more than two years, driven higher by clothing and petrol prices, in a sign that the fall in the value of the pound since the Brexit vote is fuelling a rise in the cost of living.
  • (18) But the task remains to move the country's remaining fossil fuel-dependent sectors to clean technology: Iceland's fishing fleet, cars and buses, which run on oil and petrol, ironically make the country one of the highest per head greenhouse gas emitters in Europe .
  • (19) Insecurity has led to panic buying of fuel, with long, chaotic queues at petrol stations.
  • (20) An attempt to contain juvenile petrol abuse at Elcho Island in the Northern Territory of Australia is described.