What's the difference between plat and platy?

Plat


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To form by interlaying interweaving; to braid; to plait.
  • (n.) Work done by platting or braiding; a plait.
  • (n.) A small piece or plot of ground laid out with some design, or for a special use; usually, a portion of flat, even ground.
  • (v. t.) To lay out in plats or plots, as ground.
  • (n.) Plain; flat; level.
  • (adv.) Plainly; flatly; downright.
  • (adv.) Flatly; smoothly; evenly.
  • (n.) The flat or broad side of a sword.
  • (n.) A plot; a plan; a design; a diagram; a map; a chart.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) To understand the mechanism of hemorrhage, coagulation and fibrinolysis in epidemic hemorrhagic fever (EHF), thrombin time (TT), prothrombin time (PT), fibrinogen (FIG), the platelet count (PLAT), plasminogen (PLG), antithrombin-III (AT-III), fibrin-fibrinogen degraded products (FDP) and platelet functions of aggregation and release were studied dynamically with advanced methods in 134 EHF patients.
  • (2) Another new spot, Victor (11 rue Victor Massé), offers a good deal for lunch, with a tasty €12 plat du jour that includes dishes such as tender veal sautéed with baby leeks and hazelnuts, and crisp rocket salad and roasted new potatoes.
  • (3) Four other loci mapping to the human chromosome 8 short arm have been mapped to mouse chromosome 8; two of these (PLAT, GSR) lie proximal to LHRH, and two (LPL, DEF1) lie distal to LHRH.
  • (4) Here we describe promoter ligation and transcript sequencing (PLATS), a direct method for rapidly obtaining novel sequences that utilizes generic primers and only requires knowledge of the sequence on one side of a region.
  • (5) I'm talking with a local called Brigitte in Le Plat à Oreilles, a popular husband-and-wife-run restaurant in the city centre that serves traditional country food.
  • (6) These cells have a number of altered phenotypic characteristics: a) morphology; b) growth behavior and adherence to culture substrate (they required 3 h for 90% attachment and only presented a flattened morphology 40 h after platting); and c) collagen metabolism.
  • (7) The markers, their maximum lod scores, and recombination distances were ANK1 (ankyrin)--2.0 at 16%; D8S5 (TL11)--5.3 at 17%; D8S87 [a(CA)n repeat]--7.2 at 14%; LPL (lipoprotein lipase)--1.5 at 26%; and PLAT (plasminigen activator, tissue)--10.6 at 7%.
  • (8) A total of 215 subjects comprising 95 Chinese, 66 Malays and 54 Indians were investigated for restriction fragment length polymorphisms of the tissue-type plasminogen activator (PLAT) gene at an EcoRI site using the probe ptPA-4352.
  • (9) Double reciprocal plats indicate a competitive inhibition for alpha-ketoglutarate-glutamate by folic acid and methotrexate and a complex or mixed type for NAD-NADH site.
  • (10) Cyproheptadine-HCl raised the pain thresholds during hot plat test and writhing test in mice and tail flick test in rats, strengthened the hypnotic action by subthreshold dosage of sodium pentobarbital and chloral hydrate.
  • (11) Café Branly, plat du jour €17, +33 01 47 53 68 01, quaibranly.fr , open Tues, Wed, Sun 9.30am-6pm, Thurs, Fri, Sat 9.30am-8pm.
  • (12) Total calories and amino acid nitrogen (N) administered were not different in the two groups (t-test) and q 8 h (347 study periods) amino acid clearances, urinary urea nitrogen excretion, muscle proteolysis from 3-methyl-histidine (3-MH) excretion, and standard indices of sepsis severity and hepatic function were measured, as well as platelets (PLAT), leucocytes (WBC), albumin (ALB), and six acute-phase proteins: C-reactive protein (CRP), alpha-1-antitrypsin (A1TRIP), fibrinogen (FIBRIN), alpha-2-macroglobulin (AMACRO), ceruloplasmin (CERUL), and transferrin (TRANS).
  • (13) The possible amplifications of five sequences, MOS (8q1), LHRH (8p21.1), POLB (8p11.2), PLAT (8p12), and D8Z2 (8c) were investigated in three tumors with HSR on the short arm of chromosome 8.
  • (14) Inside there is the health food self-service Le Smack, where soups and salads cost €4-€6, while the funky Tokyo Eat (plat du jour €13) is a striking industrial-style diner with psychedelic orange lamps, bar, and open kitchen.
  • (15) The examination showed that such special treatment would be required only for the target (main material: platinum) and the Platness-filter (chief constituent: lead) of the decommissioned electron accelerator.
  • (16) Based on linkage data from the CEPH (Paris) reference families and physical mapping information from a somatic cell hybrid panel of chromosome 8 fragments, the most likely order for four of these five loci and the diseases locus is 8pter-LPL-D8S5-D8S87-PLAT-RP1.
  • (17) The plat castable ceramic crown was made with investment material prepared in our college with our own casting technique by a Chinese-made casting machine.
  • (18) However, in four patients who developed alveolitis sicca (dry socket), a significant rise of activity on all the fibrin plats was seen (P less than 0.01) when compared with the variations measured in patients with normal healing.
  • (19) Platelet (PLAT), and neutrophil (WBC) counts were also done and plasma elastase was measured.
  • (20) Using PLATS, sequence has been obtained from a 1.1-kb segment in Achlya ambisexualis, which cross-hybridizes to the DNA-binding region of the chicken and Xenopus estrogen receptors.

Platy


Definition:

  • (a.) Like a plate; consisting of plates.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The rock consists essentially of the fibrous serpentine mineral chrysotile (asbestos) and platy serpentines.
  • (2) An avidin-biotin immunoperoxidase complex (ABC) immunocytochemical (ICC) stain procedure was optimized for detection of Ehrlichia platys antigens.
  • (3) The results showed that (1) hydroxyapatite was the only reaction product; (2) the reaction was nearly completed within four h, during which both the reaction product and compressive strength increased linearly with time, resulting in a strong correlation between the two; and (3) fully set CPC consisted primarily of small rod-like crystals and some platy crystals.
  • (4) Ten adult dogs (5 Beagles and 5 mixed-breed dogs) were inoculated IV with canine platelets containing Ehrlichia platys.
  • (5) One ill thrombocytopenic dog had intracytoplasmic E platys morulae detected within platelets.
  • (6) Ten adult male dogs were inoculated with Ehrlichia platys, and blood samples were collected throughout the infection to evaluate the hematologic changes with respect to serum biochemical analytes.
  • (7) Diagnosis was based on the finding of basophilic inclusions in platelets and an E platys antibody titer.
  • (8) The role of Rhipicephalus sanguineus as a biologic vector for E platys, the rickettsial agent of infectious canine cyclic thrombocytopenia, was studied in dogs.
  • (9) One-month-old E platys-exposed adult ticks failed to infect naive dogs in animal transmission studies.
  • (10) Skin testing with antigens from Histoplasma capsulatum, Mycobacterium tuberculosis (PPD-S), and atypical mycobacteria (PPD-B, PPD-G, PPD-Y, and PPD-platy) was carried out among six population groups in the Solomon Islands between 1968 and 1972.
  • (11) Other common mineral phases included chlorite, platy serpentine, pyrophyllitem mica, and carbonate minerals.
  • (12) No E. platys antigens were detected when this ICC stain was applied to frozen or paraffin-embedded formalin- or acetone-fixed tissue sections from dogs with acute E. platys infection.
  • (13) Of 86 dogs tested, 44.2% were seronegative to E canis, E platys, and SFG rickettsiae.
  • (14) The presence of E platys was not detected in midguts or salivary glands of similarly exposed adult ticks by use of light and transmission electron microscopy.
  • (15) A study of SGPT levels in individuals with and without (HBsAG) was conducted in the village of Plati, Greece.
  • (16) The prevalence of increased serum antibody titers to E canis and E platys was 25.9% and 40.7% for the ill thrombocytopenic dogs and 20.3% and 54.2% for the healthy kennel dogs, respectively.
  • (17) Bilateral anterior uveitis, nonregenerative anemia, and thrombocytopenia were found in a 9-month-old Chow Chow infected with Ehrlichia platys.
  • (18) Ten dogs were inoculated with Ehrlichia platys (E. platys) from an acutely infected dog.
  • (19) Positive immunoreactivity was detected with dilutions of canine immune serum on acetone-fixed smears of platelet-rich plasma from E. platys-infected dogs.
  • (20) Serum antibody titers to E. platys and serum aspartate aminotransferase, alanine aminotransferase, and alkaline phosphatase activities were also determined.

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