What's the difference between pollicate and pollinate?
Pollicate
Definition:
(a.) Having a curved projection or spine on the inner side of a leg joint; -- said of insects.
Example Sentences:
(1) Finally, secondary reconstruction techniques are presented, always compared with classical techniques (free 2nd toe transfer versus pollicization).
(2) Based on 25 years of experience (1960-1984) with 188 cases, six approaches to thumb reconstruction are categorized as follows: pollicization using the index finger; pollicization using a finger stump; free transplant of a toe to reconstruct the thumb; reconstruction of the thumb by bone grafting and free flap transfer from the great toe with the nail; reconstruction of the thumb by turning up the skin over the dorsum of the stump and lengthening with bone grafting, and reconstruction of the thumb with bone grafting and tubular skin grafting.
(3) In our experience, pollicization provides the most rapid and effective means of restoration of thumb function in the severe pediatric hand burn with multiple digit loss.
(4) The authors analysed the results of two series of patients treated either by lengthening (16 cases) or digital pollicization (45 cases).
(5) Eighteen free second toe were used for pollicization other than the conventional method.
(6) Four patients with pollicization of the index finger were presented.
(7) 149-172) has attributed the morphologically similar SK 84 and SKX 5020 hominid first metacarpals to Homo erectus and Australopithecus robustus, respectively, and has inferred that both species exhibited derived pollical morphologies, indicating refined precision grips.
(8) The pollicized digit was used in the manner of a normal thumb or in modified fashion in 84% of 14 defined activities, with increased use for handling large objects (92%) and less use for small objects (77%).
(9) Grades III, IV, and V require pollicization, a procedure that has become more sophisticated by attention to skin flap design, intrinsic transfer, and positioning of the head of the second metacarpal.
(10) Extensor pollices brevis and flexor pollices longus contribute minimally in abduction-adduction.
(11) In total amputations, one may choose osteoplastic reconstruction, pollicization, or toe-to-hand transfer.
(12) In addition, differences in distal pollical ulnar deviation at the IP joint appeared to make little difference in the mechanical advantage comparisons.
(13) The index finger is preferred because it can be pollicized without palmar scar or tendons, vessels, or nerves crossing over.
(14) In amputations of the thumb associated with lesions of other digits, pollicization is not feasible; in these cases, the authors recommend a toe transplant using micro-surgical technique.
(15) Thumb length, so important for prehension and opposition, can be restored by phalangealization, pollicization, or toe-to-thumb transfer.
(16) Osteoplastic reconstruction for the middle zone and index finger pollicization for proximal thumb loss are considered to be most useful methods of thumb reconstruction if microsurgical facilities are not available.
(17) Forty pollicizations of index fingers were done to correct congenitally absent or nonfunctioning thumbs in patients who were younger than 16 years old.
(18) The surgeon and parents must realize that additional operative procedures may be required to enhance the function of the pollicized digit.
(19) The method, technique and anatomy of index pollicization is discussed, and representative cases presented for congenital absence of the thumb and for traumatic amputation of the thumb.
(20) The conclusions about the indications for the two techniques are as follows: When the amputation is proximal and the sole lesion, pollicization of the ring finger is preferred.
Pollinate
Definition:
(a.) Pollinose.
(v. t.) To apply pollen to (a stigma).
Example Sentences:
(1) In all seriousness, however: freedom of movement and cultural cross-pollination are crucial principles.
(2) It does seem a little shady to do this kind of field study - the very studies the companies say are the most important ones - and then not tell people what they find.” Prof Christian Krupke, at Purdue University in Indiana, said: “Bayer and Syngenta’s commitment to pollinator health should include publishing these data.
(3) However, our knowledge about them is incomplete as we are faced with an alarming lack of expertise and resources.” Bees play an essential role in sustaining ecosystems and pollinating crops and the IUCN is calling for urgent investment into new research on ways of reversing the decline.
(4) Kanamycin resistance was transmitted as a single dominant nuclear marker to the progeny of resistant plants after selfing or cross-pollination with the wild-type.
(5) Bee pollination of crops has been valued at $20bn in the US and $217bn worldwide.
(6) Many bumblebees and solitary bees have evolved to pollinate certain flowers.
(7) Eventually we'd like to see many of these robots work together similar to a colony of bees pollinating flowers.
(8) But research showing that they sicken or kill bees and other pollinators means neonics could soon lose their grip in North America.
(9) When Mutator plants are self-pollinated, the progeny double their Mu copy number in the first generation, but maintain a constant number of Mu sequences with subsequent self-pollinations.
(10) The EFSA report found the risk to honeybees from drifting pesticide dust was high when fipronil was used as a seed treatment for maize, but did not have the data to assess the risk from its use on sunflowers, or the risk via pollen and nectar, or the risk to other bees and pollinators.
(11) The loss of honeybees in many countries in the last decade has caused widespread concern because about three-quarters of the world's food crops require pollination.
(12) I have lived in the middle of the carnival route for 12 years now and going by my wholly unscientific observation, the carnival is one of the lovelier forms of cultural cross-pollination.
(13) The discovery that drones of the Japanese honeybee (Apis cerana japonica) pollinate the oriental orchid (Cymbidium pumilum) is reported.
(14) As a result, annual global crop pollination by bees is estimated to be worth $170bn .
(15) Fluticasone propionate was compared with beclomethasone dipropionate for the treatment of allergic rhinitis in a multicenter, double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled study during the mountain cedar (Juniperus ashei) pollination season in central Texas.
(16) Ever more scientific evidence shows just how dangerous these chemicals are to bees and other pollinators.” Facebook Twitter Pinterest Activists protest against pesticides at Bayer headquarters in Athens, Greece, in April last year.
(17) The UK faces a food security catastrophe because of its very low numbers of honeybee colonies, which provide an essential service in pollinating many crops, scientists warned on Wednesday.
(18) As Notton points out, bees add to our range of pollinators, enhancing diversity in wild plants and benefiting the crops and fruit upon which we depend.
(19) An investigation of a large number of inbred lines, both experimental and commercial hybrids, together with open-pollinated varieties, showed the potential of the method.
(20) On the contrary, the asthmatic group obtained a good correlation between bound and free IgE after the pollen season, rather than within the pollinization period.