What's the difference between poppet and support?

Poppet


Definition:

  • (n.) See Puppet.
  • (n.) One of certain upright timbers on the bilge ways, used to support a vessel in launching.
  • (n.) An upright support or guide fastened at the bottom only.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Excessive poppet wear has also been noted in the aortic position; poppet embolization has occurred on 2 occasions, and a third patient was found, at the time of reoperation for periprosthetic leak, to have opppet wear sufficient to permit embolization.
  • (2) All four poppets were densely coated with biological debris and microthrombi.
  • (3) The projected probability of poppet escape using all 11 patients is 12.2% at 5 years; the 70% confidence bands of projected probability of poppet escape separate from those of the risk of re-replacement at 61 months.
  • (4) Fame Academy – the Blue Peter-like BBC attempt to ape Cowell's more Magpie-esque shows – built Sneddon up because, unlike those ITV poppets, he wrote his own songs.
  • (5) Several unique features of escaped mitral poppet are discussed.
  • (6) Embolization of a prosthetic valve poppet, a rare complication following valve replacement, has been, until recently, generally fatal.
  • (7) The first generation of aortic ball-valve prostheses, used until 1965, was associated with poppet damage owing to fatty infiltration of the silicone rubber ball, a phenomenon termed ball variance.
  • (8) To facilitate the insertion of prosthetic valves, holders are available which keep the poppet out of the area of suture insertion or keep the open ends of the struts occluded.
  • (9) The incidence of disabling thromboembolism (42%) and poppet failure (21%) is high with these early models.
  • (10) Although hemolytic anemia of significant degree was not observed in any of the 16 patients who died late, the occurrence of renal hemosiderosis in 13 of the 16 patients indicates that the poppet disc prosthesis is considerably traumatic to erythrocytes.
  • (11) Norway Aligned to the Viking Empire bloc Alexander Rybak's song Fairytale is the bookies' favourite partly because Alexander is such a poppet and also because his song is as nelly as the proverbial elephant.
  • (12) We believe this to be the second reported case of survival following successful reoperation for embolization of a prosthetic poppet.
  • (13) Ball variance was discovered at necropsy in two patients and clinically in one in whom the poppet was replaced.
  • (14) Similar measurements were obtained for two unused silicone rubber poppets.
  • (15) M-mode echocardiography showed dense, linear echoes from the prosthetic valve between the interventricular septum and the mitral valve, along with loss of normal poppet motion within the aortic root.
  • (16) Interference to poppet movement is attributable to the prosthesis's being too large for the ascending aorta or left ventricular cavity in which it resided.
  • (17) Eleven patients (5 since the date of follow-up inquiry) have suffered poppet escape, 9 of whom died.
  • (18) Examination of pressure tracings and cineangiographic films suggested only minor interference with valve poppet movement induced by the catheter transversing the valve.
  • (19) In contrast, thrombi were observed on a prosthesis in 14 of the 16 patients who died late (4 to 47 months [average 21] postoperatively), but in none did the thrombi appear of sufficient size to alter poppet function.
  • (20) However, the presystolic murmur was associated with early closure movement of the presthetic poppet.

Support


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To bear by being under; to keep from falling; to uphold; to sustain, in a literal or physical sense; to prop up; to bear the weight of; as, a pillar supports a structure; an abutment supports an arch; the trunk of a tree supports the branches.
  • (v. t.) To endure without being overcome, exhausted, or changed in character; to sustain; as, to support pain, distress, or misfortunes.
  • (v. t.) To keep from failing or sinking; to solace under affictive circumstances; to assist; to encourage; to defend; as, to support the courage or spirits.
  • (v. t.) To assume and carry successfully, as the part of an actor; to represent or act; to sustain; as, to support the character of King Lear.
  • (v. t.) To furnish with the means of sustenance or livelihood; to maintain; to provide for; as, to support a family; to support the ministers of the gospel.
  • (v. t.) To carry on; to enable to continue; to maintain; as, to support a war or a contest; to support an argument or a debate.
  • (v. t.) To verify; to make good; to substantiate; to establish; to sustain; as, the testimony is not sufficient to support the charges; the evidence will not support the statements or allegations.
  • (v. t.) To vindicate; to maintain; to defend successfully; as, to be able to support one's own cause.
  • (v. t.) To uphold by aid or countenance; to aid; to help; to back up; as, to support a friend or a party; to support the present administration.
  • (v. t.) A attend as an honorary assistant; as, a chairman supported by a vice chairman; O'Connell left the prison, supported by his two sons.
  • (n.) The act, state, or operation of supporting, upholding, or sustaining.
  • (n.) That which upholds, sustains, or keeps from falling, as a prop, a pillar, or a foundation of any kind.
  • (n.) That which maintains or preserves from being overcome, falling, yielding, sinking, giving way, or the like; subsistence; maintenance; assistance; reenforcement; as, he gave his family a good support, the support of national credit; the assaulting column had the support of a battery.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) This excellent prognosis supports a regimen of conservative therapy for these patients.
  • (2) It is supposed that delta-sleep peptide along with other oligopeptides is one of the factors determining individual animal resistance to emotional stress, which is supported by significant delta-sleep peptide increase in hypothalamus in stable rats.
  • (3) Pathological and immunocytochemical data supported the diagnosis of medullary thyroid carcinoma.
  • (4) Technical factors that account for increased difficulty in these patients include: problems with guide catheter impaction and ostial trauma; inability to inflate the balloon with adequate guide catheter support; and need for increased intracoronary manipulation.
  • (5) Cantact placing reaction times were measured in cats which were either restrained in a hammock or supported in a conventional way.
  • (6) In a debate in the House of Commons, I will ask Britain, the US and other allies to convert generalised offers of help into more practical support with greater air cover, military surveillance and helicopter back-up, to hunt down the terrorists who abducted the girls.
  • (7) Models able to describe the events of cellular growth and division and the dynamics of cell populations are useful for the understanding of functional control mechanisms and for the theoretical support for automated analysis of flow cytometric data and of cell volume distributions.
  • (8) The presence of O-glycosidic linkages between carbohydrate and protein in the DF3 antigenic site was further supported by the presence of NaBH4-sensitive sites.
  • (9) Theresa May signals support for UK-EU membership deal Read more Faull’s fix, largely accepted by Britain, also ties the hands of national governments.
  • (10) Consensual but rationally weak criteria devised to extract inferences of causality from such results confirm the generic inadequacy of epidemiology in this area, and are unable to provide definitive scientific support to the perceived mandate for public health action.
  • (11) The program met with continued support and enthusiasm from nurse administrators, nursing unit managers, clinical educators, ward staff and course participants.
  • (12) Male sex, age under 19 or over 45, few social supports, and a history of previous suicide attempts are all factors associated with increased suicide rates.
  • (13) It also provides mechanical support for the collateral ligaments during valgus or varus stress of the knee.
  • (14) The data support the conclusion that accumulation of lipid II is responsible in some way for the hypersensitivity of delta rfbA mutants to SDS.
  • (15) The International Monetary Fund, which has long urged Nigeria to remove the subsidy, supports the move.
  • (16) He voiced support for refugees, trade unions, council housing, peace, international law and human rights.
  • (17) Training in social skills specific to fostering intimacy is suggested as a therapeutic step, and modifications to the social support measure for future use discussed.
  • (18) We want to be sure that the country that’s providing all the infrastructure and support to the business is the one that reaps the reward by being able to collect the tax,” he said.
  • (19) Evidence is presented in support of the hypothesis that fresh bat guano serves as a means of pathogenic fungi dissemination in caves.
  • (20) This postulate is supported by a limited study of the serovars present among the isolates.