What's the difference between preferrer and referrer?
Preferrer
Definition:
(n.) One who prefers.
Example Sentences:
(1) But in respect to the late results, frequently additional plastic reconstructive measures, preferrably skin flap procedures, must be considered.
(2) By its deeper penetration depth the Nd:YAG laser was preferrable to other laser systems like CO2 and Argon-laser.
(3) Persons who prefer beer are likely to be young men who are intermediate between wine and liquor preferrers for most traits.
(4) Considering the low failure rate, the minimal side effects, and the relatively more tolerable flavor, metronidazole seems to be preferrable in the treatment of giardiasis.
(5) Development of atherosclerotic lesions in animals, preferrably induced by a high-cholesterol diet, can be successfully suppressed by calcium channel blockers such as verapamil, nifedipine, nicardipine and diltiazem.
(6) Preferrers of hallucinogens were higher in internal stimulus screening than all other drug preference groups.
(7) The high preferrers were also found to have a lower content of dopamine and norepinephrine in the thalamus.
(8) The results showed interactions between hand preference and the hand that was actually used to read the stimulus materials, such that left preferrers were significantly faster and more accurate with their left hands than with their right hands whereas right preferrers were slightly but usually not significantly faster with their right hands than with their left hands.
(9) In all cases, the absolute magnitude of the left-hand advantage among left preferrers was substantially larger than the right-hand advantage among right preferrers.
(10) In patients with acute intoxications, the use of veno-venous method of hemosorption with Seldinger's catheterization of the subclavian and femoral veins is preferrable.
(11) Cosmetic treatment with composite materials was preferrably the choice of treatment in children with the hypoplastic type of HAI.
(12) The axial view of the patellofemoral joint in 4 angles of flexion constitutes the procedure of choice for diagnostic exploration of patellar cartilage with, perhaps, the restriction for the medial compartment where arthroscopy is probably preferrable.
(13) Telemetric monitoring is preferrable in oral application of ecbolics, since this entails a saving in ecbolics (4.7 vs 5.4 tablets), regular labor is induced more rapidly (after 57 vs 72 minutes), and total delivery time is shortened (4 hours 24 minutes vs 5 hours 15 minutes.
(14) Further exploration of this issue should be conducted using patients with a single site and preferrably an early stage of disease.
(15) Intelligibility was deemed better after the MMS primarily because phonation time approximated that of normal speech, and this study suggests that, following total laryngectomy, the vocal quality achieved using the MMS is preferrable to that of esophageal speech.
(16) 17 children preferred BDP, two the placebo-aerosol, while 6 had no preferrence.
(17) Adults feed on hedgehogs, hares and birds, preferrence being given to hazel hens.
(18) The differences between the results of the two test methods are not satistically significant and their failure rate does not provide absolutely sure results, but we believe that the patch test is preferrable in recognition of contact allergy because it is in vivo and probably has a lower failure rate in comparison with the MIT in the human.
(19) Opiate preferrers aligned more closely with stimulant preferrers than alcohol groups.
(20) In recent years many authors have claimed that the combination of tubal sterilization and induced abortion carries too high a morbidity and that the two operations should preferrably be performed separately.
Referrer
Definition:
(n.) One who refers.
Example Sentences:
(1) We attribute this in part to early diagnosis by computed tomography (CT), but a contributory factor may be earlier referrals from country centres to a paediatric trauma centre and rapid transfer, by air or road, by medical retrieval teams.
(2) In many cases, physicians seek to protect themselves from involvement with these difficult, highly anxious patients by making a referral to a psychiatrist.
(3) The study was conducted by monitoring the case managers in the following activities: client intake screening, assessment and service planning, referrals, advocacy, and support services.
(4) In an anthropologic study of illness referral among Latin-American immigrants three phases were ascertained: First, there was extended use of self-treatment.
(5) Referral-based angiology department in a university hospital.
(6) Health care "systems" now dominate medical practice, and their formats can alter spontaneous collegial interaction in referral.
(7) A review of these patients' medical records documented that prior hemispheric symptoms referrable to the now occluded internal carotid artery had occurred in five (55%) of the nine patients who were admitted with stroke, five (62%) of the eight patients with a retinal infarct, six (60%) of the 10 patients who were admitted with a transient ischemic attack, all four (100%) patients who were admitted with amaurosis fugax, one (33%) of three patients with nonhemispheric symptoms, and in seven (70%) of the 10 patients who were asymptomatic when the internal carotid artery occlusion was identified angiographically.
(8) On referral to our clinic, his physical examination and tape recording were characterized by harsh inspiratory stridor.
(9) We prospectively followed the course of eye disease in patients with diabetic end-stage nephropathy from the time of initial referral by the renal unit.
(10) There were differences in perception between these respondents on the reason for referral.
(11) The US department of justice is understood to have opened an investigation into the death, and four others in US custody in Iraq and Afghanistan, following a referral from the CIA.
(12) Among 660 subjects who arrived at the referral centre following screening, 64 (10 per cent) had no apparent oral lesion.
(13) Social prescribing schemes, by their nature, vary considerably but generally provide a way for GPs and other primary care professionals to offer or signpost to non-clinical referral options instead of, or alongside, clinical ones,” says the report’s author, David Buck.
(14) Because the hand is the most frequently injured part of the body, primary recognition of injured structures, careful assessment of damage, and appropriate treatment or referral by the primary care physician are critical.
(15) Ultimately, like in virtually any other industry, having faith in a product or a system comes from past experiences and referrals from people you trust about what to expect.
(16) Pressure to refer seems to explain some of the variation in referral rates among general practitioners.
(17) Establishing direct lines of communication between the practicing physician and the tertiary center and emphasizing continuing education at all levels seem to be important aspects in the development and maintenance of such a referral system.
(18) Contracting was shown to have a significant impact on the level of referrals a hospital accepted, but these levels were also affected by competition and need.
(19) The presence of flat feet and excessive laxity of the joints, associated with the characteristic facies, macro-orchidism, and behavior, justifies a referral for developmental and genetic evaluation.
(20) These indicators included temperature elevation, inability to be consoled, level of alertness, nuchal rigidity, bulging fontanel, decreased appetite, rash, referral, and febrile seizures.