What's the difference between radical and radicle?

Radical


Definition:

  • (a.) Of or pertaining to the root; proceeding directly from the root.
  • (a.) Hence: Of or pertaining to the root or origin; reaching to the center, to the foundation, to the ultimate sources, to the principles, or the like; original; fundamental; thorough-going; unsparing; extreme; as, radical evils; radical reform; a radical party.
  • (a.) Belonging to, or proceeding from, the root of a plant; as, radical tubers or hairs.
  • (a.) Proceeding from a rootlike stem, or one which does not rise above the ground; as, the radical leaves of the dandelion and the sidesaddle flower.
  • (a.) Relating, or belonging, to the root, or ultimate source of derivation; as, a radical verbal form.
  • (a.) Of or pertaining to a radix or root; as, a radical quantity; a radical sign. See below.
  • (n.) A primitive word; a radix, root, or simple, underived, uncompounded word; an etymon.
  • (n.) A primitive letter; a letter that belongs to the radix.
  • (n.) One who advocates radical changes in government or social institutions, especially such changes as are intended to level class inequalities; -- opposed to conservative.
  • (n.) A characteristic, essential, and fundamental constituent of any compound; hence, sometimes, an atom.
  • (n.) Specifically, a group of two or more atoms, not completely saturated, which are so linked that their union implies certain properties, and are conveniently regarded as playing the part of a single atom; a residue; -- called also a compound radical. Cf. Residue.
  • (n.) A radical quantity. See under Radical, a.
  • (a.) A radical vessel. See under Radical, a.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) In conclusion, the efficacy of free tissue transfer in the treatment of osteomyelitis is geared mainly at enabling the surgeon to perform a wide radical debridement of infected and nonviable soft tissue and bone.
  • (2) The hypothesis that proteins are critical targets in free radical mediated cytolysis was tested using U937 mononuclear phagocytes as targets and iron together with hydrogen peroxide to generate radicals.
  • (3) These membrane perturbation effects not observed with bleomycin-iron in the presence of a hydroxyl radical scavenger, dimethyl thiourea, or a chelating agent, desferrioxamine, were correlated with the ability of the complex to generate highly reactive oxygen species.
  • (4) The role of O2 free radicals in the reduction of sarcolemmal Na+-K+-ATPase, which occurs during reperfusion of ischemic heart, was examined in isolated guinea pig heart using exogenous scavengers of O2 radicals and an inhibitor of xanthine oxidase.
  • (5) 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).
  • (6) That's why the big dreams have come from the smaller candidates such as the radical left's Jean-Luc Mélenchon.
  • (7) Residual cancer was found in the radical prostatectomy specimen in 11 of the 29 stage-A1 patients (38%) and in 66 of the 86 stage-A2 patients (77%).
  • (8) This may be due to DMSO's ability to scavenge free radicals.
  • (9) A more radical surgery is recommended but with the limitation that the operative method must be adapted to the operative finding.
  • (10) The present study explored the possibility that SOD-mimics such as desferrioxamine-Mn(III) chelate [DF-Mn] or cyclic nitroxide stable free radicals could protect from O2-.-independent damage.
  • (11) Treatment modalities included: partial temporal bone resection, subtotal temporal bone resection, total temporal bone resection, radical mastoidectomy followed by radiation therapy, radiation therapy alone, and chemotherapy.
  • (12) Leaders of Tory local government are preparing radical proposals for minimum 10% cuts in public spending in the search for savings.
  • (13) Plays like The Workhouse Donkey (1963) and Armstrong's Last Goodnight (1964) were staged in major theatres, but as the decade progressed so his identification with the increasingly radical climate of the times began to lead away from the mainstream theatre.
  • (14) 78% of the recurrences were seen two years postoperatively and 27% were asymptomatic; 10% underwent radical operation, 27% palliative operation and 63% conservative treatment.
  • (15) The kinetics of bimolecular decay of alpha-tocopheroxyl free radicals (T) was studied by ESR mainly in ethanol and heptanol solvents.
  • (16) While the correlations between speed and accuracy reversed over time, the abnormal vision group began and ended at the most extreme levels, having undergone a significantly more radical shift in this regard.
  • (17) NPR reported that investigators have not found telltale signs associated with Islamist radicalization , such as a change in mosques or abrupt shifts in behavior or family associations.
  • (18) The second triplet, which was stable in the dark at 4.2 K following illumination, was assigned to the radical pair Donor+I-.
  • (19) It may be due to relative nonreactivity of ascorbic acid free radical that free radical chain reactions, found commonly in radical chemistry, do not occur in the scavenging reaction by ascorbic acid.
  • (20) The free radical scavengers mannitol, thiourea, benzoate, and 4-methylmercapto-2-oxobutyrate protected either native cells exposed to H2O2 or pretreated hepatocytes exposed to H2O2 and given ferric or ferrous iron.

Radicle


Definition:

  • (n.) The rudimentary stem of a plant which supports the cotyledons in the seed, and from which the root is developed downward; the stem of the embryo; the caulicle.
  • (n.) A rootlet; a radicel.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Although its etiology is still undetermined, the liver pathology is characterized by occlusive changes of the intrahepatic portal radicles, portal and periportal fibrosis, irregularly distributed parenchyma atrophies and absent of regeneration nodules.
  • (2) The common hepatic duct opened directly into the mass, and the intrahepatic radicles were dilated.
  • (3) In order to provide drainage, the catheter should be advanced under fluoroscopic control into one of the major radicles ore preferably into the distal common duct beyond the point of obstruction.
  • (4) There were numerous retained gallstones in biliary radicles of the right hepatic duct; attempts to dislodge these by saline flushing failed.
  • (5) Special phenomena related to the small caliber of the needle include duct filling from "invisible" radicles, perivenous or periductal dissection of contrast, and pseudolesions in an incompletely decompressed stagnant bile column.
  • (6) In the group with Budd-Chiari's syndrome (BCS), in addition to the involvement of the large veins, thrombosis was observed in the small hepatic vein radicles in five out of six cases with myeloproliferative related disorders.
  • (7) In contrast to previous reports of hepatopathy after irradiation injury, histologic sections of the liver did not demonstrate occlusion of the central veins, but rather a diffuse obliteration of intrahepatic portal venous radicles.
  • (8) Cholangiographic features were the most characteristic and included irregular narrowing and segmental dilatation of the biliary radicles giving them a beaded appearance.
  • (9) The changes in hepatic venous radicles are characterized by irregular sclerosis, which seems to contribute significantly toward postsinusoidal block in advanced cases.
  • (10) This combination is highly radiopaque; it perfuses the small radicles of the vascular tree and sets to a firm rubbery consistency to fascilitate dissection.
  • (11) The basis of the pathogenesis in pseudocardialgia is the irritation of posterior sensory radicles by osteophytes or disc protrusion.
  • (12) Angiography showed a hypervascular lesion with shunting of dense contrast material into portal vein radicles.
  • (13) Pathomorphological studies revealed tissue infiltration of the surrounding intracerebral vessels by tumors cells without proliferation into the dura mater and radicles of the spinal cord.
  • (14) Our results indicated that the injured type I pneumocytes and endothelia caused by oxygen radicles are the fundamental damages in bleomycin-induced pulmonary fibrosis.
  • (15) We present a case with extrahepatic portal hypertension and polycythemia vera who complained acute recurrent variceal bleeding in spite of multiple sclerotherapy sessions, with a massive thrombosis of the portal bed and radicles without any possibility to perform a shunt.
  • (16) At autopsy the radicles of the portal veins were occluded by leukemic infiltrates and fibrosis.
  • (17) Recording of TSEP and GSEP was found to be of high diagnostic value for the establishment of vascular compression of the nervous radicle in the cerebellopontile angle to determine indications for microvascular decompression.
  • (18) An extended choledochotomy with further exploration of the intrahepatic radicles also failed to remove the incarcerated stones.
  • (19) If the tissue scavengers of oxygen radicles are not sufficient to scavenge the increase in oxygen radicles, then lipid peroxidation and tissue damage will occur.
  • (20) The increased brightness and clear visualization of portal vein radicle walls, previously described in this disease, were detected in only 32.2% of the hepatitis patients but were also seen in 30.9% of the normal controls.

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