What's the difference between ramification and rarification?
Ramification
Definition:
(n.) The process of branching, or the development of branches or offshoots from a stem; also, the mode of their arrangement.
(n.) A small branch or offshoot proceeding from a main stock or channel; as, the ramifications of an artery, vein, or nerve.
(n.) A division into principal and subordinate classes, heads, or departments; also, one of the subordinate parts; as, the ramifications of a subject or scheme.
(n.) The production of branchlike figures.
Example Sentences:
(1) I approached the public inquiry after much soul-searching, weighing up the ramifications of "rocking the boat" with the potential longer-term gains of a more robust and sustainable regulator.
(2) Future research and clinical evaluations should focus on the components of the learning and memory processes when the ramifications of temporal lobe ablations on cognitive function are studied.
(3) The astrocytes had generally two types of processes: (1) thread-like processes of relatively constant width with few ramifications and few lamellar appendages and (2) the sinuous processes with clusters of lamellar appendages.
(4) Speaking for the first time since the Qatari royal family abandoned his plans to build 552 new homes on the site of Chelsea barracks, Rogers called for a national inquiry into whether the prince has a constitutional right to become involved in matters such as planning applications which have economic, political and social ramifications.
(5) Thus, the existence of different forms of UBF may have important ramifications for transcription by RNA polymerase I.
(6) B-cells are found between the ramifications of the DC.
(7) On the basis of dendroarchitecture and cell body shape, complemented with morphometry of dendritic ramification, four major neuronal types were distinguished in lamina I of the spinal cord of the rat.
(8) This advance was represented by an increase in the cytoplasmic volume, appearance and development Golgi zones, grouping of the free ribosomes into rosettes, appearance of single synaptic contacts, and a ramification of large-calibre nerve processes that continued during the later stages of the embryogenesis (ED19-ED22).
(9) She says that, while she stayed away from the more difficult ramifications of that upbringing, she nevertheless plunged right into the "hot quicksand" of the Arab-Israeli conflict, right down into the Biblical roots of Jewish-Muslim conflict in the story of Abraham, Hagar, Isaac and Ishmael (which she meditates upon in the opera's Hagar chorus), and into the vortex of questions about Israel's right to exist and what motivates terrorists.
(10) In neuropil, which is presented mainly as axo-spinal assymetrical contacts of the I type after Grey, transversal profiles of tightly arranged and collected in fasciculi finest axonal collaterals and terminal dendritic ramifications are revealed.
(11) "This has very serious ramifications with potentially grievous consequences for the country," the military said.
(12) Data from the two procedures are compared and ramifications for the study of body size are discussed.
(13) Thus, these data suggest a novel pharmacological action of HETEs on PLA2 which may have potential ramifications in the regulation of arachidonic acid metabolism.
(14) The possible explanation and ramifications of this finding are discussed.
(15) The paper develops a simple mathematical model for this process, based on experimental observations, and explores several ramifications.
(16) The basic pattern of arborisation shows short primary dendrites which branch close to the soma, forming a distal ramification extending over 600 to 1,200 micrometer from the soma.
(17) It is suggested that knowledge of sexual abuse and its ramifications be addressed at the medical school curriculum level and be taught in the various clinical departments and incorporated into ward teaching rounds and seminars.
(18) Some decisions are quite simple and have minimal, if any, ramifications; other decisions are more complex and can have major ramifications.
(19) (1) The incidence of Type I -A(1) was 13.2%, the highest among the entire Su ramification.
(20) Opinions have varied, and still do, on such matters as to whether or not the diagnosis of glaucoma is contingent upon a field defect, the existence of low tension glaucoma, the ramifications of ocular hypertension, what constitutes a glaucomatous appearance of the disc, field defects versus the appearance of the disc, field defects versus the appearance of the disc, and what constitutes an early glaucomatous field defect.
Rarification
Definition:
(n.) See Rarefaction.
Example Sentences:
(1) In muscle tissue that purported pattern of vascular rarification has been associated with a simultaneous loss of slow twitch fibers.
(2) The data indicate that there is neither an anatomical rarification of capillaries, nor a loss of FOG or SO fibers in spontaneous hypertension.
(3) Stage 2 is rarification along the fracture line, usually on the volar pole.
(4) We note that the rarification of what was originally nonsign depiction is clearly an important source of regular ASL signs.
(5) 2) Rarification of the entire cortical capillary bed.
(6) The reduced endurance of the soleus of hypertensive rats was not associated with either fiber redifferentiation or capillary "rarification," and the majority of the decline in force with time could not be attributed to impaired neuromuscular transmission.
(7) The rarification of the post-glomerular capillaries is interpreted to be a pressure atrophy, whereas the reduction in the number of renal glomeruli and the concommitant diminuation of their capillary loops is thought to represent a functional atrophy.
(8) Diffuse rarification of bone tissue is also typical of such cases.
(9) These changes were manifested in a greater degree and appeared sooner with an increase in the extent of rarification of the atmosphere.
(10) Measurements were performed at constant flow and during 1) shifts in filtration-absorbtion, 2) alterations of perfused capillary wall area (graded rarification of capillary network by microsphere injection) and 3) during alterations of permeability (i.a.
(11) Whether, in addition to the increased incorporation of collagen and a rarification of the smooth muscle, the thickness to radius ratio also increases above that usual for the age group in chronic hypertension is still not clear, but it is not essential for the explanation of the greater increase in the delta-c-p.