What's the difference between rat and rath?

Rat


Definition:

  • (n.) One of several species of small rodents of the genus Mus and allied genera, larger than mice, that infest houses, stores, and ships, especially the Norway, or brown, rat (M. decumanus), the black rat (M. rattus), and the roof rat (M. Alexandrinus). These were introduced into America from the Old World.
  • (n.) A round and tapering mass of hair, or similar material, used by women to support the puffs and rolls of their natural hair.
  • (n.) One who deserts his party or associates; hence, in the trades, one who works for lower wages than those prescribed by a trades union.
  • (v. i.) In English politics, to desert one's party from interested motives; to forsake one's associates for one's own advantage; in the trades, to work for less wages, or on other conditions, than those established by a trades union.
  • (v. i.) To catch or kill rats.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) All rats were examined in the conscious, unrestrained state 12 wk after induction of diabetes or acidified saline (pH 4.5) injection.
  • (2) It was tested for recovery and separation from other selenium moieties present in urine using both in vivo-labeled rat urine and human urine spiked with unlabeled TMSe.
  • (3) 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.
  • (4) The microsomal preparations from untreated Syrian golden hamster livers exhibited higher activities of N-demethylation towards the macrolide antibiotics, erythromycin and troleandomycin, than those from untreated and phenobarbital-treated rats.
  • (5) Phospholipid methylation in human EGMs is distinctly different from that in rat EGMs (Hirata and Axelrod 1980) in that the human activity is not Mg++-dependent, and apparent methyltransferase I activity is located in the external membrane surface.
  • (6) Biochemical, immunocytochemical and histochemical methods were used to study the effect of chronic acetazolamide treatment on carbonic anhydrase (CA) isoenzymes in the rat kidney.
  • (7) In conclusion, in S-rats a glucose-stimulated insulin release is accompanied by an increase in IBF, but this is not observed in P-rats.
  • (8) Competition with the labelled 10B12 MAb for binding to the purified antigen was demonstrated in sera of tumor-bearing and immune rats.
  • (9) Nutritionally rehabilitated animals had similar numbers of nucleoli to control rats.
  • (10) This study examined the [3H]5-HT-releasing properties of 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) and related agents, all of which cause significant release of [3H]5-HT from rat brain synaptosomes.
  • (11) Addition of phospholipase A2 from Vipera russelli venom led to a significant increase in the activity of guanylate cyclase in various rat organs.
  • (12) Spontaneous locomotor activity was lower in naloxone-infused rats on day 3 only.
  • (13) The LD50 of the following metal-binding chelating drugs, EDTA, diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid (DTPA), hydroxyethylenediaminetriacetic acid (HEDTA), cyclohexanediaminotetraacetic acid (CDTA) and triethylenetetraminehexaacetic acid (TTHA) was evaluated in terms of mortality in rats after intraperitoneal administration and was found to be in the order: CDTA greater than EDTA greater than DTPA greater than TTHA greater than HEDTA.
  • (14) We have investigated a physiological role of endogenous insulin on exocrine pancreatic secretion stimulated by a liquid meal as well as exogenous secretin and cholecystokinin octapeptide (CCK-8) in conscious rats.
  • (15) The subcellular distribution of sialyltransferase and its product of action, sialic acid, was investigated in the undifferentiated cells of the rat intestinal crypts and compared with the pattern observed in the differentiated cells present in the surface epithelium.
  • (16) However, the groups often paused less and responded faster than individual rats working under identical conditions.
  • (17) After 55 days of unrestricted food availability the body weight of the neonatally deprived rats was approximately 15% lower than that of the controls.
  • (18) To examine the central nervous system regulation of duodenal bicarbonate secretion, an animal model was developed that allowed cerebroventricular and intravenous injections as well as collection of duodenal perfusates in awake, freely moving rats.
  • (19) In the present investigation we monitored the incorporation of [14C] from [U-14C]glucose into various rat brain glycolytic intermediates of conscious and pentobarbital-anesthetized animals.
  • (20) Gel filtration of the 40,000 rpm supernatant fraction of a homogenate of rat cerebral cortex on a Sepharose 6B column yielded two fractions: fraction II with the "Ca(2+) plus Mg(2+)-dependent" phosphodiesterase activity and fraction III containing its modulator.

Rath


Definition:

  • (n.) A hill or mound.
  • (n.) A kind of ancient fortification found in Ireland.
  • (a.) Alt. of Rathe
  • (adv.) Alt. of Rathe

Example Sentences:

  • (1) It was written during the second world war and inspired by the murder in Paris of German diplomat Ernst vom Rath by Jewish teenager Herschel Grynszpan .
  • (2) Our investigations have following results: In the Rath-von Verschuer family, which is so extraordinary that the authenticity sometimes had been doubted, we found that crossing overs which were present in 50% of the cases were shown by the combination of protan defect and haemophilia B.
  • (3) This is exactly what happened when the Guardian and Ben Goldacre were sued for libel by vitamin manufacturer Matthias Rath , who had published adverts in South Africa denouncing Aids drugs as ineffective, while promoting his own supplements.
  • (4) By electrokaryotyping we found that all seven genes are located on different chromosomes: MEL1 on chromosome II as shown previously by Voll-rath et al.
  • (5) In a previous paper (Rath, H. M., Doyle, G. A. R., and Silbert, D. F. (1989) J. Biol.
  • (6) "So what we're going to do is get a volunteer up on stage to guess whether the next card detailing an item of Conservative or Labour council waste is higher or lower than the one before," said Rathe.
  • (7) The MF alpha 2-encoded Asn-5,Arg-7 alpha-factor-like peptide has been shown shown to have similar activity to Gln-5,Lys-7 alpha-factor in morphogenesis and growth arrest studies (S. Raths, P. Shenbagamurthi, F. Naider, and J. M. Becker, J. Bacteriol.
  • (8) No matter, because Rathe had some heartwarming soundbites from members giving their reason for joining the party.
  • (9) #BritishThreatLevels May 24, 2017 Ben Rathe (@benrathe) "Can you move down please?"
  • (10) There have been other cases, including Keith Schellenberg, a multi-millionaire who bought a Scottish island, but didn't get on with the islanders; with Matthias Rath, who peddled vitamins as a treatment for HIV; and with Elton John, who had a sense of humour failure at a harmless piece of parody – a case involving fair comment.
  • (11) "I'm Austin Rathe, head of membership and supporters," said a young man who looked as if he might have had to produce ID to get into the club.

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