What's the difference between recurrence and reversion?

Recurrence


Definition:

  • (n.) Alt. of Recurrency

Example Sentences:

  • (1) A report is presented of 6 surgically-treated cases of recurrent cervical carcinoma.
  • (2) One developed recurrent dislocation of the shoulder.
  • (3) During the study period four family outbreaks and seven recurrences of infection were observed.
  • (4) It is suggested that the results indicate the need for full haematological screening of all patients with recurrent aphthae.
  • (5) In the past 6 years 26 patients underwent operation for recurrent duodenal ulcer after what was considered to be an "adequate" initial operation.
  • (6) There were two recurrent P. (1 Tbc, 1 viral) and no recurrent constriction.
  • (7) The risk of recurrence and progression in 170 patients presenting with pTa urothelial tumours of the bladder has been estimated so that follow-up can be rationalised.
  • (8) Our recurrences are due to local infections, removing the metal strut too early, i.e.
  • (9) Eighty four colorectal cancer patients who underwent presumably curative surgery were considered as candidates for control recurrence study.
  • (10) The group consisted of 34 primary diseases and 7 recurrences.
  • (11) After examining the cases reported in literature (Sacks, Barabas, Beighton Sykes), they point out that, contrary to what is generally believed, the syndrome is not rare and cases, sporadic or familial, of recurrent episodes of spontaneous rupture of the intestine and large vessels or peripheral arteries are frequent.
  • (12) Recurrent respiratory infections occurred in 17 (38%), and chronic recurrent middle ear effusions were noted in 33 (73%).
  • (13) A nine-year-old male child presented with a history of recurrent chest infections and breathlessness.
  • (14) In the univariate life-table analysis, recurrence-free survival was significantly related to age, pTNM category, tumour size, presence of certain growth patterns, tumour necrosis, tumour infiltration in surrounding thyroid tissue and thyroid gland capsule, lymph node metastases, presence of extra-nodal tumour growth and number of positive lymph nodes, whereas only tumour diameter, thyroid gland capsular infiltration and presence of extra-nodal tumour growth remained as significant prognostic factors in the multivariate analysis.
  • (15) We report a case of chronic recurrent polymyositis associated with increasing antibody titers of coxsackievirus A9 in serum during clinical exacerbations.
  • (16) Among patients in whom the neuroma had been operated on once previously (first recurrence group), 88% achieved good to excellent pain relief with the technique described in this article.
  • (17) Effective medical or surgical therapy increased DAO activity and decreased CDAI, while clinical recurrence had the opposite effect.
  • (18) Eaton-Lambert or myasthenic syndrome was diagnosed in a young woman with recurrent small-cell carcinoma of the cervix.
  • (19) A return of high-frequency sensitivity accompanied the recurrence of pain in some patients who had been injected up to 13 years prior to testing.
  • (20) Six cases of chronic eosinophilic pneumonia fulfilled the following criteria: 1) more than a two-month history of symptoms prior to diagnosis, 2) a prolonged clinical course and 3) recurrence.

Reversion


Definition:

  • (n.) The act of returning, or coming back; return.
  • (n.) That which reverts or returns; residue.
  • (n.) The returning of an esttate to the grantor or his heirs, by operation of law, after the grant has terminated; hence, the residue of an estate left in the proprietor or owner thereof, to take effect in possession, by operation of law, after the termination of a limited or less estate carved out of it and conveyed by him.
  • (n.) Hence, a right to future possession or enjoiment; succession.
  • (n.) A payment which is not to be received, or a benefit which does not begin, until the happening of some event, as the death of a living person.
  • (n.) A return towards some ancestral type or character; atavism.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) This trend appeared to reverse itself in the low dose animals after 3 hr, whereas in the high dose group, cardiac output continued to decline.
  • (2) Application of 40 microM NiCl2 reversibly blocked It while leaving Is intact, whereas 20 microM CdCl2 reversibly blocked Is, but not It.
  • (3) The outward currents are sensitive to TEA and their reversal potentials differ.
  • (4) With NaCl as the major constituent of the bathing solution (potassium-free pipette and external solutions) the reversal potential (Er) of the noradrenaline-evoked current was about 0 mV.
  • (5) The HBV infection was tested by the reversed passive hemagglutination method for the HBsAg and by the passive hemagglutination method for the anti-HBs at the time of recruitment in 1984.
  • (6) If the method was taken into routine use in a diagnostic laboratory, the persistence of reverse passive haemagglutination reactions would enable grouping results to be checked for quality control purposes.
  • (7) Tests showed the cells survive and function normally in animals and reverse movement problems caused by Parkinson's in monkeys.
  • (8) In dorsoventral (DV) reversed wings at both shoulder or flank level, the motor axons do not alter their course as they enter the graft.
  • (9) Head-injured patients had a low thyroxine (T4), low triiodothyronine (T3), and high reverse T3.
  • (10) Dilutional studies comparing the mechanism of inhibition of monoamine oxidase produced by Gerovital H3 and by ipronizid demonstrated that Gerovital H3 was a reversible inhibitor of monoamine oxidase.
  • (11) Nucleotide, which is essential for catalysis, greatly enhances the binding of IpOHA by the reductoisomerase, with NADPH (normally present during the enzyme's rearrangement step, i.e., conversion of a beta-keto acid into an alpha-keto acid, in either the forward or reverse physiological reactions) being more effective than NADP.
  • (12) An axillo-axillary bypass procedure was performed in a high-risk patient with innominate arterial stenosis who had repeated episodes of transient cerebral ischemia due to decreased blood flow through the right carotid artery and reversal of blood flow through the right vertebral artery.
  • (13) What reforms there were could also be reversed, she warned.
  • (14) No reversions to wild-type levels were observed in 555 heterozygous offspring of crosses between homozygous Campines and normals.
  • (15) We have compared two new methods (a solvent extraction technique and a method involving a disposable, pre-packed reverse phase chromatography cartridge) with the standard method for determining the radiochemical purity of 99Tcm-HMPAO.
  • (16) Sickle and normal discocytes both showed membrane elasticity with reversion to original cell shape following release of the cell from its aspirated position at the pipette tip.
  • (17) These antagonists reverse NMDA-mediated long term influence in these brain areas.
  • (18) For dental procedures requiring tracheal intubation, one could perhaps use non-depolarizing muscle relaxants, like pancuronium, with reversal at the end of the procedure.
  • (19) We have recently described a nonnucleoside compound that specifically inhibits the reverse transcriptase of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1), the causative agent of AIDS.
  • (20) We have investigated some of the factors which affect the retention times of these substances in reversed-phase HPLC on columns of 5-micron octadecylsilyl silica.