What's the difference between red and zed?

Red


Definition:

  • () . imp. & p. p. of Read.
  • (v. t.) To put on order; to make tidy; also, to free from entanglement or embarrassement; -- generally with up; as, to red up a house.
  • (superl.) Of the color of blood, or of a tint resembling that color; of the hue of that part of the rainbow, or of the solar spectrum, which is furthest from the violet part.
  • (n.) The color of blood, or of that part of the spectrum farthest from violet, or a tint resembling these.
  • (n.) A red pigment.
  • (n.) An abbreviation for Red Republican. See under Red, a.
  • (a.) The menses.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The transport of potassium ions through membranes of red blood cells was examined in in bitro experiments using a CMF of 4500 oersted.
  • (2) Michael Schumacher’s manager hopes F1 champion ‘will be here again one day’ Read more Last year, Red Bull were frustrated by Mercedes, Ferrari and Honda as they desperately looked for a new engine supplier.
  • (3) Based on several previous studies, which demonstrated that sorbitol accumulation in human red blood cells (RBCs) was a function of ambient glucose concentrations, either in vitro or in vivo, our investigations were conducted to determine if RBC sorbitol accumulation would correlate with sorbitol accumulation in lens and nerve tissue of diabetic rats; the effect of sorbinil in reducing sorbitol levels in lens and nerve tissue of diabetic rats would be reflected by changes in RBC sorbitol; and sorbinil would reduce RBC sorbitol in diabetic man.
  • (4) The increase in red blood cell mass was associated with an elevation in erythropoietic stimulatory activity in serum, pleural fluid, and tumor-cyst fluid as determined by the exhypoxic polycythemic mouse assay.
  • (5) The mechanism by which pertussis toxin (PT) breaks the unresponsiveness of delayed-type hypersensitivity (DTH) to sheep red blood cells (SRBC) was examined in B10 mice.
  • (6) Irradiation of stored red blood cells (RBC) is increasingly utilized for patients who are immunosuppressed or on chemotherapeutic regimens.
  • (7) Seven males have been observed carrying both inherited tritan and red-green defects.
  • (8) A sensitive, selective and easy to use high-performance liquid chromatographic method for the determination of cicletanide, a new diuretic, in plasma, red blood cells, urine and saliva is described.
  • (9) Cook, who has postbox-red hair and a painful-looking piercing in his lower lip, was now on stage in discussion with four fellow YouTubers, all in their early 20s.
  • (10) The patient recovered completely following discontinuation of antibiotics, transfusion of red blood cells, and treatment with glucocorticoids.
  • (11) For retrospective action to be taken, and an FA charge to follow, the decision of the panel must be unanimous.” The match between the sides ended in acrimony and two City red cards.
  • (12) The actions of the polyvalent cationic dye Ruthenium Red and the enzyme neuraminidase were studied at the frog neuromuscular junction.
  • (13) Plasma membranes were obtained from a homogeneous population of rabbit red blood cells at different maturation periods.
  • (14) The adherence of 51Cr-labeled platelets to rabbit aortae everted on probes rotated in platelet-red cell suspensions has been measured.
  • (15) While the heaviest anterogradely labeled ascending projections were observed to the contralateral ventral posterolateral nucleus of the thalamus, pars oralis (VPLo), efferent projections were also observed to the contralateral ventrolateral thalamic nucleus (VLc) and central lateral (CL) nucleus of the thalamic intralaminar complex, magnocellular (and to a lesser extent parvicellular) red nucleus, nucleus of Darkschewitsch, zona incerta, nucleus of the posterior commissure, lateral intermediate layer and deep layer of the superior colliculus, dorsolateral periaqueductal gray, contralateral nucleus reticularis tegmenti pontis and basilar pontine nuclei (especially dorsal and peduncular), and dorsal (DAO) and medial (MAO) accessory olivary nuclei, ipsilateral lateral (external) cuneate nucleus (LCN) and lateral reticular nucleus (LRN), and to a lesser extent the caudal medial vestibular nucleus (MVN) and caudal nucleus prepositus hypoglossi (NPH), and dorsal medullary raphe.
  • (16) Ruthenium red (RuR) inhibits Ca2+ uptake and transmitter release in synaptosomes, and produces flaccid paralysis when injected intraperitoneally (IP) and convulsions after intracranial administration.
  • (17) Male Sprague Dawley rats either trained (T, N = 9) for 11 wk on a rodent treadmill, remained sedentary, and were fed ad libitum (S, N = 8) or remained sedentary and were food restricted (pair fed, PF, N = 8) so that final body weights were similar to T. After training, T had significantly higher red gastrocnemius muscle citrate synthase activity compared with S and PF.
  • (18) Urinalysis revealed a low pH, increased ketones and bilirubin excretion, dark yellowish change in color, the appearance of "leaflet-shaped" crystals and increased red blood cells and epithelial cells in the urinary sediment, increased water intake, decreased specific gravity and decreased sodium, potassium and chloride in the urine.
  • (19) In the medium-size intermediate fibers, the number and diameter of the mitochondrial columns are intermediate between those of the red and white fibers.
  • (20) The American Red Cross said the aid organisation had already run out of medical supplies, with spokesman Eric Porterfield explaining that the small amount of medical equipment and medical supplies available in Haiti had been distributed.

Zed


Definition:

  • (n.) The letter Z; -- called also zee, and formerly izzard.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) • This is an edited extract from Feminism & Men by Nikki van der Gaag , published by Zed Books.
  • (2) Zed Nelson's film about survivors of the Lampedusa boat tragedy will air on Channel 4's Dispatches early next month.
  • (3) Image: Zed Books Photograph: Zed Books Even in the 27 member countries of the EU, in April 2013 women accounted for only 16.6% of board members of large publicly listed companies.
  • (4) Paul French is the author of North Korea: State of Paranoia, published by Zed Books.
  • (5) Updated at 12.43am GMT 9.57pm GMT There's a couple of other issues I need to bookmark but swimming with the news cycle for now, the Liberal senator Zed Seselja is on Sky News on a panel.
  • (6) Liberal senator Zed Seselja said it could be politically challenging to sell a corporate tax cut but the government’s modelling shows it would lead to greater productivity and jobs.
  • (7) Assata: An Autobiography, by Assata Shakur is available now from Zed Books, priced £8.99.
  • (8) I absolutely condemn racist language.” The government’s overhaul has prompted public concern from some of its own backbenchers, notably Ken Wyatt and Zed Seselja; and some deeply personal interventions from Labor MPs outlining their own visceral experiences with racism.
  • (9) Photograph: Zed Nelson for the Guardian If the bookshelves were not an example of excess, what would he consider an excessive claim?
  • (10) Photograph: Zed Nelson To reach the North African coast, Fanus had used a people-smuggling route fraught with danger.
  • (11) Photograph: Zed Nelson for the Guardian "Yes, exactly," Smith says, "lost in the crowd."
  • (12) To see what I then did with it, check out the fascinating world of The Soterion Mission and The Revenge of the Zeds , where you’re adult at 11 – and dead by 19!
  • (13) Government members, including Zed Seselja, have criticised the exemption as “too broad”, given the narrowing of offences set out in 18C.
  • (14) Photograph: Zed Nelson Two weeks later – after taking a train to Milan and a plane to Barcelona – Fanus finally arrived in Stockholm and was staying at Meron Estefanos's apartment.
  • (15) Photograph: Zed Nelson To achieve her aim, Fanus knew she must avoid being registered as an asylum seeker in Italy (under the EU's "Dublin" regulation , refugees must claim asylum in the first European country they enter).
  • (16) Photograph: Zed Nelson Within 30 minutes, a larger fishing boat had joined the rescue.
  • (17) Since Zollinger and Ellison described two cases of this disease in 1955 which would later recieve their names (ZED), more than 1,000 cases have been published in the world literature up to date.
  • (18) The task for my new series (so far The Soterion Mission and Revenge of the Zeds ) was simple: challenge the teenage stereotype and set the record straight.
  • (19) (5) Bobcat was big in 80s standup before signing up as squeaky-voiced maniac Zed in the Police Academy movies.
  • (20) Indefensible - Seven Myths That Sustain the Global Arms Trade, written by Paul Holden, is published by Zed Books (£12.99).

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