What's the difference between reposition and repositor?
Reposition
Definition:
(n.) The act of repositing; a laying up.
Example Sentences:
(1) However, the effects of such large-scale calvarial repositioning on subsequent brain mass growth trajectories and compensatory cranio-facial growth changes is unclear.
(2) A modification of a previously described curved ruler, the current model has a hinge for greater ease of maneuverability and a "T" piece on one end to facilitate measurement and marking of both poles of the muscle without repositioning the ruler.
(3) This modification allows for precision of movement, ease of repositioning, and adaptation of rigid skeletal stabilization of mobilized osseous segments in the chin.
(4) A Charnley apparatus or turnbuckles placed between the pins on each side of the fracture provided the mechanical advantage for repositioning the fracture fragments and achieving rigid fixation during healing.
(5) In two cases, repositioning of the batteries was necessary because of local muscle stimulation.
(6) Changes in attachment levels post-operatively showed only a small degree of variation among the three surgical procedures, and would not affect the choice of the apically repositioned flap as the most effective method for pocket reduction.
(7) The anchoring wire can also be retracted and repositioned.
(8) The treatment is surgical and should be through a dorsal approach which allows repositioning of the tendon and internal fixation of the fracture.
(9) A higher incidence of lens subluxation, lens repositioning, corneal edema, and elevated intraocular pressure was observed in the eyes receiving STAAR silicone implants than in the eyes receiving IOLAB PMMA implants.
(10) This required repositioning one dialysis membrane which separates an electrode from the separation chamber.
(11) In this paper we present a case with an unerupted upper right canine and describe its management, after surgical exposure with an apically repositioned flap and orthodontic traction.
(12) In these cases the reposition and the osteosynthesis of the fibula neutralize fairly well also the motive forces acting on the tibial fracture.
(13) The repositioning of Ashley Young is particularly intriguing given that Sir Alex Ferguson uses him as a right-footed left-winger at Manchester United.
(14) The placement of the GABA-containing pipette did not appear to be responsible for the observed variation, since vertical repositioning of the pipette did not alter the slope of the charge-response relationship.
(15) Conversely, if no cement is used, grafting techniques to fill defects are becoming increasingly routine, so that today no bone may be removed from the replaced knee or hip--all fragments that are excised are repositioned as grafts in defects.
(16) The implant was repositioned by means of a combination of the Barraquer-Chowdhury needle-fixation method with a McCannel suture.
(17) On this premise, many site specific repositioning and immobilizing devices have been developed in our institution for radiation therapy.
(18) In order to test the opposition and the counter-opposition (reposition) of the thumb, the method proposed here does not require the measuring of angles; rather, the hand itself is used as the system of reference.
(19) Conversely, MTOCs will reposition even after lamellar extension and cell polarization have occurred.
(20) Simulated stress images were acquired with the long axis of the phantom perpendicular to the camera surface and redistribution images were acquired to represent 50% 201TI washout with axial repositioning errors relative to the stress position ranging from 0 to 20 degrees in 5 degrees increments.
Repositor
Definition:
(n.) An instrument employed for replacing a displaced organ or part.
Example Sentences:
(1) It is suggested that, although there is enough favorable evidence in cost-effectiveness for a hospital to establish an NST, the full potential of the NST as the proper repositor of a new branch of medicine (Clinical Nutrition) has yet to be widely recognized and properly tested.
(2) Such a repositor is now being tested at our clinics.