What's the difference between retracted and withdrawn?

Retracted


Definition:

  • (imp. & p. p.) of Retract

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Brain damage may be followed by a number of dynamic events including reactive synaptogenesis, rerouting of axons to unusual locations and altered axon retraction processes.
  • (2) Tottenham Hotspur’s £400m redevelopment of White Hart Lane could include a retractable grass pitch as the club explores the possibility of hosting a new NFL franchise.
  • (3) Any MP who claims this is not statutory regulation is a liar, and should be forced to retract and apologise, or face a million pound fine.
  • (4) During the first 15 to 20 min of metamorphosis the larval arms are retracted and resorbed into the aboral surface of the juvenile.
  • (5) • Written, oral and video statements of self-incrimination and self-renunciation by the detainees, apparently induced by the authorities, have been released through official media channels (for example, lawyer Zhang Kai was induced to make such a statement, which he later retracted).
  • (6) Duane's retraction syndrome is a congenital eye movement disorder characterized by a deficiency of abduction, mild limitation of adduction, with retraction and narrowing of the palpebral fissure on attempted adduction.
  • (7) Axonal trees display differential growth during development or regeneration; that is, some branches stop growing and often retract while other branches continue to grow and form stable synaptic connections.
  • (8) She said she was not worried by Rubio’s one-time position on his immigration bill, later retracted, that he could not support reform if it included citizenship for gay couples.
  • (9) Useful differential morphological criteria can be: star-like or transverse ring-shaped profile of isolated ulcerations, tubular ileocolic junction with retracted cecum and open valve, and uniformity of lesion in the comprehensive picture of the clinical case.
  • (10) Both require more brain retraction and have greater risk to the facial nerve than the translabyrinthine approach.
  • (11) Unlike posterior tympanoplasty, this technique makes it possible to meticulously remove the osteitic bone invariably found in the facial recess when there is infection of the retraction pocket.
  • (12) In the third patient laparotomy was applied owing to the bleeding from the retracted, cut uterine artery.
  • (13) Because of laboratory and clinical observation that recurrent nerve paralysis retracts the involved vocal cord from the midline, it was proposed that deliberate section of the recurrent nerve would improve the vocal quality of patients with spastic dysphonia.
  • (14) Seven to 30 days following axotomy the volume of the hypoglossal nucleus was significantly diminished, undoubtedly reflecting dendritic retraction (P less than 0.05).
  • (15) Contacts resulting in collapse and retraction were often accompanied by a rapid and transient burst of lamellipodial activity along the neurite 30-50 microns proximal to the retracting growth cone.
  • (16) At three, six, and twelve months after the first operation the development of retraction pockets was also studied.
  • (17) The anchoring wire can also be retracted and repositioned.
  • (18) The right occipital lobe is retracted laterally from the falx cerebri.
  • (19) These experiments demonstrated that accessory abducens is a primary controller of eye retraction through its axons to retractor bulbi.
  • (20) A commercial system for producing retracted compensators has been adapted to suit local needs, and is evaluated here.

Withdrawn


Definition:

  • (p. p.) of Withdraw

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Child benefit has already been withdrawn from higher rate taxpayers.
  • (2) He’s been so consistent this season.” Barkley took the two late penalties because the regular taker, Romelu Lukaku, had been withdrawn at half-time with a back injury that is likely to keep the striker out of Saturday’s trip to Stoke City.
  • (3) VP levels were measured by radioimmunoassay in liquor withdrawn from the cisterna magna.
  • (4) There were soon tales of claimants dying after having had money withdrawn, but the real administrative problem was the explosion of appeals, which very often succeeded because many medical problems were being routinely ignored at the earlier stage.
  • (5) In this study patients who had successfully been treated with loreclezole in previous studies were gradually withdrawn from their antiepileptic comedication.
  • (6) This is welcome news but it needs to be borne in mind that the manufacturing sector is still far from racing ahead and serious doubts remain about the strength of demand for manufactured goods over the medium term, particularly once stimulative measures start being withdrawn.
  • (7) Although oral contraception was withdrawn in all cases, many women continued to smoke.
  • (8) In contrast, interchange of the histones and tightly bound non-histone protein DNA complexes from hormone-withdrawn and estrogen-stimulated chromatins during reconstitution did not affect the level of mRNAOV sequences produced.
  • (9) These results are likely to underestimate the true number of complaints because participants may be withdrawn (e.g., deaths, losses to follow-up, and refusals) before they ever complain of an adverse effect.
  • (10) When reinforcement for competing behavior was withdrawn, however, rats resumed their original behavior and there were no overall savings in total responses to extinction.
  • (11) The blood samples were withdrawn in the fasting state during the week preceding the event and within 30 min after completion of the race.
  • (12) Side effects were reported in 32% of the urapidil group and in 29% of the atenolol group; however, these were mild and transient in all but two patients (urapidil = 1, atenolol = 1) who were withdrawn.
  • (13) The average housing benefit withdrawal varies across the country, with the figure reaching £15.64 a week in Birmingham, £19 in Hertfordshire and £24 in Wandsworth; a total of 55,000 tenants have had housing benefit withdrawn in London.
  • (14) Three patients were withdrawn and the remaining 56 were examined with special reference to incisional herniation at their six-month follow-up visit.
  • (15) Criteria for the determination of death are based on similar practices in other countries: permanent functional death of the brain stem constitutes brain death and, when brain death occurs, artificial life-support can be withdrawn.
  • (16) Approximately 10-20 ml fluid were withdrawn from the renal pelvis for cytology and culture.
  • (17) Two developed unstable angina, one headache, one thyreotoxicosis, one a hypertensive crisis and were thus withdrawn.
  • (18) Pedro is due in London on Wednesday to undertake a medical and discuss personal terms, with United having withdrawn their interest.
  • (19) The catheter with intact triple knots could be withdrawn without an invasive maneuver.
  • (20) The drug was withdrawn in 6 patients--lack of response in one, thrombocytopenia in one, urticaria in one, rash in one, and granulocytopenia in 2.

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