What's the difference between roo and root?

Roo


Definition:

Example Sentences:

  • (1) With electrophilic substrates (organic halides and carbonyl carbons) O2- displaces a leaving group to form a peroxy radical (ROO.)
  • (2) AFL backs Lewis Jetta and calls for end to 'draining' booing of Adam Goodes Read more Swans chairman Andrew Pridham has labelled the booing racist and Goodes received strong support on Monday night from rival coaches Nathan Buckley and Paul Roos.
  • (3) Moreover, the chelators exhibited for the quenching of ROO.
  • (4) However, on a molar basis VIP was 2-3 times more potent than PHI in causing cessation of activity of the ROO.
  • (5) It was found that, with the exception of roo, the copy number per chromosome followed a Poisson distribution.
  • (6) Such free radical generation in feces could provide a missing link in our understanding of the etiology of colon cancer: the oxidation of procarcinogens either by fecal HO., or by secondary peroxyl radicals (ROO.)
  • (7) Both HOO.- and ROO.-initiated peroxidations of linoleic acid were promoted by increases in solution ionic strength: the inclusion of 0.1 M of various alkali metal salts in the reaction resulted in up to a 4-fold increase in the overall peroxidation rate.
  • (8) In the presence of glycylglycylhistidine (GlyGlyHis), however, Ni2+ generated cumene peroxyl (ROO.)
  • (9) Inactivity of the EMG of the ROO still developed when lambs sucked milk after administration (I.V.)
  • (10) The main result is the detection of a specific "tumor signal" (asymmetrical singlet deltaH = 6, Oe, g = 2.005) and peroxide radical ROO.
  • (11) In Western blots, mAb 449, directed against the cytoplasmic epitope of the alpha-subunit, identified a 23-kDa protein; and mAb 48, raised against the large (beta) subunit of cytochrome b558 of human neutrophils (Verhoeven, A. J., Bolscher, B. G. J. M., Meerhof, L. J., van Zwieten, R., Keijer, J., Weening, R. S., and Roos, D. (1989) Blood 73, 1686-1694), detected a smear between 75 and 100 kDa in denatured HMC membrane protein.
  • (12) The outflow of digesta, made possible by the opening of the ROO during the second phase of the reticular contraction, is highly selective.
  • (13) The Roos test was positive for 8% of the subjects and X-ray was abnormal for 13% of the subjects.
  • (14) He painted The Kongouro from New Holland from sketches by the voyage's official artist – who had died on the way back – and a kangaroo's skin, which it is thought he inflated, no doubt leading to his roo's somewhat rotund appearance.
  • (15) We have previously reported that the phorbol ester, 12-O-tetradecanoyl phorbol 13-acetate (TPA) induces, in the TT cell line of human medullary thyroid carcinoma, decreased cellular proliferation, increased calcitonin secretion, and enhanced calcitonin gene transcription (deBustros, A., Baylin, S. B., Berger, C. L., Roos, B.
  • (16) The FCA did not name names but the Guardian understands that UK payday lender Speedy Cash has been distributing colouring-in sheets showing its kangaroo mascot, Speedy Roo , holding wads of cash, along with pamphlets promoting its loans, which have a representative interest rate of 2,115.69% APR.
  • (17) There was always complete cessation of activity of the ROO with infusion of VIP at 1.5-3.0 nmol min-1.
  • (18) Intra-arterial infusions of vasoactive intestinal polypeptide (VIP) were made in anaesthetized lambs in which activity of the reticulo-omasal orifice (ROO) was recorded manometrically and in conscious lambs in which activity of the reticulum, ROO and abomasum were recorded by electromyographic (EMG) techniques.
  • (19) Infusions of VIP at 8-10 nmol min-1 produced a more prompt cessation of EMG activity of the ROO.
  • (20) On my first day at primary school, my teacher, Mr Smith, said in front of the class, “What kind of person calls their child Roo-pert?” Put me off school for ever.

Root


Definition:

  • (v. i.) To turn up the earth with the snout, as swine.
  • (v. i.) Hence, to seek for favor or advancement by low arts or groveling servility; to fawn servilely.
  • (v. t.) To turn up or to dig out with the snout; as, the swine roots the earth.
  • (n.) The underground portion of a plant, whether a true root or a tuber, a bulb or rootstock, as in the potato, the onion, or the sweet flag.
  • (n.) The descending, and commonly branching, axis of a plant, increasing in length by growth at its extremity only, not divided into joints, leafless and without buds, and having for its offices to fix the plant in the earth, to supply it with moisture and soluble matters, and sometimes to serve as a reservoir of nutriment for future growth. A true root, however, may never reach the ground, but may be attached to a wall, etc., as in the ivy, or may hang loosely in the air, as in some epiphytic orchids.
  • (n.) An edible or esculent root, especially of such plants as produce a single root, as the beet, carrot, etc.; as, the root crop.
  • (n.) That which resembles a root in position or function, esp. as a source of nourishment or support; that from which anything proceeds as if by growth or development; as, the root of a tooth, a nail, a cancer, and the like.
  • (n.) An ancestor or progenitor; and hence, an early race; a stem.
  • (n.) A primitive form of speech; one of the earliest terms employed in language; a word from which other words are formed; a radix, or radical.
  • (n.) The cause or occasion by which anything is brought about; the source.
  • (n.) That factor of a quantity which when multiplied into itself will produce that quantity; thus, 3 is a root of 9, because 3 multiplied into itself produces 9; 3 is the cube root of 27.
  • (n.) The fundamental tone of any chord; the tone from whose harmonics, or overtones, a chord is composed.
  • (n.) The lowest place, position, or part.
  • (n.) The time which to reckon in making calculations.
  • (v. i.) To fix the root; to enter the earth, as roots; to take root and begin to grow.
  • (v. i.) To be firmly fixed; to be established.
  • (v. t.) To plant and fix deeply in the earth, or as in the earth; to implant firmly; hence, to make deep or radical; to establish; -- used chiefly in the participle; as, rooted trees or forests; rooted dislike.
  • (v. t.) To tear up by the root; to eradicate; to extirpate; -- with up, out, or away.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) After four years of existence, many evaluations were able to show the qualities of this system regarding root canal penetration, cleaning and shaping.
  • (2) The Bohr and Root effects are absent, although specific amino acid residues, considered responsible of most of these functions, are conserved in the sequence, thus posing new questions about the molecular basis of these mechanisms.
  • (3) Subdural tumors may be out of the cord (10 tumors), on the posterior roots (28 tumors), or within the cord.
  • (4) The method used in connection with the well known autoplastic reimplantation not only presents an alternative to the traditional apicoectomy but also provides additional stabilization of the tooth by lengthing the root with cocotostabile and biocompatible A1203 ceramic.
  • (5) But the roots of Ukip support in working-class areas are also cultural.
  • (6) The Ca2+ channel current recorded under identical conditions in rat dorsal root ganglion neurones was less sensitive to blockade by PCP (IC50, 90 microM).
  • (7) I am rooting hard for you.” Ronald Reagan simply told his former vice-president Bush: “Don’t let the turkeys get you down.” By 10.30am Michelle Obama and Melania Trump will join the outgoing and incoming presidents in a presidential limousine to drive to the Capitol.
  • (8) Two hundred and forty root canals of extracted single-rooted teeth were prepared to the same dimension, and Dentatus posts of equal size were cemented without screwing them into the dentine.
  • (9) We have characterized previously a model of herpes simplex virus (HSV) infection of rat dorsal root ganglia (DRG) following cutaneous infection.
  • (10) After 1 month, scaling and root planing had effected significant clinical improvement and significant shifts in the subgingival flora to a pattern more consistent with periodontal health; these changes were still evident at 3 months.
  • (11) The dispute is rooted in the recent erosion of many of the freedoms Egyptians won when they rose up against Mubarak in a stunning, 18-day uprising.
  • (12) So the government wants a “root and branch” review to decide whether the BBC has “been chasing mass ratings at the expense of its original public service brief” ( BBC faces ‘root and branch’ review of its size and remit , 13 July).
  • (13) Statistical diagnostic tests are used for the final evaluation of the method acceptability, specifically in deciding whether or not the systematic error indicated requires a root source search for its removal or is simply a calibration constant of the method.
  • (14) Three strains of fluorescent pseudomonads (IS-1, IS-2, and IS-3) isolated from potato underground stems with roots showed in vitro antibiosis against 30 strains of the ring rot bacterium Clavibacter michiganensis subsp.
  • (15) The ventral root dissection technique was used to obtain contractile and electromyogram (e.m.g.)
  • (16) No infection threads were found to penetrate either root hairs or the nodule cells.
  • (17) The roots of the incisor teeth should, if possible, be placed accurately in this zone and a method of achieving this is suggested.
  • (18) Terrorist groups need to be tackled at root, interdicting flows of weapons and finance, exposing the shallowness of their claims, channelling their followers into democratic politics.
  • (19) Rooting latency showed a significant additive maternal strain effect but little systematic effect of pup genotype.
  • (20) Dorsal root ganglion (DRG) neurons cultured from neonatal rats contained high concentrations of protein kinase C (PKC).

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