What's the difference between scalp and scalper?

Scalp


Definition:

  • (n.) A bed of oysters or mussels.
  • (n.) That part of the integument of the head which is usually covered with hair.
  • (n.) A part of the skin of the head, with the hair attached, cut or torn off from an enemy by the Indian warriors of North America, as a token of victory.
  • (n.) Fig.: The top; the summit.
  • (v. t.) To deprive of the scalp; to cut or tear the scalp from the head of.
  • (v. t.) To remove the skin of.
  • (v. t.) To brush the hairs or fuzz from, as wheat grains, in the process of high milling.
  • (v. i.) To make a small, quick profit by slight fluctuations of the market; -- said of brokers who operate in this way on their own account.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) We have not had another incidence of fetal scalp infection associated with intrapartum monitoring.
  • (2) It is often difficult to study the neurological and autonomic changes in the scalp in these patients.
  • (3) Tests included recording the scalp EEG, visual and auditory cerebral evoked-potentials, the CNV, cerebral slow potentials related to certainty of response correctness in auditory discrimination tasks, heart rate, respiration and the galvanic skin response.
  • (4) The possible use of impedance measurement with scalp electrodes to detect intracranial events non-invasively was investigated by measuring the localised impedance changes during cortical spreading depression (CSD) in anaesthetised rats.
  • (5) To identify the origin of scalp-recorded far-field negativity of short-latency somatosensory evoked potentials to median nerve stimulation (designated N18), direct records were made from the thalamus and ventricular system during 4 stereotaxic and 3 posterior fossa operations.
  • (6) Complications from tissue expansion of the scalp are similar to those encountered with the placement of expanders elsewhere in the body.
  • (7) Scalp EEGs correctly localized the side and region of seizure onset in only 1 patient.
  • (8) Selective angiography revealed a scalp AVM fed by bilateral superficial temporal and right occipital arteries.
  • (9) After the unsuccessful treatment with classical methods by skin grafting, a mixed myocutaneous Latissimus Dorsi and cutaneous parascapular flap allow the coverage of 25 centimetres of the scalp in his larger axis.
  • (10) To evaluate whether local anesthetic scalp infiltration blunts hemodynamic responses to craniotomy in anesthetized children (age, 2-18 yr), two concentrations of bupivacaine (0.125% and 0.25%) with vasoconstrictor (epinephrine 1:400,000) were compared with control data when a solution of vasoconstrictor alone was injected.
  • (11) This operation provides an important alternative to either standard or major scalp reductions.
  • (12) Monitoring evoked potentials from the brain for prolonged periods during neurosurgical procedures ideally requires attached scalp electrodes that may be placed in a sterile field.
  • (13) The effect of scalp hypothermia in connection with chemotherapy was evaluated as hair protection in 61 women with disseminated breast carcinoma, where earlier treatment routines had caused wig-requiring alopecia in nearly all patients.
  • (14) Here we give an example of its application to a comparison of curves, in this particular case average auditory evoked potentials, picked up at symmetrical points on the scalp.
  • (15) In a continuing study of the EEG as a monitor of cortical activity during anesthesia using a time-domain wave analyzer, the contamination of the EEG by scalp muscle activity was observed.
  • (16) Angiosarcomas of the skin develop almost exclusively in the following clinical settings: (1) the lymphedematous extremity, secondary to prior mastectomy in most instances; (2) the face and scalp, usually in elderly individuals; and (3) skin that has been previously radiated.
  • (17) These findings may require a rethinking of specific information processing interpretations of other endogenous ERPs, although the results also indicate that the 'oddball' effect on the P300 and CNV was distinctive in terms of scalp distributions and sensitivity to the manipulation.
  • (18) A left scalp skin flap (2.5 by 7 cm) based on the superficial temporal artery and vein was transferred to the bald area, with microvascular anastomosis to the superficial temporal vessels on the right side.
  • (19) Pattern 2, distant metastasis without scalp or regional lymph node spread, was associated with early radiotherapy and chemotherapy.
  • (20) Cortical activation patterns as measured by negative shifts of the scalp-recorded cortical steady potential ("DC shifts") were assessed in 28 normal subjects during imagining colours, faces, and a spatial map.

Scalper


Definition:

  • (n.) One who, or that which, scalps.
  • (n.) Same as Scalping iron, under Scalping.
  • (n.) A broker who, dealing on his own account, tries to get a small and quick profit from slight fluctuations of the market.
  • (n.) A person who buys and sells the unused parts of railroad tickets.
  • (n.) A person who buys tickets for entertainment or sports events and sells them at a profit, often at a much higher price. Also, ticket scalper.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) There are even Skylander "scalpers" that hunt video game and toy stores looking for limited edition action figures to sell on.
  • (2) Katsuyama set up IEX, the Investors Exchange, as a market free from scalpers.
  • (3) The scalper passed on the transaction to another colleague, who asked to remain anonymous – and charged an even $50.
  • (4) Ticket scalpers see dollar signs as pope heads to Central Park Read more The city reciprocated.
  • (5) The 1,000 people who had snapped up tickets for the charity event - some gladly hornswoggled to the tune of £150 by eBay scalpers - were only there to see the guys from Radiohead.
  • (6) Or at least that’s how much the scalpers were charging for a glimpse of Pope Francis’s official stroll through Central Park.

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