(n.) A dangerous rock on the Italian coast opposite the whirpool Charybdis on the coast of Sicily, -- both personified in classical literature as ravenous monsters. The passage between them was formerly considered perilous; hence, the saying "Between Scylla and Charybdis," signifying a great peril on either hand.
Example Sentences:
(1) The problem of a hermeneutic psychiatry would be to steer between the Scylla of naive realism ignoring the major participation of the psychotherapist on the one hand, and the Charybdis of relativism, nihilism, and hopeless skepticism on the other.
(2) In the words of Samuel D. Gross: "The cases which may reasonably require and those which may not require interference with the knife are not always so clearly and distinctly defined as not to give rise, in very many instances, to the most serious apprehension ... that, while the surgeon endeavors to avoid Scylla, he may not unwittingly run into Charybdis, mutilating a limb that might have been saved, and endangering life by the retention of one that should have been promptly amputated."
(3) The input properties and the response to stretch of a coxal receptor, the S fibre of the crab Scylla serrata, were studied using two and three intracellular microelectrodes.
(4) Some are snatching at “ No free movement ” as a red line in the Brexit negotiations, as if anti-immigration might save them between the Scylla and Charibdis of Ukip and Momentum.
(5) The therapist must be prepared to steer between the Scylla of ignorance about the diagnosis and treatment of mental illness in the mentally retarded and the Charybdis of financial disincentives for human service agencies to collaborate in their care.
(6) Hunt, a gifted and ambitious politician, is stuck between the rock-like Scylla of industry lobbyists and the Charybdis whirlpool of public opinion, which now supports sugar regulation.
(7) The gross structure and neuronal elements of the first optic ganglion of two crabs, Scylla serrata and Leptograpsus variegatus, are described on the basis of Golgi (selective silver) and reduced silver preparations.
(8) The binding of oxygen and carbon monoxide to hemocyanin from the mangrove crab Scylla serrata and the lobster Homarus americanus has been studied by thin-layer optical absorption and front face fluorescence techniques.
(9) What has become clear subsequently is that the eurozone crisis is similar to Scylla, the monster that devoured many of Odysseus’s men: a many-headed beast.
(10) "It seems that Aston Villa have moved to address their over-reliance on young, inexperienced lower league players by signing a young, inexperienced player from Ligue 2 (Yacouba Scylla from Clermont Ferrand)," says Jeremy Smith.
(11) In the invertebrate (Scylla serrata) MT, similar studies have revealed that the 6 g-atoms of bound Cd2+ are distributed in two distinct 3-metal clusters while in Neurospora MT, the 3 g-atoms of bound Cd2+ are arranged in a pseudo 3-metal cluster.
(12) In Uca lacteus de Haan, Scylla serrata Forskal and Ocypode platytarsis Milne Edwards, the apparent molecular weight of cuticular phenoloxidase is higher than that of blood phenoloxidase, whereas the molecular weights of cuticular phenoloxidase isozymes of Emerita emeritus L. are lower than those of blood phenoloxidase isozymes.
(13) The highest concentrations of phospholipid, neutral lipid and fatty acids were observed in the R cells and connective tissue of the hepatopancreas of Scylla serrata.
(14) The coordination environments of the cadmium ions in crab metallothionein were investigated by using 113Cd-NMR, and compared with 113Cd-NMR spectra of rabbit liver MT-II and Scylla serrata MT-I.
(15) A novel agglutinin with specificity for sialic acid sequence of sugars in thyroglobulin is identified in the hemolymph of Scylla serrata.
(16) The rich have become richer, and the poor have become poorer; and the vessel of the state is driven between the Scylla and Charybdis of anarchy and despotism,” Shelley wrote in 1821, blaming inequality and disorder on the “unmitigated exercise of the calculating faculty”.
(17) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Share Share this post Facebook Twitter Pinterest close 9.42am GMT "If Jeremy Smith is right about the Villa having signed a player called Scylla, might their next acquisition be one called Charybdis, to please classics buffs?"
(18) phosphorylase, aldose, alpha-glycerophosphate dehydrogenase (alpha-GPDH) and lactic dehydrogenase (LDH) and a key enzyme of the pentose phosphatase cycle, glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G-6-PDH), in the hepatopancreas of Scylla serrata (Forskal).
(19) Biochemical studies on the male reproductive tissues and seminal secretions have been made with reference to sperm metabolism and different stages of maturity in the crab Scylla serrata.
(20) In the crab scylla tranquebarica, bleeding stress is characterized by changes in proteins, lactic acid and water content of muscles, hepatopancreas and haemolymph.
Whirlpool
Definition:
(n.) An eddy or vortex of water; a place in a body of water where the water moves round in a circle so as to produce a depression or cavity in the center, into which floating objects may be drawn; any body of water having a more or less circular motion caused by its flowing in an irregular channel, by the coming together of opposing currents, or the like.
(n.) A sea monster of the whale kind.
Example Sentences:
(1) On the other hand, whirlpool-like, multilayer membranous structures, similar to the mesosomes of gram-negative bacteria, were sometimes seen in the rickettsial cells.
(2) mPA-medium B gave good recovery of both vital and chlorine-injured P. aeruginosa and selectivity was greater than 90% when analysing whirlpool samples.
(3) An evaluation of the wound-healing and disinfectant activities of chloramine-T (Chlorazene) used in hydrotherapy whirlpools was studied in a guinea pig cutaneous wound model.
(4) A private sauna, whirlpool and dancefloor are also available.
(5) Then I enjoy a honey massage looking out at the mountains, and dips in a whirlpool and a mineral pool.
(6) Aerobic plate counts were higher, and staphylococci and Pseudomonas aeruginosa occurred more often in whirlpools than in swimming pools.
(7) Folliculitis caused by Pseudomonas aeruginosa has been increasing due to the popularity of hot tubs, swimming pools, and whirlpools.
(8) Duration of whirlpool-spa use was an important determinant of risk for Pseudomonas dermatitis in this outbreak.
(9) The path follows the course of the river back to the roaring whirlpool – but between these forces of nature, it offers tranquility, surrounded not just by the forests but by hundreds of wildlife species, from rare flowers to abundant salamanders and peregrine falcons.
(10) The sonographic "whirlpool" pattern of the superior mesenteric vein and mesentery around the superior mesenteric artery was detected in 15 of the 18 patients with midgut volvulus, and was best seen using Doppler color.
(11) Effects of immersion time, water temperature, and three whirlpool treatment techniques on the reduction of bacterial load on the plantar surface of feet were examined.
(12) Mycobacteria were frequently detected in all types of samples, the numbers in whirlpools on the average being about ten times higher than those in swimming-pools and tap water.
(13) Published reports to date of outbreaks of Pseudomonas folliculitis associated with the use of whirlpools, hot tubs, swimming pools, etc., were reviewed.
(14) L micdadei was also isolated, along with host amoebae, from the whirlpool filter.
(15) Pseudomonas aeruginosa was isolated from seven commercial and two residential whirlpools that were treated with halogens.
(16) The importance of following directions for the installation of whirlpool-spas and regulations for their operation and control is strictly stressed.
(17) The presence of L. pneumophila and amoebae in whirlpool waters (42%) presents a risk for man.
(18) Hunt, a gifted and ambitious politician, is stuck between the rock-like Scylla of industry lobbyists and the Charybdis whirlpool of public opinion, which now supports sugar regulation.
(19) A generalized pruritic pustular rash was reported by 32 of 61 (53%) persons who had used the swimming pool and whirlpool at a Minnesota motel in March 1975.
(20) The whirlpool configuration of the infarct reflects the special anatomy of the intramural coronary arteries in the mice.