What's the difference between shedding and tearing?
Shedding
Definition:
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Shed
(n.) The act of shedding, separating, or casting off or out; as, the shedding of blood.
(n.) That which is shed, or cast off.
Example Sentences:
(1) In documents due to be published by the bank, it will signal a need to shed costs from a business that employs 10,000 people as it scrambles to return to profit.
(2) The role of surgery in triggering the reactivation of latent HSV-1, and the differences in rates of viral shedding between American and Japanese are discussed.
(3) The viruses shed by the volunteers were indistinguishable from those with which they were inoculated.
(4) The cercariae shed from the snails were again exposed to several species of fresh water snails in order to observe metacercarial formation in the snails and their infectivity to final hosts.
(5) The mean loss of hemoglobin and total protein per 100 ml of shed blood was similar in IMA-, and SVG-patients with or without aprotinin, although aprotinin diminished the total amounts in both groups with 50% (p < 0.01).
(6) Perhaps it’s the lot of people like my colleagues here in the centre and me to wrestle with our consciences, shed tears, lose sleep and try to make the best of a very bad, heart-breaking job and leave the rest of the world to party, get pissed and celebrate Christmas.
(7) The results are discussed in light of recent findings that elevated levels of gangliosides are found in in the sera of tumor-bearing animals, and it is suggested that gangliosides shed by tumor cells could be involved in the generalized immunosuppression observed in such animals.
(8) The result that shed walls can be solubilized by boiling in SDS-dithiothreitol indicates that disulfide linkages are critical for wall integrity.
(9) The minutes – which will be redacted – are expected to shed light on the thinking at the highest level of the Bank during the crisis, when Mervyn (now Lord) King was governor.
(10) The results of a retrospective study shed new light on the risks of specific cardiac defects in diabetic pregnancies.
(11) Our studies show that loss of Tf receptor from rat reticulocytes during maturation in vitro involves shedding of cellular Tf receptor in vesicles and release of soluble receptor from these vesicles.
(12) Instead of shedding jobs, many employers seem to be favouring pay restraint and reduced working hours as a means of controlling costs."
(13) The results suggest, that transformed epithelial cells can modulate the appearance of syndecan on the cell-surface by at least two ways: (a) by altering its glycosylation or (b) by increasing its shedding from the cell surface.
(14) In the light of the considerable number of prisoners and ex-prisoners in the original Kinsey sample, it is possible that the Institute for Sex Research might have in its files material that would shed light on this problem.
(15) Earlier results from PCR detection of adenoviruses in stool from children suffering from diarrhea gave indications that adenovirus particles are commonly shed in stools without being identified as the cause of illness [Allard et al.
(16) Current research may shed more light on this latter component and also provide the data for future psychoanalytic theorizing about character and personality.
(17) In naive cows, strain 433.31 induced less exudation of plasma into the milk, shedding of bacteria, macroscopic alteration, and a lower somatic cell count (SCC) than did the reference strain.
(18) We also observed the number of survived rats and plasma ir-ANP levels stimulated by volume loading of the shed blood or fluid.
(19) The loss of outer segment material through shedding was assessed by monitoring the phagosome content of the pigment epithelium.
(20) Tearfilm virus shedding secondary to electrical induction in high-dose and low-dose cyclophosphamide animals was higher than that of control, non-immunosuppressed animals.
Tearing
Definition:
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tear
Example Sentences:
(1) To determine the accuracy of double-contrast arthrography in complete rotator cuff tears, we studied 805 patients thought to have a complete rotator cuff tear who had undergone double-contrast shoulder arthrography (DCSA) between 1978 and 1983.
(2) For the case described by the author primary tearing of the chiasma due to sudden applanation of the skull in the frontal region with burstfractures in the anterior cranial fossa is assumed.
(3) For the 20 patients who received treatment in the latter period (1987-1990), we gave priority to conservative treatment for type T cases that were free from complications, and adopted a treatment method attaching greater importance to the resection of intimal tears.
(4) Recently the presence of a coating inhibitory factor was described in human tears which can prevent the binding of proteins to a solid phase.
(5) The typical signs of muscle tears and neuromuscular diseases in relation to normal sonomorphology are discussed.
(6) In one case MRI showed a false image of tear of the supra spinatus m. on its anterior edge.
(7) If a tear is found, remove all unstable meniscal fragments, leaving a rim, if possible, especially adjacent to the popliteus recess, and then proceed to open cystectomy.
(8) In contrast, significant tear IgG increase was observed during the rejection phenomenon.
(9) At least one of these manipulative tests was positive in 79% of meniscal tears.
(10) Tests were undertaken to study resistance to tears in laser welded dental metal alloys.
(11) Death, helicopter crashes and tears: nurses' career-defining moments Read more Of course, we still continue to accept and treat patients as we always have.
(12) Even a long tear with a stable reduced position can be expected to show good healing.
(13) Shell casings littered the main road, tear gas hung in the air and security forces beat local residents.
(14) According to Israeli media reports, the US statement had caused "senior officials in Jerusalem to tear out their hair".
(15) The patients usually had a history of recurrent hamstring "tears."
(16) Egged on by Israel, Trump has threatened to tear up Obama’s landmark 2015 nuclear deal with Iran.
(17) This approach was used in 42 shoulders with rotator cuff tears or posterior instability without complications of infection, failure of deltoid healing, or compromise of suprascapular or axillary nerves.
(18) Perhaps it’s the lot of people like my colleagues here in the centre and me to wrestle with our consciences, shed tears, lose sleep and try to make the best of a very bad, heart-breaking job and leave the rest of the world to party, get pissed and celebrate Christmas.
(19) The MRI scan is a highly accurate, noninvasive modality for documentation of meniscal pathology as well as cruciate ligament tears in the knee.
(20) Lateral ligament tear is often associated with anterior cruciate ligament tear.