What's the difference between sicle and socle?

Sicle


Definition:

  • (n.) A shekel.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) In addition, HbC increased the resistance of sicle cell hemoglobin (HbS) red cells when present in the double heterozygote, SC, cultured at low oxygen tension.
  • (2) Compared to normal red cells, deoxygenated erythrocytes from persons with sicle cell anemia were particularly susceptible to fragmentation and hemolysis by shear stress.
  • (3) Survival and activity of R. solani, however, were not increased when sand was added to SiCL (suppressive to R. solani survival) to make this soil lighter in texture.
  • (4) In vitro studies on erythrocytes from another patient with sickle cell trait and hematuria demonstrated that slight increases in urinary pH similar to those that occur in the urine during alkalization can reverse or prevent erythrocyte sickling in the sicle cell trait.
  • (5) This must be sought in patients with radiographic evidence of papillary necrosis when a history of diabetes mellitus, obstructive uropathy, or sicle cell anemia is absent, or in patients with unexplained nephrocalcinosis or nephrolithiasis.
  • (6) Survival of Rhizoctonia solani in precolonized tablebeet seed was greater in a light-textured sandy loam (SL 1) than in a heavy-textured silty clay loam (SiCL).

Socle


Definition:

  • (n.) A plain block or plinth forming a low pedestal; any base; especially, the base of a statue, column, or the like. See Plinth.
  • (n.) A plain face or plinth at the lower part of a wall.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Vena jugularis was cannulated under narcosis with heparinized polyethylene catheter, which was attached to the skull by means of a special socle.

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