What's the difference between slough and sore?

Slough


Definition:

  • (a.) Slow.
  • (n.) A place of deep mud or mire; a hole full of mire.
  • (n.) A wet place; a swale; a side channel or inlet from a river.
  • () imp. of Slee, to slay. Slew.
  • (n.) The skin, commonly the cast-off skin, of a serpent or of some similar animal.
  • (n.) The dead mass separating from a foul sore; the dead part which separates from the living tissue in mortification.
  • (v. i.) To form a slough; to separate in the form of dead matter from the living tissues; -- often used with off, or away; as, a sloughing ulcer; the dead tissues slough off slowly.
  • (v. t.) To cast off; to discard as refuse.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Mucosal sloughing with hemorrhage and infarction were observed at 3 hours.
  • (2) More suppliers have told the Guardian of extensive negotiations with Amazon staff in Slough, adding to the impression that the company carries out important trading activities in the UK and so could be liable for tax.
  • (3) In mammalian small intestine absorptive cells are known to migrate from the villus base to the villus tip from which they slough.
  • (4) The most marked effect of the ZnSO4 took the form of necrosis and sloughing of surface cells in both strains one-half day after ZnSO4 irrigation.
  • (5) Cameron’s call for the Malaysian political class to fight corruption came as he pitched the country’s financiers the chance to invest in £17bn worth of UK infrastructure projects ranging from a Leeds orbital road route, Slough town centre and prime residential properties along the Thames.
  • (6) The histopathologic features include peritubular sclerosis, small vessel sclerosis, premature germ cell sloughing, and variable degrees of hypospermatogenesis.
  • (7) Changes in sperm head morphology are caused by (1) a dramatic reshaping and consolidation of the acrosome in which excess plasma membrane overlying it is sloughed as a cluster of vesicles, (2) a reorientation of the nucleus almost parallel to the axis of the tail and (3) distal movement of the droplet from its initial envelopment of the nucleus to an eccentric position on the anterior segment of the midpiece.
  • (8) Acute hypothermia induced a sloughing of cells from the villi into the lumen of the gut, as indicated by an increased DNA in luminal washings.
  • (9) Toxic epidermal necrolysis results in skin sloughing that resembles a partial-thickness thermal injury.
  • (10) Scanning electron microscopy revealed that in diabetic BB rats there was consistent evidence of swollen cells, raised nuclei, and sloughing of nuclei in endothelial cells of the aorta.
  • (11) However, after sloughing of labelled cells in the intestinal lumen, Pu was reabsorbed by the distal epithelial cells.
  • (12) It places the implant deep to prevent skin slough and irregularities in skin surface contour.
  • (13) Newer communities have settled in towns and cities such as Milton Keynes, Slough, Northampton, Southampton, and in London, notably Ealing, Tower Hamlets and Newham.
  • (14) Sloughing vesiculobullous oral lesions are a frequent component.
  • (15) Within 1 day of injury, columnar epithelium sloughed intact from the trachea with a concomitant reduction of nearly 35% in the basal cell population.
  • (16) Early changes (0-2 hours) included focal tumor and endothelial cell vacuolation and swelling as well as sloughing of tumor cells into papillary spaces.
  • (17) Histologically, the 4.0 ppm animals demonstrated bronchiolar epithelial necrosis and sloughing, bronchiolar edema with macrophages, and focal pulmonary edema.
  • (18) Ciliated cells had a slightly vesiculated cytoplasm, and many were in the process of being sloughed from the epithelial surface.
  • (19) Preliminary histochemical studies show that terminin is also found in the superficial epithelial layer of the esophagus, where terminal differentiation is followed by apoptosis and sloughing off into the lumen.
  • (20) In both the mouse and the rat, some of the superficial cells sloughed between fetal day 18 or 19 and the day of birth.

Sore


Definition:

  • (n.) Reddish brown; sorrel.
  • (n.) A young hawk or falcon in the first year.
  • (n.) A young buck in the fourth year. See the Note under Buck.
  • (superl.) Tender to the touch; susceptible of pain from pressure; inflamed; painful; -- said of the body or its parts; as, a sore hand.
  • (superl.) Fig.: Sensitive; tender; easily pained, grieved, or vexed; very susceptible of irritation.
  • (superl.) Severe; afflictive; distressing; as, a sore disease; sore evil or calamity.
  • (superl.) Criminal; wrong; evil.
  • (a.) A place in an animal body where the skin and flesh are ruptured or bruised, so as to be tender or painful; a painful or diseased place, such as an ulcer or a boil.
  • (a.) Fig.: Grief; affliction; trouble; difficulty.
  • (a.) In a sore manner; with pain; grievously.
  • (a.) Greatly; violently; deeply.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) In the HCD group, 66 (86.8%) pressure sores improved compared with 36 (69.2%) pressure sores in the wet-to-dry dressings group.
  • (2) Both beds are excellent in preventing Pressure Sores.
  • (3) Most infections have flu-like symptoms including fever, coughing, sore throat, runny nose, and aches and pains.
  • (4) Plastic surgeons have contributed to the understanding of pressure sore pathophysiology and prophylaxis.
  • (5) A review of 103 surgically closed pressure sores shows unsatisfactory results.
  • (6) A 50-year-old woman with a 27-year history of ankylosing spondylitis developed cricoarytenoid joint arthritis that was indicated by hoarseness, sore throat, and vocal cord fixation.
  • (7) As the metaphors we are using to conduct it show, the migration debate in Britain is sorely in need of some perspective.
  • (8) Subjects with cancer were paired with subjects without cancer based on age (mean = 78), sex, and pressure sore risk.
  • (9) The pressure sore resulted from the commonly practised habit of grasping the upright of the wheel chair with the upper arm in order to gain stability.
  • (10) I was sorely tempted but in the end I simply paid the fine.
  • (11) Sore arm after vaccination was reported most frequently in younger female participants; however, sore arm was accepted as part of the process of vaccination and not considered a reaction by most.
  • (12) Systematic, prospective epidemiological studies of these agents in well-defined populations of various age groups are sorely needed for definition of the relative importance of each agent in human disease.
  • (13) Instead of pulling off a rapprochement, the Brown ended up opening a new sore and he is, in all likelihood, on another collision course with his backbenchers, who have already recoiled from attempts to attach conditions to other welfare reforms.
  • (14) The proportion of culture sore-throat patients returned to the original 55% level after an initial period of enthusiasm.
  • (15) Experts have said that Apple sorely needed to produce a phone with music capabilities as long-term protection for the lucrative iPod, which has helped boost the company's profits to record levels.
  • (16) The least severe sore (type 1) can be protected using polyurethane film dressings.
  • (17) Two ten-minute rapid tests for diagnosing Group A streptococcal pharyngitis in 147 emergency department patients with a complaint of sore throat were evaluated using positive throat cultures as the marker for disease.
  • (18) A few minutes after sucking a lozenge for a sore throat a 68-year-old man developed an anaphylactic shock.
  • (19) The general election result was, of course, crushing for Labour MPs south of the border as well as north, and the wounds are still very open and very sore.
  • (20) We discuss some epidemiological aspects and diagnostic difficulties resulting from a changing clinical pattern of the disease, and emphasize the need for streptococcal sore throat treatment and continuous secondary prophylaxis to prevent recurrences.