What's the difference between spalt and spelter?

Spalt


Definition:

  • (n.) Spelter.
  • (a.) Liable to break or split; brittle; as, spalt timber.
  • (a.) Heedless; clumsy; pert; saucy.
  • (a.) To split off; to cleave off, as chips from a piece of timber, with an ax.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The region-specific homeotic gene spalt (sal) acts in two separate domains in the head and tail region of the Drosophila melanogaster embryo.
  • (2) The expression of this newly discovered gene, spalt major (salm) is strongly repressed in gain-of-function mutants that express Antp in the antennal disc.
  • (3) Rhabdomyolysis without renal failure was noted after suicidal ingestion of 29 tablets of Spalt N containing 7.25 g of acetaminophen, 7.25 g of phenazone and 1.45 g of caffeine by a 29 year-old weighing 73 kg.
  • (4) The differences in the SPALT method can be ascribed to the possibility that this assay measures not only "intact" caeruloplasmin but also paraneoplastic substances with "caeruloplasmin-like immunoactivity".
  • (5) The enhancer detector in this strain is located near a similarly regulated gene at the spalt (sal) locus, which encodes a homeotic function involved in embryonic head and tail development.

Spelter


Definition:

  • (n.) Zinc; -- especially so called in commerce and arts.

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