What's the difference between spleen and tantrum?

Spleen


Definition:

  • (n.) A peculiar glandlike but ductless organ found near the stomach or intestine of most vertebrates and connected with the vascular system; the milt. Its exact function in not known.
  • (n.) Anger; latent spite; ill humor; malice; as, to vent one's spleen.
  • (n.) A fit of anger; choler.
  • (n.) A sudden motion or action; a fit; a freak; a whim.
  • (n.) Melancholy; hypochondriacal affections.
  • (n.) A fit of immoderate laughter or merriment.
  • (v. t.) To dislke.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) At the early phase of the sensitization a T-cell response was seen in vitro, characterized by an increased spleen but no peripheral blood lymphocyte reactivity to T-cell mitogens at the same time as increased reactivity to the sensitizing antigen was detected.
  • (2) Most of the radioactivity in spleen cells from these rats were associated with antigen-reactive cells which formed rosettes specifically with HO erythrocytes.
  • (3) Reactive metabolites which suppress splenic humoral immune responses are thought to be generated within the spleen rather than in distant tissues.
  • (4) Pokeweed mitogen-stimulated rat spleen cells were identified as a reliable source of rat burst-promoting activity (PBA), which permitted development of a reproducible assay for rat bone marrow erythroid burst-forming units (BFU-E).
  • (5) Release of 51Cr was apparently a function of immune thymus-derived lymphocytes (T cells) because it was abrogated by prior incubation of spleen cells with anti-thymus antiserum and complement but was undiminished by passage of spleen cells through nylon-wool columns.
  • (6) Moreover, the data showed for the first time that DNA synthesis in the bone marrow and spleen and colon were markedly statistically significantly stimulated at specific times after treatment.
  • (7) High radioactivities were observed in the digestive organs, mesenteric lymphnodes, liver, pancreas, urinary bladder, fat tissue, kidney and spleen after oral administration to rats.
  • (8) Degradation of both viral and host DNA with micrococcal nuclease and spleen phosphodiesterase indicated that CdG was incorporated primarily into internal positions in both DNAs.
  • (9) Proliferation of quiescent hematopoietic stem cells, purified by cell sorting and evaluated by spleen colony assay (CFU-S), was investigated by measuring the total cell number and CFU-S content and the DNA histogram at 20 and 48 hours of liquid culture.
  • (10) In investigation of AMLR composed of peripheral blood cells and spleen cells of gastric cancer patient, AMLR on splenic non-T cells as a stimulator was significantly suppressed compared with peripheral blood non-T cells as a stimulator.
  • (11) During the development of Shvets' leukosis, the weight of spleen and lymph glands and their lymphocyte content change enormously while the number of plasmocytes rises exponentially.
  • (12) A constellation of histologic lesions was identified in brain (diffuse meningoencephalitis with bilaterally symmetrical thalamic necrosis), liver (pericholangiohepatitis), lung (pneumonitis), and spleen (lymphoid hyperplasia); this tetrad is apparently unique to this model system.
  • (13) The bursa of Fabricius, thymus glands and spleen of chickens were also shown to express mRNA coding for ANP.
  • (14) For routine use, 50 mul of 12% BTV SRBC, 0.1 ml of a spleen cell suspension, and 0.5 ml of 0.5% agarose in a balanced salt solution were mixed and plated on a microscope slide precoated with 0.1% aqueous agarose.
  • (15) Polyadenylic-polyuridylic acid complexes (poly A:U) at the 1-5 mu g level, were mitogenic for spleen cells when given intravenously to normal Balb or cortisone-treated mice.
  • (16) Mixing experiments were performed to test the putative inhibitory effects of allotype-suppressed spleen cells from the first adoptive transfer (stage I) on the antibody response of normal spleen cells in a second adoptive transfer (stage II).
  • (17) After birth, it was in the liver and spleen up to 6 weeks af age, and thereafter it was present only in the bone marrow.
  • (18) Only the group that received 3R spleen cells treated with anti I-Jb monoclonal antibody and C' had no suppressed PFC.
  • (19) Prior incubation of these antigens with test spleen cells in the agar gel effictively inhibited development of the vibriolytic plaques, regardless of antibody class.
  • (20) Four hours after injection radioactivity was identified in the spleen, liver, and bone marrow.

Tantrum


Definition:

  • (n.) A whim, or burst of ill-humor; an affected air.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) He learned many of the other crucial skills that were either lacking, or absent: the ability to point, and imitate; the habit of commenting on his surroundings; how to divert his energy away from tantrums into productive activity.
  • (2) In the song Christmas and Owen argue that if women were a Pot Noodle it would be "farewell to nagging and random tantrums".
  • (3) Patients with Down's syndrome usually have mild and pleasant temperaments, rarely exhibiting temper tantrums or behavioral problems.
  • (4) In other changes to the DSM, abnormally bad and frequent temper tantrums will be diagnosed as DMDD, meaning disruptive mood dysregulation disorder.
  • (5) Just recall the market's "taper tantrums" in May 2013, when then Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke suggested a far more modest turn in monetary policy.
  • (6) It really accentuates the inherent slapstick in every Steven Gerrard shank, and every Joachim Löw tantrum.
  • (7) They need to pass our bill.” A tantrum is not far off.
  • (8) Inside the US, states and cities have said they will continue to honour their commitments, regardless of Trump’s tantrum.
  • (9) The IMF describes the markets’ so-called “taper tantrum” earlier this year, after Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke mooted the idea of “tapering” QE, as a “mini stress test”, which helped to reveal how investors might respond as monetary policy returns to normal.
  • (10) A little five-year-old has a tantrum, well these kids had a tantrum on a big scale.
  • (11) In Experiment 1, we developed an assessment method for identifying situations in which behavior problems, including aggression, tantrums, and self-injury, were most likely to occur.
  • (12) We learned it first from the Washington Post, which revealed explosive details of a Trump temper tantrum over the refugee resettlement deal the Turnbull government spent months stitching together with the Obama administration.
  • (13) Bernie Sanders, with the presidential gravitas of a toddler, first attempted to shout his usual stump speech over the protestors, and then scolded them for interrupting him and held what one could only describe as a mini public tantrum.
  • (14) Nail-biting (25.0%) was the commonest associated neurotic trait, followed by enuresis (20.9%), temper-tantrum (12.5%), etc.
  • (15) For starters, whereas the 2013 taper tantrum caught markets by surprise, the Fed’s intention to hike rates this year, clearly stated over many months, will not.
  • (16) Weekend newspaper supplements retailed gossipy accounts of how The Satanic Verses had failed to win the Booker prize, with malicious claims regarding Rushdie's tantrums when this happened.
  • (17) He was by turn patient, stubborn and just too damn good, winning a contest marked by swearing, stare-downs, minor tantrums, an odd time violation and some artful tennis on a chill, still night on Rod Laver Arena, with the man himself among an enthralled audience.
  • (18) Several observers criticised Kagame's Twitter tantrum as exhibiting a lack of dignity.
  • (19) Germany had not anticipated the brilliance of his semi-final display at Euro 2012, and yet this is still a young player prone to tantrums and, as against the Czechs in qualification, disciplinary issues.
  • (20) He had a temper tantrum after a show in San Diego, and we had to leave the dressing room because it was so bad.

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