What's the difference between starry and stelliferous?
Starry
Definition:
(a.) Abounding with stars; adorned with stars.
(a.) Consisting of, or proceeding from, the stars; stellar; stellary; as, starry light; starry flame.
(a.) Shining like stars; sparkling; as, starry eyes.
(a.) Arranged in rays like those of a star; stellate.
Example Sentences:
(1) With the Warthin-Starry stain, we anticipate a redefinition of this disease.
(2) The "garland" subtype had significantly more proteinuria than both the "starry sky" (p = 0.04) and "mesangial" (p = 0.003) subtypes.
(3) A "starry sky" pattern closely resembling the human tumor material was preserved in every tumor through serial animal passage.
(4) Kidneys were cultured for leptospires, examined histologically after Warthin-Starry silver staining and after immunogold silver staining (IGSS), and tested for leptospiral DNA by DNA hybridization.
(5) Only in lymph nodes of normal rats, in which tumor metastasis regressed, was the characteristic "starry sky" appearance observed.
(6) Metabolism of benzo(a)pyrene (BaP) in vivo and in vitro was studied using two benthic fish species, English sole (Parophrys vetulus) and starry flounder (Platichthys stellatus), and Sprague-Dawley rats.
(7) All 32 patients with active chronic gastritis at 234 out of 320 sites were positive for C pylori: 227 showed colonisation with C pylori by the Warthin-Starry stain; and 222 were positive by culture.
(8) The "English-Wear bacillus" was demonstrated by the Warthin-Starry stain in 10 of 14 skin or lymph node specimens.
(9) By Warthin-Starry silver strain borrelia-like structures were detected in 9 out of 28 ECM, in 3 out of 12 ACA and in 1 out of 5 LCB skin specimens.
(10) The 'starry-sky' macrophages were weakly positive with antimuramidase antiserum and strongly positive with the antisera against immunoglobulins, thus demonstrating their phagocytic and histiocytic nature.
(11) In the differentiation of liver tumours, sharp & smooth boundary, presence of marginal hypoechoic zone, mosaic pattern, starry anechoic area, posterior echo enhancement and lateral shadows were important for HCC.
(12) The high prevalence of liver neoplasms in English sole (Parophrys vetulus) and substantially lower prevalence of neoplasms in a closely related species, starry flounder (Platichthys stellatus) captured from industrialized waterways, provide a unique opportunity to compare biochemical processes involved in chemical carcinogenesis in feral fish species.
(13) It was a starry event that lured some of the biggest names in Hollywood along with a sprinkling of the Muscovite elite.
(14) I would sit on the balcony in the evening, under the starry sky in a city without lights, without noise, and I would listen to Chinese music During a siege, candles and batteries are essential.
(15) Hoarfrost formed like starry ferns on the cavern ceiling of their outpost.
(16) Between bursts of machine-gun fire and the crump of explosions – unmuffled in crisp mountain air – the starry sky above the Syrian frontier offers ethereal distraction.
(17) Still from the Dardennes brothers Two Days, One Night Two Days, One Night, by the double Palme-winning Belgian directors Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne, features a very starry lead actor: Marion Cotillard as Sandra, a woman who has the weekend to convince her colleagues to give up their bonuses so she can keep her job.
(18) The biopsy specimens were stained by the Warthin-Starry method for Campylobacter like organisms and were also graded "blind," as described in the preceding paper, for the five features that we believe may constitute the histological picture of reflux gastritis.
(19) The aims of this study were to: a) evaluate the prevalence of Campylobacter pylori (CP) in patients referred to a gastroenterology unit for upper digestive tract endoscopy, b) compare the results of histologic (Warthin-Starry method) and bacteriologic (direct and culture) examinations, c) correlate the presence and abundance of CP with the "activity" of chronic gastritis as assessed by antral and fundic specimens, and d) report the preliminary results of an epidemiological survey in the area of Nantes, France.
(20) Performing arts students are particularly vulnerable because teachers of music, drama, etc are revered as “gurus” whom their starry-eyed charges believe to be godlike and all-powerful.