What's the difference between striae and strive?

Striae


Definition:

  • (pl. ) of Stria

Example Sentences:

  • (1) A detailed description is offered on supply of the nucleus preopticus medialis, lateralis, suprachiasmatis and periventricularis, as well as of the nucleus interstitialis striae criminalis and of the preoptic portion of the medical forebrain bundle.
  • (2) These features distinguish patients with true Cushing's syndrome from those who have some of the clinical findings often associated with the syndrome, such as obesity, hypertension, striae and hirsutism.
  • (3) The cells of the necleus striae terminalis accompany the stria terminalis along its whole course between the anterior commissure and the corpus amygdaloideum.
  • (4) A 21-year-old woman developed huge atrophic striae in the axillary and inguinal areas from the topical application, with occlusion, of potent corticosteroid preparation applied to the axillary or inguinal areas.
  • (5) Beside these large grooves, a more or less parallel network of fine striae was observed.
  • (6) The experience of 20 patients with striae distensae of varying etiologies and the treatment with topical tretinoin is described.
  • (7) Various scars resulting from lacerations, surgical incisions, and steroid-induced striae were examined in the manner described.
  • (8) Number and development of the transverse and oblique striae in the bottom area of the fourth ventricle.
  • (9) Careful slit-lamp biomicroscopy of corneoscleral buttons discloses endothelial striae in approximately 5% of specimens.
  • (10) The present study on 47 naturally fractured enamel surfaces of premolar and molar teeth of Plio-Pleistocene East African hominids measured enamel thickness, slope of incremental lines (striae of Retzius), and the morphology of Hunter Schreger bands (HSBs).
  • (11) Cross-linkage of collagen appears to be more important than amount of collagen in permitting striae in response to stretch.
  • (12) The olfactory bulbs receive centrifugal noradrenergic projections from the brainstem via the medial olfactory striae, which terminate in both main and accessory bulbs.
  • (13) A case of idiopathic striae distensae (ISD) is presented.
  • (14) He also shows hyperextensibility of joints, inguinal hernia, dissecting aneurysm of ascending aorta, dilatation of aortic ring, aortic and mitral insufficiency, myopia and striae distensae.
  • (15) Vertical corneal striae distributed across the posterior cornea are one of the objective signs of clinically unacceptable corneal swelling (greater than 6%) resulting from contact lens wear.
  • (16) The thin striae of Retzius consisted in narrow zones devoided of mineral material which extended obliquely through the prisms.
  • (17) These striae were eliminated by increasing the oxygen concentration at the anterior lens surface.
  • (18) Physical examination did not reveal typical Cushingoid symptoms such as moon face, central obesity and violaceous striae.
  • (19) A flattening and thinning of the striae albae surface and the almost complete disappearance of dermal papillae was observed in paraffin and thin sections.
  • (20) These striae were similar in appearance and time of occurrence to those observed in gel lens wearers.

Strive


Definition:

  • (v. i.) To make efforts; to use exertions; to endeavor with earnestness; to labor hard.
  • (v. i.) To struggle in opposition; to be in contention or dispute; to contend; to contest; -- followed by against or with before the person or thing opposed; as, strive against temptation; strive for the truth.
  • (v. i.) To vie; to compete; to be a rival.
  • (n.) An effort; a striving.
  • (n.) Strife; contention.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) It is stated, that it is impossible to strive to effectively control the smoking habit neither by way of the consulting hours for smokers nor by means of the 5-days-plans.
  • (2) "I am doing the best for my child, helping her strive towards her dreams.
  • (3) Clare Gills, an American journalist and friend of Foley, wrote in 2013: “He is always striving to get to the next place, to get closer to what is really happening, and to understand what moves the people he’s speaking with.
  • (4) Day by day we strive to unmask all the lies told to citizens.
  • (5) Refusing either to acquiesce in, or to rail at, Eliot's contempt for Jews, one strives to do justice to the many injustices Eliot does to Jews.
  • (6) We have strived to take a systemic approach to the study of the structure, function, and regulation of adenosine receptors and the transmembrane signalling processes that they activate.
  • (7) The question of German leadership, however, gets mixed up with a second, yet different question: Does all of this also mean that Berlin strives for a "German Europe"?
  • (8) A leading academic, Prof Robert Bea, from the engineering faculty at the University of California in Berkeley, who made a special study of the Deepwater Horizon accident , has raised new concerns that the recent slump in oil prices could compromise safety across the industry as oil producers strive to cut costs.
  • (9) The mental health professional can strive to influence future public policy as patient advocate and nonpartisan educator.
  • (10) By participation we mean one's identification of his ego with a person(s), an object, or a symbolic construct outside himself, and his striving to lose his separate identity by fusion with this other object or symbol.
  • (11) Six lessons emerge from our analysis: Expect reform models to change over time; strive for predictability and continuity in the reform; encourage behavior changes through the use of incentives; use special administrative or political channels to simplify the reform; expect reform models to converge over time; and implementation difficulties can be predicted.
  • (12) Increasing positive motivation to treatment: striving to alleviate pain caused by decayed tooth, realization of aims not related to health, cultural aspects.
  • (13) A variation of this model was tested in a study of the separate as well as interactive effects of daily life events and personal strivings on psychological and physical well-being.
  • (14) Achieving a natural inframammary fold in the reconstructed breast is a challenging but essential aspect of the excellent result for which we strive.
  • (15) Justin Welby said that it was “a tragedy” that hunger still existed in the UK in the 21st century and praised the work of charity food banks which he said were “striving to make life bearable for people who are going hungry”.
  • (16) Correlations were determined for male (n = 225) and female (n = 242) college students between sets of undesirable personality traits (anxiety, stress reactivity, anger, and alienation) and desirable personality traits (instrumentality, achievement strivings, and optimism measured by the Scheier-Carver [1987] Life Orientation Test), and a series of outcome variables related to health (self-reported health complaints and health maintenance behaviors and beliefs) and academic performance (academic expectations and actual grade point average).
  • (17) Clegg echoed the sentiment as he insisted the government would constantly strive to do more to promote growth, as well as reducing debt, but warned that voters should not expect quick results.
  • (18) Thanks to this the barorecptors of the aortic arch strive to maintain a high level of the arterial pressure and provide for a stabilization of hypertension.
  • (19) The physician, however, should constantly strive to improve the quality of life that will result from the means put at his disposal.
  • (20) PROBLEMS ARISE WHEN MORPHOLOGIC TERMINOLOGY FALLS INTO CATEGORIES WHICH: (1) Utilize numbers to replace words and (2) utilize words of such indeterminate meaning that definition depends entirely upon local usage.We should strive to replace any means of diagnosis that does not convey specificity with means capable of precision.

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