What's the difference between strout and strut?

Strout


Definition:

  • (v. i.) To swell; to puff out; to project.
  • (v. t.) To cause to project or swell out; to enlarge affectedly; to strut.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) In order to know the significance of placental infection by T. cruzi 820 newborn infants (NB) weighing less than or equal to 2500 grs were examined both clinically and by the Strout method and histopathological sections of the placenta in order to detect congenital infection with Chagas' disease.
  • (2) In a total of 165 blood samples from horses in the Province of Formosa (Argentina), the diagnosis for equine trypanosomiasis (T. evansi) was made using Giemsa-stained smears (GSS), wet blood films (WBF), Strout's concentration method (SCM), haematocrit centrifuge technique (HCT), buffy coat method (BCM) and mouse inoculation of blood (MBI).

Strut


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To swell; to bulge out.
  • (v. t.) To walk with a lofty, proud gait, and erect head; to walk with affected dignity.
  • (n.) The act of strutting; a pompous step or walk.
  • (n.) In general, any piece of a frame which resists thrust or pressure in the direction of its own length. See Brace, and Illust. of Frame, and Roof.
  • (n.) Any part of a machine or structure, of which the principal function is to hold things apart; a brace subjected to compressive stress; -- the opposite of stay, and tie.
  • (v. t.) To hold apart. Cf. Strut, n., 3.
  • (a.) Protuberant.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Our recurrences are due to local infections, removing the metal strut too early, i.e.
  • (2) Thereafter, 27S species adsorbed avidly to it and collapsed into characteristic configurations containing four globular domains, each linked to the others by three approximately 33-nm struts.
  • (3) The autogeneic fibula dove-tailed strut graft is favored over an iliac crest bone graft because with multilevel decompression in the cervical spine, it provided structural stability and a high union rate.
  • (4) Percent lumen reduction was 19% in group A, 26% in group B, and 24% in group C. Marked smooth muscle cell hyperplasia was seen by light and transmission electron microscopy at stent struts.
  • (5) One patient, who was asymptomatic, was discovered to have a prosthesis with two fractured struts.
  • (6) Varying degrees of thrombus formation were observed in the minor outflow region, including the depression in the aortic face of the disc and the metal strut bridging this area.
  • (7) This is the stuff women are thinking about all the time, even as we brazenly strut through grocery store parking lots at eight in the morning, wearing overalls, with our hair in ponytails.
  • (8) During lateral walking, movements of the M-C joint provide most of the propulsive force, whereas during forward and backward walking this joint function more as a strut (fig.
  • (9) Comminuted body fractures are best treated with an anterior strut graft.
  • (10) Excluding complications specific to the fibular transfer procedure, the complications in the Group-I patients (six recurrent postoperative infections, one fracture of the graft, and one non-union of a fibular strut graft) were approximately as frequent as those in the Group-II patients (one failure of fusion and two fractures of the graft).
  • (11) A comminuted burst ("teardrop") fracture produced by axial loading of the vertebral bodies should be stabilized by an anterior cortical strut graft for early mobilization and realignment of the spinal column to prevent progressive deformity.
  • (12) Her original concept was that he might shed the kingly mantle, be just a poor player strutting, but he couldn’t get out fast enough from his prosthetic withered arm.
  • (13) (b) Strut arrays, representing nine sites where the basal body attaches to the membrane, appear to serve a mechanical function.
  • (14) The cage-like implant has ridges or teeth to resist pullout or retropulsion, struts to support weight bearing, and a hollow center for packing of autologous bone graft.
  • (15) A biomechanical study was performed comparing the stiffness and stability of the three-level combination spinal rod-plate and transpedicular screw (CSRP-TPS) fixation system with those of three anterior stabilization constructs that spanned three vertebral levels: iliac strut grafting, polymethylmethacrylate and anterior Harrington rod instrumentation (technique of Siegal et al.
  • (16) Strut fracture in a De Bakey aortic valve is reported.
  • (17) Elastic moduli of the composite myocyte-sheath complex and the strut matrix are estimated from existing passive biaxial loading data from sheets of canine myocardium.
  • (18) This bony strut reduces inferomedial displacement of the muscle cone and provides a medial supporting "ledge" in cases requiring late orbital reconstruction.
  • (19) Using type III struts, we have obtained stabilization of the flail chest in all cases even in patients with severe anterior paradoxical movement.
  • (20) Seeing him strut his stuff, actually quite human, you were conscious that here was a straight man of mixed heritage who wore women’s underwear while channelling Jimi Hendrix.

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