What's the difference between suppletive and syncretic?
Suppletive
Definition:
(a.) Alt. of Suppletory
Example Sentences:
(1) In 33.8% regional anethesia with or without some form of suppletion was considered to be the anesthetic of choice.
(2) In contrast with reports in the literature, there was a significant decrease in serum calcium levels in spite of magnesium suppletion and normal serum magnesium levels.
(3) However, when suppletive progesterone treatment is given, there is a trend toward a better implantation rate per embryo, and a significantly higher ongoing pregnancy rate is observed in relation to buserelin acetate-hMG treatment (20%) as compared with CC-hMG cycles (14%).
(4) No effect of iodide was observed at 23 degrees C. The suppletion of KI did not change pattern of T3 increase after cold exposure.
(5) 64Cu was used to measure some effects of the Zn suppletion on the Cu metabolism.
(6) Hormone-dependent metastasized breast cancer of post-menopausal women can be treated with four equivalent drugs: tamoxifen, megestrol, medroxyprogesterone, and--combined with steroid suppletion therapy--aminoglutethimide.
(7) Low haemosiderin content of the bone marrow was consistent with iron deficiency, but normalization of Hb without iron suppletion would argue against a major role of iron deficiency.
(8) (iv) Suppletion of metabolic substrates (pyruvate, oxaloacetate, and glutamine) postponed the menadione-induced ATP depletion and delayed the onset of cell killing.
(9) Since the elderly will retain more natural teeth in the future, whether or not suppleted with prosthetic provisions, their oral self-care becomes more demanding.
(10) Common indications for pulse oximetry in general pediatrics include: monitoring of oxygenation during an asthma attack, detection of apnea or hypoventilation, diagnosis of hypoxemia in patients with chronic respiratory insufficiency and monitoring of oxygen suppletion.
Syncretic
Definition:
(a.) Uniting and blending together different systems, as of philosophy, morals, or religion.
Example Sentences:
(1) Ethnomedical studies of the Middle East may be enriched by a long-term historical perspective, which takes into consideration the complex syncretism, through time, of both literate and nonliterate medical systems in this region, as well as the tumultuous history of conquest and colonialism in the Middle East.
(2) Through a Korean freechristian priest, who brought about an atmosphere of syncretism, a Korean patient was introduced by withdrawal of sleep into a shortterm state of artificial psychosis which lead to her attempting suicide.
(3) This is illustrated by the activities of a Peruvian healer who utilizes both psychoactive plant substances and a syncretic combination of modern and traditional symbolic therapies.
(4) The Yazidis are predominantly ethnically Kurdish and have kept alive their syncretic religion for centuries, despite many years of oppression and threatened extermination.
(5) It documents continuity of ancient ayurvedic ideas and practices as well as syncretism between ayurvedic and allopathic (Western, biomedical) traditions in modern Nepal.
(6) The medical conquest of Sonora was accomplished by laymen, explorers and missionaries who carried the theory of healing resulting from these syncretic processes into the northern lands, adding new materials that they learned from indigenous peoples there.
(7) Syncretic approaches incorporating western and indigenous elements represent those preferred by exoffenders, but choice of treatment program is often determined by funding.
(8) It derives in part from the city's mercurial and intangible spirituality, rich in symbols, occult meanings, numerology, syncretism between Catholicism and magic, between scintillescent sunlight and deep shadow – and the cult of death.
(9) In serial fashion it experimented with Sun Yat-sen’s Republicanism, Chiang Kai-shek’s east-west syncretism, Mao Zedong’s sinified communism, Deng Xiaoping’s hybrid capitalist-socialism, Jiang Zemin and Hu Jintao’s consensus authoritarianism; and now … now what?
(10) Syncretic Santería beliefs remain strong on the island, particularly among the Afro-Cuban population.
(11) Synaesthesia and eidetic imagery are both syncretic experiences entailing a dedifferentiation of perceptual qualities.
(12) Patients often seek care from native healers, then syncretic churches before making any contact with modern psychiatric facilities.
(13) These treatment methods include: traditional healers' approach, syncretic churches, government hospitals including a specialised drug addiction centre and voluntary agencies.
(14) This paper reviews and compares the growing evidence for independent hot-cold classifications in Mesoamerica, and suggests certain common lines of syncretism in structure, content and applications.
(15) In July 2015 it was given world heritage status by Unesco, together with other monuments in the region including the Monreale and Cefalù Cathedrals and the Palatine Chapel, which are part of the Arab-Norman itinerary – defined as an “outstanding example of a socio-cultural syncretism between western, Islamic, and Byzantine cultures”.
(16) Out of the 'root tearing' experience, four basic types may be told apart: Small craftsmen, Transplanted, Exiled, and Transhumants (culture-syncretizing migrants).