What's the difference between torse and tose?

Torse


Definition:

  • (n.) A wreath.
  • (n.) A developable surface. See under Developable.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) the facies superior trochleae tali) is a torse, the medial flanking facet (corresponding to the medial articular facet of the trochlea, i.e.
  • (2) A torsed, incarcerated Meckel's diverticulum was discovered and resected.
  • (3) Observation in these same children may allow a torsed edematous ovary to convert to a nonviable necrotic tissue necessitating oophorectomy.
  • (4) The sequential involvement of each testis with a nine month interval between respective torsions provides a unique example where each testis serves, sequentially, as a normal control for the torsed contralateral appendage.
  • (5) The remaining 2 patients had biopsy of the contralateral testis only because the torsed testis was infarcted completely.
  • (6) In 18 boys biopsy of the torsed testis only was performed, while in another 18 bilateral testis biopsy was obtained.
  • (7) This form of therapy may be applicable to all "torsed testes" regardless of viability.
  • (8) In adolescent boys the mean number of late spermatids also was diminished severely in the contralateral and torsed testes.
  • (9) All painful scrotal masses should be considered possible torsed testes, unless obvious predisposing factors exclude its diagnosis.

Tose


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To tease, or comb, as wool.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) "For Afghans, this is a strong attack and very sad for us," said Malek Tose.
  • (2) The phagocytic and bactericidal effects from five of each of the two groups of patients; results substantiated tose obtained by the NBT screening test.
  • (3) The translational activities of cytoplasmic poly A(+)RNA of normal rat liver and Novikoff hepatoma cells in the wheat germ cell free system were found to be approximately 15-20 times greater than tose of the corresponding nuclear poly A(+) RNA.
  • (4) Maximal increments of nonspecific MUA and maximal increments and maximal decrements of sciatic MUA after pentylenetetrazol from each group of lesioned animals were statistically compared with tose observed in intact animals.
  • (5) Three groups of children are being followed: those who have a schizophrenic parent, those who have a depressive parent, and tose whose parents have no psychiatric history.

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