What's the difference between tuba and tube?

Tuba


Definition:

  • (n.) An ancient trumpet.
  • (n.) A sax-tuba. See Sax-tuba.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) agents from tuba with, conversely, frequent isolation of these agents (34.7%) from cervical swabs.
  • (2) In children with recurrent secretory otitis media (SOM) a mechanical malfunction of the Tuba Eustachii (by adenoids, myogenous palatotubal insufficiency, persistent cartilaginous collapse of the tube) should be taken into consideration as well as immunological factors of the lymphatic structures of the pharynx which may influence the tubotympanal mucosa.
  • (3) Topographical relationships and size of the arteries of the mesovarium and mesosalpinx were evaluated from the point of view of their usefulness in microsurgical operations on the oviduct (tuba uterina).
  • (4) The conclusion drawn out is that it does exist a correlation between the kind of register and the forced aperture of the ostium tubae.
  • (5) The numbers of patients admitted to the Public Health Service Indian Hospital, in Tuba City, Arizona, with deficits in weight for their chronological ages, marasmus, and kwashiorkor were compared during two 5-year-periods, 1963 to 1967 and 1969 to 1973.
  • (6) Patulous Eustachian tube (tuba aperta) is a distressing condition for the patient with such symptoms as autophony and a sensation of fullness in the ear.
  • (7) It was the Poetry Society that awarded Tempest the Ted Hughes poetry prize in 2013 for Brand New Ancients, a narrative work that told a tale of everyday heroics, false gods and fierce hopes in modern-day London over tuba, violin, drums, electronics.
  • (8) This often stressed symptom of amber discharge or hydrops tubae profluens could not be elicited in any patient.
  • (9) "And my stomach was churning with the sound of the low tuba."
  • (10) Our findings that the ventilation of the ear is in most cases blocked at the diaphragma and not at the tube leads to questions on the one hand regarding the function of diaphragma and to the opinion on the other that the ventilation system of the middle ear is divided in two sections by the diaphragma: An anterior section including tuba and hypomesotympanon and a posterior including epitympanon, aditus, antrum and the pneumatic cells of mastoid and pyramid.
  • (11) If the adhesions include the proximal end of the tubae, the contrast pooling may be absent.
  • (12) "Perhaps the Premier League could pay Stewie Griffin to follow him around with a tuba."
  • (13) Included are measurements of distances of the Ostium pharyngeum tubae auditivae to the Canalis palatinus major and the upper surface of the Palatum molle.
  • (14) The level of tubA transcript remains the same throughout the cell cycle.
  • (15) Macroscopical and microscopical examinations revealed a hernia-like prolaps of a part of the wall of the tuba uterina across a hole in the myometrium of the fundus uteri.
  • (16) Because of high rates of acute pharyngitis in Tuba City, AZ, at the Navajo Indian reservation, the use of rapid diagnostic test was prospectively evaluated.
  • (17) Molecular disruption of tubA results in a block in nuclear division whereas in tubB it gives rise to abnormal cell and nuclear morphology.
  • (18) The national anthems: Flower of Scotland is given a nice plodding bassline on parping tuba, while the Georgian is a close-harmony affair, a bit like the theme to Eurovision, plus a couple of chord changes which throw the casual listener.
  • (19) We have isolated and analyzed the tubA and tubB alpha-tubulin genes of Aspergillus nidulans.
  • (20) The epithelium of the ampulla tubae of the Texel ewe was studied during the oestrous cycle by light microscopy.

Tube


Definition:

  • (n.) A hollow cylinder, of any material, used for the conveyance of fluids, and for various other purposes; a pipe.
  • (n.) A telescope.
  • (n.) A vessel in animal bodies or plants, which conveys a fluid or other substance.
  • (n.) The narrow, hollow part of a gamopetalous corolla.
  • (n.) A priming tube, or friction primer. See under Priming, and Friction.
  • (n.) A small pipe forming part of the boiler, containing water and surrounded by flame or hot gases, or else surrounded by water and forming a flue for the gases to pass through.
  • (n.) A more or less cylindrical, and often spiral, case secreted or constructed by many annelids, crustaceans, insects, and other animals, for protection or concealment. See Illust. of Tubeworm.
  • (n.) One of the siphons of a bivalve mollusk.
  • (v. t.) To furnish with a tube; as, to tube a well.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Carbon dioxide (CO2) levels, volumes, and temperatures of expired gas were measured from the tracheal and esophageal tubes.
  • (2) These organic compounds were found to be stable on the sorbent tubes for at least seven days.
  • (3) Since the advance and return of sperm inside the tubes could facilitate the interaction of sperm with secretions participating in its maturation, the persistent infertility after vasectomy could be related to the contractile alteration that follows the excessive tubal distention.
  • (4) Average fluoroscopy time per procedure was 27.8 minutes of which 15.1 minutes were for nephrostomy tube insertion and 12.7 minutes were for calculi extraction.
  • (5) Cells (1 x 10(5)) were seeded in 12- x -75-mm tissue culture tubes and incubated with various doses of IL-1 beta, IL-1 alpha, TNF-alpha, and IFN-gamma, alone or in specific combinations, for 15 min, two, 12, 24, and 72 h. PGE concentrations in the media were measured by radio-immunoassay.
  • (6) This attack can take place during organogenesis, during early differentiation of neural anlagen after neural tube closure or during biochemical differentiation of the brain.
  • (7) 16 tube (usually a Baker tube) was inserted by gastrostomy and advanced distally into the colon.
  • (8) At first, immunofluorescence demonstrated the presence of laminin-binding sites at the surface of germ tubes.
  • (9) By 3 d in the chick embryo, the first neurons detected by antibodies to Ng-CAM are located in the ventral neural tube; these precursors of motor neurons emit well-stained fibers to the periphery.
  • (10) The flow of a specified concentration of test gas exits from the mixing board, enters a distributing tube, and is then distributed equally to 12 chamber tubes housing one mouse each.
  • (11) The X-ray tube rotates outside the detector array at the rate of one revolution per second.
  • (12) Predominantly observed defects included neural crest cells in ectopic locations, both within and external to the neural tube, and mildly deformed neural tubes containing some dissociating cells.
  • (13) To provide a seal with low pressure-high volume cuffed tubes, cuff sizes of 20.5 mm and 27.5 mm are recommended for female and male patients, respectively.
  • (14) In a double-blind trial, 50 patients with subcostal incisions performed for cholecystectomy or splenectomy, received 10 ml of either 0.5% bupivacaine plain or physiological saline twice daily by wound perfusion through an indwelling drainage tube for 3 days after operation.
  • (15) Since the early 1960's nasotracheal tubes have been used for neonates with primary respiratory diseases which necessitated positive pressure ventilation.
  • (16) Multiple blood samples were obtained over one dosing interval following oral CyA administration in eight liver transplant patients before and after T-tube clamping.
  • (17) Capnometry was performed through the lumen (CO2d) and the proximal end of the endotracheal tube (CO2p).
  • (18) The normal tissues included the ovary, fallopian tube, uterine endometrium, uterine cervix, and vagina.
  • (19) A survey into the current usage of tracheal tubes and associated procedures, such as various sedation regimes and antacid therapy, in intensive care units was carried out in Sweden by sending a questionnaire to physicians in charge of intensive care units in 70 acute hospitals which included seven main teaching hospitals.
  • (20) The NJ tubes remained in place an average of 13 days, and the GJ tubes remained in place an average of 37 days.