What's the difference between uncus and uncut?

Uncus


Definition:

  • (n.) A hook or claw.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) CT scan in these cases showed infarctions of the right uncus, amygdaloid nucleus, genu and posterior limb of the internal capsule, globus pallidus, lateral geniculate body and tail of the caudate nucleus.
  • (2) In the encephalous there was edema, uncus herniation and hemorrhagic infarct of the brain stem.
  • (3) Rarely, the lymphatics of the posterior uncus may pass directly to the supra- and infrarenal relays.
  • (4) We measured the total size of the resection and the extent to which the following specific mediobasal temporal lobe structures had been removed: amygdala, hippocampus, pes hippocampi, dentate gyrus, parahippocampal gyrus, uncus and subiculum.
  • (5) A method for quantifying the resection of four specific medial temporal lobe structures--amygdala, uncus, hippocampal formation, and parahippocampal gyrus--was used to correlate postoperative seizure control with the degree to which those structures had been resected.
  • (6) The most frequent branches of the cisternal portion pass to the optic tract, cerebral peduncle, uncus and lateral geniculate body.
  • (7) The AHA extended between the uncus and the parahippocampal gyrus, and it supplied the head of the hippocampus.
  • (8) The neurofibrillary tangles were maximal in structures in the medial temporal lobe (uncus, amygdala, hippocampus and parahippocampal gyrus), severe in the neocortex on the lateral surface of the temporal lobe, moderate in the "association cortex" of the parietal and frontal lobes and minimal in primary somatic and visual sensory areas.
  • (9) Uncus herniation could not be identified with M.R.I.
  • (10) Direct visualization of temporal uncus herniation and filling of the homolateral perimesencephalic cistern was regularly obtained.
  • (11) Most frequent was herniation of hippocampal uncus and most rare that of the cerebellar vermis.
  • (12) The lymphatics of the uncus (anterior and posterior aspects) follow the superior mesenteric route to reach a right ICMN and then the supra- and infrarenal relays bilaterally.
  • (13) After excavation of the superior vertebral notch, the osseous prominence that remains is the uncus.
  • (14) In the course of screening, Uncariae ramulus et uncus, a chinese herbal medicine, was found to possess such activity.
  • (15) Only four homogeneous groups were isolated:--group I represents the cortico-sub-cortical level,--group II représents the diencéphalie level,--group III represents the upper brain stem level with two subdivisions dependent upon the mechanism of herniation : central or uncus,--group IV represents the lower brain stem level.
  • (16) Complete unilateral temporal lobectomies including the mesial structures, amygdala, and uncus were performed.
  • (17) Ischaemia within the regions supplied by vertebral and posterior cerebral arteries has been described as a complication of birth injury, either by direct trauma or by compression from a herniated temporal uncus.
  • (18) The middle hippocampal artery coursed just caudal to the uncus, in close relationship with the lateral posterior choroidal artery, and it usually supplied the middle part of the hippocampal formation.
  • (19) The authors define, explain, and illustrate a number of concepts pertaining to normal spinal anatomy that are of practical use but omitted in standard anatomical sources or are the subject of conflicting views: bony and cartilaginous end-plate, marginal ring, cortex of the vertebral body, isthmus, neurocentral junction, uncus, uncovertebral joint, zygapophyseal joint, annulus fibrosus, shorter and longer perivertebral ligaments, interspinous bursa, mamillo-accessory ligament.
  • (20) Of the 33 different regions investigated, the uncus and substantia nigra showed the highest specific binding of [3H]neurotensin, whereas such areas as the pineal body, medulla, and corpus callosum had few binding sites.

Uncut


Definition:

  • (a.) Not cut; not separated or divided by cutting or otherwise; -- said especially of books, periodicals, and the like, when the leaves have not been separated by trimming in binding.
  • (a.) Not ground, or otherwise cut, into a certain shape; as, an uncut diamond.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Photograph: Amelia Jacobsen A second successive nomination for Long, whose increasing public prominence has coincided with a political awakening that has seen her dive headlong into activism as part of groups like UK Uncut .
  • (2) 2.35pm BST UK Uncut, the pressure group, says that Chris Grayling's U-turn over legal aid tendering will not stop his proposals undermining justice.
  • (3) The world is profoundly different from how it was then.” Schneider says Momentum breaks down into trade unionists, “Bennites and post-Bennites” (who share the background of Corbyn, McDonnell and a lot of Momentum’s older activists), and the younger members, who cut their teeth with the anti-tax avoidance activists UK Uncut or the Stop The War coalition.
  • (4) However, the barrister says they could link up with others in Northern Ireland and Britain, such as the Occupy movement and UK Uncut, who are equally disgusted at the banks' behaviour during this long recession.
  • (5) The UK Uncut network, which began as a direct action campaign against corporate tax avoidance in 2010, said it would be organising a day of action on Saturday 13 April.
  • (6) The name “Sisters Uncut” is a deliberate nod to UK Uncut , the anti-cuts direct action network founded in 2010.
  • (7) Come on the UK Uncut protests this month, and also make sure you're taking to the streets on 26 March .
  • (8) "Philip Green is a tax avoider, and yet is regarded by David Cameron as an appropriate man to advise the government on austerity," said UK Uncut's spokesman, 26-year-old Daniel Garvin.
  • (9) EO: That's why UK Uncut occupies shops like Starbucks .
  • (10) It was found that: the average maximum residual intimal engineering strain in the uncut configuration was -0.082 for all nine aortas and -0.096 and -0.077 for the bovine and porcine aortas alone, respectively; the average maximum residual adventitial strain was 0.085 for all aortas, and 0.102 and 0.078 for the bovine and porcine aortas alone, respectively; an estimated average beneficial compressive stress of -0.188 X 10(5) Pa (corresponding to a strain level of -0.082) is available at the intimal level to counteract the in vivo tensile stress due to the intravascular pressure; an estimated average initial tensile stress of 0.195 X 10(5) Pa (corresponding to a strain level of 0.085) exists at the adventitial level which adds to the in vivo tensile stress due to the intravascular pressure.
  • (11) UK Uncut's previous sit-ins and occupations in the branches of tax dodgers have proved very effective in highlighting the unjust practices of big business."
  • (12) Prosecutors say the story, if true, would provide evidence that Taylor traded guns to neighbouring Sierra Leone rebels in exchange for uncut diamonds, sometimes known as blood diamonds, during that country's 1992-2002 civil war.
  • (13) The group being monitored, UK Uncut , will target high-street stores in 20 cities tomorrow, in its latest attempt to draw attention to the estimated £25bn the Treasury loses each year in tax avoidance .
  • (14) Moreover, DNA isolated from P1 phage and containing an uncut pac site was a poor substrate for in vitro cleavage until it was methylated by the Escherichia coli DNA adenine methyltransferase.
  • (15) In turn, no 2-DG was detected after treatment with uncut nerve extracts or saline.
  • (16) Activists from UK Uncut , a campaign group set up five months ago to oppose government cuts and corporate tax avoidance, will stage their first national day of action against the banks on Saturday with protesters expected to bring more than 30 high street branches of Barclays to a standstill.
  • (17) At that time no such reaction product was observed in the chondrocytes of uncut femurs.
  • (18) For Symon Hill of the pressure group Christianity Uncut , this is a betrayal of their central mission: "Speaking personally, I wasn't surprised by some of the charities involved in workfare, but I was genuinely shocked by Salvation Army," he tells me.
  • (19) At luxury grocery store Fortnum & Mason on Piccadilly, which the campaign group UK Uncut claimed was occupied by around 200 of its supporters, paint was being scrubbed from brickwork.
  • (20) UK Uncut, which has also campaigned against Vodafone, Boots and Top Shop, intends to take its first national day of action against the banks on Saturday with protesters expected to bring more than 30 high street branches of Barclays to a standstill.

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