What's the difference between unexplored and unknown?

Unexplored


Definition:

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The present article delves into the relatively unexplored areas of dispersion phenomena, and attempts to develop a theoretical model for general application.
  • (2) Although exogenous phosphatidic acid (PA) has been shown to promote insulin release, the effects of endogenous PA on endocrine function are largely unexplored.
  • (3) Although arterial vasodilation is a well-known feature in patients with cirrhosis, the venous system remains unexplored.
  • (4) It is concluded that lack of fertilization is an unexplored cause of infertility in couples with unexplained infertility.
  • (5) The sensitivity of sonography was 50% if metastatic nodes unexplored by sonography were included, or 84% if only cases in which stenosis was passed were considered.
  • (6) Determination of D-lactic acid production may perhaps serve as a means of independently monitoring the effects of antimicrobial agents on bacterial metabolic activity, which is an important aspect of antimicrobial action that remains relatively unexplored.
  • (7) Continuous nasoenteric feeding provides a unique opportunity to define previously unexplored dietary and metabolic interrelations in humans.
  • (8) The present experiment examined the effect of adrenalectomy on the ability of rats to locate unexplored arms in the radial maze after various retention intervals midway through completion of the maze.
  • (9) He noted how it was still unexplored in American cinema, how the film set out to address "the elephant in the room".
  • (10) The structure and function of colonic mucosal lymphoid organs remain largely unexplored, especially in the rectum hidden within the pelvic vault.
  • (11) The Yakovlev Collection contains complete serial sections of approximately 800 human brains which are practically unexplored with morphometric methods.
  • (12) Similarly, the neuropharmacology of nicotine reinforcement remains largely unexplored; nicotinic-cholinergic receptors seem to play a primary role but evidence implicating particular subtypes of nicotinic receptor is not available.
  • (13) The potential influence of postmenopausal estrogen therapy on the subsequent development of non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM) is relatively unexplored, despite postulated effects of these hormones on glucose tolerance.
  • (14) The pathogenesis of these neurological manifestations in malaria remains unexplored, but offers excellent perspectives for research at clinical as well as experimental level.
  • (15) Avoid the polluting chugging houseboats that cruise along the motorway-like larger canals and take a kayak for a tenth of the price through the smaller, unexplored waterways.
  • (16) Sociobiology may be useful to psychiatry in that in some cases it provides: a) a new focus on the adaptive functions of human behavior which may serve to aid the psychiatrist in evaluating individual problems; b) functional predictions which may help to identify segments of the population which are more at risk for psychiatric disorders than others, thereby providing guidelines for preventive psychiatry; and c) direction for research into unexplored aspects of human social relationships and their relevance to psychiatric disorders.
  • (17) The mechanism of gastric stasis in disorders of gastrointestinal motility is largely unexplored.
  • (18) Potential roles of the endoplasmic reticulum in the regulation of protein synthesis are largely unexplored.
  • (19) The possibility and significance of diastolic dysfunction are essentially unexplored and contingent upon our better understanding of the determinants of diastolic indices.
  • (20) Pierre Janet shows by this research an unexplored way which can constitute a new phase in the modern psychopathology.

Unknown


Definition:

  • (a.) Not known; not apprehended.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The reference library used in the operation of a computerized search program indicates the closest matches in the reference library data with the IR spectrum of an unknown sample.
  • (2) The macrophage-derived product, interleukin 1 (IL 1) is thought to play an important regulatory role in the proliferation of T lymphocytes; however, its mechanism of action is unknown.
  • (3) Second, the unknown is searched against the database to find all materials with the same or similar element types; the results are kept in set 2.
  • (4) The mechanism by which gp55 causes increased erythroblastosis and ultimately leukaemia is unknown, but a reasonable suggestion is that gp55 can mimic the action of erythropoietin by binding to its receptor (Epo-R), thereby triggering prolonged proliferation of erythroid cells.
  • (5) It is an intriguing moment: the new culture secretary, Sajid Javid, who was brought in to replace Maria Miller last month, is something of an unknown quantity.
  • (6) The functions of O-GlcNAc remain largely unknown, but it may be important in blocking phosphorylation sites, it may be required for the assembly of specific multiprotein complexes, it might serve as a nuclear transport signal, or it may be directly involved in the active transport of macromolecules across nuclear pores.
  • (7) We therefore conclude that widely spaced (and unknown) parts of the protein chain are required for the intersubunit interactions that eventually lead to functional assembly of the receptor.
  • (8) An atheroma is often associated with saccular aneurysms, but its effect on this pathological process is still unknown.
  • (9) The ophthalmic headache's crisis is caused, in fact, by a spasm of convergence on an unknown exophory of which the amplitude of fusion is satisfying, and the presence of which can only be seen with test under screen.
  • (10) The mechanisms responsible for changes in absorption in vitro are unknown.
  • (11) The pathoanatomy and factors associated with transient mitral regurgitation (MR) induced by myocardial ischemic stress are unknown.
  • (12) The evaluation of the data of unknown test persons of a pilot study in 96% resulted in a correct classification in patients with heart and circulatory diseases or persons with healthy heart and circulation, the classification in the above mentioned groups of diagnosis was performed on an average to 57%.
  • (13) Silicon, a relatively unknown trace element in nutritional research, has been uniquely localized in active calcification sites in young bone.
  • (14) Several pedigrees have been reported in which defects of the insulin gene result in glucose intolerance or diabetes in affected members, but the role of insulin gene mutations in NIDDM is unknown.
  • (15) Federal endorsement of the HMO concept has resulted in broad understanding of a number of concepts unknown in fee-for-service medicine.
  • (16) Paul Doyle Kick-off Sunday midday Venue St Mary’s Stadium Last season Southampton 2 Leicester City 2 Live Sky Sports 1 Referee Michael Oliver This season G 18, Y 60, R 1, 3.44 cards per game Odds H 5-6 A 4-1 D 5-2 Southampton Subs from Taylor, Martina, Stephens, Davis, Rodriguez, Sims, Ward-Prowse Doubtful Bertrand, Davis, Van Dijk (all match fitness) Injured Boufal (knee, Jan), Hesketh (ankle, Feb), Targett (hamstring, Feb), Austin (shoulder, Mar), Pied (knee, Jun), Gardos (knee, unknown) Suspended None Form DWLLLL Discipline Y37 R2 Leading scorer Austin 6 Leicester City Subs from Zieler, Hamer, Wasilewski, Gray, Fuchs, James, Okazaki, Hernández, Kapustka, King Doubtful None Injured None Suspended None Unavailable Amartey, Mahrez, Slimani (Africa Cup of Nations) Form LDLWDL Discipline Y44 R1 Leading scorers Slimani, Vardy 5
  • (17) Sarcoidosis is a disease of unknown etiology with protean manifestations.
  • (18) Their incidence cannot be estimated--only the possibility of recoverable renal function in an unknown number of involved patients.
  • (19) The results indicate that the effect of EGF on the growth of cancer cells is very complicated and may involve an unknown regulatory mechanism of cancer cell growth.
  • (20) In 1968, nearly 60% of the malignant ovarian tumors were treated by doctors in internal medicine, surgery and radiology etc., rather than gynecology, which was partly because the primary site of the cancer was unknown during the clinical course and partly because the gynecologist gave up treatment of patients in advanced cases.

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