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Separate vs Pseudohypertrophy - What's the difference?

separate | pseudohypertrophy |

As nouns the difference between separate and pseudohypertrophy

is that separate is (usually|in the plural) anything that is sold by itself, especially an article of clothing while pseudohypertrophy is enlargement at the site of an organ or part resulting from an increase in size or number of a separate tissue.

As an adjective separate

is apart from (the rest); not connected to or attached to (anything else).

As a verb separate

is to divide (a thing) into separate parts.

separate

English

Adjective

(-)
  • Apart from (the rest); not connected to or attached to (anything else).
    • This chair can be disassembled into five separate pieces.
  • Not together (with); not united (to).
    • I try to keep my personal life separate from work.

    Verb

    (separat)
  • To divide (a thing) into separate parts.
  • To disunite something from one thing; To disconnect.
  • * Dryden
    • From the fine gold I separate the alloy.
  • * Bible, Romans viii. 35
    • Who shall separate us from the love of Christ?
  • To cause (things or people) to be separate.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-07, author=David Simpson
    • , volume=188, issue=26, page=36, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Fantasy of navigation , passage=It is tempting to speculate about the incentives or compulsions that might explain why anyone would take to the skies in [the] basket [of a balloon]: […];  […]; or perhaps to muse on the irrelevance of the borders that separate nation states and keep people from understanding their shared environment.}}
  • To divide itself into separate pieces or substances.
  • (obsolete) To set apart; to select from among others, as for a special use or service.
  • * Bible, Acts xiii. 2
    • Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have called them.

    Derived terms

    * separable * separately * separation * separational * separationism * separationist

    Antonyms

    * annex * combine

    See also

    * disunite * disconnect * divide * split * reduce * subtract

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (usually, in the plural) Anything that is sold by itself, especially an article of clothing.

    • Usage notes

    * The spelling is (separate). *(term) is a common misspelling.

    Anagrams

    * English ergative verbs English heteronyms ----

    pseudohypertrophy

    English

    Noun

    (pseudohypertrophies)
  • Enlargement at the site of an organ or part resulting from an increase in size or number of a separate tissue.
    • Early signs of Duchenne muscular dystrophy may include pseudohypertrophy (enlargement of calf muscles), low endurance, and difficulties in standing unaided or inability to ascend staircases.

    References

    * Medical-dictionary.com * Encyclopædia britannica * Answers.com