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Onset meaning
The initial phase of a disease or condition, in which symptoms first become apparent. | The initial portion of a syllable, preceding the syllable nucleus. | The beginning of a musical note or other sound, in which the amplitude rises from zero to an initial peak.
Example sentences (20)
Syllables without an onset may be said to have a zero onset that is, nothing where the onset would be.
The syllable onset has no relationship to syllable weight; both heavy and light syllables can have no onset or an onset of one, two, or three consonants.
While the late-onset variant of the disease — which develops in individuals older than 65 — is common, the early-onset variant of the disease — which develops in individuals younger than 65 — is relatively rare.
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A rare form of this disease, known as Adult-Onset or Late-Onset Tay–Sachs disease, usually has its first symptoms during the 30s or 40s.
Because early has both adverbial and adjectival senses, its hyphenation can attract attention; some editors, due to comparison with advanced-stage disease and adult-onset disease, like the parallelism of early-stage disease and early-onset disease.
Because the host develops the symptoms as a reaction to the mites' presence over time, there is typically a delay of four to six weeks between the onset of infestation and the onset of itching.
Female sex, relapsing-remitting subtype, optic neuritis or sensory symptoms at onset, few attacks in the initial years and especially early age at onset, are associated with a better course.
Its onset in dim light, dim-light melatonin onset (DLMO), at roughly 21:00 (9 p.m.) can be measured in the blood or the saliva.
Onset seeAlso Late adolescence and early adulthood are peak periods for the onset of schizophrenia, critical years in a young adult's social and vocational development.
The duration between the release of the stop and the voice onset is called the voice onset time (VOT) or the aspiration interval.
The most recent version of the DSM-5 describes this speech disorder as "Childhood-Onset Fluency Disorder (Stuttering)" for developmental stuttering, and "Adult-onset Fluency Disorder".
After all the warnings about El Niño upon us, rains during the onset of a rainy season should be more than welcome.
A lesser-known but historically reliable bitcoin price indicator has flipped positive, signaling the onset of a major bull market.
Amathole Ezinyathi as the army team is also known dominated from the onset but had moments when they looked to be matched despite having scored via the boot of midfielder ‘Owa’.
Amid the onset of the protest outside the S&W, Divine was instructed to avoid the windows.
And according to one GP, there are a handful of early warning signs to look out for that may indicate the onset of dementia.
And since the onset of the pandemic, colleges and school districts have been working to ease requirements that previously restricted which high school students could enroll in their courses.
A new group also recently started for those diagnosed with early-onset dementia.
Arguably, the onset of the financial crash should have been an auspicious moment for our work to hit the bookshelves.