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onset Definition

on·set (än′set′)

noun

  1. an attack; assault
  2. a beginning; start

onset Synonyms

onset

n.

  1. An attack

    rush, assault, encounter; see attack 1.

  2. A beginning

    start, incipience, opening, start; see origin 1.

onset Usage Examples

Preposition: of

  • puberty: Well that would go with the onset of puberty wouldn't it?
  • dementia: Further studies are also required to find out whether taking the supplements will prevent the onset of dementia or reduce the symptoms.
  • symptom: The onset of symptoms in Addison's disease is usually subtle.
  • menopause: Women in their forties may find that CMF can lead to early onset of the menopause.
  • menstruation: Little women The average age of the onset of menstruation is around 13.

Converse of object

  • herald: Despite the bombing that has just heralded the onset of war, Szpilman is reluctant to leave his music.
  • hasten: This will hasten the onset of Railtrack's financial problems ' .
  • delay: The most noticeable feature of the Strong PB model is the much delayed onset of a, then, much stronger take-up phase.
  • precede: With about a third of these the depression precedes the onset of Panic Disorder.

Adjective modifier

  • insidious: Chronic form In the chronic form the signs may have an insidious onset.
  • sudden: The sudden onset of cold weather is probably the reason.
  • abrupt: Minimal criteria for stroke included abrupt onset of a localized neurological deficit.
  • delayed: The mice fed the drug cocktail lived substantially longer, and had a delayed onset of nerve and muscle deterioration.
  • gradual: He had manifested a gradual onset of upper back pain with radiation to the left chest wall for 3 months.
  • rapid: Acute signs are typically accompanied by a rapid onset of heavy mortality.

Modifies a noun

  • dementia: Capital Win The young onset dementia team have been nationally recognized twice in recent months for their work with young people with dementia.
  • psychosis: The average age of first onset psychosis is 22.
  • diabetes: Approximately half the children of somebody with maturity onset diabetes of the young will develop diabetes themselves.

Noun used with modifier

  • substorm: It seems possible that both originate in the thin current sheet that occurs in the magnetotail at substorm onset.
  • maturity: Approximately half the children of somebody with maturity onset diabetes of the young will develop diabetes themselves.