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anábase — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • augmentation noun The act or process of augmenting.
  • onset noun The point at which something, especially an illness or a change, first begins.

Senses

anábase is used for these senses in English:

  • anabasis (historical) A military march up-country, especially that of Cyrus the Younger into Asia.
  • augmentation (medicine) The stage of a disease during which symptoms increase or continue.
  • onset (medicine) The initial phase of a disease or condition, in which symptoms first become apparent.

augmentation — full definition

  1. noun The act or process of augmenting.
  2. noun An addition or extra, something that is added to something else.
  3. noun A particular mark of honour, granted by the sovereign in consideration of some noble action, or by favour; and either quartered with the family arms, or on an escutcheon or canton.
  4. noun A surgical procedure to enlarge a body part, as breast augmentation.

onset — full definition

  1. noun The point at which something, especially an illness or a change, first begins.
  2. noun In phonetics, the consonant sound or sounds that come before the vowel in a syllable.

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