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# {{emergency medicine}} the first step in [[OPQRST]] regarding the investigation of when the medical emergency started and what the patient was doing. |
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#: When checking for '''onset''' ask opened ended questions like, "what where you doing?". |
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# A rushing or setting upon; an attack; an [[assault]]; a storming; especially, the assault of an army. |
# A rushing or setting upon; an attack; an [[assault]]; a storming; especially, the assault of an army. |
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#* {{rfdate}} [[w:William Shakespeare|William Shakespeare]], |
#* {{rfdate}} [[w:William Shakespeare|William Shakespeare]], |
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Revision as of 18:39, 10 September 2011
English
Etymology
From Lua error in Module:languages/errorGetBy at line 16: The language or etymology language code "on" in the first parameter is not valid (see Wiktionary:List of languages).. Compare (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old English (deprecated template usage) onsettan.
Pronunciation
- (?) Template:SAMPA
- (?) Lua error: Please specify a language code in the first parameter; the value "/ˈɔnˌsɛt/" is not valid (see Wiktionary:List of languages).
Noun
onset (plural onsets)
- Template:emergency medicine the first step in OPQRST regarding the investigation of when the medical emergency started and what the patient was doing.
- When checking for onset ask opened ended questions like, "what where you doing?".
- A rushing or setting upon; an attack; an assault; a storming; especially, the assault of an army.
- (Can we date this quote?)Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "{{{1}}}" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. William Shakespeare,
- The onset and retire Of both your armies.
- (Can we date this quote?)Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "{{{1}}}" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. William Wordsworth,
- Who on that day the word of onset gave.
- (Can we date this quote?)Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "{{{1}}}" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. William Shakespeare,
- Template:medicine The initial phase of a disease or condition, in which symptoms first become apparent.
- Template:phonology The initial portion of a syllable, preceding the syllable nucleus.
- Template:acoustics The beginning of a musical note or other sound, in which the amplitude rises from zero to an initial peak.
- Template:obsolete A setting about; a beginning.
- (Can we date this quote?)Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "{{{1}}}" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. Francis Bacon,
- There is surely no greater wisdom than well to time the beginnings and onsets of things.
- (Can we date this quote?)Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "{{{1}}}" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. Francis Bacon,
- Template:obsolete Anything set on, or added, as an ornament or as a useful appendage.
Translations
rushing or setting upon
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medicine: initial phase of a disease or condition
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phonology: initial portion of a syllable
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acoustics: beginning of a musical note
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Verb
onset (third-person singular simple present onsets, present participle onsetting, simple past and past participle onset)
- Template:obsolete To assault; to set upon.
- Template:obsolete To set about; to begin.