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[on-set, awn-]

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noun

a beginning or start: the onset of winter.

an assault or attack: an onset of the enemy.

Phonetics. the segment of a syllable preceding the nucleus, as the gr in great. Compare coda (def. 5), core¹ (def. 14).

Origin:
1525–35; on + set, after the verb phrase set on

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Please publish more stories on early onset to make people aware of the existence of this form of the disease.

The whole situation was badly dealt with from the onset.

The big brains of international finance were shocked by both the sudden onset of the crisis and its virulence.

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Please publish more stories on early onset to make people aware of the existence of this form of the disease.

The whole situation was badly dealt with from the onset.

The big brains of international finance were shocked by both the sudden onset of the crisis and its virulence.

With the onset of her first period, her reign will end and she will return to mortal status.

The bursting blooms of many types of flowers herald the onset of spring.

When these ?ndings were described to the patient, he immediately recalled an incident that had preceded the onset of his symptoms.

They need ample moisture from onset of growth through bloom period but little moisture during summer.

Another promising area for research is that delay between the loss of dopamine-producing cells and the onset of symptoms.

Symptoms can develop gradually or have a sudden onset.

Top of them is the onset of global population ageing.

The latest, more speculative date did mark the onset of a transition to much colder, arid conditions.

Now a new study has confirmed a strong correlation between certain types of migraines and the onset of menstruation.

With the onset of warmer weather in the past three decades, their deterioration has accelerated.

The onset of the influenza was sudden, and the symptoms were unambiguous.

Puberty is not marked with a sudden incident in males, as it is with the onset of menstruation in females.

However, the depression only ended with the onset of preparations to enter the second world war.

Severe calorie-restriction can also delay the onset of age-related diseases, research has found.

Brainwaves were recorded continuously into a computer program that almost instantaneously recognized the onset of sleep.

As soon as people were in position, the loss of control event repeated itself, but with a more rapid onset.

Amazingly, the bogus injection relieved the soldier's agony and prevented the onset of shock.

The issue is if the disability will have an onset that is fast or slow.

With the onset of the credit crunch cigar smoking took another dive.

Don't let cooler temperatures and the onset of winter hold you back from outside activity.

Research has found that the onset of dementia is delayed in people who have more years of formal education.

Now, any player can choose that path from the game's onset.

Many women who suffer migraines tell their doctors that their headaches are related to the onset of menstruation.

What appears to determine the onset of infirm old age is not the number of years from birth but the number to death.

In addition, the period from the onset of infection to when the disease is reported is generally about nine days.

The researchers are also looking for metabolites in the blood that might predict the onset of disease.

It will not necessarily spell the onset of sweetness and light across the region.

Many exhibit the onset of traits that evolution would magnify in later species.

Auto sales and production plummeted with the onset of the financial crisis.

With the onset of the drought, he compacted his soil with a padfoot roller to minimize leakage.

The early onset of obesity may bring severe health problems, such as kidney failure, by the time today's children reach adulthood.

By using steroids before the onset of any brain swelling, climbers can keep their thoughts clear and motor skills sharp.

The drugs prevent the collapse of the immune system, but they do not prevent this early onset of aging.

As usual with the onset of summer, the high country was in vertical flood.

Most likely, though, the team was stalled by the onset of the storm.

Some stroke victims suffer the sudden onset of a headache of unparalleled severity.

Mouse model suggests that a combination of therapies may stave off the onset of this neurodegenerative disorder.

It is characterized by the sudden onset of fever and severe headaches and may progress rapidly to convulsions and coma.

The diarrhea becomes bloody one to three days later and usually resolves within a week of the onset of illness.

Already, firms are starting to find that their first round of cuts after the onset of the crisis is not enough.

In the traditional view, the brain becomes frozen with the onset of adulthood, after which few new connections form.

While single malts can be enjoyed year-round, the onset of winter and long cold nights is perfect whiskey weather.

He pointed out that at the onset of crisis these measures deteriorated significantly and they have yet to improve all that much.

And it's a key discovery because researchers have long tried to delay the onset of shock waves and weaken them when they occur.

It was six hours from onset to death, and that was it.

The speed of illness could vary from death within three weeks of the onset of symptoms, to an infection of a year or more.

Narcolepsy sleep paralysis usually occurs at the onset of sleep and is chronic.

When her youthful idealism kicked in, its strength and durability more than made up for its delayed onset.

If not seen by a veterinarian within minutes of onset this condition is both painful and deadly.

And a lack of sensitivity to reddish hues makes it almost impossible for a dichromat to detect the onset of sunburn.

While the oil cannot cure the disease, it can prevent its onset in boys predisposed to.

Even the onset of recession has not reversed that downward trend so far.

Are not disorder such as bipolar and unipolar depression diseases with an onset around or after teenage years.

Inside the simulators, their vision blocks had gone suddenly blank with the onset of virtual death.

Those fears eased this week with the late onset of the monsoon there.

There is clear evidence for the role of genetic influences in the onset and development of stuttering.

Perhaps the rules are imbedded in stem cells at the onset of life.

Core body temperature is an important indicator of the onset of heat exhaustion, which can be fatal.

The scans also revealed regional atrophy in patients before the onset of symptoms.

If a limb is denervated at the onset of the process, it will not regenerate.

Two important inflationary things have happened in the labor markets since the onset of the recession.

Close to the boundary minutely choreographed wanderings mark the onset of the instability.

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World English Dictionary

onset (ˈɒnˌsɛt)

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

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Word Origin & History

onset

1530s, "attack, assault," from on + set (n.); cf. to set (something) on (someone). Weaker sense of "beginning, start" first recorded 1560s. Figurative use in reference to a calamity, disease, etc. is from 1580s.

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Medical Dictionary

onset on·set (ŏn'sět')
n.
A beginning; a start, as of a cold.

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