diagnosis
diagnosing | identifying the nature or cause of some phenomenon |
| medical diagnosis | identification of a disease from its symptoms |
| prenatal diagnosis | any of the diagnostic procedures used to determine whether a fetus has a genetic abnormality |
| differential diagnosis | a systematic method of diagnosing a disorder (e.g., headache) that lacks unique symptoms or signs |
d cesarean delivery
caesarean delivery
caesarian delivery
cesarean section
cesarian section
caesarean section
caesarian section
C-section
cesarean
cesarian
caesarean
caesarian
abdominal delivery a b a a | the delivery of a fetus by surgical incision through the abdominal wall and uterus (from the belief that Julius Caesar was born that way) |
| Section Eight | a discharge from the US Army based on unfitness or character traits deemed undesirable |
incision
section
surgical incision | the cutting of or into body tissues or organs (especially by a surgeon as part of an operation) |
| horizontal section | a mechanical drawing of an object as if made by a plane cutting through it horizontally |
section
segment | one of several parts or pieces that fit with others to constitute a whole object, a section of a fishing rod, metal sections were used below ground, finished the final segment of the road |
| vertical section | a mechanical drawing showing the interior of an object as if made by a vertical plane passing through it |
| cross section | (physics) the probability that a particular interaction (as capture or ionization) will take place between particles, measured in barns |
| cross section | a sample meant to be representative of a whole population |
part
section
division | one of the portions into which something is regarded as divided and which together constitute a whole, the written part of the exam, the finance section of the company, the BBC's engineering division |
section
subdivision | a selfontained part of a larger composition (written or musical), he always turns first to the business section, the history of this work is discussed in the next section |
| sports section | the section of a newspaper that reports on sports |
dead metaphor
frozen metaphor | a metaphor that has occurred so often that it has become a new meaning of the expression (e.g., `he is a snake' may once have been a metaphor but after years of use it has died and become a new sense of the word `snake') |
frozen food
frozen foods | food preserved by freezing |
| frozen dessert | any of various desserts prepared by freezing |
| frozen yogurt | a soft frozen dessert of sweetened flavored yogurt |
| frozen pudding | a chilled dessert consisting of a mixture of custard and nuts and (sometimes) liquor |
frozen custard
soft ice cream | dessert resembling ice cream but with a boiled custard base |
| section | a segment of a citrus fruit, he ate a section of the orange |
frozen orange juice
orange-juice concentrate | orange juice that has been concentrated and frozen |
department
section | a specialized division of a large organization, you'll find it in the hardware department, she got a job in the historical section of the Treasury |
| section | a small team of policemen working as part of a police platoon |
| section | a small army unit usually having a special function |
| section | a division of an orchestra containing all instruments of the same class |
brass section
brass | the section of a band or orchestra that plays brass instruments |
string section
strings | the section of an orchestra that plays stringed instruments |
| violin section | the section of an orchestra that plays violins |
percussion section
percussion
rhythm section | the section of a band or orchestra that plays percussion instruments |
| trumpet section | the section of a band or orchestra that plays trumpets or cornets |
| reed section | the section of a band or orchestra that plays reed instruments |
| clarinet section | the section of a band or orchestra that plays clarinets |
| section discussion section | a small class of students who are part of a larger course but are taught separately, a graduate student taught sections for the professor's lecture course |
| section gang | a work crew assigned to a section of a railroad |
Secret Intelligence Service
MI Military Intelligence Section | the government agency in the United Kingdom that is responsible for internal security and counterintelligence overseas |
Security Service
MI Military Intelligence Section | the government agency in the United Kingdom that is responsible for internal security and counterintelligence on British territory |
| cross section | a section created by a plane cutting a solid perpendicular to its longest axis |
section
plane section | (geometry) the area created by a plane cutting through a solid |
| section | a distinct region or subdivision of a territorial or political area or community or group of people, no section of the nation is more ardent than the South, there are three synagogues in the Jewish section |
| section | a very thin slice (of tissue or mineral or other substance) for examination under a microscope, sections from the left ventricle showed diseased tissue |
| Section Eight | a soldier who received a Section Eight discharge as unfit for military service |
| section hand | a laborer assigned to a section gang |
| section man | someone who teaches a section of a large college course |
| section | a land unit equal to square mile |
| quarter section | a land unit equal to a quarter of a section ( acres) and measuring
mile on a side |
golden section
golden mean | the proportional relation between two divisions of line or two dimension of a plane figure such that short : long :: long : (shortlong) |
conic section
conic | (geometry) a curve generated by the intersection of a plane and a circular cone |
segment
section | divide into segments, segment an orange, segment a compound word |