See Also: onset(dictionary)
Age of onset(medicine)
onset(dictionary)
labour onset(medicine)
Adult-onset diabetes(health)
maturity-onset diabetes(medicine)
Juvenile Onset Diabetes(health)
Maturity-Onset Diabetes(health)
juvenile onset diabetes(medicine)
growth-onset diabetes(medicine)

onset (iou)



onset noun. E16.
[from ON- + SET noun1.]
(An) attack, (an) assault. E16.
B. Jowett His argument could not sustain the first onset of yours.
a. The beginning of some (esp. unpleasant) operation, situation, condition, etc.; the commencement, the start. M16.
W. Gerhardie It grew markedly colder, and one felt the onset of winter. R. Thomas Walking..like a man at the onset of paralysis.
b. Phonetics. The movement of the speech organs preparatory to, or at the start of, the articulation of a speech sound. Also, the consonant or consonants at the beginning of a syllable. M20.