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)

Manchester (oh) and onset (iou)


Manchester (oh)



a large city in the northwest of England, which was formerly important for its wool and cotton Industries, but is now the financial and business centre for the area. Many pop and rock bands come from Manchester, which is famous for its Music industry, its many nightclubs and its two Football teams, Manchester United and Manchester City. People who come from Manchester are called Mancunians.

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.