(n.) An enemy of the gods, esp. one of a race of demons and giants.
Example Sentences:
(1) The sex pheromone gland of Asura conferta (Walker) lies in the body cavity, as an invagination of the dorsal intersegmental membrane between the 8th and 9th abdominal segment.
Aura
Definition:
(n.) Any subtile, invisible emanation, effluvium, or exhalation from a substance, as the aroma of flowers, the odor of the blood, a supposed fertilizing emanation from the pollen of flowers, etc.
(n.) The peculiar sensation, as of a light vapor, or cold air, rising from the trunk or limbs towards the head, a premonitory symptom of epilepsy or hysterics.
Example Sentences:
(1) The following three corresponding arguments are put forward in support of the upgraded placebo-concept of "aura curae" (Latin: "air of care"; "unspecific healing context").
(2) Due to the supernatural aura surrounding mental disease, the lack of a sufficient biological basis, and the capacity to reduce civil rights of individuals, psychiatry occupies a special position among the medical disciplines.
(3) It’s just everything about him; his aura, as well.
(4) AURA may be an appropriate respiratory transducer in those patients requiring oxygen therapy.
(5) Vertigo and disorders of equilibrium are well known as aurae in epileptic diseases, especially in the psychomotor type of seizures.
(6) Migraine with aura patients had a reduced interhemispheric coherence mostly of 12 Hz and 15 Hz F1 components in frontal and temporo-parietal regions.
(7) Others liked it, but felt it lacked the aura of the original.
(8) The typical "march" of the aura symptoms may reflect differences in the ischemic threshold of various neurones leading to dysfunction of more and more neurones as the blood flow gradually decreases.
(9) The fact that it had been smuggled out of prison gave it an added aura.
(10) My personal favorite part was Beyoncé had her backup singers and dancers in pantsuits.” Each celebrity who joined Clinton for her last push seemed to top the previous night, giving her closing appearances an aura of celebration.
(11) Case reports of five patients are presented, each with a specific aura at the onset of the seizures.
(12) The 24 Hz F1 component was augmented only in migraineurs without aura in the parieto-occipital regions in comparison with migraineurs with aura and controls.
(13) The aura study showed focal hyperperfusion in the left frontal region and decreased perfusion in the adjacent cortex posteriorly, suggesting a zone of suppression.
(14) In both samples symptom combinations corresponding to the syndromes of migraine with aura, migraine without aura and tension headache did indeed occur with significant frequency.
(15) Electrical stimulation without prior natural stimulation produced unpleasant sensations in three patients with a history of temporal lobe seizures and olfactory auras, but not in patients with primary generalized or focal epilepsy.
(16) He, of course, disclaimed his commitment, telling an American admirer that he was "a person who prefers life to art, and who knows it is a far finer thing to be in love…" The record of his creativity suggests the opposite, only adding to the aura of enigma that still surrounds him.
(17) Photograph: Alamy Now, among the juniper trees, you can find strip-malls full of crystal shops, aura-reading stations and psychics.
(18) Physical disease, bereavement, isolation, and dependency in elderly people create the aura of rationality frequently and unrightfully attached to suicide in the elderly.
(19) Auras and subclinical seizures detected by depth electrode recording were often not evident with subdural electrodes.
(20) Between attacks of migraine with aura and at the beginning of attacks of both types of migraine the serum 5-HT and 5-HIAA concentration was significantly increased.