(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.
Aural
Definition:
(a.) Of or pertaining to the air, or to an aura.
(a.) Of or pertaining to the ear; as, aural medicine and surgery.
Example Sentences:
(1) Findings included squamous epithelium with acute and chronic inflammation, foreign body granuloma and aural polyps.
(2) Literature review showed this to be the first reported case of sigmoid sinus thrombosis in congenital aural atresia.
(3) The last 23 patients with malignant external otitis were treated with ciprofloxacin 750 mg twice daily, combined with local excision of the aural lesion.
(4) This computerized speechreading assessment and training system simulates face-to-face intervention and is designed to be one component of a comprehensive aural rehabilitation program for preretirement adults with acquired mild-to-moderate hearing loss.
(5) Studies of aural and other body tissues suggest that otosclerosis represents the local manifestation of a general disorder of connective tissue.
(6) By using monoclonal antibodies against cell-membrane receptors the cellular composition of an aural cholesteatoma can be determined.
(7) The competencies expected of students upon completing their professional programs are presented in the form of 'training modules' vis-a-vis basic science, medical educational, hearing conservation, aural rehabilitation and clinical practicum.
(8) 29 min: There have been so many offside decisions in this game, the referee's whistle is currently more aurally intrusive than the vuvuzelas.
(9) In a review of over 600 patients with major congenital ear malformations, 50 patients (54 ears) were found to have congenital aural stenosis.
(10) Vessels were imaged with epi-illuminated fluorescence microscopy as they carried FITC-dextran 70 that had been injected into an aural vein.
(11) The first group received hearing aids and participated in a counseling-based aural rehabilitation (AR) program.
(12) We found that the histology of the aural polyp was not a precise predictor of the presence or absence of cholesteatoma, nor of the subsequent course of the middle ear disease.
(13) In total, 467 biopsy specimens from genital, anal, oral, aural and nasal lesions were examined for HPV6, HPV11, HPV16 and HPV18 DNA by spot hybridization.
(14) It would seem that these aural preparations are complementary, capable of resulting in the disappearance of the majority of bacterial agents responsible for pathogenic otorrhoea.
(15) A new method for removal of aural foreign bodies is introduced, employing the injection of a semifluid impression material into the external auditory canal, and its removal after curing with the engulfed foreign matter.
(16) Tests of reading and arithmetic achievement, visuomotor coordination, aural-visual coordination, auditory discrimination, and behavioural rating scales were administered.
(17) The Gruber aural speculum, gave a completely, uninterrupted view of the choana.
(18) People might not be facing an incident, but they can still have an acoustic experience of it.” Deprived of their visual sense for months and years on end, the Saydnaya detainees developed an acute aural sensitivity, able to identify the different sounds of belts, electrical cables or broomsticks on flesh, and the difference between bodies being punched, kicked or beaten against the wall.
(19) The large number of children wearing inadequate amplification demonstrates the need for constant hearing aid monitoring and earmold check as part of aural rehabilitation and educational programs for hearing-impaired children.
(20) Temporal response to a simulated rapid change in acoustic immittance was recorded from 13 aural acoustic-immittance devices.