(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.
Spirit
Definition:
(n.) Air set in motion by breathing; breath; hence, sometimes, life itself.
(n.) A rough breathing; an aspirate, as the letter h; also, a mark to denote aspiration; a breathing.
(n.) Life, or living substance, considered independently of corporeal existence; an intelligence conceived of apart from any physical organization or embodiment; vital essence, force, or energy, as distinct from matter.
(n.) The intelligent, immaterial and immortal part of man; the soul, in distinction from the body in which it resides; the agent or subject of vital and spiritual functions, whether spiritual or material.
(n.) Specifically, a disembodied soul; the human soul after it has left the body.
(n.) Any supernatural being, good or bad; an apparition; a specter; a ghost; also, sometimes, a sprite,; a fairy; an elf.
(n.) Energy, vivacity, ardor, enthusiasm, courage, etc.
(n.) One who is vivacious or lively; one who evinces great activity or peculiar characteristics of mind or temper; as, a ruling spirit; a schismatic spirit.
(n.) Temper or disposition of mind; mental condition or disposition; intellectual or moral state; -- often in the plural; as, to be cheerful, or in good spirits; to be downhearted, or in bad spirits.
(n.) Intent; real meaning; -- opposed to the letter, or to formal statement; also, characteristic quality, especially such as is derived from the individual genius or the personal character; as, the spirit of an enterprise, of a document, or the like.
(n.) Tenuous, volatile, airy, or vapory substance, possessed of active qualities.
(n.) Any liquid produced by distillation; especially, alcohol, the spirits, or spirit, of wine (it having been first distilled from wine): -- often in the plural.
(n.) Rum, whisky, brandy, gin, and other distilled liquors having much alcohol, in distinction from wine and malt liquors.
(n.) A solution in alcohol of a volatile principle. Cf. Tincture.
(n.) Any one of the four substances, sulphur, sal ammoniac, quicksilver, or arsenic (or, according to some, orpiment).
(n.) Stannic chloride. See under Stannic.
(v. t.) To animate with vigor; to excite; to encourage; to inspirit; as, civil dissensions often spirit the ambition of private men; -- sometimes followed by up.
(v. t.) To convey rapidly and secretly, or mysteriously, as if by the agency of a spirit; to kidnap; -- often with away, or off.
Example Sentences:
(1) Sheez, I thought, is that what the revolutionary spirit of 1789 and 1968 has come to?
(2) The spirit is great here, the players work very hard, we kept the belief when we were in third place and now we are here.
(3) Eight of the UK's biggest supermarkets have signed up to a set of principles following concerns that they were "failing to operate within the spirit of the law" over special offers and promotions for food and drink, the Office of Fair Trading has said.
(4) Olympic games are a competition between countries, but here spectators can freely choose which star to cheer for and unite as one,” said Inoki, a lawmaker in Japan’s upper house who was known as “Burning Fighting Spirit” in the ring.
(5) "I wanted it to have a romantic feel," says Wilson, "recalling Donald Campbell and his Bluebird machines and that spirit of awe-inspiring adventure."
(6) I would like to add the spirit within the dressing room, it is much better now.
(7) United have a fantastic spirit, we don't have the same spirit.
(8) Following exposure to white spirit vapour, the effect of the expired solvent on evidential breath alcohol equipment was investigated under controlled exposure chamber conditions and in a simulated painting exercise.
(9) Meeting the families shows how well-adjusted they are, their spirit and determination and the way they have acted is an absolute credit to themselves."
(10) Gin was popularised in the UK via British troops who were given the spirit as “Dutch courage” during the 30 years’ war.
(11) The main cause of oesophageal cancer in western countries is consumption of alcoholic beverages, the degree of risk being much greater for certain spirits than for wine or beer.
(12) Per adult (greater than or equal to 15 years) consumption of beer, wine, spirits and absolute alcohol for a 14-year period (1971--1984) was related to female breast cancer morbidity rates in Western Australia.
(13) At the front of the march was Lee Cheuk-yan, a former lawmaker of 20 years, carrying a banner calling for Liu’s spirit to inspire people.
(14) The country goes to the polls on Thursday in what observers see as its most spirited presidential race.
(15) People like Hugo forgot how truly miserable Paris had been for ordinary Parisians.” Out of a job and persona non grata in Paris, Haussmann spent six months in Italy to lift his spirits.
(16) This suggests that a surgical scrub should be used more widely in clinical practice, and that a spirit-based hand lotion might with advantage become a partial substitute for handwashing, particularly in areas where handwashing is frequent and iatrogenic coagulase-negative staphylococcal infection common.
(17) Horrocks plans to summon the spirit of Margaret Thatcher to make his case: “The [1970] Conservative government came in with a manifesto commitment to kill the Open University, to kill Harold Wilson’s brainchild at birth.
(18) And yet, the spirit of '68 endures, perhaps mythical, perhaps as a lingering sense of the possibilities that mass activism once had.
(19) In our time of rapidly changing life styles it is useful to understand that voices also mirror the spirit of an era.
(20) An increasing incidence of methylated spirit burns in barbecue users is documented in a three year retrospective survey.