(n.) A real being, whether in thought (as an ideal conception) or in fact; being; essence; existence.
Example Sentences:
(1) In our opinion, a carcinologically "malignant" metastatic myxoma remains a questionable pathological entity.
(2) Sinus lining cells give rise to a well defined entity of neoplasia which is proposed to be termed sinus lining cell reticulosarcoma.
(3) Epidermolytic PPK is a well delineated autosomal dominant entity, but no recessive form is known.
(4) Doctors, who once treated human body as an entity, are so specialized that none seems to know any more that the head bone is still indirectly connected to the great toe.
(5) Pancreatic ascites is a distinct clinical entity which should be differentiated from cirrhotic, tuberculous or malignant ascites.
(6) Purulent bronchitis appears to be a distinct, treatable entity in patients with HIV infection and may accompany bacterial pneumonia, bronchiectasis, and P carinii pneumonia.
(7) The recent identification among non-Hodgkin's malignant lymphomas of a high-grade malignancy entity of possible thymic origin and defined as lymphoblastic convoluted-cell lymphoma allowed the morphologic and radiological diagnosis of nine cases of this disease.
(8) There is no reason to describe deafness and deafmutism in an area with severe endemic goitre as a separate entity.
(9) This finding is consistent with the hypothesis that the majority of deaths attributed to presenile dementia and the majority of deaths from senile dementia are the result of the same disease entity.
(10) This condition is a clearly defined radiological and clinical entity.
(11) On radiographs, this entity usually presented as clusters of 1- to 3-mm plaques raised above the smooth and featureless duodenal mucosa; this was seen in 17 (68%) of 25 patients.
(12) Although these two destructive entities are completely different in many respects, they share a common denominator: the initial lesions are brought about by an aggregate of bacteria known as plaque.
(13) The literature on this uncommon syndrome was reviewed and it was found that there are an open prevalence of this entity in children younger than 15 years, as well as severe respiratory complications in affected patients.
(14) Autism is a heterogeneous disease entity containing different clinical subgroups, which do not manifest similar radiologic pictures.
(15) This appears to be a newly described entity, although it resembles a Becker's nevus without hypertrichosis or an typical café au lait spot.
(16) The familial association of epilepsy and cleft lip with or without cleft palate (CL (P)) is analyzed assuming both entities share common genetic predisposing factors.
(17) Data in the literature reveal that two distinct entities do not exist, but that there is instead a continuous transition from low to normal values.
(18) Sinus histiocytosis with massive lymphadenopathy is a distinct clinical entity, with ophthalmic involvement in 10% of patients.
(19) The histological examination of the biopsies taken during colonoscopy differentiated less clearly between these two entities than the macroscopic judgement by the endoscopist.
(20) The different entity of reversibility of bronchial obstruction is due to the various mechanisms intervening in different patients.
Surreality
Definition:
Example Sentences:
(1) Future Brown have connections in the fashion industry, last year soundtracking a surreal film for the brand Telfar.
(2) But now the document turns crazily surreal, like the pointless war itself.
(3) According to Deborah Mattinson, his pollster, Brown " loved slogans and believed them to be imbued with a mystical power capable of persuading the most intransigent voter", and therefore went a bundle on them – not least " A future fair for all ", the surreal dud with which Labour went to the country in 2010, following 2005's equally idiotic " forward not back ".
(4) The surreal air of calm surrounding Spain's bond market shows no signs of dissipating.
(5) But, such is the intensity and surreal nature of this situation, we are all experiencing an emotional journey of self-discovery that will change us – hopefully for the better – for ever.
(6) "It started out as surreal, then people joined in and it sort of faded a bit, but it seemed pretty heartfelt from Rodman's side," Simon Cockerell, a tour guide who attended the game, told Reuters.
(7) There is the very real, or perhaps surreal, prospect, of postal workers simultaneously downing tools (parking their trolleys) and subscribing a few hundred quid for Royal Mail shares.
(8) The show stars Berry as a jobbing actor with vaunting ambition who gets into surreal scrapes, with a supporting cast including Doon Mackichan as his agent and Robert Bathurst as his housemate.
(9) Platt: "But when you score a goal like that you just go outside yourself for a bit, everything is surreal.
(10) Others are said to be clinging on to the idea that Ukip remains a convenient means of taking votes from the Tories (witness the surreally complacent words of the Labour frontbencher Angela Eagle: “I’m not as worried as some might be about Ukip’s appeal to Labour voters.
(11) Most people were concerned about how many people had been killed but luckily enough there was no game on at the time and it was the middle of the afternoon and it was a surreal experience.
(12) Was it surreal seeing your brother, Boris Johnson , take much of the credit for organising the whole thing?
(13) Before the crash, the proposed solutions to Bradford’s problems sometimes entered the realms of the surreal.
(14) In recent weeks, during which I kept waiting for the phrase “THE TRIAL OF ROLF HARRIS” to stop sounding completely surreal (it didn’t), I have pondered them a lot.
(15) A man with a machine gun chatting to a protester about midgies might seem delightfully British, but it also emphasises the surrealness of Trident and how we resort to small talk because its destructive potential is so unfathomably big.
(16) The police had blocked the roads – they also told us they didn’t know much more than us, and it was all a bit surreal.
(17) The DNC, the Sanders campaign and the Clinton campaign have all been damaged by one of the most surreal political scandals in recent history.
(18) Surreal character comedy doesn’t do it justice, really.
(19) There's something oddly surreal about some of these images.
(20) So, again, we weren't kidding when we said this whole thing was going to be surreal for a variety of reasons, not all of them particularly fun or amusing.