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blossom(1) (iou)



blossom noun.
[Old English blostm, blos(t)ma = West Frisian blossum, Middle & mod. Dutch bloesem, Middle Low German blos(s)em (cf. also Old Norse blomstr), gen. referred to the same base as BLOOM noun1.]
A flower, esp. as promising fruit; collect. the mass of flowers on a fruit tree etc. OE.
Day Lewis The white blossom streaming away on a gale. W. Bronk Tulips or Other big blossoms. fig.: W. H. Prescott The first blossoms of that literature which was to ripen into so rich a harvest.
The state or season of blossoming (lit. & fig.); an early stage of growth; promise. ME.
Shakespeare Hamlet Thus was I..cut off even in the blossoms of my sin.
A person who is lovely and full of promise. LME.
Shakespeare 1 Henry VI And there died, my Icarus, my blossom, in his pride.
(Minerals forming) the decomposed outcrop of an ore or coal deposit. E19.
Phrases: in blossom in flower, blossoming.
blossomed adjective covered with blossoms; in blossom: LME.
blossomless adjective M19.
blossomy adjective covered or adorned with blossoms LME.

long QT syndrome (medicine)


long QT syndrome
<cardiology, physiology, syndrome> A syndrome characterised by history of syncopal episodes and a long qt interval, sometimes leading to sudden death due to paroxysmal ventricular arrhythmia.

When associated with autosomal recessive inheritance and congenital deafness, it is called the jervell-lange nielsen syndrome.

When associated with autosomal dominant inheritance and no deafness is present, it is called the romano-ward syndrome.