See Also: extramitochondrial(medicine)

hesitation (iou) and extramitochondrial (medicine)


hesitation (iou)



hesitation noun. E17.
[Latin haesitatio(n-), formed as HESITATE: see -ATION.]
The action or an act of hesitating; irresolute pausing or delay; a state of doubt with regard to action. E17.
Lyndon B. Johnson Any hesitation or wavering, any false step, any sign of self-doubt, could have been disastrous. H. Bailey Vera had no hesitation about condemning what was going on.
Hesitancy in speech; stammering. E18.
R. Warner The Air Vice-Marshal spoke without hesitation,..in the manner of one who was delivering important instructions.
Comb.: hesitation-form Linguistics (a form representing) a sound uttered when hesitating or faltering in speech; hesitation-step a step in ballroom dancing which takes up more than one beat; hesitation waltz: characterized by the hesitation step.

extramitochondrial (medicine)


extramitochondrial
Outside of the mitochondria.