See Also: stroke output(medicine)
Ear piercing(health)
piercing(2)(dictionary)
piercing(1)(dictionary)
piercing 2, noun(dictionary)
body piercing(dictionary)
piercing 1, adjective(dictionary)
PIERCING THE CORPORATE VEIL(law)
output(medicine)
Output tax(finance)

piercing(1) (iou) and stroke output (medicine)


piercing(1) (iou)



piercing adjective. LME.
[from PIERCE verb + -ING2.]
That pierces or penetrates like a sharp-pointed instrument or weapon. LME.
Esp. of cold, sound, or light: having a physical effect suggestive of the action of a pointed instrument; sharp, keen, penetrating. LME.
S. Cooper Cally..blew a piercing whistle. Juliette Huxley Stars of fabulous brilliance: piercing in so dark a sky.
Having a keen or painful effect on the feelings or mind; deeply distressing. LME.
I. Murdoch A genuine piercing shame. M. M. R. Khan The blinding piercing headaches.
(Of the eyes, an expression, etc.) penetrating, very perceptive; (of intelligence) sharp. LME.
J. R. Ackerley My fine blue eyes can emit a piercing stare.
piercingly adverb LME.
piercingness noun M17.

stroke output (medicine)


stroke output -->
stroke volume
<physiology> The amount of blood pumped out of one ventricle of the heart as the result of a single contraction. A measure of the effectiveness of ventricular contraction.