See Also: commencement(dictionary)
commencement(dictionary)
COMMENCEMENT OF A SUIT OR ACTION(law)

von Willebrand (iou) and commencement (oh)


von Willebrand (iou)



von Willebrand noun. M20.
[Erik Adolf von Willebrand (1870-1949), Finnish physician.]
Medicine. Used attrib. and in possess. to designate a hereditary condition characterized by prolonged bleeding, caused by deficiency or abnormality of a plasma coagulation factor.

commencement (oh)



[U] the beginning of something
commencement of
::the commencement of building work
[U and C] AmE a ceremony at which university, college, or high school students receive their diplomas
-synonym graduation graduation