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Availability Opinion (Clearance Opinion)(law)
Herbal medicine (botanical medicine, herbology, phytomedicine)(health)
Medicine Lodge Memorial Hospital- Medicine Lodge(health)
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Opinion(law)
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opinion(dictionary)
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splanchnopathy (medicine) and opinion(2) (iou)


splanchnopathy (medicine)


splanchnopathy


Any disease of the abdominal viscera.

Origin: splanchno-+ G. Pathos, disease


opinion(2) (iou)



opinion noun. ME.
[Old & mod. French from Latin opinio(n-), from stem of opinari think, believe: see -ION.]
A view held about a particular subject or point; a judgement formed; a belief. ME.
E. M. Forster He has no tact..and will not keep his opinions to himself. J. B. Priestley His considered opinion was that prices were far too high. Observer Give your honest opinion of the Film. Which? Opinions on the usefulness of Home banking varied widely.
a. What or how one thinks about something; judgement or belief of something as probable, though not certain or established. LME.
B. Jowett Opinion is based on perception, which may be correct or mistaken.
b. Such judgement or belief on the part of a particular group, or the majority, of people; what is generally thought about something. Usu. with specifying adjective LME.
common opinion, General opinion, popular opinion, etc.
A. Fraser His prolonged march had given him no opportunity to feel the pulse of English opinion. J. Barzun Professional opinion was divided about what he really meant.
A formal statement by a member of an advisory body, an expert, etc., of what he or she judges or advises on a matter; professional advice. LME.
legal opinion, medical opinion, etc.
a. What one thinks of a person or thing; an estimate of character, quality, or value. Formerly also (spec.), a good or favourable estimate; esteem. LME.
E. J. Howard She didn't clear up..and his opinion of her dropped further still. G. Boycott He has an inflated opinion of his ability.
b. Favourable estimate of oneself; conceit, arrogance; self-confidence. rare (Shakes.). L16-E17.
What is thought of one by others; the (esp. good) estimation in which one stands; reputation, standing. LME-E18.
The thought of what is likely to happen; expectation; apprehension. LME-M17.
Phrases: a matter of opinion a matter about which each may have his or her own opinion; a disputable point. a second opinion the opinion of a second (esp. medical) expert or adviser. be of the opinion (that), be of opinion (that) hold the belief or view, think, (that). golden opinions: see GOLDEN adjective. high opinion: see HIGH adjective. horseback opinion: see HORSEBACK noun. in one's opinion according to one's thinking; as one thinks. low opinion: see LOW adjective. public opinion: see PUBLIC adjective & noun.
Comb.: opinion poll, (rare) opinion survey an assessment of public opinion taken by questioning a random or representative sample, esp. as the basis for forecasting the results of voting (cf. POLL noun1 7).
opinional adjective (rare) of the Nature of or based on opinion LME.
opinionless adjective having no opinion of one's own M19.