dict_dl/en_MerriamWebster/eus_MW.json
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{
"eustachian tube":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a bony and cartilaginous tube connecting the middle ear with the nasopharynx and equalizing air pressure on both sides of the tympanic membrane":[
"\u2014 see ear illustration"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"also -\u02c8st\u0101-k\u0113-\u0259n-",
"y\u00fc-\u02c8st\u0101-sh(\u0113-)\u0259n-"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"There are several reason why a eustachian tube may not work properly. \u2014 Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive , 7 Mar. 2022",
"The eustachian tube is about 36 mm (about 1 1/2 inches) long and connects the middle ear with the throat. \u2014 Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive , 7 Mar. 2022",
"Your difficulty in clearing your ears is due to the direction of the airflow in your eustachian tube . \u2014 John Cox, USA TODAY , 7 Oct. 2021",
"The rapid change in cabin air pressure causes an imbalance in the eustachian tube \u2014 a narrow, inner-ear passage that regulates air pressure. \u2014 Elliott Hester, Los Angeles Times , 5 Nov. 2020"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Bartolommeo Eustachio":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1741, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-225500"
},
"Eustachio":{
"type":[
"biographical name"
],
"definitions":{
"Bartolomeo 1520\u20131574 Latin":[
"Eustachius \\ yu\u0307-\u200b\u02c8st\u0101-\u200bk\u0113-\u200b\u0259s , -\u200b\u02c8st\u0101-\u200bsh(\u0113-\u200b)\u0259s \\"
],
"Italian anatomist":[
"Eustachius \\ yu\u0307-\u200b\u02c8st\u0101-\u200bk\u0113-\u200b\u0259s , -\u200b\u02c8st\u0101-\u200bsh(\u0113-\u200b)\u0259s \\"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"eu\u0307-\u02c8st\u00e4-k\u0113-\u02cc\u014d"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-045255"
},
"eustacy":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": worldwide change of sea level as contrasted with local diastrophic uplift or subsidence of the land":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8y\u00fcst\u0259s\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"International Scientific Vocabulary eu- + -stacy (irregular from Greek stasis condition of standing still)":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-060217"
},
"eustachian":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":{
": of or relating to Eustachio or to the eustachian tube : located in or adjoining the eustachian tube":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"y\u00fc\u02c8st\u0101sh\u0259n also -\u0101sh\u0113\u0259n or -\u0101k\u0113\u0259n"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Bartolommeo Eustachio \u20201574 Italian anatomist + English -an":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-083611"
},
"eusporangiate":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":{
": having sporangia which rise from a group of epidermal cells":[
"eusporangiate ferns of the families Ophioglossaceae and Marattiaceae",
"\u2014 opposed to leptosporangiate"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u00a6y\u00fcsp\u0259\u00a6ranj\u0113\u0259\u0307t",
"-\u0113\u02cc\u0101t"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"from (assumed) New Latin eusporangiatus , from New Latin eu- + sporangium + Latin -atus -ate":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-131027"
},
"eustasism":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": eustacy":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8y\u00fcst\u0259\u02ccsiz\u0259m"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"eustasism probably irregular from eustacy + -ism; eustatism International Scientific Vocabulary eustat- (from eustatic ) + -ism":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-170400"
},
"Eustathian":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a follower of the Semi-Arian bishop Eustathius who established a monastic institute which was condemned by the Synod of Gangra in a.d. 340":[],
": one of an orthodox party whose protest against the deposition by an Arian synod of Eustathius, bishop of Antioch, led to a schism that lasted till a.d. 413":[],
": of or relating to Eustathius or to a Eustathian":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\"",
"y\u00fc\u02c8st\u0101th\u0113\u0259n"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Eustathi us + English -an , adjective suffix":"Adjective"
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-181155"
},
"eustatic":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":{
": relating to or characterized by worldwide change of sea level":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"y\u00fc-\u02c8sta-tik"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"International Scientific Vocabulary":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1906, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-182635"
},
"Eusporangiatae":{
"type":[
"plural noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a group comprising all the ferns in which sporangium formation is eusporangiate \u2014 compare leptosporangiatae":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccy\u00fcsp\u0259\u02ccranj\u0113\u02c8\u00e4t\u02cc\u0113",
"-\u02c8\u0101t-"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, from feminine plural of (assumed) New Latin eusporangiatus":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-193036"
},
"eustele":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a stele typical of dicotyledonous plants that consists of vascular bundles of xylem and phloem strands with parenchymal cells between the bundles":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8y\u00fc-\u02ccst\u0113l",
"y\u00fc-\u02c8st\u0113-l\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1902, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-034018"
},
"eusternum":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\""
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, from eu- + sternum":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-100301"
},
"Eusthenopteron":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a genus of Upper Devonian lobe-finned fishes (order Rhipidistia)":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccy\u00fcsth\u0259\u02c8n\u00e4pt\u0259\u02ccr\u00e4n"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, from eustheno- (from Greek eusthen\u0113s strong, from eu- + -sthen\u0113s , from sthenos strength) + Greek pteron wing; from the strongly developed fins":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-175233"
},
"eustomatous":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":{
": having a distinct and well-developed mouth":[
"\u2014 used especially of ciliates and larval nematodes"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"-t\u014dm-",
"(\u02c8)y\u00fc\u00a6st\u00e4m\u0259t\u0259s"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"probably from (assumed) New Latin eustomatus , from New Latin eu- + -stomatus -stomatous":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-192147"
},
"eustress":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a positive form of stress having a beneficial effect on health, motivation, performance, and emotional well-being":[
"\u2026 during positive stress (\" eustress \"), such as a promotion or vacation, feel-good chemicals called endorphins are released.",
"\u2014 Tracy Boyd"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8y\u00fc-\u02ccstres"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"As a leader, convert negative stress to eustress by acknowledging and exploring your team\u2019s issues. \u2014 Andrew Deutscher, Forbes , 15 Mar. 2022",
"Focusing on eustress doesn\u2019t mean ignoring the fact that distress exists. \u2014 Andrew Deutscher, Forbes , 15 Mar. 2022",
"This is that scary-excited eustress , the common butterflies before a big game. \u2014 The Enquirer , 20 Jan. 2022",
"Positive stress, or eustress , is caused by the likes of a job promotion, which comes with greater responsibility, more hours at the office, increased face time with your boss, et cetera. \u2014 Kate Branch, Vogue , 18 Dec. 2018",
"There are multiple kinds of stress, including eustress , situational stress, and chronic stress. \u2014 Elly Belle, Teen Vogue , 1 Nov. 2018",
"Understandably, people have been happy to pay money in exchange for doing it for centuries, and there is no sign of any waning in the appreciation of a bit of eustress . \u2014 Richard Stephens, Smithsonian , 12 July 2018"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"eu- + stress entry 1":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1975, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-194749"
},
"eustyle":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": an intercolumniation of 2\u00b9/\u2084 diameters":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8y\u00fc\u02ccst\u012bl"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Latin eustylos having columns at the best distances, from Greek, from eu- + stylos pillar":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-212943"
},
"Eusuchia":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"plural noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a suborder or other division of Loricata including the typical members of that group (such as the existing gavials, alligators, and crocodiles and post-Cretaceous fossil forms) having the internal nasal opening situated far back and surrounded by the pterygoid bone":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"y\u00fc\u02c8s\u00fck\u0113\u0259"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, from eu- + Greek souchos crocodile + New Latin -ia":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-215429"
},
"eusynchite":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": descloizite":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8y\u00fcs\u1d4an\u02cck-",
"-i\u014b\u02cck-",
"y\u00fc\u02c8sin\u02cck\u012bt"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"German eusynchit , from eu- + Greek synchein to commingle, confuse (from syn- + chein to pour) + German -it -ite":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-221654"
}
}