adult : Idioms & Phrases

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adult body

  • noun the body of an adult human being
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adult education

  • noun a course (via lectures or correspondence) for adults who are not otherwise engaged in formal study
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adult female

  • noun an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
    woman.
    • the woman kept house while the man hunted
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adult female body

  • noun the body of an adult woman
    woman's body.
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adult intelligence

  • noun the average IQ of the adults in a given population
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adult male

  • noun an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
    man.
    • there were two women and six men on the bus
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adult male body

  • noun the body of an adult man
    man's body.
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adult respiratory distress syndrome

  • noun acute lung injury characterized by coughing and rales; inflammation of the lungs which become stiff and fibrous and cannot exchange oxygen; occurs among persons exposed to irritants such as corrosive chemical vapors or ammonia or chlorine etc.
    white lung; ARDS; wet lung.
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adult tooth

  • noun any of the 32 teeth that replace the deciduous teeth of early childhood and (with luck) can last until old age
    permanent tooth.
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adult-onset diabetes

  • noun mild form of diabetes mellitus that develops gradually in adults; can be precipitated by obesity or severe stress or menopause or other factors; can usually be controlled by diet and hypoglycemic agents without injections of insulin
    NIDDM; ketoacidosis-resistant diabetes mellitus; mature-onset diabetes; non-insulin-dependent diabetes; ketosis-resistant diabetes mellitus; ketoacidosis-resistant diabetes; adult-onset diabetes; ketosis-resistant diabetes; type II diabetes; maturity-onset diabetes; non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus; maturity-onset diabetes mellitus.
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adult-onset diabetes mellitus

  • noun mild form of diabetes mellitus that develops gradually in adults; can be precipitated by obesity or severe stress or menopause or other factors; can usually be controlled by diet and hypoglycemic agents without injections of insulin
    NIDDM; ketoacidosis-resistant diabetes mellitus; mature-onset diabetes; non-insulin-dependent diabetes; ketosis-resistant diabetes mellitus; ketoacidosis-resistant diabetes; adult-onset diabetes; ketosis-resistant diabetes; type II diabetes; maturity-onset diabetes; non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus; maturity-onset diabetes mellitus.
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Sclerema of adults

  • . See Scleroderma.
Webster 1913