| lecture notes | Notes taken at the delivery or reading of a speech before an audience or class, usually given to instruct. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| english | 1. Collectively, the people of England; English people or persons. 2. The language of England or of the English nation, and of their descendants in America, India, and other countries. The English language has been variously divided into periods by different writers. In the division most commonly recognised, the first period dates from about 450 to 1150. This is the period of full inflection, and is called Anglo-Saxon, or, by many recent writers, Old English. The second period dates from about 1150 to 1550 (or, if four periods be recognised, from about 1150 to 1350), and is called Early English, Middle English, or more commonly (as in the usage of this book), Old English. During this period most of the inflections were dropped, and there was a great addition of French words to the language. The third period extends from about 1350 to 1550, and is Middle English. During this period orthography became comparatively fixed. The last period, from about 1550, is called Modern English. 3. A kind of printing type, in size between Pica and Great Primer. See Type. The type called English. 4. A twist or spinning motion given to a ball in striking it that influences the direction it will take after touching a cushion or another ball. The King's, or Queen's, English. See King. Of or pertaining to England, or to its inhabitants, or to the present so-called Anglo-Saxon race. English bond See Corno Inglese. English walnut. <botany> See Walnut. Origin: AS. Englisc, fr. Engle, Angle, Engles, Angles, a tribe of Germans from the southeast of Sleswick, in Denmark, who settled in Britain and gave it the name of England. Cf. Anglican. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| English disease | An obsolete term for rickets. (05 Mar 2000) |
| English position | A position to facilitate a vaginal examination, the patient lying on the side with the under arm behind the back, the thighs flexed, the upper one more than the lower. Synonym: English position, lateral recumbent position, semiprone position. (05 Mar 2000) |
| English rhinoplasty | Rhinoplasty utilizing a flap from the cheek. (05 Mar 2000) |
| English sweating disease | A disease of unknown nature that appeared in England and spread over Europe in 1485, 1508 and 1528-30 and was characterised by heavy sweats, prostration, and a high fatality rate. Synonym: sudor anglicus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| american speech-language-hearing association | A professional society concerned with the diagnosis, prevention, treatment, and remediation of speech, language, and hearing disorders. (12 Dec 1998) |
| body language | The expression of thoughts and feelings by means of nonverbal bodily movements, e.g., gestures, or via the symptoms of hysterical conversion. See: kinesics. Communication by means of bodily signs. (05 Mar 2000) |
| rehabilitation of speech and language disorders | Procedures for assisting a person with a speech or language disorder to communicate with maximum efficiency. (12 Dec 1998) |
| child language | The language and sounds expressed by a child at a particular maturational stage in development. (12 Dec 1998) |
| schizophrenic language | The artificial language of schizophrenic patients - neologisms (words of the patient's own making with new meanings). (12 Dec 1998) |
| sea language | The peculiar language or phraseology of seamen; sailor's cant. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| sign language | A system of hand gestures used for communication by the deaf or by people speaking different languages. (12 Dec 1998) |
| speech-language pathology | The study of speech or language disorders and their diagnosis and correction. (12 Dec 1998) |
| natural language processing | Computer processing of a language with rules that reflect and describe current usage rather than prescribed usage. (12 Dec 1998) |