| metaphor | The application of a concept to which it is not literally applicable but which suggests a resemblance and invites comparison. Metaphors as figures of speech are a common literary device but in the history of medicine, metaphors lend a philosophical aura. Medical metaphors were widespread in ancient literature; the description of a sick body was often used by ancient writers to define a critical condition of the state, in which one corrupt part can ruin the entire system. (12 Dec 1998) |
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Synonyms : Metaphors
| metaphor | a figure of speech in which an expression is used to refer to something that it does not literally denote in order to suggest a similarity |
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| metaphor | expressing one thing in terms normally denoting another |
| metaphor | expressing one thing in terms normally denoting another |
| metaphor | in a metaphorical manner |
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