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Dyssomnia(health)

basis (iou) and Dyssomnia (health)


basis (iou)



basis noun. . L16.
[Latin from Greek = stepping. Cf. BASE noun1.]
The base or bottom of something material; the foundation; a pedestal. arch. L16.
Shakespeare Tempest To th' shore, that o'er his wave-worn basis bowed, As stooping to relieve him. Addison Observing an English inscription upon the basis.
b. Botany & Zoology. = BASE noun1 2d. E17.
Geometry. = BASE noun1 2b. L16-M18.
The main constituent. E17.
Jabez Hogg Colouring-solutions should be always prepared with glycerine..as a basis.
A thing by or on which anything immaterial is supported or sustained. E17.
Shakespeare Macbeth Great tyranny, lay thou thy basis sure. J. Tyndall This speculation..rested upon a basis of conjecture.
A thing on which anything is constructed and by which its constitution or operation is determined; a footing (of a specified kind); a determining principle; a set of underlying or agreed principles. E17.
on the basis of using as a criterion or a principle of action; taking account of.
John Bright It is necessary therefore to have a basis for our discussion. J. Galsworthy She believed..in putting things on a commercial basis.
= BASE noun1 8. arch. M19.
Comb.: basis point Finance the smallest unit in which a rate or value (esp. an interest rate) is expressed (usu. equal to one-hundredth of one per cent).

Dyssomnia (health)


Primary disorders of sleep or wakefulness characterized by insomnia or hypersomnia as the major presenting symptom. Dyssomnias are disorders of the amount, quality, or timing of sleep.