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Berard, Auguste (medicine)


Berard, Auguste
<person> French surgeon, 1802-1846.

See: Berard's aneurysm.


agony (oh)



[U and C]
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Late Latin; Origin: agonia, from Greek, 'trouble, great anxiety', from agon 'competition for a prize']
very severe pain
::the agony of arthritis
in agony
::I was in agony.
::He groaned in agony.
a very sad, difficult, or unpleasant experience
::It was agony not knowing if she would live.
agony of
::He was in agonies of remorse.
-see also pile on the pressure/agony atpile on(2), prolong the agony at prolong (2)