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left-to-right shunt (medicine) and revolution (iou)


left-to-right shunt (medicine)


left-to-right shunt


A diversion of blood from the left side of the heart to right (as through a septal defect), or from the systemic circulation to the pulmonary (as through a patent ductus arteriosus).


revolution (iou)



revolution noun & verb. In senses 7a, b also Revolution. LME.
[Old & mod. French revolution or late Latin revolutio(n-), from Latin revolut- pa. ppl stem of revolvere REVOLVE: see -ION.]
A. noun.
I.
Astronomy. The action of a celestial object of moving in a circular or elliptical orbit or course around another; the apparent movement of the sun, stars, etc., round the earth; a single circuit of this Nature. LME.
b. The time in which a planet etc. completes a full circuit of its orbit. LME.
a. The regular recurrence of a point or period of time; the lapse of a certain time. LME.
E. Hopkins Naturalists affirm..that the revolution of..years gradually wears away the former body.
b. A cyclic period of time; an epoch. L16-E18.
c. The recurrence or repetition of esp. an event; an anniversary. M17-L18.
W. Cowper The constant revolution..of the same repeated joys..palls and satiates.
A twist; a convolution; a bend. LME-M18.
T. Raynalde Vaynes infynytely intricate and writhid with a thousand reuolutions.
a. The action of turning round or of revolving round a point; esp. motion round an axis or centre, rotation. LME.
surface of revolution: see SURFACE noun 3.
A. S. Eddington The revolution of an electron around a nucleus.
b. A completion of a single rotation. E18.
A. Higgins Turning the pump wheel..so many revolutions per minute.
II. a. The action of examining a matter through debate; discussion. rare. LME-M16.
b. Consideration, reflection. L16-L18.
R. Orme Thoughts that by long revolution..have been formed and polished.
III.
a. Alteration, change, mutation. LME-E18.
b. A period or instance of significant change or radical alteration of a particular condition, state of affairs, etc. LME.
green revolution, Industrial Revolution, scientific revolution, sexual revolution, social revolution, etc.
C. Francis Carriage of..cargo in containers is bringing about a revolution in trade by sea.
c. Geology. A major mountain-building episode, esp. one extending over a whole continent or occurring at the close of a geological era. E19.
a. The complete overthrow of an established government or social order by those previously subject to it; an instance of this; a forcible substitution of a new form of government. Freq. with specifying word. E17.
American Revolution, French Revolution, Glorious Revolution, Russian Revolution, etc.
L. Strachey The..tenacity of the reactionaries and the..fury of their enemies could have no Other issue but revolution. J. Galsworthy The revolution which had restored his Party to power. R. Berthoud The chaos and bloodshed of the 1917 Revolution. attrib.: F. Burney I am..alarmed to find this County filled with..Revolution Societies.
b. In Marxism, the violent overthrow of the ruling class and the seizure of power through control of the means of production by a class to whom such control was previously denied; the historically inevitable transition from one system of production to another and the political change which ensues, leading to the eventual triumph of Communism. M19.
permanent revolution: see PERMANENT adjective. proletarian revolution: see PROLETARIAN adjective.
b. verb trans. = REVOLUTIONIZE 1. Usu. in pass. rare. E19.
A. West That country has been..revolutioned, and counter-revolutioned,..three or four times.
Comb.: revolution counter = rev counter s.v. REV noun1.
revolutional adjective (a) Astronomy Pertaining to the revolution of the planets; (b) pertaining to or supporting revolution or a particular revolution; revolutionary: M17.
,revolution'eering verbal noun (rare) the practice and theory of revolution; agitation for revolution: E19.
revolutioner noun a supporter of revolution; a participant in a particular revolution; a revolutionary: L17.
revolutionism noun the theory or advocacy of revolutionary action M19.
revolutionist noun an advocate of revolution; a revolutionary: E18.
,revolution'ology noun (rare) the science or study of revolution E20.