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Word entry · 8 letters

emergent

Best crossword clue

"Newly appearing"

8 letters · collected on this word page

8 lettersPronunciation /ɪˈmɜːd͡ʒənt/Part of speech adjectiveSorted eeegmnrtStarts with EEnds with T1 cluesCommon crossword word
1E2M3E4R5G6E7N8T

Definitions

  1. coming into existence

Word origin

From Latin ēmergēns, present participle of ēmergō. The medical sense is a back-formation from emergency.

Used in a sentence

  • The chief precepts of their priests enjoin the strict keeping of their Lents, which are at least seven months in every year, and are not to be dispensed with on the most emergent necessity. Letter 43
  • Therefore, patients with ulcerative colitis should ideally be treated before they become emergent cases with toxic megacolon or perforation of the colon.
  • Bleeding manifestations in chronic DIC are more subacute than in acute DIC, but may become emergent as DIC progresses.

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