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SUDDEN
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Happening without warning or in a short space of time
Example:
a sudden cure
Classified under:
Similar:
abrupt (exceedingly sudden and unexpected)
choppy; jerky (marked by abrupt transitions)
emergent (occurring unexpectedly and requiring urgent action)
explosive (sudden and loud)
fulminant (sudden and severe)
sharp (very sudden and in great amount or degree)
Also:
fast (acting or moving or capable of acting or moving quickly)
Antonym:
gradual (proceeding in small stages)
Derivation:
suddenness (the quality of happening with headlong haste or without warning)
Context examples:
A terminology codelist that describes syndromes or conditions that put a subject at risk for sudden death.
(CDISC SDTM Sudden Death Syndrome Type Terminology, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
The Overactive Bladder Questionnaire (OAB-q) A sudden urge to urinate with little or no warning?
(OAB-q - Sudden Urge to Urinate with Little or No Warning, NCI Thesaurus)
A sudden impulse came over him to enter, and see if they were indeed the proofs.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
The Overactive Bladder Questionnaire Short Form (OAB-q Short Form) A sudden urge to urinate with little or no warning?
(OAB-q Short Form - Sudden Urge to Urinate with Little or No Warning, NCI Thesaurus)
The only interruption which thoughts like these received for nearly half an hour was from a sudden burst of her father's, not at all calculated to compose them.
(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)
A sudden, brief, strong contraction of a muscle or group of muscles that cannot be controlled.
(Myoclonic jerk, NCI Dictionary)
A sudden, violent, involuntary contraction of a muscle or group of muscles.
(Muscle Spasm, NCI Thesaurus)
A sudden contraction of a muscle or group of muscles, such as a cramp.
(Muscle Spasm, NCI Dictionary)
A disorder characterized by a sudden and involuntary contraction of the bladder wall.
(Bladder Spasm, NCI Thesaurus/CTCAE)
On a sudden Jorindel found himself free.
(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)
