onset
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
onset/ˈɒnset/
▶noun
- 1 the beginning of something, especially something unpleasant.
- 2 archaic a military attack.
'onset' also found in these Oxford entries:
Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease
- fall
- fulminant
- latent period
- lentivirus
- nightfall
- oncoming
- prodrome
- rigor
- show
