onset
on set
- n the beginning or early stages
the onset of pneumonia - n (military) an offensive against an enemy (using weapons)
- There are certain hormones that control the onset of the adolescent growth spurt and the onset of adolescence.
- If a child doesn't identify with his or her biological sex, the onset of puberty, says Laura Amato, a youth-suicide counselor who runs an online transgender support group, can make .
- In late-onset Alzheimer's, it's possible that the body cannot balance these two functions of clusterin.