episode
epi·sode (ep′ə sōd′)
noun
- the part of an ancient Greek tragedy between two choric songs: it corresponds to an act
- in a novel, poem, etc., any part of the story, or a narrative digression, that is largely complete in itself
- any event or series of events complete in itself but forming part of a larger one an episode in the war
- any installment of a serialized story or drama
- Music a passage or section digressing from a main theme, as in a fugue or rondo
Etymology: Gr epeisodion, addition, episode, orig. neut. of epeisodios, following upon the entrance < epi-, upon + eisodos, an entrance < eis-, into + hodos, way, road < IE base *sed-, to go
episode
n.
Converse of object
- watch: In total, I've probably only ever watched three episodes end to end.
Adjective modifier
- depressive: For a major depressive episode, symptoms must appear on a daily basis and last most of the day or all day.
- psychotic: While he was creating the eighth Lilys album, his wife had a psychotic episode and abandoned him.
- acute: During acute episodes of pain, you may need stronger conventional pain medication - contact your GP for advice.
- recurrent: Back Pack aims to tackle the adverse effects of back pain and reduce the risk of recurrent back pain episodes.
- half-hour: Thirteen half-hour episodes ( titled Episode 1 to Episode 13 ) were made before the show canceled.
- manic: One of the cases has a sibling with a manic episode after isotretinoin treatment.
Modifies a noun
- psychosis: Increasing public and professional awareness of the symptoms and course of first episode psychosis assists early case detection.
- factsheet: Episode Factsheet What are the issues surrounding drugs in prison?
Noun used with modifier
- pilot: According to EA, around 100,000 people signed up for the free pilot episode of Majestic.
- bleeding: Treatment Supportive therapies are required for acute bleeding episodes ( blood transfusion, iron and folate supplementation, oxygen therapy etc ).
- twenty-two: The really good stuff is in season two which was twenty-two episodes long.
- opening: Later that evening, over eight million viewers tuned into the opening episode of Spooks season two.
Possessives
- tonight: For me there were two critical moments in tonight's episode.
Preposition: of
- psychosis: The person will be aged between 16 and 35 and has been diagnosed with a first episode of psychosis within the last 3 years.
- duration: Pilot 120 minutes followed by 66 episodes of 60 minute duration.
- mania: Episodes of mania are usually treated with antipsychotic medication ( for example medicines such as chlorpromazine and haloperidol are used ).
- self-harm: The number of episodes of deliberate self-harm is far greater.
- hypomania: The first episodes of hypomania or depression are often related to severe emotional or physical stress.
- series: He recently did an episode of the science fiction series Lex, which was filmed in Halifax, Canada.
L'amour est l'histoire de la vie des femmes, c'est un e¤ pisode dans celle des hommes. Love is the story of a woman's life, but onlyan episode in the life of a man.
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