topic
— Noun
– English
~ the subject matter of a conversation or discussion; "he didn't want to discuss that subject"; "it was a very sensitive topic"; "his letters were always on the theme of love"
topic sentence
— Noun
– English
~ a sentence that states the topic of its paragraph
topic
— Noun
– English
~ some situation or event that is thought about; "he kept drifting off the topic"; "he had been thinking about the subject for several years"; "it is a matter for the police"
topical anesthetic
— Noun
– English
~ anesthetic that numbs a particular area of the body
topical anaesthetic
— Noun
– English
~ anesthetic that numbs a particular area of the body
topical anesthesia
— Noun
– English
~ loss of sensation confined to the skin or mucous surfaces (as when benzocaine or Lidocaine is applied to the surface)
topical prostaglandin eyedrop
— Noun
– English
~ a treatment for glaucoma; the eyedrops increase the outflow of aqueous humor through the uveoscleral pathway
topical anaesthesia
— Noun
– English
~ loss of sensation confined to the skin or mucous surfaces (as when benzocaine or Lidocaine is applied to the surface)
topical
— Adjective
– English
~ of interest at the present time; "a topical reference"; "a topical and timely study of civil liberty"
topical
— Adjective
– English
~ of or relating to or arranged by topics; "a detailed record on both a chronological and a topical basis"
topical
— Adjective
– English
~ pertaining to the surface of a body part; "a drug for topical (or local) application"; "a topical anesthesia"
topicality
— Noun
– English
~ the attribute of being of interest at the present time; "the library had to discard books that had lost their topicality"
topicalization
— Noun
– English
~ (linguistics) emphasis placed on the topic or focus of a sentence by preposing it to the beginning of the sentence; placing the topic at the beginning of the sentence is typical for English; "`Those girls, they giggle when they see me' and `Cigarettes, you couldn't pay me to smoke them' are examples of topicalization"
topicalize
— Verb
– English
~ emphasize by putting heavy stress on or by moving to the front of the sentence; "Speakers topicalize more often than they realize"; "The object of the sentence is topicalized in what linguists call `Yiddish Movement'"