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EPISODE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Film consisting of a succession of related shots that develop a given subject in a movie
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("episode" is a kind of...):
film; photographic film (photographic material consisting of a base of celluloid covered with a photographic emulsion; used to make negatives or transparencies)
Holonyms ("episode" is a part of...):
film; flick; motion-picture show; motion picture; movie; moving-picture show; moving picture; pic; picture; picture show (a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A brief section of a literary or dramatic work that forms part of a connected series
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("episode" is a kind of...):
section; subdivision (a self-contained part of a larger composition (written or musical))
Sense 3
Meaning:
A part of a broadcast serial
Synonyms:
episode; installment; instalment
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("episode" is a kind of...):
broadcast; program; programme (a radio or television show)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "episode"):
cliffhanger (an episode that ends in suspense)
Holonyms ("episode" is a part of...):
serial; series (a serialized set of programs)
Sense 4
Meaning:
A happening that is distinctive in a series of related events
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("episode" is a kind of...):
happening; natural event; occurrence; occurrent (an event that happens)
Meronyms (parts of "episode"):
incident (a single distinct event)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "episode"):
drama; dramatic event (an episode that is turbulent or highly emotional)
chapter (a series of related events forming an episode)
idyll (an episode of such pastoral or romantic charm as to qualify as the subject of a poetic idyll)
Context examples:
The individual assigned to be the primary care manager overseeing a patient's medical care during an episode of hospitalization.
(Attending Health Care Provider, NCI Thesaurus)
These episodes usually resolve in a few seconds.
(Cyanotic Attacks in Children, NCI Thesaurus)
An episode of cardiac arrest or arrhythmia where the etiology was unknown.
(Cardiac Arrest/Arrhythmia Etiology Unknown, NCI Thesaurus/ACC)
Terminology associated with the treatment episode codelist of the Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC) Standard Data Tabulation Model (SDTM).
(CDISC SDTM Treatment Episode Terminology, NCI Thesaurus)
Aripiprazole is used in managing symptoms of schizophrenia and of acute manic and mixed episodes associated with bipolar I disorders.
(Aripiprazole, NCI Thesaurus)
Docosanol is used topically in the treatment of recurrent herpes simplex labialis episodes and relieves associated pain and may help heal sores faster.
(Docosanol, NCI Thesaurus)
Conditions which feature persistent or recurrent episodes of dystonia as a primary manifestation of disease are referred to as DYSTONIC DISORDERS.
(Dystonia, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
A disorder characterized by episodes of respiratory distress, usually occurring after several hours of sleep in a reclining position.
(Dyspnea Paroxysmal Nocturnal, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
I came back and went on with my work; and here the episode ended for the time, though further developments were yet to take place.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
The episode did not affect him.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
