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late-onset in British Englishadjective(of a medical condition) occurring late in a person's life, esp in relation to otherpeople with the condition Examples of 'late-onset' in a sentencelate-onset This late-onset determination seems to have lasted.When it starts as an adult, it is often called 'late-onset asthma'.A diagnosis of late-onset adolescence applies to too many of them.And late-onset (three days to six weeks) symptoms include swollen glands, high temperatures, mouth ulcers and painful skin blisters.Some tests already exist, for example helping weed out the gene causing late-onset blindness in gordon setters.Blocking the effect of these genes could cut numbers of 'common' late-onset sufferersby a fifth.They were also less likely to develop late-onset asthma, defined as starting after the age of ten.But now, at 63 and cruelly stricken by very-late-onset multiple sclerosis, he'll make do with the moon.It is tempting to question whether the marathon-running fitness fan is having some form of late-onset midlife crisis. |