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Definition of Cataphora
1. Noun. (linguistics rhetoric) The use of a pronoun, or other linguistic unit, before the noun phrase to which it refers, sometimes used for rhetorical effect. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Cataphora
1. [n -S]
Medical Definition of Cataphora
1. Semicoma or somnolence interrupted by intervals of partial consciousness. Origin: G. A falling down (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cataphora
Literary usage of Cataphora
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Journal of Foreign Medical Science and Literature edited by Samuel Emlen (1813)
"... cataphora, and carus. There are considerable affinities, however, between all
these diseases; and, notwithstanding the very judicious observations now ..."
2. Edinburgh Medical and Surgical Journal (1815)
"... cataphora, and earns. A fair and delicate scrofulous girl, ... or even of
cataphora; but between ..."
3. Medical Lexicon: A Dictionary of Medical Science : Containing a Concise by Robley Dunglison (1868)
"According to others, cataphora is simply a profound sleep, which it is difficult to
... cataphora COMA, soe Apoplexy —c. Hydro cephalica, see Apoplexy — c. ..."
4. Lippincott's Medical dictionary: A Complete Vocabulary of the Terms Used in by Ryland W. Greene, Joseph Thomas (1906)
"... reply to a question or to different questions, or even when no question is asked.
cataphora (са-taf'o-ra). ... Of the nature of cataphora ; effected by ..."
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