profound loss

collocation in English

meaningsofprofoundandloss

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profound
adjective
uk
/prəˈfaʊnd/us
/prəˈfaʊnd/
felt or experienced very strongly or in an ...
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loss
noun
uk
/lɒs/us
/lɑːs/
the fact that you no longer have something or have less ...
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(Definition ofprofoundandlossfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The retinas of these coneless mice appear structurally quite normal with the exception of aprofoundlossof cone photoreceptors.
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The majority, 94%, of the sample hadprofoundloss.
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It is a deep loss to all of his many friends, and aprofoundlossto bioethics as well.
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This perspective is problematic within the biomedical or psychological model of dementia because of the expectation of aprofoundlossof self.
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How does the planning authority expect them to pursue their normal business when faced with such aprofoundlossof custom?
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There are more than 20 products within that range; they cover a wide range of hearing impairment, from mild toprofoundloss.
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Should it be passed, it will not present a renewal or strengthening of our constitution, but signal a death-throe of our modern democracy and aprofoundlossof trust.
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Many patients with bleeding gastric varices present in shock due to theprofoundlossof blood.
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As she came to know some of the city's homeless people, she began to understand theprofoundlossand disconnection that homelessness causes.
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His death was aprofoundloss.
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The shock of death and resurrection induced aprofoundlossof memory in the new combined entity.
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