SPECIOUS
\spˈiːʃəs], \spˈiːʃəs], \s_p_ˈiː_ʃ_ə_s]\
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plausible but false; "specious reasoning"; "the spurious inferences from obsolescent notions of causality"- Ethel Albert
By Princeton University
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plausible but false; "specious reasoning"; "the spurious inferences from obsolescent notions of causality"- Ethel Albert
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Presenting a pleasing appearance; pleasing in form or look; showy.
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Apparently right; superficially fair, just, or correct, but not so in reality; appearing well at first view; plausible; as, specious reasoning; a specious argument.
By Oddity Software
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Appearing right at first sight but not really so; apparently, but not actually, fair, just, or right; as, a specious argument.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
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Vertebral Artery Dissection
- Dissection wall artery, leading to formation an aneurysm that occlude vessel. Thrombus give rise emboli. Cervical fractures or related NECK INJURIES and CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA are commonly associated conditions, although this process may occur spontaneously. Ischemia, infarction, hemorrhage in the vascular distribution of affected vertebral artery complicate condition.