aura

[awr-uh] /ˈɔr ə/
noun, plural auras or for 3, aurae
[awr-ee] /ˈɔr i/ (Show IPA)
1.
a distinctive and pervasive quality or character; air; atmosphere:
an aura of respectability; an aura of friendliness.
2.
a subtly pervasive quality or atmosphere seen as emanating from a person, place, or thing.
3.
Pathology. a sensation, as of lights or a current of warm or cold air, preceding an attack of migraine or epilepsy.
Origin
1350-1400; Middle English < Latin < Greek: breath (of air)

Aura

[awr-uh] /ˈɔr ə/
noun, Classical Mythology
1.
a companion of Artemis who bore twins to Dionysus. Zeus changed her into a spring because, in a fit of madness, she had killed one of her children.
Examples from the web for aura
  • Press and television had created an aura, not of victory, but defeat.
  • aura eventually disappears, which causes the world to decline.
  • aura eventually gives him a new bracelet called the dawn bracelet.
  • Headache with the features of migraine without aura usually follows the aura symptoms.
British Dictionary definitions for aura

aura

/ˈɔːrə/
noun (pl) auras, aurae (ˈɔːriː)
1.
a distinctive air or quality considered to be characteristic of a person or thing
2.
any invisible emanation, such as a scent or odour
3.
(pathol) strange sensations, such as noises in the ears or flashes of light, that immediately precede an attack, esp of epilepsy
4.
(in parapsychology) an invisible emanation produced by and surrounding a person or object: alleged to be discernible by individuals of supernormal sensibility
Word Origin
C18: via Latin from Greek: breeze
Word Origin and History for aura
n.

1870 in spiritualism, "subtle emanation around living beings;" earlier "characteristic impression" made by a personality (1859), earlier still "gentle breeze" (late 14c.), from Latin aura "breeze, wind, air," from Greek aura "breath, breeze," from PIE root *awer- (see air (n.1)).

aura in Medicine

aura au·ra (ôr'ə)
n. pl. au·ras or au·rae (ôr'ē)
A sensation, as of a cold breeze or a bright light, that precedes the onset of certain disorders, such as an epileptic seizure or an attack of migraine.