Vicious circle or cycle
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vicious cycle one trouble leads to another that aggravates the first
vicious circle an argument that assumes that which is to be proved
viciously in a brutal manner
business cycle recurring fluctuations in economic activity consisting of recession and recovery and growth and decline
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fish scale scale of the kind that covers the bodies of fish
vivacious vigorous and animated
auspicious indicating favorable circumstances and good luck
viciousness the trait of extreme cruelty
vicious having the nature of evildoing
vivaciously with vivacity
food cycle (ecology) a community of organisms where there are several interrelated food chains
tenacious stubbornly unyielding
voraciously in an eagerly voracious manner
vicissitude a variation in circumstances or fortune
Celsius scale a temperature scale that defines the freezing point of water as 0 degrees and the boiling point of water as 100 degrees
safety bicycle bicycle that has two wheels of equal size
genus Encyclia large genus of epiphytic and lithophytic orchids of tropical and subtropical Americas and West Indies; formerly included in genus Epidendrum
capricious determined by chance or impulse rather than by necessity
Mohs scale a scale of hardness of solids
genus Secale cereal grass widely cultivated for its grain: rye
VICIOUS CIRCLE definition | Cambridge English Dictionary
Examples of vicious circle
vicious circle
So it's this viciouscircle where you can't afford to get an education because you can't afford the bus fare.
From Huffington Post
Yet they agree climate change is exacerbating the problem and creating a "feedback loop" or vicious circle in which thawing then exacerbates global warming.
From USA TODAY
It is a viciouscircle, like an addiction.
From Slate Magazine
This can create a viciouscircle because stress can lead to more depression which, in turn, can cause more stress.
From CBS News
As people stop spending money, businesses pull back production, and the ensuing viciouscircle of falling demand and production shrinks the economy.
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Certainly, no one doubts the viciouscircle of poverty producing social despair, with social despair producing more poverty.
From The New Yorker
It's a viciouscircle, and an increasingly expensive one.
From Foreign Policy
And unfortunately, in such situations we tend to get caught up in a viciouscircle because negative feelings tend to attract more of the same.
From CNN
Psychologists say games and autism can result in a viciouscircle -- but that if used in the right way, they might be very helpful.
From Wired
It's a viciouscircle, with each cycle hardening the sectarian divide.
From CNN
Of course, critics describe this feedback loop as a viciouscircle, where companies and their cheerleaders aren't scrutinized enough.
From TechCrunch
This becomes a viciouscircle, with the negative thoughts and negative sensations feeding off of each other.
From Huffington Post
This is a viciouscircle without an exit gate, and the alcoholic/addict may always find this as a strong reason to justify their relapse.
From Huffington Post
The political and moral ambiguities of a long war have never spun in such a pessimistic, intense, viciouscircle.
From Minneapolis Star Tribune
It's this viciouscircle of a built-in narcissism in twinship anyway.
From NPR
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Translations of vicious circle
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惡性循環…
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恶性循环…
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círculo vicioso…
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błędne koło…
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An anal fissure, which in everyday life is often called a rectal fissure, is a defect in the wall of the anal canal of a linear or triangular shape, 1-2 cm long.
Reasons
The reasons for its formation are numerous, and, as a rule, it is not possible to single out one main one. More often than others, vascular disorders, changes in the perianal epithelium, and neuromuscular changes in the anal sphincter (sphincter) are mentioned. In addition, if hygiene is violated, local foci of inflammation can form in crypts (folds), which also contribute to local weakening of protective mechanisms. All these are predisposing factors, against the background of which, with excessive traumatization (mechanical damage), for example, during the passage of solid fecal masses, a tear of the canal wall occurs - a sharp crack is formed.
Localization
In more than 80% of cases, the cracks are located along the posterior wall of the rectum, in 10% along the anterior surface. This localization is due to relatively poorer blood supply and less mobility of these sections of the anal canal.
Clinical manifestations
A triad of symptoms is characteristic: pain in the anus during and / or after defecation; spasm of the sphincter and bleeding during bowel movements.
Pain during defecation is more typical for an acute fissure, and after it for a chronic one.
Pain may radiate to the sacrum and perineum. They can cause urinary disorders (dysuric phenomena), intestinal colic, lead to menstrual irregularities, provoke angina attacks in people with heart disease.
"Vicious circle"
The peculiarity of this area is such that ensuring its physiological rest is extremely difficult - it is not possible to refuse bowel movements. And each subsequent act of defecation aggravates the problem that has appeared - a vicious circle is formed. The appeared anal fissure is accompanied by pain => pain causes a reflex sphincter spasm => sphincter spasm prevents the fissure from healing, disrupting the blood supply to the affected area => a non-healing fissure is accompanied by pain. And so on ad infinitum.
Treatment
In each case, it is individual. Both conservative and operative methods are used. At the same time, an impact is made on all possible links that lead to the development of a "vicious circle" that supports the disease.
