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A prominently featured Op Ed piece in the Monday " New York Times" having to do with the lack of hand cleanliness in hospitals reminded me of a good word. NOSOCOMIAL means a disease contracted while in the hospital and is closely related to IATROGENIC, meaning "physician caused" disease.
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Whew! These are good ones! Is your screen name related to this knowledge, by any chance?
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Fine post! I love those medical words that can keep the layman in a happy ignorance. My favorite ones: -It's a lot easier prescribing someneone a test for "lues" that a test for syphilis. -When they say "idiopathic" instead of saying "I don't know jack about your problem".
Juan Maria.
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