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#86495 - 11/10/02 05:15 PM abient
wwh Carpal Tunnel Registered: 01/18/01 Posts: 13858	Spelling bee word again. Medical Dictionary Abient Tendency to avoid or move away from the stimulus.
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#86496 - 11/10/02 08:31 PM Re: abient
wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel Registered: 08/06/01 Posts: 3776 Loc: Worcester, MA	Not to be confused with "ambient," in the immediate vicinity ("within one's ambit"). Is there "adient" also, meaning tending to move toward the stimulus? Just think of the Anagrams possibilities: --adient + s + r = strained --adient + o + i = ideation --adient + e + l = entailed --adient + g + r + h = threading
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#86497 - 11/10/02 08:59 PM Re: abient
wwh Carpal Tunnel Registered: 01/18/01 Posts: 13858	I thought "abient" was a stage direction, similar to "exeunt".
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