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Got one. Unused is different from disused: un- implies "never" and dis- implies (connotes? Sorry. Cross-threading again) "formerly but not any longer."
"Disuse atrophy" is what happens to muscles that have lost their nerve supply because of trauma or (more often) stroke.
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not another beer thread?!!
wofahulicodoc 10/25/2003 11:58 PM ![]()
Eureka!
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Buffalo Shrdlu 10/26/2003 1:54 AM ![]()
jointedness
Father Steve 10/24/2003 8:21 PM ![]()
a detour
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Jackie 10/31/2003 1:00 AM
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