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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread #118753 - 01/04/04 04:26 PM A68   Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 A68 In medicine, A68 is the symbol for a protein which is found in the brains of fetuses and infants but begins to disappear by the age of two years, but is once more found in the brains of patients with Alzheimer's disease. A second childhood. #118754 - 01/04/04 04:29 PM Re: Abactio   Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 ABACTIO In medicine, an abacrio is an abortion or labour induced by drugs or surgery #118755 - 01/04/04 04:30 PM Re: Abasia   Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 ABASIA Abasia is the inability to walk. Worse still is abasia-astasia. But Anastasia was the Czar's youngest daughter. #118756 - 01/04/04 04:36 PM Re: Aboulia   Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 ABLUTOPHOBIA Ablutophobia is the fear of washing or bathing. ABOULIA In psychology aboulia is the loss of will. #118757 - 01/04/04 04:37 PM Re: Acardia   Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 ACARDIA Acardia is the condition of a person born without a heart. Baloney. A stillborn with no heart is not a person. #118758 - 01/04/04 09:31 PM A shepherd I...   Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 7,491 wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel wofahulicodoc   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 7,491 Worcester, MA I wondered at first why a post about paradise should be under "words about medicine"...and then I read the word again...not aRCADia, silly, that's aCARDia... you know, like "Pick a card, any card..." #118759 - 01/04/04 09:32 PM A shepherd I...   Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 7,491 wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel wofahulicodoc   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 7,491 Worcester, MA I wondered at first why a post about paradise should be under "words from medicine"...and then I read the word again...not aRCADia, silly, that's aCARDia... you know, like "Pick a card, any card..." #118760 - 01/04/04 09:38 PM Re: A shepherd I...   Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 Dear wofahulicodoc: You just don't have any patients (or patience) with acardia. Reminds me of Dr. Reginald Smithwick's associate, Dr. Whitelaw telling us about a band of gypsies that had a way of telling competent from incompetent physicians on their travels. They had a comrade with dextrocardia. If the medic missed that, they went to a different one. Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------   Information and announcements   Q&A about words   Wordplay and fun   Words and languages in schools   Miscellany   Weekly Themes   Looking for (writers, speakers, ...) (Old) Weekly themes. (have been consolidated into a single forum above) ------   Words from medicine   Beheading words   Meta-words   Words from classical mythology   Animal Safari   Words with unusual etymologies   Eponyms or words derived from people's names.   Loanwords from German   English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode View Profile Send Private Message Follow User Show Forum Posts View Profile Send Private Message Follow User Show Forum Posts View Profile Send Private Message Follow User Show Forum Posts View Profile Send Private Message Follow User Show Forum Posts View Profile Send Private Message Follow User Show Forum Posts View Profile Send Private Message Follow User Show Forum Posts View Profile Send Private Message Follow User Show Forum Posts View Profile Send Private Message Follow User Show Forum Posts Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,878 Posts223,910 Members9,019 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Rogerdoctor, SquareDonut, WonderW, Trailjohn, Reddit 9019 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 registered members (), 49 guests, and 0 spiders. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 36 LukeJavan8 12 Top Posters(All Time) wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 tsuwm 10,538 LukeJavan8 8,974 wofahulicodoc 7,491 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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