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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread A68 #118753 01/04/04 04:26 PM 01/04/04 04:26 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 W wwh OP Carpal Tunnel wwh   OP Carpal Tunnel W 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. Re: Abactio #118754 01/04/04 04:29 PM 01/04/04 04:29 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 W wwh OP Carpal Tunnel wwh   OP Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 ABACTIO In medicine, an abacrio is an abortion or labour induced by drugs or surgery Re: Abasia #118755 01/04/04 04:30 PM 01/04/04 04:30 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 W wwh OP Carpal Tunnel wwh   OP Carpal Tunnel W 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. Re: Aboulia #118756 01/04/04 04:36 PM 01/04/04 04:36 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 W wwh OP Carpal Tunnel wwh   OP Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 ABLUTOPHOBIA Ablutophobia is the fear of washing or bathing. ABOULIA In psychology aboulia is the loss of will. Re: Acardia #118757 01/04/04 04:37 PM 01/04/04 04:37 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 W wwh OP Carpal Tunnel wwh   OP Carpal Tunnel W 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. A shepherd I... #118758 01/04/04 09:31 PM 01/04/04 09:31 PM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 8,317 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel wofahulicodoc   Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 8,317 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..." A shepherd I... #118759 01/04/04 09:32 PM 01/04/04 09:32 PM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 8,317 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel wofahulicodoc   Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 8,317 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..." Re: A shepherd I... #118760 01/04/04 09:38 PM 01/04/04 09:38 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 W wwh OP Carpal Tunnel wwh   OP Carpal Tunnel W 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 Topics13,887 Posts225,501 Members9,074 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Delvillar_91, EmmaBird, Wordster, ipsydsea, somdcomputerguy 9074 Registered Users Who's Online Now 1 registered members (wofahulicodoc), 62 guests, and 1 spider. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 55 A C Bowden 29 LukeJavan8 24 Top Posters(All Time) wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 tsuwm 10,538 LukeJavan8 9,311 wofahulicodoc 8,315 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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