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Thursday, January 02, 2003

One of the great things about being a medical librarian...



Ample opportunity to learn new words. Today's is intussusception, an intestinal blockage most commonly occuring in infants. It's described as acting sort of like a telescope sliding over itself. Ew. Can you tell I'm back at work? It would be a great word for Scrabble, but I don't see how that combination's ever going to come up; there are too many letters (mostly low points) and nothing to really build upon, unless susception works. Hmmmm....

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