Saturday night palsy n.— «He has since seen a neurologist who confirmed his radial nerve palsy and told him that he another victim of “Saturday night palsy syndrome.”» —“Unexpected complication of new love” by...
theranostics n.— «A new term has entered the pharmaceutical developer’s glossary: theranostics. This word, created by the diagnostics company PharmaNetics, defines the development of diagnostic tests that can identify which patients...
erototoxin n.— «Pornography triggers myriad kinds of internal, natural drugs that mimic the “high” from a street drug. Addiction to pornography is addiction to what I dub erototoxins—mind-altering drugs produced by the...
fyborg n.— «A functional cyborg (should we call it a fyborg? fuborg?) may be defined as a biological organism functionally supplemented with technological extensions.» —by Alexander Chislenko Are You A Cyborg? Legacy Systems and...
angel n.— «In hospital parlance, those killed in action are known as angels. In last weekend’s suicide bombing, the dead and wounded came to the hospital. “We took care of angels and wounded on that one,” said Commander Lach...
hospitalist n.— «“The primary-care doctor may feel a sense of loss and even abandonment giving up his patient to another doctor, and sick patients have the right to be worried about being cared for by a stranger,” says Robert...