thrombosis....
On Oct 11, 2009, at 2:08 PM, Fernando Gonzalez Gentile wrote:
> clotting ... clotting _ LOL :-)
>
> unbelievable ... where does that word come from. Trombosis does not
> come from trombone, but you gave me a good laugh Ken. Trombosis, comes
> from the Latin, from Hipocrates and Galeno (shall not translate their
> names ... ).
>
> Same with 'swelling' - I had to study the origin of that word and its
> associations. In medicine <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edema> never
> posed me a problem, but not long ago I understood the meaning of a
> poem by Peter Gabriel "Here Comes The Flood". He sings "Still waiting
> for the swollen Eastern tide" - then I understood. A patient of mine
> is British, I had read my Oxford dictionary - and a whole different
> associative logic of 'hinchazón' became clear to me.
>
> Fernando
>
> 2009/10/11 Ken Norton <ken@xxxxxxxxxxx>:
>>>
>>> thinning should prevent trombosis (sp?)
>>
>>
>> Good. I played the French Horn and the trombone players used to
>> sit behind
>> us and poke us in the back.
>>
>> AG
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