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Wednesday, August 16, 2017
This Week: The Language of Health Care on the Podcast + anecdote/antidote
anecdote/antidote
A humorist relates “anecdotes.” The doctor prescribes “antidotes” for children who have swallowed poison. Laughter may be the best medicine, but that’s no reason to confuse these two with each other.
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