IJ200
From Literature Concordances
200 ยท Facts About Addiction and Tattoos
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D.S.S.
Department of Social Services
papular
having papules, i.e., inflamed, raised elevations on the skin not filled with pus
tecato gusano
a worm from Tecate, Mexico, a small city in Baja California, bordering the U.S.
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Flents
a brand name of earplugs
subsonic
of a speed less than that of sound
arpeggio
in music, a chord played in parts (i.e., one note at a time) rather than together
pace
a very loose translation from Latin would be "with due reference to"
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Human Immuno-Virus
HIV, i.e., the virus that causes AIDS
datum
a piece of information; usually used in its plural, i.e., data
nexus
a means of connection
glans
the end of the penis
D.E.C.
Digital Equipment Corporation, now a part of Hewlitt-Packard
Endnote 70
N.R.A.
National Rifle Association
including 12-Step fellowships themselves
See Chuck Palahniuk's novel Fight Club.
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'Texas Catheter'
This is "a condom-like device with a plug where the condom's reservoir tip would be, and an adhesive at the base. This device allows for urinary catheterization without the insertion of a true catheter" (Wikipedia).
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colloquia
Plural for "colloquium," these are akin to academic conferences, albeit slightly less formal.
50 proof
i.e., 25 percent alcohol
unalloyed
pure
O.C.D.
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
insipid
without any interesting qualities
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Billerica
a town in Massachusetts, about 25 miles northwest of Boston
vig
short for "vigorish"
argot
slang
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pancreatitis
inflammation of the pancreas
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Sauvignon
one of two types of wine made from two related sorts of grapes
Purple-Hearted
A soldier receives a Purple Heart when s/he is wounded
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200 kilos
over 440 pounds
Gothic script
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undulating
moving in a wavelike motion
necrotic
dead
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hyperemic
erect
palmate
having four or more leaves emanating from a single point
Watertown
a suburb of Boston, ten miles to the west
half-m.-long
a half-meter, or nearly 20 inches
gonfalonish
resembling a gonfalon
mucronate
having a projecting point
St. Vitus's dance
a nickname for the disease chorea
gestalt
Gestalt is "a configuration, pattern, or organized field having specific properties that cannot be derived from the summation of its component parts" (Random House Unabridged Dictionary).
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crocodilic
presumably resembling a crocodile, probably due to wrinkled skin
St. Columbkill
a place name here, named for an actual Irish saint
St. Elizabeth's Hospital
Its Web site is here.
cantankerous
disagreeable, argumentative
Rita Hayworth
The era of Rita Hayworth would be the '30s and '40s.
SUBIKBAY'62USN4-07
SUBIKBAY is probably Subic Bay. USN would be U.S. Navy.
SEMPER FI
Short for Semper fidelis ("always faithful"), motto of the U.S. Marine Corps
autolyzed
having undergone autolysis, i.e., the breakdown of tissue over time
BLTN
Better Late That Never
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phylum
A taxonomical term just below Kingdom (in humans, Animal), the phylum of mammals is Chordata, which means they have a spinal cord.
foment
the proper word would be "ferment"
M.D.C.
Massachusetts Department of Corrections
Talwin
brand name of pentazocine, a narcotic painkiller
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cribbage
canted
set at an oblique angle
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