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68* ยท Kate Gompert in the Psych Ward
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Year of the Depend Adult Undergarment
Watteau
Jean-Antoine Watteau (1684-1721) was a French painter.
Yevtuschenko's Field Guide to Clinical States
This book does not exist. The famous famous person with the name Yevtuschenko (sic) is Yevgeny Aleksandrovich Yevtushenko (born 1933), Russian poet most famous for his composition Babi Yar, about the mass murder of 35,000 Jews by the Nazis at this location in Ukraine during World War II.
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hypocapnia
reduced carbon dioxide in the blood as a result of hyperventilation
emery board
a disposable nail file
Wellesley Hills
a section of the town of Wellesley, Mass., 15 miles west-southwest of Boston
Newton-Wellesley Hospital
a real hospital
Parnate
A brand name of tranylcypromine, a monoamine oxidase inhibitor (MAO) antidepressant that is among the oldest class of antidepressants and that have a load of serious side effects. Usually used as a last resort.
dysphoria
feeling badly
diurnal
during the day
w/w/o
with and without
CO
carbon monoxide, often used from engine exhaust for suicide
hemotoxicity
poisonous blood level
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Librium
brand name of chlordiazepoxide, the oldest benzodiazepine and used for cocaine and alcohol withdrawal
Dretske
perhaps Fred Dretske (born 1932), a philosopher of the mind
Mydol
a misspelling of Midol]
trepidation
hesitancy caused by fear
facial affect
emotions expressed on the face
Lithonate
a brand name of lithium
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plestor
another name for a pleximeter
plangent
loud and resounding
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carpopedal
involving both the hands and feet
tetanic
pertaining to tetanus, a kind of lockjaw caused by contamination of a wound, usually
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circumorals
muscles around the mouth
thigmotactic
having to do with thigmotaxis, i.e., the movement or an organism as a response to a mechanical stimulus
dentate
having teeth
synclinal
sloping downward from opposite directions, so as to meet at a single point, like this: \ /
Sinse
short for sin semilla, Spanish for "without seeds," it's a type of marijuana
duBois
fake etymology for "doobie," a term for a marijuana cigarette
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uremic
smelling like urine, because of a condition whereby waste products normally excreted in the urine are retained in the blood
Endnote 30
boric acid
also used as a detergent and a barrier against insects
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the T
local transit in the Boston metro area
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"That old cartridge, Nicholas and the big Indian..."
She's referring to One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest; "Nichols" is Jack Nicholson.
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