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Accuse Acute Acoustic Auris Auricular Acustic Acupuncture
Engraved before 1811 from an original in the then Museum Pio Clemens in Rome (Click for details)
Esculapius (Medicine) between Mercury (Merchants) and the Graces (Medicine, Hygiene and Panacea)
Esculapius dealt with Patients - Merchants make deals with Clients

~ ACU~     prefix from lat ACUS = NEEDLE   sug> ACCUSE
!!         denotes PRECISE or SHARP        
           sug> ACCURATE  QUILL
~ ACUTE    SHARP PIERCING     see>  AGUE
           URGENT  SEVERE
~ ACUSTIC  in eng ACOUSTIC or in sp ACUSTICO 
           gr AKOUIN = TO HEAR
           med> see> ACOUSTIC 
~ ACUITY   see> ACUTE
~ ACUTE    KEEN  SHARP  SENSITIVE  SEVERE
           CRUCIAL  CRITICAL  CUTE
  lat ACUTUS =       SHARP              sug> CUTE         
  sp  AGUDO          ACUTE or SHARP     sug> AGONY
      AGUJERO        HOLE               sug> ACUPUNCTURE
      AGUIJON        STINGER            sug> STING 
      AGUJA          NEEDLE             sug> AQUILINE
  lat ACUS           NEEDLE             sug> ACOUSTIC
  sp  ACUSO          ACCUSE or          sug> ACUMEN
                     RECEIVED or        sug> ACQUIRE
                     PERCEIVED           
  ply> | ACUTE SHARP ACCUSATIONS can become
         AGONIC ACOUSTIC RESPONSES |
  note linkage of ACUTELY CUTE and " SHARP " or " CUTIE " 


~ AURIS            med> in lat EAR
~ AURICUL~         prefix to denote RELATIONSHIP WITH
                   AURICULA or EAR                   sug> AIR
~ AURICULA         med> PERTAINING TO EAR or SENSE OF HEARING


~ AUSCULTATE  med> lat AUSCULTARE = TO LISTEN
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