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           Pandora's Word Box 
              Ideas in Words  
Medical Humanities - Fine Arts - Bioethics 
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To: Esteemed Colleagues, Scholars, Educators, Students, Poets and others who may enjoy the beauty and elegance of ideas in words illustrated by fine arts. 

From: W. Wertelecki M.D. 

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Agenesis Abnormal Adnexa Anencephaly Abortion Abdomen Abduct Cephalad Caudad Vagus Valgus Varus Valga Vara


... many are bewildered by the prefixes A, AB, and AD as in AGENESIS, APLASIA, ABNORMAL and ADDICT. ... VALGUS and VARUS ... VALGA and VARA. ... A-genesis, implying lack of genes, or from A-plasia, implying a failure to translate genetic IN-formation needed for the FORMATION of tissues. When the PLASICITY of tissues is abnormal, as in DYS-plasia, the resulting MORPHOLOGY is distorted or DYS-morphic. ... AB implies "AWAY from" as in AB-normal, thus a departure from "NORM" or "middle". Muscles that produce motion away from the "middle" or axis are referred to as ABDUCTORS. ... AD implies "toward" as in ADD, ADD-endum ADD-uce and ADD-ict. ...

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Works by Rodin, Decamps ...

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