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'''''Ethan From''''' 
Gately means [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethan_Frome Ethan Frome].

'''''OMMATOPHORIC''''' 
having eyes at the ends of stalks

'''''ghostwords''''' 
defined [http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/Ghost+words here]

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'''cuneiform''' 
the writing of ancient Sumer, made by digging a wedge into clay

'''Marshall Plan''' 
the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marshall_Plan plan] to rebuild Germany after WWII

'''Shane''' 
a reference to a [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0046303/ popular western film]

==Page 886==

'''Synovial''' 
of or pertaining to the fluid that lubricates the joints

'''renal calculus''' 
kidney stones

'''ectopic labor''' 
pregnancy in the fallopian tube

'''ibuprofen''' 
the generic name for Advil

'''antipyretic''' 
designed to combat fever

'''SR''' 
Usually in drug names, this stands for "sustained release."

'''Dilaudid''' 
brand name for hydromorphone hydrochloride

'''bayou''' 
a marshy arm of a lake

'''C-II''' 
These drugs are highly addictive. Cocaine is in this class, as it is still used legally in dentistry.

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'''Hydrocodone''' 
also the active ingredient in Vicodin

'''Oxycodone-nalaxone''' 
Oxycodone also the active ingredient in Oxycontin. Naloxone blocks (partially, one must guess) the effects of opioids, probably to reduce abuse potential.

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'''NX''' 
Attached to a drug name, this means it contains Naloxone.

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'''somnolent''' 
drowsy

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'''concentric circles''' 
circles within circles

'''chintz''' 
printed, glazed fabric, usually of bright colors

'''the lobsters' eyes' stalks''' 
see ''OMMATOPHORIC'' earlier on pg. 884

'''Ipswich''' 
a town in northern Massachusetts about 40 miles east of Nashua, N.H.

'''intra-ocular''' 
within the eye

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'''Bufferin''' 
a brand of aspirin with a protectant for the stomach

'''JFK Library''' 
the Kennedy [http://www.jfklibrary.org/ Presidential library]

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'''libido''' 
sex drive

'''ebubblient''' 
they mean "ebullient"

'''''hatbeat''''' 
i.e., heartbeat

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'''scuttlebutt''' 
gossip, rumor

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'''''FLEET''''' 
a brand of enema

'''alacrity''' 
eagerness

'''mortification''' 
extreme embarrassment

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896 · Hal Continues Narrating

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'''''Tosca''''' 
an opera by Giacomo Antonio Domenico Michele Secondo Maria Puccini (1858-1924), an Italian composer

'''overcognitive''' 
thinking too much

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'''megagram''' 
a million grams, or slightly over 2,200 pounds

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'''''Yale Journal of Alcohol Studies''''' 
There is no such journal.

'''183.6 cm.''' 
a little over six feet tall

'''mylar''' 
a brand name of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PET_film_(biaxially_oriented) PET film]

'''197 cm.''' 
over 6'10"

'''Vaipassana''' 
a type of meditation

'''"...etymology of the word ''blizzard''..."''' 
While Hal believes the etymology is unknown, there is one offered [http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/blizzard here].

'''lumiphobia''' 
probably fear of light, although the proper term is "photophobia"

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'''averred''' 
asserted with confidence

'''neologism''' 
a newly coined word

'''"...corruption of the French ''blesser,''..."''' 
''Blesser'' is French for "to injure or wound."

'''''Northern Vindicator''''' 
the name of several real publications

[[Subsidized Time|Y.T.M.P.]]

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'''Sitney and Schneewind's'' Dictionary of Environmental Sciences''''' 
There is no such book, but the name Schneewind is German for "snow wind."

'''12 cm.''' 
about 4.73 inches

'''60 kph.''' 
about 38.3 miles per hour

'''500 meters''' 
a little over 1,650 feet

'''perspicacity''' 
keenness of perception

'''topology''' 
the mathematical study of sets

'''philately''' 
stamp collecting

'''gerundives''' 
the verbal adjective or future passive participle -- in English, these end in "ing"; in German they end in "ung"

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'''phocomelic''' 
having extremely short limbs

'''Brattleboro''' 
a town in Vermont about 75 miles west of Manchester, N.H.

'''achondroplastic''' 
having dwarfism as a result of a disorder of bone and cartilage

'''homodontic''' 
this appears to mean "having teeth that are all of similar form"

'''bicuspid''' 
another name for the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bicuspid premolar] teeth

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'''sarcophagus''' 
coffin

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